Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
mountain
Parts:
Variants:
branch off, fork in road, scene, arena, theater
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1428 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 岐路 【キロ】 forked road, crossroads
  • 多岐 【タキ】 digression, many divergences
  • 壱岐 【イキ】 Iki (former province located on Iki Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture), Iki (island)
  • 岐阜 【ギフ】 Gifu (city, prefecture)
  • 岐阜医療科学大学 【ギフイリョウカガクダイガク】 Gifu University of Medical Science
  • 伊邪那岐 【イザナギ】 Izanagi (deity)

Readings

Japanese names:
たかし、 また
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi2
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • bifurcación
  • división
  • dividir
  • partir

Portuguese

  • ramo cortado
  • bifurcação
  • cena
  • arena
  • teatro

French

  • bifurcation
  • embranchement
  • scène
  • arène
  • théâtre
1121 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1433 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1410 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1769 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1236 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
599 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
872 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
892 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1443 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
536 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
285 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
178 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
214 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
779 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7936 Morohashi
241 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1447 New Nelson (John Haig)
772 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
834 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1118 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1267 2001 Kanji
3o4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-4 SKIP code
2474.7 Four corner code
1-20-84 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c90 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
hill, mound, left village radical (no. 170)
On:
フウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
1532 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 埠頭 【フトウ】 pier, wharf, quay, dock

Readings

Japanese names:
おか
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fu4
Korean:
bu

Spanish

  • colina
  • montículo
  • grande
  • próspero
  • abundante
  • radical ß izquierdo

Portuguese

French

1656 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4977 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
731 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1448 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3254 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2284 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
41534 Morohashi
2628 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6423 New Nelson (John Haig)
2928 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1360 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2k6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-2 SKIP code
2740.7 Four corner code
1-41-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
961c Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
Variants:
harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
124 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 和 【ワ】 sum, harmony, peace, Japan, Japanese-style
  • 和歌 【ワカ】 waka, classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
  • 講和 【コウワ】 reconciliation (between warring nations), (making of) peace
  • 英和 【エイワ】 English-Japanese, English-Japanese dictionary
  • 阿蘭陀 【オランダ】 Netherlands, Holland
  • 和尚 【オショウ】 priestly teacher, preceptor, monk (esp. the head monk of a temple), priest, head priest, second highest priestly rank in Buddhism, master (of one's art, trade, etc.)
  • 和声 【ワセイ】 harmony, concord, consonance
  • 和尚 【オショウ】 priestly teacher, preceptor, monk (esp. the head monk of a temple), priest, head priest, second highest priestly rank in Buddhism, master (of one's art, trade, etc.)
  • 諧和 【カイワ】 gentle mutual affection, harmony, harmony

Kun reading compounds

  • 和らぐ 【やわらぐ】 to soften, to calm down, to be eased, to be mitigated, to subside, to abate
  • 和らげる 【やわらげる】 to soften, to moderate, to relieve
  • 和む 【なごむ】 to be softened, to calm down
  • 和やか 【なごやか】 mild, calm, gentle, quiet, congenial, amicable, amiable, friendly, genial, harmonious, peaceful
  • 和える 【あえる】 to dress (vegetables, salad, etc.)

Readings

Japanese names:
あい、 いず、 かず、 かつ、 かつり、 かづ、 たけ、 ち、 とも、 な、 にぎ、 まさ、 やす、 よし、 より、 わだこ、 わっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
he2, he4, huo2, huo4, huo5, hai1, he5
Korean:
hwa

Spanish

  • armonía
  • paz
  • estilo japonés
  • suavizar
  • calmar
  • tranquilo
  • armonioso

Portuguese

  • harmonia
  • estilo Japonês
  • paz
  • amaciar
  • Japão

French

  • harmonie
  • style japonais
  • paix
  • adoucir
  • Japon
338 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
440 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
416 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
151 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3268 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
277 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
412 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
638 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.5 Japanese for Busy People
124 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
124 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
352 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
326 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1450 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
769 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1044 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
906 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3490 Morohashi
1130 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
770 New Nelson (John Haig)
897 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
963 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
85 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
318 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2277 2001 Kanji
5d3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-3 SKIP code
2690.0 Four corner code
1-47-34 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
548c Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
Variants:
umbrella
Kun:
かさ
On:
サン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1694 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 傘下 【サンカ】 affiliated with, under jurisdiction of, under the umbrella
  • 傘寿 【サンジュ】 80th birthday
  • 落下傘 【ラッカサン】 parachute
  • 開傘 【カイサン】 opening of a parachute

Kun reading compounds

  • 傘 【かさ】 umbrella, parasol, something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat, shade (of a lamp), mushroom cap, pileus
  • 笠貝 【かさがい】 limpet (esp. species Cellana mazatlandica)
  • 核の傘 【かくのかさ】 nuclear umbrella
  • から傘 【からかさ】 paper umbrella, bamboo-and-oiled-paper umbrella

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
san3
Korean:
san

Spanish

  • paraguas
  • parasol
  • toldo

Portuguese

  • guarda-chuva

French

  • parapluie
1310 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1856 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
518 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1064 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1702 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
790 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
804 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1655 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
53 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2640 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1349 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1829 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1035 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
966 Morohashi
2131 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
283 New Nelson (John Haig)
1026 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1103 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1505 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2855 2001 Kanji
2a10.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-10 SKIP code
8040.8 Four corner code
1-27-17 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5098 Unicode hex code