Jisho

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常

11 strokes
Radical:
turban, scarf 巾
Parts:
冖 口 尚 巾
usual, ordinary, normal, common, regular, continually, always, long-lasting
Kun:
つね、 とこ-
On:
ジョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
293 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 常識 【ジョウシキ】 common sense, good sense, common knowledge, general knowledge, common practice, accepted practice, social etiquette
  • 常勤 【ジョウキン】 full-time employment
  • 経常 【ケイジョウ】 ordinary
  • 異常 【イジョウ】 abnormal, unusual, extraordinary, remarkable, uncommon

Kun reading compounds

  • 常 【つね】 usual state of things
  • 常に 【つねに】 always, constantly
  • 経常 【けいじょう】 ordinary
  • 人の常 【ひとのつね】 human nature

Readings

Japanese names:
とき、 のぶ、 ひ、 ひた
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chang2
Korean:
sang

Spanish

  • habitual
  • usual
  • ordinario
  • normal
  • siempre
  • interminable

Portuguese

  • regular
  • normal
  • comum
  • usual

French

  • habituel
  • ordinaire
  • normal
642 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
740 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
718 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
356 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1364 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
199 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
499 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1463 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
497 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
506 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
708 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
566 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3203 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1657 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2247 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
807 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8955 Morohashi
2590 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1569 New Nelson (John Haig)
799 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
862 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
190 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
737 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1044 2001 Kanji
3n8.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-6 SKIP code
2-3-8 SKIP code
9022.7 Four corner code
1-30-79 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e38 Unicode hex code

緑

14 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
小 幺 ヨ 水 糸 隶
Variants:
綠
green
Kun:
みどり
On:
リョク、 ロク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
1180 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 緑色 【ミドリイロ】 green, green color
  • 緑化 【リョッカ】 greening (i.e. planting to increase greenery), tree planting, afforestation
  • 新緑 【シンリョク】 fresh verdure, new green leaves
  • 常緑 【ジョウリョク】 evergreen
  • 緑青 【ロクショウ】 verdigris, green rust, copper rust
  • 四緑 【シロク】 fourth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Jupiter and south-east)

Kun reading compounds

  • 緑 【みどり】 green, greenery, verdure
  • 緑色 【みどりいろ】 green, green color
  • 黄緑 【きみどり】 pea green, yellow-green
  • 青緑 【あおみどり】 blue-green, turquoise, aqua, spirogyra, algae forming pond scum

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lu:4
Korean:
rog

Spanish

  • verde
  • verdor

Portuguese

  • Verde

French

  • vert
532 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
435 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
412 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1102 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3564 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
876 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
824 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2535 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
537 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
546 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
731 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1546 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1741 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
934 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1259 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1383 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27541P Morohashi
1377 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4528 New Nelson (John Haig)
1371 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1471 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
430 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2742 2001 Kanji
6a8.15 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-8 SKIP code
2793.2 Four corner code
1-46-48 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7dd1 Unicode hex code

植

12 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
十 木 目
plant
Kun:
う.える、 う.わる
On:
ショク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
699 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 植物 【ショクブツ】 plant, vegetation
  • 植樹 【ショクジュ】 tree-planting
  • 写植 【シャショク】 phototypesetting
  • 拓殖 【タクショク】 colonization, colonisation, development, settlement, exploitation

Kun reading compounds

  • 植える 【うえる】 to plant, to grow, to raise, to insert, to transplant, to implant, to set (type), to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent), to instill (idea, value, etc.), to inculcate
  • 植わる 【うわる】 to be planted

Readings

Japanese names:
うえ、 え、 げ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi2
Korean:
sig, chi

Spanish

  • planta
  • plantar
  • crecer
  • ser plantado

Portuguese

  • planta

French

  • planter
435 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
337 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
321 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1013 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2303 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
438 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
637 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1902 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
424 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
430 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
678 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1102 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1247 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
677 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
903 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
209 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
15023 Morohashi
990 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2751 New Nelson (John Haig)
205 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
217 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
402 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1875 2001 Kanji
4a8.32 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-8 SKIP code
4491.6 Four corner code
1-31-02 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
690d Unicode hex code

物

8 strokes
Radical:
cow 牛 (牜)
Parts:
ノ 勹 牛 勿
thing, object, matter
Kun:
もの、 もの-
On:
ブツ、 モツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
215 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 物 【ブツ】 stock, products, goods (esp. stolen), loot, spoils, stuff
  • 物議 【ブツギ】 public discussion, public criticism, controversy
  • 異物 【イブツ】 foreign substance, foreign body, foreign contamination, foreign material, strange object, unusual object, dead body, corpse, remains
  • 遺物 【イブツ】 relic, remains, memento
  • 財物 【ザイブツ】 property
  • 幣物 【ヘイモツ】 Shinto offerings, present to a guest

Kun reading compounds

  • 物 【もの】 thing, object, article, stuff, substance, one's things, possessions, property, belongings, things, something, anything, everything, nothing, quality, reason, the way of things, used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc., used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense), used to indicate a general tendency, used to indicate something that should happen, item classified as ..., item related to ..., work in the genre of ..., cause of ..., cause for ..., somehow, somewhat, for some reason, really, truly
  • 物言い 【ものいい】 manner of speaking, verbal argument, objection, protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee), rumor, rumour
  • 先物 【さきもの】 futures, futures contract
  • 拾い物 【ひろいもの】 found article, thing picked up (e.g. in the street), (lucky) find, piece of good luck, windfall, bargain

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wu4
Korean:
mul

Spanish

  • cosa
  • objeto
  • materia

Portuguese

  • coisa
  • objeto
  • matéria

French

  • objet
  • chose
  • matière
313 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
410 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
387 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
126 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2857 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
74 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
214 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
611 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
79 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
79 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
321 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1290 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1084 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
587 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
777 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1059 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19959 Morohashi
874 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3538 New Nelson (John Haig)
1050 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1129 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
95 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
313 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2451 2001 Kanji
4g4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
2752.0 Four corner code
1-42-10 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7269 Unicode hex code