Jisho

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4 strokes
Radical:
short, tiny
Parts:
phantasm, vision, dream, illusion, apparition
Kun:
まぼろし
On:
ゲン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1564 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 幻想 【ゲンソウ】 fantasy, illusion, vision, dream
  • 幻覚 【ゲンカク】 hallucination, illusion
  • 変幻 【ヘンゲン】 transformation
  • 夢幻 【ムゲン】 dreams, fantasy, visions

Kun reading compounds

  • 幻 【まぼろし】 phantom, vision, illusion, apparition, something fleeting, short-lived dream, fabled item, mythical thing, very rare thing
  • 幻を追う 【まぼろしをおう】 to pursue an illusion, to pursue a fantasy, to pursue phantoms
  • 夢幻 【むげん】 dreams, fantasy, visions

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
huan4
Korean:
hwan

Spanish

  • visión
  • espejismo
  • ilusión
  • aparición

Portuguese

  • fantasma
  • visão
  • sonho
  • ilusão
  • aparição

French

  • chimère
  • fantôme
  • fantasme
  • vision
  • rêve
  • illusion
  • apparition
1226 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1550 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1494 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1691 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1255 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
261 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1227 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1291 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1814 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
577 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
206 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
132 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
159 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1880 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9190 Morohashi
180 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1598 New Nelson (John Haig)
1862 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2006 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1030 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2753 2001 Kanji
0a4.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-1 SKIP code
2772.0 Four corner code
1-24-24 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e7b Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
ice
Parts:
winter
Kun:
ふゆ
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
1090 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 冬季 【トウキ】 (season of) winter
  • 冬期 【トウキ】 winter, wintertime, winter term
  • 越冬 【エットウ】 passing the winter, hibernation
  • 春夏秋冬 【シュンカシュウトウ】 spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter, the four seasons

Kun reading compounds

  • 冬 【ふゆ】 winter
  • 冬場 【ふゆば】 wintertime, winter season
  • 初冬 【しょとう】 early winter, tenth month of the lunar calendar
  • 毎冬 【まいふゆ】 every winter

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dong1
Korean:
dong

Spanish

  • invierno

Portuguese

  • Inverno

French

  • hiver
120 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
199 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
182 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
903 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1161 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
165 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
125 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
161 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.8 Japanese for Busy People
459 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
467 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
99 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
399 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2679 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1365 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1851 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
434 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1610X Morohashi
2157 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
410 New Nelson (John Haig)
427 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
456 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
112 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2540 2001 Kanji
4i2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-2 SKIP code
4-5-1 SKIP code
2730.3 Four corner code
1-37-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
51ac Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
Variants:
cottage, inn, hut, house, mansion
Kun:
やど.る
On:
シャセキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
1170 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 舎 【シャ】 hut, house, boarding house, residence hall, dormitory, one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
  • 舎弟 【シャテイ】 one's younger brother, underling (e.g. in yakuza), junior male peer, sworn younger brother
  • 公舎 【コウシャ】 official residence
  • 兵舎 【ヘイシャ】 barracks

Readings

Japanese names:
さ、 とり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
she3, she4
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • casa de campo
  • posada
  • cabaña
  • casa

Portuguese

  • casa de campo
  • pousada
  • cabana
  • casa
  • mansão

French

  • chaumière
  • hutte
  • auberge
  • maison
  • résidence
629 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
727 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
700 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1056 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
423 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
872 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1689 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
721 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
791 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
805 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1654 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
51 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2555 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1305 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1774 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
322 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30278P Morohashi
2060 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
189 New Nelson (John Haig)
316 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
338 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
685 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2877 2001 Kanji
2a6.23 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-6 SKIP code
8060.1 Four corner code
1-28-43 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
820e Unicode hex code