Jisho

×

幽

9 strokes
Radical:
short, tiny 幺
Parts:
｜ 幺 凵
seclude, confine to a room, deep, profound, secluded, faint, dark, tranquil, calm
Kun:
ふか.い、 かす.か、 くら.い、 しろ.い
On:
ユウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1996 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 幽霊 【ユウレイ】 ghost, specter, spectre, apparition, phantom
  • 憂鬱 【ユウウツ】 depression, melancholy, dejection, gloom, despondency
  • 幽々 【ユウユウ】 deep, dark
  • 帰幽 【キユウ】 death

Kun reading compounds

  • 微か 【かすか】 faint, dim, weak, slight, vague, indistinct, hazy, poor, wretched, meagre, meager, scanty

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
you1
Korean:
yu

Spanish

  • profundo
  • recluir
  • confinar
  • el más allá

Portuguese

  • isolar
  • confina para um quarto

French

  • isoler
  • confiné
  • profond
  • obscur
  • isolé
  • faible
  • sombre
  • tranquille
  • calme
1865 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1876 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
112 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1735 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1256 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2251 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1228 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1292 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1820 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
579 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3731 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1909 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2592 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1392 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9205 Morohashi
3008 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1600 New Nelson (John Haig)
1380 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1480 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1251 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1276 2001 Kanji
3o6.6 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-7 SKIP code
2277.0 Four corner code
1-45-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e7d Unicode hex code

霊

15 strokes
Radical:
rain 雨
Parts:
一 ｜ 二 雨
Variants:
靈 灵 霛
spirits, soul
Kun:
たま
On:
レイ、 リョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1458 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 霊 【レイ】 soul, spirit, departed soul, ghost
  • 霊園 【レイエン】 (garden) cemetery, park-style cemetery, memorial park
  • 心霊 【シンレイ】 spirit (e.g. human spirit), soul, spirit, ghost, ethereal being
  • 英霊 【エイレイ】 spirits of war dead, person of great ability, soul of a talented person
  • 霊 【リョウ】 vengeful spirit, revengeful ghost
  • 霊異 【レイイ】 miracle, wonder, wondrous thing
  • 怨霊 【オンリョウ】 revengeful ghost, apparition
  • 新精霊 【アラショウリョウ】 spirit of someone on the first Obon after their death

Kun reading compounds

  • 魂 【たましい】 soul, spirit
  • 魂送り 【たまおくり】 sending off the spirits of the dead

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ling2
Korean:
ryeong

Spanish

  • espíritu
  • alma
  • dios

Portuguese

  • espíritos
  • alma
  • fantasmas

French

  • esprits
  • âmes
1923 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1361 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5056 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1299 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1891 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2390 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1168 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1225 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1688 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1867 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3480 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1793 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2442 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1808 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
42309P Morohashi
2805 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6532 New Nelson (John Haig)
1791 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1930 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1815 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3174 2001 Kanji
8d7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-7 SKIP code
1010.2 Four corner code
1-46-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
970a Unicode hex code

駅

14 strokes
Radical:
horse 馬
Parts:
丶 尸 杰 馬
Variants:
驛
station
On:
エキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
724 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 駅 【エキ】 railway station, train station, staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan), counter for railway stations and bus stations
  • 駅員 【エキイン】 (train) station attendant, station employee, station staff
  • 宿駅 【シュクエキ】 relay station, post station, stage
  • 終着駅 【シュウチャクエキ】 terminal station

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yi4
Korean:
yeog

Spanish

  • estación

Portuguese

  • estação

French

  • gare
158 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
253 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
233 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
384 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5199 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
189 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
101 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2172 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.12 Japanese for Busy People
284 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
284 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
56 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1915 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2292 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1184 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1618 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2003 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
44633P Morohashi
1822 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6735 New Nelson (John Haig)
1984 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2138 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
426 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3462 2001 Kanji
10a4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-10-4 SKIP code
7738.7 Four corner code
1-17-56 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
99c5 Unicode hex code