Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
house on cliff 广
Parts:
广
bed, counter for beds, floor, padding, tatami
Kun:
とこゆか
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1175 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 床 【ショウ】 counter for beds
  • 床几 【ショウギ】 camp stool, folding stool
  • 臨床 【リンショウ】 clinical (e.g. pathology, physiology)
  • 温床 【オンショウ】 hotbed, breeding ground

Kun reading compounds

  • 床 【とこ】 bed, bedding, sickbed, alcove, riverbed, seedbed, straw "core" of a tatami mat, floor
  • 床の間 【とこのま】 tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)
  • 鋏 【やっとこ】 pincers, nippers, pliers
  • 金床 【かなとこ】 anvil
  • 床 【ゆか】 floor, stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player), dining platform built across a river
  • 床下 【ゆかした】 under the floor
  • 河床 【かしょう】 riverbed, raised platform on the bank of a river for enjoying the cool in summer
  • 納涼床 【のうりょうゆか】 raised platform on the bank of a river for enjoying the summer cool

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chuang2
Korean:
sang

Spanish

  • suelo
  • cama
  • alcoba
  • peluquería

Portuguese

  • cama
  • andar
  • estofamento
  • tatami

French

  • plancher
  • lit
  • rembourrage
  • tatami
  • compteur de lits
1389 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1240 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1503 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
959 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
507 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
508 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
826 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
845 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
543 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
584 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3805 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1947 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2641 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
599 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9242 Morohashi
3067 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1608 New Nelson (John Haig)
592 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
636 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1135 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
564 2001 Kanji
3q4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-4 SKIP code
0029.4 Four corner code
1-30-18 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e8a Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
Variants:
technique, art, craft, performance, acting, trick, stunt
Kun:
う.えるのりわざ
On:
ゲイウン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
719 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 芸 【ゲイ】 art, craft, accomplishment, artistic skill, technique, performance
  • 芸者 【ゲイシャ】 geisha, professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
  • 民芸 【ミンゲイ】 folk craft, folk art
  • 文芸 【ブンゲイ】 literature, the arts, art and literature, liberal arts
  • 芸香 【ウンコウ】 common rue (Ruta graveolens)
  • 芸艸堂 【ウンソウドウ】 Unsodo
  • 耕耘 【コウウン】 plowing and weeding, farming, cultivation, tillage

Readings

Japanese names:
き、 げ、 なり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yun2
Korean:
un, ye

Spanish

  • arte
  • técnica

Portuguese

  • técnica
  • arte
  • ofício
  • performance
  • representação
  • truque
  • façanha

French

  • art
  • technique
  • métier
  • interprétation
  • tour
  • cascade
388 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
495 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
470 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
588 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3908 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
421 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
862 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
689 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
435 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
441 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
566 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
642 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2738 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1403 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1892 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
428 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30741P Morohashi
2209 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4978 New Nelson (John Haig)
421 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
450 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
479 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1971 2001 Kanji
3k4.12 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
4473.1 Four corner code
1-23-61 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
82b8 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
old 老 (耂)
Parts:
Variants:
someone, person
Kun:
もの
On:
シャ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
38 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 者 【シャ】 person, -er, expert, geisha, prostitute
  • 芸者 【ゲイシャ】 geisha, professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
  • 加害者 【カガイシャ】 perpetrator, wrong-doer, aggressor, assailant, offender

Kun reading compounds

  • 者 【もの】 person
  • 者ども 【ものども】 you, people
  • 弱き者 【よわきもの】 weak person, the weak
  • 若い者 【わかいもの】 young person, young people, youth, youngsters, young employee, young manservant, young follower

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhe3
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • persona

Portuguese

  • alguém
  • pessoa

French

  • personne
  • quelqu'un
235 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
314 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
298 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
22 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3685 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
56 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
240 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
769 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.6 Japanese for Busy People
164 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
164 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
148 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1578 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3980 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2047 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2765 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1264 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28852 Morohashi
3211 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4698 New Nelson (John Haig)
1256 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1345 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
19 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
302 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1478 2001 Kanji
4c4.13 The Kanji Dictionary
3-4-4 SKIP code
4-8-2 SKIP code
2-4-4 SKIP code
4460.0 Four corner code
1-28-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8005 Unicode hex code