Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
house on cliff 广
Parts:
广
Variants:
broad, wide, spacious
Jinmeiyō variant of a jōyō kanji, used in names
2487 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 広告 【コウコク】 advertisement, advertising, announcement, notice
  • 広州 【コウシュウ】 Guangzhou (China), Canton

Kun reading compounds

  • 広い 【ひろい】 spacious, vast, wide

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guang3, an1
Korean:
gwang

Spanish

Portuguese

French

1535 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2416 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3942 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2741 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
9493 Morohashi
3177 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1640 New Nelson (John Haig)
3q2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-12 SKIP code
0028.6 Four corner code
1-55-02 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5ee3 Unicode hex code

19 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
rapids, current, torrent, shallows, shoal
Kun:
On:
ライ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1152 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Kun reading compounds

  • 瀬 【せ】 shallows, shoal, rapids, current, torrent, position, place, chance, opportunity
  • 瀬戸 【せと】 strait, channel
  • 早瀬 【はやせ】 swift current, rapids
  • 高瀬 【たかせ】 shallow river, shallows, flatboat, river boat

Readings

Japanese names:
いわた、 がせ、 しげ、 せい、 せっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lai4
Korean:
roe

Spanish

  • corriente de agua
  • rápidos
  • torrente
  • tiempo
  • ocasión

Portuguese

  • corredeiras
  • corrente
  • torrente
  • baixios
  • banco de areia

French

  • rapides
  • courant
  • torrent
  • hauts fonds
1469 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
947 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2735 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1037 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1509 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2794 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1513 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1614 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1845 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1259 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
995 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
545 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
717 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1682 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18672P Morohashi
806 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3384 New Nelson (John Haig)
1666 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1795 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1914 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
361 2001 Kanji
3a16.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-16 SKIP code
3118.6 Four corner code
1-32-05 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
702c Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
sun, day
Parts:
wisdom, intellect, reason
On:
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1002 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 知 【チ】 wisdom, jnana (higher knowledge)
  • 知恵 【チエ】 wisdom, wit, sagacity, sense, intelligence, prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
  • 才知 【サイチ】 wit and intelligence
  • 大知 【タイチ】 supreme wisdom, sage

Readings

Japanese names:
さと、 さとし、 さとる、 さとい、 とも、 のり、 とし、 あきら、 じ、 とみ、 ひと、 もと、 よも
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi4
Korean:
ji

Spanish

  • sabiduría
  • intelecto
  • razón

Portuguese

French

  • intelligence
  • raison
1416 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2144 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1964 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1793 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2099 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3458 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1781 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2425 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1232 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14010 Morohashi
2784 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2490 New Nelson (John Haig)
1224 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1309 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4c8.11 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-4 SKIP code
8660.0 Four corner code
1-35-50 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
667a Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
blue 青 (靑)
Parts:
peaceful
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1390 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 靖国 【セイコク】 pacifying the nation
  • 静寧 【セイネイ】 peace, calm, tranquility
  • 閑靖 【カンセイ】 tranquillity, quiet

Readings

Japanese names:
のぶ、 やす、 やすし、 しず、 おさむ、 きよし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jing4
Korean:
jeong

Spanish

  • tranquilo
  • apacible

Portuguese

French

1554 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3358 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1957 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1905 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2187 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1546 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
817 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1117 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
42570P Morohashi
1208 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6559 New Nelson (John Haig)
2621 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2666 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
446 2001 Kanji
5b8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-8 SKIP code
0512.7 Four corner code
1-44-87 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9756 Unicode hex code