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弦

8 strokes
Radical:
bow 弓
Parts:
亠 幺 弓 玄
bowstring, chord, hypotenuse
Kun:
つる
On:
ゲン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1773 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 弦 【ゲン】 bowstring, string (of a shamisen, etc.), stringed instrument, chord, hypotenuse
  • 弦楽 【ゲンガク】 music for strings, string music
  • 三弦 【サンゲン】 shamisen, samisen, sanxian (Chinese lute), the three string instruments used in gagaku (biwa, wagon and sou), three strings, three-stringed instrument
  • 移弦 【イゲン】 string-crossing (violin, cello, etc.)

Kun reading compounds

  • 弦 【つる】 bowstring, string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.), bail (arched pot handle), diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
  • 弦音 【つるおと】 sound of vibrating bowstring

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xian2
Korean:
hyeon

Spanish

  • cuerda (arco
  • instrumento musical)
  • media luna
  • hipotenusa

Portuguese

  • Corda (arco
  • violão)
  • corda
  • hipotenusa

French

  • corde d'arc
  • corde
  • hypoténuse
1228 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1617 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1568 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1624 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1270 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1345 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1226 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1290 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1446 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
608 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
343 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
213 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
257 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1398 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9754 Morohashi
287 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1688 New Nelson (John Haig)
1386 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1487 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1169 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3571 2001 Kanji
3h5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
1023.2 Four corner code
1-24-25 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f26 Unicode hex code

楽

13 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
冫 木 白
Variants:
樂
music, comfort, ease
Kun:
たの.しい、 たの.しむ、 この.む
On:
ガク、 ラク、 ゴウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
373 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 楽 【ガク】 music, old Japanese court music, gagaku
  • 楽章 【ガクショウ】 movement
  • 邦楽 【ホウガク】 Japanese music (esp. traditional Japanese music)
  • 室内楽 【シツナイガク】 chamber music
  • 楽 【ラク】 comfort, ease, relief, (at) peace, relaxation, easy, simple, without trouble, without hardships, (economically) comfortable, raku pottery, sukha (happiness)
  • 楽園 【ラクエン】 paradise, Eden
  • 千秋楽 【センシュウラク】 final day of a performance, closing date, final show, final day of a tournament
  • 行楽 【コウラク】 outing, excursion, pleasure trip, going on a picnic
  • 猿楽 【サルガク】 sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries), noh, fooling around

Kun reading compounds

  • 楽しい 【たのしい】 enjoyable, fun, pleasant, happy, delightful
  • 楽しい思い出 【たのしいおもいで】 happy memory, sweet memory
  • 楽しむ 【たのしむ】 to enjoy, to take pleasure in, to have a good time, to have fun, to look forward to

Readings

Japanese names:
さ、 た、 やす、 ら
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
le4, yue4
Korean:
ag

Spanish

  • música
  • divertido
  • fácil
  • agradable
  • disfrutar
  • divertirse

Portuguese

  • música
  • conforto
  • facilidade

French

  • musique
  • agréable
  • confort
331 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
98 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
218 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
232 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2324 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
322 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
200 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2029 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.10 Japanese for Busy People
358 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
359 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
343 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1064 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3505 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1808 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2460 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1751 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
15213 Morohashi
2826 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2790 New Nelson (John Haig)
1735 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1872 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
481 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
225 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
364 2001 Kanji
4a9.29 The Kanji Dictionary
2-9-4 SKIP code
3290.4 Four corner code
1-19-58 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
697d Unicode hex code

交

6 strokes
Radical:
lid 亠
Parts:
亠 父
mingle, mixing, association, coming & going
Kun:
まじ.わる、 まじ.える、 ま.じる、 まじ.る、 ま.ざる、 ま.ぜる、 -か.う、 か.わす、 かわ.す、 こもごも
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
178 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 交 【コウ】 association, fellowship, change (of season, year, etc.)
  • 交易 【コウエキ】 trade, commerce
  • 親交 【シンコウ】 intimacy, friendship, friendly relations
  • 国交 【コッコウ】 diplomatic relations

Kun reading compounds

  • 交わる 【まじわる】 to cross, to intersect, to join, to meet, to associate with, to mingle with, to consort with, to have a sexual relationship, to copulate
  • 交える 【まじえる】 to mix, to combine, to include, to exchange (words, fire, etc.), to cross (e.g. swords), to join together
  • 混じる 【まじる】 to be mixed, to be blended with, to be combined, to associate with, to mingle with, to interest, to join
  • 混じる 【まじる】 to be mixed, to be blended with, to be combined, to associate with, to mingle with, to interest, to join
  • 混ざる 【まざる】 to be mixed, to be blended with, to associate with, to mingle with, to join
  • 混ぜる 【まぜる】 to mix, to stir, to blend
  • 交わす 【かわす】 to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.), to intersect, to cross, to interlace, ... with one another, ... to each other
  • 交わす 【かわす】 to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.), to intersect, to cross, to interlace, ... with one another, ... to each other
  • 交々 【こもごも】 alternately, in succession

Readings

Japanese names:
かた
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jiao1
Korean:
gyo

Spanish

  • cambio
  • reemplazo
  • mezcla
  • asociación
  • cruzarse
  • mezclarse
  • cruzar
  • mezclar

Portuguese

  • Misturar-se
  • misturando
  • associação
  • vindo & indo

French

  • mélanger
  • échanges
  • association
  • mêler
  • aller et venir
212 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
128 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
115 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
200 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
290 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
86 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
298 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
293 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
114 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
114 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
504 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
38 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2508 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1272 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1738 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1283 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
291 Morohashi
2015 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
90 New Nelson (John Haig)
1275 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1368 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
269 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
120 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
466 2001 Kanji
2j4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-4 SKIP code
2-4-2 SKIP code
0040.8 Four corner code
1-24-82 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4ea4 Unicode hex code

響

20 strokes
Radical:
sound 音
Parts:
幺 邦 日 立 艮 音
Variants:
响 響
echo, sound, resound, ring, vibrate
Kun:
ひび.く
On:
キョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
502 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 響岩 【キョウガン】 phonolite, clinkstone
  • 響笛 【キョウテキ】 vibrating pipe
  • 交響 【コウキョウ】 reverberation
  • 好影響 【コウエイキョウ】 favorable influence, favourable influence

Kun reading compounds

  • 響く 【ひびく】 to resound, to be heard far away, to reverberate, to shake, to vibrate, to come (home), to remain (with someone), to have an effect, to make an impression

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiang3
Korean:
hyang

Spanish

  • eco
  • vibración
  • hacer eco
  • resonar
  • vibrar

Portuguese

  • eco
  • som
  • ressoar
  • argola
  • vibrar

French

  • résonner
  • écho
  • son
  • sonner
  • vibrer
1171 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
647 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5114 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1111 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1896 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2981 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
856 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
875 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1023 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1881 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3573 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1840 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2504 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1867 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
43318P Morohashi
2878 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6610 New Nelson (John Haig)
1850 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1994 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1936 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2778 2001 Kanji
4c15.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-11-9 SKIP code
2-10-9 SKIP code
2760.1 Four corner code
1-22-33 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
97ff Unicode hex code

曲

6 strokes
Radical:
say 曰
Parts:
｜ 日
bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
Kun:
ま.がる、 ま.げる、 くま
On:
キョク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
810 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 曲 【キョク】 composition, piece of music, song, track (on a record), tune, melody, air, enjoyment, fun, interest, pleasure
  • 曲折 【キョクセツ】 bending, winding, meandering, zigzagging, ups and downs, twists and turns, complications, difficulties, vicissitudes
  • 歌謡曲 【カヨウキョク】 kayōkyoku, form of Japanese popular music that developed during the Showa era, (Western) pop song
  • 名曲 【メイキョク】 famous piece of music, excellent song, (musical) masterpiece

Kun reading compounds

  • 曲がる 【まがる】 to bend, to curve, to warp, to wind, to twist, to turn, to be awry, to be askew, to be crooked
  • 曲げる 【まげる】 to bend, to crook, to bow, to curve, to curl, to lean, to tilt, to incline, to slant, to bend (the truth), to distort, to twist, to pervert, to yield (a point), to depart (from a principle), to ignore (what one really thinks), to pawn
  • 隈 【くま】 corner, nook, recess, shade, shadow, dark area, dark circles (under the eyes), dark rings, bend (in a road, river, etc.), shading, gradation, kumadori, style of kabuki makeup used for violent roles

Readings

Japanese names:
まがた
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qu3, qu1
Korean:
gog

Spanish

  • melodía
  • curva
  • encorvado
  • torcer
  • doblar
  • torcerse
  • girarse

Portuguese

  • tender
  • música
  • melodia
  • composição
  • prazer
  • injustiça
  • falta
  • curva
  • tortuoso
  • perverso
  • inclinar

French

  • courber
  • musique
  • mélodie
  • composition
  • plaisir
  • injustice
  • faute
  • malhonnête
  • pervers
  • pencher
381 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
279 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
261 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
604 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
103 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
715 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
609 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
327 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
366 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
367 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
625 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
996 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4340 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2197 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2956 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1180 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14280 Morohashi
3527 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2418 New Nelson (John Haig)
1172 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1256 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
264 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1976 2001 Kanji
0a6.27 The Kanji Dictionary
4-6-2 SKIP code
5560.0 Four corner code
1-22-42 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
66f2 Unicode hex code