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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

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 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

袋

11 strokes
Radical:
clothes 衣 (衤)
Parts:
亠 化 弋 衣
Variants:
帒
sack, bag, pouch
Kun:
ふくろ
On:
タイ、 ダイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1125 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 袋 【タイ】 counter for things inside a bag
  • 袋果 【タイカ】 follicle
  • 頸袋 【ケイタイ】 dewlap
  • 製袋 【セイタイ】 bag manufacturing

Kun reading compounds

  • 袋 【ふくろ】 bag, sack, pouch, skin of an orange (and other like fruits), dead end, plot of land surrounded by water
  • 袋小路 【ふくろこうじ】 blind alley, cul-de-sac, dead end street, deadlock, impasse, dead end
  • 空気袋 【くうきぶくろ】 air sac, bladder, air bag, windbag

Readings

Japanese names:
てい、 ない、 ぶく
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dai4
Korean:
dae

Spanish

  • saco
  • bolsa

Portuguese

  • sacola
  • bolsa
  • saco

French

  • sac
  • sacoche
  • mère
1546 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
703 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4223 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
926 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
880 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1750 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1329 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1412 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
685 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1623 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3201 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1655 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2245 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1015 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
34171 Morohashi
2588 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5443 New Nelson (John Haig)
1006 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1081 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1484 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2165 2001 Kanji
5e5.11 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-6 SKIP code
2373.2 Four corner code
1-34-62 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
888b Unicode hex code