Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
bow
Parts:
arc, arch, bow
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2371 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 弧 【コ】 arc
  • 弧形 【コケイ】 arc
  • 円弧 【エンコ】 arc
  • 励弧 【レイコ】 excitation

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hu2
Korean:
ho

Spanish

  • arco
  • circunferencia

Portuguese

  • Arco

French

  • arc de cercle
  • arc
  • arche
1230 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1958 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1567 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1729 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1271 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1481 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1578 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1447 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
609 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
430 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
266 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
320 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1896 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9757X Morohashi
360 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1687 New Nelson (John Haig)
1878 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2023 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1224 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3562 2001 Kanji
3h6.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
1223.0 Four corner code
1-24-44 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f27 Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
Variants:
lamp, a light, light, counter for lights
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
1605 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 灯 【トウ】 light, lamp, counter for electric lights
  • 灯台 【トウダイ】 lighthouse, old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
  • 消灯 【ショウトウ】 putting out the lights, turning off the lights
  • 探海灯 【タンカイトウ】 searchlight

Kun reading compounds

  • 灯 【ひ】 light, lamp
  • 灯明かり 【ひあかり】 lamplight, torchlight
  • 灯火 【ともしび】 light, lamp, torch
  • 灯す 【ともす】 to light (a candle, lamp, etc.), to turn on (a light)
  • 明かり 【あかり】 light, illumination, glow, gleam, lamp, light
  • 明かりを消す 【あかりをけす】 to turn the lights off

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
deng1
Korean:
deung

Spanish

  • lámpara
  • luz
  • contador para luces

Portuguese

  • lâmpada
  • luz
  • sufixo p/ contagem de luzes

French

  • lampe
  • lumière
  • compteur de lampes
583 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
556 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1290 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2745 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
537 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
711 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1333 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1416 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
871 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1262 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1019 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
552 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
730 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
167 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18855 Morohashi
825 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3395 New Nelson (John Haig)
165 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
177 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
471 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1153 2001 Kanji
4d2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-2 SKIP code
1-1-5 SKIP code
9182.0 Four corner code
1-37-84 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
706f Unicode hex code