Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
step
Parts:
he, that, the
Kun:
かれかのか.の
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
648 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 彼岸 【ヒガン】 equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held), Buddhist services during the equinoctial week, nirvana, opposite bank, opposite shore, shore on the other side
  • 彼是 【アレコレ】 this and that, this or that, one thing or another, this way and that, around, about, round about, roughly, nearly, almost

Kun reading compounds

  • 彼 【かれ】 he, him, boyfriend
  • 彼ら 【かれら】 they, them
  • 前彼 【まえかれ】 former boyfriend, ex-boyfriend
  • 元彼 【もとかれ】 former boyfriend, ex-boyfriend
  • 彼の 【かの】 that well-known ..., the one and only ..., that, those, the
  • 彼女 【かのじょ】 she, her, girlfriend
  • 彼の 【かの】 that well-known ..., the one and only ..., that, those, the
  • 彼女 【かのじょ】 she, her, girlfriend

Readings

Japanese names:
その
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bi3
Korean:
pi

Spanish

  • eso
  • aquello
  • otra persona

Portuguese

  • ele
  • que
  • o

French

  • lui
  • celui-là
1725 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
536 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1604 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1764 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
520 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
578 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
977 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1010 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1146 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
624 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
346 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
215 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
259 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
892 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10066 Morohashi
290 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1732 New Nelson (John Haig)
883 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
948 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
56 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1171 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2067 2001 Kanji
3i5.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
2424.7 Four corner code
1-40-64 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f7c Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
mountain
Parts:
beach
Kun:
きし
On:
ガン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
556 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 岸壁 【ガンペキ】 quay, wharf, jetty, wall-like shoreline, cliff wall
  • 岸頭 【ガントウ】 shore, wharf
  • 護岸 【ゴガン】 river dike
  • 対岸 【タイガン】 opposite shore

Kun reading compounds

  • 岸 【きし】 bank, coast, shore
  • 岸辺 【きしべ】 shore, bank (of a body of water)
  • 片岸 【かたぎし】 one bank (of a river)
  • 彼の岸 【かのきし】 nirvana

Readings

Japanese names:
けし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
an4
Korean:
an

Spanish

  • playa
  • costa
  • orilla

Portuguese

  • Praia

French

  • côte
  • rive
  • plage
177 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
267 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
248 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
847 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1413 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
687 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
488 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
941 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
586 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
595 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
456 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
539 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2777 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1424 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1920 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1668 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8009 Morohashi
2236 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1459 New Nelson (John Haig)
1653 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1782 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
294 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1255 2001 Kanji
3o5.11 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
2224.1 Four corner code
1-20-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5cb8 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
river
Kun:
かわ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
663 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 河 【ホー】 discarded tiles, discards
  • 川 【カワ】 river, stream, River, the ... river
  • 星河 【セイガ】 Milky Way
  • 暴虎馮河 【ボウコヒョウガ】 foolhardy courage

Kun reading compounds

  • 川 【かわ】 river, stream, River, the ... river
  • 河 【ホー】 discarded tiles, discards
  • 追河 【おいかわ】 pale chub (Zacco platypus), freshwater minnow
  • 恋河 【こいかわ】 oceans of love

Readings

Japanese names:
かっ、 こ、 こう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
he2
Korean:
ha

Spanish

  • río
  • corriente

Portuguese

  • rio

French

  • rivière
  • fleuve
561 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
658 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
628 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
698 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2530 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
633 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
669 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
597 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
389 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
391 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1127 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1170 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
394 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
251 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
298 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
148 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17245 Morohashi
336 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3102 New Nelson (John Haig)
146 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
157 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
679 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
349 2001 Kanji
3a5.30 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
3112.0 Four corner code
1-18-47 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6cb3 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
pig
Parts:
Variants:
pork, pig
Kun:
ぶた
On:
トン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1864 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 豚 【トン】 pig, pork
  • 豚肉 【ブタニク】 pork
  • 養豚 【ヨウトン】 pig-keeping, pig farming
  • 焼きとん 【ヤキトン】 yakiton, grilled pork on skewers

Kun reading compounds

  • 豚 【ぶた】 pig (Sus scrofa domesticus), pork, fatso, fatty
  • 豚肉 【ぶたにく】 pork
  • 野生豚 【やせいぶた】 feral pig
  • 萌え豚 【もえぶた】 anime freak, person overly interested in female anime and video game characters

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tun2
Korean:
don

Spanish

  • cochino
  • cerdo

Portuguese

  • Carne de porco
  • porco

French

  • porc
  • cochon
1670 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1557 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3772 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1738 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1774 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
796 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
810 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1089 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1717 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1228 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
666 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
889 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
544 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36352 Morohashi
976 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5743 New Nelson (John Haig)
538 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
577 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1486 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3951 2001 Kanji
4b7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-7 SKIP code
7123.2 Four corner code
1-38-58 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8c5a Unicode hex code