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想

13 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
心 木 目
idea, thought, conception, think
Kun:
おも.う
On:
ソウ、 ソ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
381 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 想 【ソウ】 conception, idea, thought, samjna (perception)
  • 想像 【ソウゾウ】 imagination, supposition, guess
  • 追想 【ツイソウ】 recollection, reminiscence
  • お愛想 【オアイソ】 compliments, civilities, courtesies, flattery, hospitality, special treatment, entertainment, bill (at a restaurant), check
  • 想 【ソウ】 conception, idea, thought, samjna (perception)
  • 想像 【ソウゾウ】 imagination, supposition, guess
  • お愛想 【オアイソ】 compliments, civilities, courtesies, flattery, hospitality, special treatment, entertainment, bill (at a restaurant), check

Kun reading compounds

  • 思う 【おもう】 to think, to consider, to believe, to reckon, to think (of doing), to plan (to do), to judge, to assess, to regard, to imagine, to suppose, to dream, to expect, to look forward to, to feel, to be (in a state of mind), to desire, to want, to care (deeply) for, to yearn for, to worry about, to love, to recall, to remember

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiang3
Korean:
sang

Spanish

  • concepto
  • idea
  • pensamiento

Portuguese

  • conceito
  • pensar
  • idéia
  • pensamento

French

  • concept
  • pensée
  • idée
660 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
350 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
532 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
352 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1728 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
324 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
544 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
147 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
147 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
392 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
796 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3507 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1810 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2462 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
616 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10858 Morohashi
2828 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1922 New Nelson (John Haig)
609 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
656 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
197 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
421 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1858 2001 Kanji
4k9.18 The Kanji Dictionary
2-9-4 SKIP code
4633.0 Four corner code
1-33-59 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
60f3 Unicode hex code

水

4 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
水
water
Kun:
みず、 みず-
On:
スイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
223 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 水 【スイ】 Wednesday, shaved ice (served with flavored syrup), water (fifth of the five elements)
  • 水位 【スイイ】 water level
  • 用水 【ヨウスイ】 irrigation water, water for fire, city water, cistern water
  • 浄水 【ジョウスイ】 clean water, purified water

Kun reading compounds

  • 水 【みず】 water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water), fluid (esp. in an animal tissue), liquid, flood, floodwaters, water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout, break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
  • 水揚げ 【みずあげ】 landing, unloading (e.g. a ship), catch (of fish), takings, sales (of a shop), defloration (e.g. of a geisha), preservation (of cut flowers, in ikebana)
  • 飲み水 【のみみず】 drinking water, potable water
  • 呼び水 【よびみず】 pump-priming, rousing, stimulation

Readings

Japanese names:
うず、 ずみ、 つ、 ど、 み、 みさ、 みつ、 みな、 みん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shui3
Korean:
su

Spanish

  • agua

Portuguese

  • água

French

  • eau
14 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
16 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
40 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
144 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2482 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
16 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
68 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
54 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
21 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
21 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
19 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1151 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
10 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
132 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17083 Morohashi
10 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3030 New Nelson (John Haig)
130 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
137 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
166 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
31 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1142 2001 Kanji
3a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-1-3 SKIP code
4-4-3 SKIP code
1223.0 Four corner code
1-31-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6c34 Unicode hex code

樹

16 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
并 口 土 寸 木 豆
timber, trees, wood, establish, set up
Kun:
き
On:
ジュ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
988 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 樹木 【ジュモク】 tree, trees and shrubs
  • 樹脂 【ジュシ】 resin, rosin
  • 植樹 【ショクジュ】 tree-planting
  • 広葉樹 【コウヨウジュ】 broadleaf tree, broad-leaved tree

Kun reading compounds

  • 木 【き】 tree, shrub, bush, wood, timber, wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
  • 木々 【きぎ】 (many) trees, every tree, all kinds of trees
  • 一樹 【いちじゅ】 one tree, a tree
  • 楷の木 【かいのき】 Chinese pistache (Pistacia chinensis)

Readings

Japanese names:
いつき、 うえ、 こ、 しげ、 じ、 たちき、 たつ、 たつる、 な
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu4
Korean:
su

Spanish

  • árbol
  • vegetación
  • establecer

Portuguese

  • Madeira-de-lei
  • madeira

French

  • grume
  • bois
897 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
888 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1034 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2377 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1053 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1446 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2483 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1144 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1197 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1853 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1117 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1363 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
735 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
987 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1458 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
15496 Morohashi
1075 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2878 New Nelson (John Haig)
1446 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1554 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
993 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1848 2001 Kanji
4a12.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-12 SKIP code
4490.0 Four corner code
1-28-89 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6a39 Unicode hex code

奈

8 strokes
Radical:
big, very 大
Parts:
二 大 小 示
Variants:
柰
Nara, what?
Kun:
いかん、 からなし
On:
ナ、 ナイ、 ダイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
841 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 奈良 【ナラ】 Nara (city, prefecture)
  • な行 【ナギョウ】 the "na" column of the Japanese syllabary table (na, ni, nu, ne, no)
  • 眼仁奈 【メジナ】 largescale blackfish (Girella punctata)
  • 輪奈 【ワナ】 loop (of thread, string, etc.)

Kun reading compounds

  • 如何 【いかん】 (depending on) how, (depending on) what, nature (of), what is ...?, how is ...?, what will be ...?
  • 唐梨 【からなし】 Chinese quince (Pseudocydonia sinensis)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nai4, nai3
Korean:
nae, na

Spanish

  • Nara
  • ¿que tal?
  • ¿por qué?

Portuguese

French

  • Nara
  • comment ?
822 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1174 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1977 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
696 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2044 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
947 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2759 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1411 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1905 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1103 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5893 Morohashi
2219 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1147 New Nelson (John Haig)
1094 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1175 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1441 2001 Kanji
4e3.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
2-4-4 SKIP code
4090.1 Four corner code
1-38-64 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5948 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