Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
pleasure, happy, rejoice
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1974 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 愉快 【ユカイ】 pleasant, delightful, enjoyable, joyful, cheerful, amusing, happy
  • 愉悦 【ユエツ】 joy, pleasure, delight

Kun reading compounds

  • 楽しい 【たのしい】 enjoyable, fun, pleasant, happy, delightful
  • 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:
ゆう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yu2
Korean:
yu

Spanish

  • diversión
  • regocijo

Portuguese

  • prazer
  • feliz
  • júbilo

French

  • plaisir
  • joyeux
  • agréable
1861 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1461 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1726 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1276 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1307 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1598 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1705 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1458 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
824 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
710 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
426 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
534 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
635 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10905P Morohashi
582 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1920 New Nelson (John Haig)
628 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
675 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1535 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1143 2001 Kanji
4k9.13 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
1-1-11 SKIP code
9802.1 Four corner code
1-44-91 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6109 Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
colour, prettiness
Parts:
color
Kun:
いろ
On:
ショクシキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
621 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 色 【ショク】 counter for colours
  • 紫色 【ムラサキイロ】 purple, violet
  • 彩色 【サイシキ】 colouring, coloring, colouration, coloration, painting
  • 色 【シキ】 rupa (form), visible objects (i.e. color and form)
  • 色彩 【シキサイ】 colour, color, hue, tints
  • 彩色 【サイシキ】 colouring, coloring, colouration, coloration, painting
  • 極彩色 【ゴクサイシキ】 richly colored, richly coloured

Kun reading compounds

  • 色 【いろ】 colour, color, hue, tint, tinge, shade, complexion, skin colour, skin color, look (on one's face), expression, appearance, air, feeling, personality, character, tone (of one's voice, etc.), tune, sound, ring, love, lust, sensuality, love affair, lover, paramour, beauty, sexiness, physical appeal, kind, type, variety
  • 色合い 【いろあい】 colouring, coloring, shade (of colour), hue, tone, tinge, tint, flavour, nuance, feel, sense, look
  • 紫色 【むらさきいろ】 purple, violet
  • 橙色 【だいだいいろ】 orange (color, colour)

Readings

Japanese names:
しか、 しこ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
se4, shai3
Korean:
saeg

Spanish

  • color
  • aspecto

Portuguese

  • cor

French

  • couleur
94 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
162 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
145 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
326 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3889 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
241 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
243 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
345 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.20 Japanese for Busy People
204 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
204 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
316 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1599 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2522 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1280 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1748 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1769 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30602 Morohashi
2029 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4956 New Nelson (John Haig)
1753 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1890 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
405 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
127 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2556 2001 Kanji
2n4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-4 SKIP code
2771.7 Four corner code
1-31-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8272 Unicode hex code