Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
foolish, folly, absurdity, stupid
Kun:
おろ.か
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1551 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 愚 【グ】 foolishness, silliness, stupidity, folly, I, me
  • 愚痴 【グチ】 idle complaint, grumble, moha (ignorance, folly)
  • 軽愚 【ケイグ】 moronity, moron
  • 大愚 【タイグ】 great folly or fool

Kun reading compounds

  • 愚か 【おろか】 foolish, stupid, silly
  • 愚かしい 【おろかしい】 foolish, stupid

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yu2
Korean:
u

Spanish

  • estupidez
  • tontería
  • prefijo humilde para cosas propias

Portuguese

  • tolo
  • tolice
  • disparate
  • estúpidez

French

  • stupide
  • absurdité
  • idiot
  • bête
1184 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1884 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1730 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1496 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1308 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2032 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1642 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1755 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1701 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
793 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3513 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1813 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2467 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1976 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10946X Morohashi
2834 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1925 New Nelson (John Haig)
1957 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2107 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1623 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3658 2001 Kanji
4k9.15 The Kanji Dictionary
2-9-4 SKIP code
2-8-4 SKIP code
6033.2 Four corner code
1-22-82 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
611a Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
woman, female
Parts:
wife, spouse
Kun:
つま
On:
サイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
691 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 妻 【サイ】 one's wife
  • 妻子 【サイシ】 wife and children, wife
  • 先妻 【センサイ】 former wife, late wife
  • 後妻 【ゴサイ】 second wife

Kun reading compounds

  • 妻 【つま】 wife, garnish (esp. one served with sashimi), trimmings, accompaniment, side (remark)
  • 妻 【つま】 my dear, dear, honey
  • 駐妻 【ちゅうつま】 expat wife, wife of an expatriate employee
  • 我が妻 【わがつま】 my spouse (esp. used to refer to one's wife), my wife, my husband

Readings

Japanese names:
ずま、 め
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi1, qi4
Korean:
cheo

Spanish

  • esposa
  • mujer
  • esposa propia

Portuguese

  • esposa
  • cônjuge

French

  • épouse
  • femme
790 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
708 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
681 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
767 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1206 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
861 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
449 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
959 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
671 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
682 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
596 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
427 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3166 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1628 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2214 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1907 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6140 Morohashi
2558 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1200 New Nelson (John Haig)
1889 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2035 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
683 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1469 2001 Kanji
3e5.10 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-3 SKIP code
5040.4 Four corner code
1-26-42 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
59bb Unicode hex code