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

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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

7 strokes
Radical:
two hands, twenty
Parts:
Variants:

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 弄火 【ロウカ】 playing with fire
  • 弄花 【ロウカ】 gambling with hanafuda
  • 嘲弄 【チョウロウ】 scorn, mockery, ridicule
  • 戯弄 【ギロウ】 teasing, toying with someone's emotions

Kun reading compounds

  • 弄くる 【いじくる】 to finger, to tamper (with)
  • 弄する 【ろうする】 to play with, to joke, to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.), to deride, to scoff at, to make fun of
  • 弄る 【いじる】 to finger, to touch, to play with, to fiddle with, to toy with, to make changes to, to tinker with, to tamper with, to dabble in, to do as a hobby, to play around with, to tease, to make fun of, to grope, to feel around (in one's pocket, bag, etc.)
  • 弄ぶ 【もてあそぶ】 to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.), to fiddle with, to toy with (one's emotions, etc.), to trifle with, to do with something as one pleases, to appreciate

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nong4, long4
Korean:
rong

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2924 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2004 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3057 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2129 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
9596 Morohashi
1668 New Nelson (John Haig)
2558 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
731 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4f3.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-3 SKIP code
1044.1 Four corner code
1-47-14 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f04 Unicode hex code