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愛

13 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
冖 夂 心 爪
love, affection, favourite
Kun:
いと.しい、 かな.しい、 め.でる、 お.しむ、 まな
On:
アイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
640 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 愛 【アイ】 love, affection, care, attachment, craving, desire, agape, Ireland
  • 愛犬 【アイケン】 pet dog, beloved dog, love of dogs, fondness for dogs
  • 友愛 【ユウアイ】 fraternity, friendship
  • 同性愛 【ドウセイアイ】 homosexuality, homosexual love

Kun reading compounds

  • 愛しい 【いとしい】 lovely, dear, beloved, darling, dearest, pitiable, pitiful
  • 悲しい 【かなしい】 sad, miserable, unhappy, sorrowful, sad, lamentable, deplorable, grievous
  • 愛でる 【めでる】 to love, to cherish, to admire, to appreciate
  • 惜しむ 【おしむ】 to spare, to grudge, to be sparing (with), to be frugal, to be stingy, to regret, to lament, to be reluctant (to do), to be unwilling, to value, to prize, to hold dear, to love, to cherish
  • 愛 【まな】 beloved, dear
  • 愛弟子 【まなでし】 favorite pupil, favourite pupil, teacher's pet

Readings

Japanese names:
あ、 あし、 え、 かな、 なる、 めぐ、 めぐみ、 よし、 ちか
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ai4
Korean:
ae

Spanish

  • amor
  • afecto
  • favorito

Portuguese

  • amor
  • afeição
  • favorito

French

  • amour
  • affection
  • favori
339 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
441 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
417 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
436 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2829 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
456 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
545 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2018 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
259 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
259 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1079 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
790 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3133 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1606 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2191 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
745 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10947 Morohashi
2492 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1927 New Nelson (John Haig)
737 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
796 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
268 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
602 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2067 2001 Kanji
4i10.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-9 SKIP code
2-6-7 SKIP code
2-1-12 SKIP code
2024.7 Four corner code
1-16-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
611b Unicode hex code

情

11 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
二 亠 土 忙 月 青
feelings, emotion, passion, sympathy, circumstances, facts
Kun:
なさ.け
On:
ジョウ、 セイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
235 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 情 【ジョウ】 feelings, emotion, sentiment, compassion, sympathy, passion, affection, love, the way things really are, the actual situation
  • 情感 【ジョウカン】 feeling, sensitivity, emotion
  • 風情 【フゼイ】 taste, elegance, charm, appearance, air, the likes of ..., lowly people such as ...
  • 内情 【ナイジョウ】 internal conditions, true state of affairs
  • 傾城 【ケイセイ】 beauty, siren, courtesan, prostitute

Kun reading compounds

  • 情け 【なさけ】 pity, sympathy, compassion, mercy, affection, love
  • 情けない 【なさけない】 miserable, pitiable, shameful, deplorable, pathetic
  • 恋情 【れんじょう】 love, attachment, lovesickness
  • 武士の情け 【ぶしのなさけ】 samurai's compassion, samurai-like mercy

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qing2
Korean:
jeong

Spanish

  • sentimientos
  • emoción
  • simpatía

Portuguese

  • sentimentos
  • emoção
  • paixão
  • simpatia
  • circunstâncias
  • fatos

French

  • sentiments
  • émotion
  • passion
  • compassion
  • circonstances
  • faits
643 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
741 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
719 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
286 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1714 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
334 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
543 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
209 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
209 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
654 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
819 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
583 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
353 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
439 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1551 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10756P Morohashi
482 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1898 New Nelson (John Haig)
1537 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1657 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
183 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
738 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1146 2001 Kanji
4k8.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
1-1-10 SKIP code
9502.7 Four corner code
1-30-80 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
60c5 Unicode hex code

花

7 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
化 匕 艾
Variants:
芲
flower
Kun:
はな
On:
カ、 ケ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
578 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 花形 【ハナガタ】 floral pattern, flourish, ornament, star (actor, player, etc.)
  • 花園 【ハナゾノ】 flower garden
  • 献花 【ケンカ】 flower offering, floral tribute, laying flowers
  • 雄花 【オバナ】 male flower, staminate flower
  • 花かご 【ハナカゴ】 flower basket, flower basket (or plate) used for flower-scattering rituals
  • 華香 【ケコウ】 flowers and incense (given as a Buddhist offering)
  • 天花 【テンゲ】 flowers that bloom in the heavens, paper flowers scattered before the Buddha's image

Kun reading compounds

  • 花 【はな】 flower, blossom, bloom, petal, cherry blossom, beauty, blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms), ikebana, hanafuda, (the) best, glorious, lovely
  • 花形 【はながた】 floral pattern, flourish, ornament, star (actor, player, etc.)
  • 菜の花 【なのはな】 rape blossoms, rapeseed flowers
  • 紅花 【べにばな】 safflower (Carthamus tinctorius)

Readings

Japanese names:
わ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hua1
Korean:
hwa

Spanish

  • flor

Portuguese

  • flor

French

  • fleur
43 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
70 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
9 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
551 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3909 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
328 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
81 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
481 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.18 Japanese for Busy People
255 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
255 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
314 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
641 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2740 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1405 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1894 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1018 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30734P Morohashi
2211 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4980 New Nelson (John Haig)
1009 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1084 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
69 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1956 2001 Kanji
3k4.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
4421.4 Four corner code
1-18-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
82b1 Unicode hex code

咲

9 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
一 二 人 并 口 大
blossom, bloom
Kun:
さ.く、 -ざき
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1534 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 巧笑 【コウショウ】 courteous laughter, forced laughter

Kun reading compounds

  • 咲く 【さく】 to bloom, to flower, to blossom, to open, to rise up (of breaking waves)

Readings

Japanese names:
さ、 さき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiao4
Korean:
so

Spanish

  • florecer

Portuguese

  • flor
  • florescimento

French

  • fleurir
  • floraison
1303 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1435 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
922 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1475 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
413 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
784 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
927 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
951 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
261 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
303 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
413 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
259 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
310 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2037 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3554X Morohashi
349 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
790 New Nelson (John Haig)
2018 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2174 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1240 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3763 2001 Kanji
3d6.12 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
6803.4 Four corner code
1-26-73 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
54b2 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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  • 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

映

9 strokes
Radical:
sun, day 日
Parts:
ノ 冖 大 日
reflect, reflection, projection
Kun:
うつ.る、 うつ.す、 は.える、 -ば.え
On:
エイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N4
404 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 映画館 【エイガカン】 movie theatre, movie theater, cinema
  • 映画 【エイガ】 movie, film, motion picture
  • 大映 【ダイエイ】 Daiei Motion Picture Company
  • 開映 【カイエイ】 beginning of a screening (at a movie theatre), starting a screening

Kun reading compounds

  • 映る 【うつる】 to be reflected, to harmonize with (harmonise), to come out (photo), to be projected, to be displayed (on a screen)
  • 映す 【うつす】 to project, to reflect, to cast (shadow)
  • 映える 【はえる】 to shine, to glow, to look attractive, to look nice, to be set off (by)

Readings

Japanese names:
あきら、 え、 てる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ying4
Korean:
yeong

Spanish

  • reflejo
  • reflexión
  • reflejar
  • reflejarse
  • proyectarse
  • proyectar

Portuguese

  • reflitir
  • reflexão
  • projeção

French

  • projection
  • refléter
  • réflexion
830 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
813 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
234 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2118 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
910 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
187 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
840 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.14 Japanese for Busy People
352 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
353 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
234 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
985 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1104 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
600 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
793 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1758 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13838 Morohashi
892 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2448 New Nelson (John Haig)
1742 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1879 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
368 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
876 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3863 2001 Kanji
4c5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-5 SKIP code
6503.0 Four corner code
1-17-39 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6620 Unicode hex code

画

8 strokes
Radical:
field 田
Parts:
一 凵 田
Variants:
畫
brush-stroke, picture
Kun:
えが.く、 かく.する、 かぎ.る、 はかりごと、 はか.る
On:
ガ、 カク、 エ、 カイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
199 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 絵 【エ】 picture, drawing, painting, sketch, image (TV, film, etc.), picture, footage
  • 画家 【ガカ】 painter, artist
  • 洋画 【ヨウガ】 Western painting, Western film, Western movie
  • 邦画 【ホウガ】 Japanese film, Japanese painting
  • 画 【カク】 stroke (of a kanji)
  • 描く 【エガク】 to draw, to paint, to sketch, to depict, to describe, to picture in one's mind, to imagine, to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)
  • 参画 【サンカク】 taking part (in planning), participation
  • 家族計画 【カゾクケイカク】 family planning
  • 絵 【エ】 picture, drawing, painting, sketch, image (TV, film, etc.), picture, footage
  • 描く 【エガク】 to draw, to paint, to sketch, to depict, to describe, to picture in one's mind, to imagine, to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)
  • 似顔絵 【ニガオエ】 portrait, likeness, sketch (of a face)
  • 影絵 【カゲエ】 shadow picture, silhouette, shadowgraph

Kun reading compounds

  • 描く 【えがく】 to draw, to paint, to sketch, to depict, to describe, to picture in one's mind, to imagine, to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)
  • 画する 【かくする】 to draw (a line), to demarcate, to mark, to divide, to map out, to plan

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hua4
Korean:
hwa, hoeg

Spanish

  • dibujo
  • trazo
  • puntuar
  • interrumpir

Portuguese

  • gravura

French

  • trait de plume
  • dessin
  • écran
  • compteur de traits de kanji
167 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
91 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
85 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
150 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
50 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
477 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
222 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
991 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.14 Japanese for Busy People
343 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
343 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
235 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
176 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3723 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1904 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2586 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1178 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21739P Morohashi
3000 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3733 New Nelson (John Haig)
1170 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1254 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
176 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
155 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3175 2001 Kanji
0a8.7 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-6 SKIP code
1077.2 Four corner code
1-18-72 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
753b Unicode hex code