Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
door, house 戶 (户, 戸)
Parts:
tassel, tuft, fringe, bunch, lock (hair), segment (orange), house, room
Kun:
ふさ
On:
ボウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
808 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 房 【ボウ】 chamber, room, cell (prison), atrium, home of a monk, monk, Chinese "room" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
  • 坊主 【ボウズ】 Buddhist priest, bonze, close-cropped hair, crew cut, person with a shorn head, boy, sonny, lad, not catching anything, the August 20-point card
  • 書房 【ショボウ】 study, library, bookstore, bookshop, publishing company
  • 工房 【コウボウ】 workshop, studio, atelier

Kun reading compounds

  • 房 【ふさ】 tuft (of hair, threads, etc.), fringe, tassel, bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.), cluster (of flowers), segment (of a tangerine, etc.), section
  • 房尾巻猿 【ふさおまきざる】 brown capuchin, tufted capuchin (Cebus apella)
  • 一房 【ひとふさ】 one tuft (of hair, threads, etc.), one bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.), one cluster (e.g. of flowers), one segment (of a tangerine, etc.), one section

Readings

Japanese names:
お、 のぶ、 わ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fang2
Korean:
bang

Spanish

  • racimo
  • manojo
  • casita

Portuguese

  • moita
  • franja
  • punhado
  • mecha (cabelo)
  • gomos (laranja)
  • casa
  • quarto

French

  • pompon
  • touffe
  • frange
  • grappe
  • boucle (cheveu)
  • quartier (orange)
  • épouse
  • chauffage / climatisation
  • maison
  • chambre
1809 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
772 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1819 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1116 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1332 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
658 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1237 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1303 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1082 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
844 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2445 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1237 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1702 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1087 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11714X Morohashi
1946 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2053 New Nelson (John Haig)
1078 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1159 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1174 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3045 2001 Kanji
4m4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-1-7 SKIP code
3-4-4 SKIP code
3022.7 Four corner code
1-43-28 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
623f Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
willow
Kun:
やなぎ
On:
ヨウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1815 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 柳 【ヤナギ】 willow (any tree of genus Salix), weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
  • 楊弓 【ヨウキュウ】 small toy bow that can be shot while sitting, popular in the Edo period
  • 垂楊 【スイヨウ】 weeping willow
  • 箱柳 【ハコヤナギ】 Japanese aspen (Populus tremula var. sieboldii)

Kun reading compounds

  • 柳 【やなぎ】 willow (any tree of genus Salix), weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
  • 箱柳 【はこやなぎ】 Japanese aspen (Populus tremula var. sieboldii)
  • 泥の木 【どろのき】 Japanese poplar (Populus maximowiczii)

Readings

Japanese names:
やな
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yang2
Korean:
yang

Spanish

  • sauce

Portuguese

French

2321 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1898 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2122 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1286 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
699 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
933 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
15112 Morohashi
2784 New Nelson (John Haig)
2473 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2539 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4a9.17 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-9 SKIP code
4692.7 Four corner code
1-45-44 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
694a Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
bough, branch, twig, limb, counter for branches
Kun:
えだ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
1401 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 枝 【シ】 counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)
  • 枝葉 【エダハ】 branches and leaves, foliage, unimportant details, nonessentials, side issue, digression
  • 整枝 【セイシ】 training (branches in horticulture)
  • 茘枝 【レイシ】 litchi (Nephelium litchi), lychee, lichee, litchi nut, bitter melon (Momordica charantia), bitter gourd, Thais bronni (species of muricid gastropod)

Kun reading compounds

  • 枝 【えだ】 branch, bough, limb, twig, sprig, spray
  • 枝葉 【えだは】 branches and leaves, foliage, unimportant details, nonessentials, side issue, digression
  • 若枝 【わかえだ】 young branch, shoot, sprig, scion
  • 細枝 【ほそえだ】 twig, wand

Readings

Japanese names:
え、 ぐさ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi1, qi2
Korean:
ji

Spanish

  • rama
  • bifurcación

Portuguese

  • ramagem
  • ramo
  • galho
  • tronco

French

  • branche
  • rameau
  • brindille
  • compteur de branches
719 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1315 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1154 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2211 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
889 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
626 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
631 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
870 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
889 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
972 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1074 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1073 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
579 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
767 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
720 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14557 Morohashi
863 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2591 New Nelson (John Haig)
713 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
770 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
684 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1867 2001 Kanji
4a4.18 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
4494.7 Four corner code
1-27-62 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
679d Unicode hex code