Jisho

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6 strokes
Radical:
sun, day
Parts:
decameron, ten-day period, season (for specific products)
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1162 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 旬 【ジュン】 ten-day period (in a month), ten-year period (in one's age), decade
  • 旬報 【ジュンポウ】 ten-day report
  • 初旬 【ショジュン】 first 10 days of the month
  • 一旬 【イチジュン】 ten days
  • 旬 【シュン】 season (for fruit, seafood, etc.), best time of the year (for), in vogue, popular, hot, fresh
  • 旬の魚 【シュンノサカナ】 fish in season
  • 最旬 【サイシュン】 hottest (e.g. fashion), freshest, in vogue

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xun2
Korean:
sun

Spanish

  • decamerón
  • periodo de 10 días

Portuguese

  • decameron
  • 10 dias
  • estação (para produtos específicos

French

  • décade
  • saison (fruits, poisson, ...)
1373 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
937 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
747 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1327 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1404 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
301 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
338 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
338 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
664 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
965 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3698 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1891 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2572 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
67 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13746 Morohashi
2978 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2415 New Nelson (John Haig)
67 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
71 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1078 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2552 2001 Kanji
4c2.5 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-4 SKIP code
2762.0 Four corner code
1-29-60 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
65ec Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
Variants:
sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime
Kun:
On:
ヨウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
1071 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 陽 【ヨウ】 (the) positive, yang (in Chinese divination), the open, visible place, public place
  • 陽気 【ヨウキ】 cheerful, jovial, merry, lively, weather, season, spirit of yang
  • 山陽 【サンヨウ】 south side of a mountain, Sanyo district
  • 陰陽 【インヨウ】 cosmic dual forces, yin and yang, sun and moon, etc.

Kun reading compounds

  • 陽 【ひ】 sun, sunshine, sunlight
  • 日差し 【ひざし】 sunlight, rays of the Sun

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 あきら、 あけ、 はる、 ひろ、 やん、 よ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yang2
Korean:
yang

Spanish

  • positivo
  • masculino

Portuguese

  • brilho do sol
  • princípio do yang
  • positivo
  • masculino
  • paraíso
  • dia

French

  • Yang
  • soleil
  • éclat solaire
  • positif
  • mâle
  • paradis
  • journée
527 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
429 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
406 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
990 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5012 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
753 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
989 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1567 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
630 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
640 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
834 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
747 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
764 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
453 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
572 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1309 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41725 Morohashi
626 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6470 New Nelson (John Haig)
1300 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1397 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
413 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3651 2001 Kanji
2d9.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
7622.7 Four corner code
1-45-59 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
967d Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
eye
Parts:
Variants:
prefecture
Kun:
か.ける
On:
ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
140 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 県 【ケン】 prefecture (of Japan), county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.), department (of France), province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
  • 県営 【ケンエイ】 (under) prefectural management
  • 都道府県 【トドウフケン】 prefectures (of Japan), largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
  • 同県 【ドウケン】 the same prefecture, the said prefecture

Readings

Japanese names:
あがた、 がた
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xian4
Korean:
hyeon

Spanish

  • prefectura

Portuguese

  • Condado
  • prefeitura (região)

French

  • préfecture
  • département
203 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
291 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
273 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
195 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1362 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
381 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
226 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1252 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
194 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
194 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
336 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1380 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3269 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1687 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2294 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
126 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23210P Morohashi
2641 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3918 New Nelson (John Haig)
513 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
552 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
326 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1241 2001 Kanji
3n6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-3 SKIP code
3-4-5 SKIP code
2-5-4 SKIP code
2690.1 Four corner code
1-24-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
770c Unicode hex code