Jisho

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暗

13 strokes
Radical:
sun, day 日
Parts:
日 立 音
darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded
Kun:
くら.い、 くら.む、 くれ.る
On:
アン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
1040 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 暗 【アン】 darkness
  • 暗雲 【アンウン】 dark clouds, threatening signs, ominous indications
  • 明暗 【メイアン】 light and darkness, light and shade
  • 冥暗 【メイアン】 gloom, shade

Kun reading compounds

  • 暗い 【くらい】 dark, gloomy, murky, depressed, dispirited, down in the dumps, dark (mood), dark (in colour), dull, ill-boding, dark (e.g. past), suspicious, unlikely (to succeed), hopeless, unpromising, unfamiliar (with), ignorant (of)
  • 暗い過去 【くらいかこ】 shadowy past, murky past
  • 眩む 【くらむ】 to be dazzled by, to be dizzied by, to be disoriented by, to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.), to become dark
  • 暮れる 【くれる】 to get dark, to grow dark, to end (of a day, year, season, etc.), to come to an end, to close, to be sunk in (e.g. despair), to be lost in (e.g. thought), to be overcome with

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
an4
Korean:
am

Spanish

  • oscuro
  • poco claro
  • memorizar
  • sombrío

Portuguese

  • escuridão
  • desaparecer
  • sombra
  • informal
  • escurecer
  • cegar

French

  • obscurité
  • disparaître
  • ombre
  • informel
  • s'assombrir
  • être aveuglé
154 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
243 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
224 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1044 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2154 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
576 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
191 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1883 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
348 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
348 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
107 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
992 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1273 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
689 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
921 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
491 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14065 Morohashi
1010 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2503 New Nelson (John Haig)
480 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
519 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
415 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3878 2001 Kanji
4c9.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-9 SKIP code
6006.1 Four corner code
1-16-37 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6697 Unicode hex code

渠

12 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
匚 汁 木 巨
ditch, canal, lock
Kun:
かれ、 なんぞ、 なに、 みぞ、 いずくんぞ
On:
キョ

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On reading compounds

  • 巨魁 【キョカイ】 ringleader, chief
  • 渠河 【キョガ】 waterway, canal, river
  • 開渠 【カイキョ】 open ditch, open channel, open conduit, open culvert
  • 明渠 【メイキョ】 open ditch

Readings

Japanese names:
だかり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qu2
Korean:
geo

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2271 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
17764 Morohashi
3230 New Nelson (John Haig)
4a8.40 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-4 SKIP code
3190.4 Four corner code
1-21-84 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6e20 Unicode hex code

排

11 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
扎 非
repudiate, exclude, expel, reject, line up, arrange
On:
ハイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1047 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 排 【ハイ】 anti-
  • 排気 【ハイキ】 exhaust, emission (of gas from an engine), expulsion (of air), ventilation
  • 暴排 【ボウハイ】 combating organized crime, elimination of criminal gangs

Readings

Japanese names:
おし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pai2, pai3
Korean:
bae

Spanish

  • repudiar
  • excluir
  • expulsar
  • rechazar

Portuguese

  • repudiar
  • excluir
  • expelir
  • rejeitar

French

  • répudier
  • exclure
  • rejeter
  • expulser
1686 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1156 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1948 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1657 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1361 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1317 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1036 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1077 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1262 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
909 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
593 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
359 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
446 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1649 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12256 Morohashi
490 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2210 New Nelson (John Haig)
1634 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1762 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1443 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1354 2001 Kanji
3c8.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
5101.1 Four corner code
1-39-51 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6392 Unicode hex code

水

4 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
水
water
Kun:
みず、 みず-
On:
スイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
223 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 水 【スイ】 Wednesday, shaved ice (served with flavored syrup), water (fifth of the five elements)
  • 水位 【スイイ】 water level
  • 用水 【ヨウスイ】 irrigation water, water for fire, city water, cistern water
  • 浄水 【ジョウスイ】 clean water, purified water

Kun reading compounds

  • 水 【みず】 water (esp. cool or cold), fluid (esp. in an animal tissue), liquid, flood, floodwaters, water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout, break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
  • 水揚げ 【みずあげ】 landing, unloading (e.g. a ship), catch (of fish), takings, sales (of a shop), defloration (e.g. of a geisha), preservation (of cut flowers, in ikebana)
  • 飲み水 【のみみず】 drinking water, potable water
  • 呼び水 【よびみず】 pump-priming, rousing, stimulation

Readings

Japanese names:
うず、 ずみ、 つ、 ど、 み、 みさ、 みつ、 みな、 みん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shui3
Korean:
su

Spanish

  • agua

Portuguese

  • água

French

  • eau
14 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
16 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
40 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
144 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2482 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
16 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
68 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
54 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
21 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
21 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
19 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1151 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
10 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
132 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17083 Morohashi
10 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3030 New Nelson (John Haig)
130 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
137 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
166 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
31 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1142 2001 Kanji
3a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-1-3 SKIP code
4-4-3 SKIP code
1223.0 Four corner code
1-31-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6c34 Unicode hex code