Jisho

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17 strokes
Radical:
sun, day
Parts:
dawn, daybreak
Kun:
あけぼの
On:
ショ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1518 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 曙光 【ショコウ】 dawn, daybreak, first light of day, first indication, glimpse, gleam, flash, prospects

Kun reading compounds

  • 曙 【あけぼの】 dawn, daybreak, beginning
  • 曙色 【あけぼのいろ】 salmon (color, colour), pink with a yellow tinge

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu3, shu4
Korean:
seo

Spanish

  • alba
  • amanecer

Portuguese

French

2163 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2719 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2098 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1384 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
742 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1002 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
14220X Morohashi
2519 New Nelson (John Haig)
2448 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2524 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4c14.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-13 SKIP code
6606.4 Four corner code
6606.3 Four corner code
1-29-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
66d9 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
shell
Parts:
precious, value, prize, esteem, honor
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
970 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 貴 【キ】 your, indicates high rank or status, indicates love and respect (usu. for an older person)
  • 貴金属 【キキンゾク】 precious metal
  • 騰貴 【トウキ】 rise (in price or value), appreciation, advance
  • 富貴 【フウキ】 riches and honours (honors), wealth and rank

Kun reading compounds

  • 尊い 【とうとい】 precious, valuable, priceless, noble, exalted, sacred
  • 貴い家柄 【たっといいえがら】 noble birth
  • 尊い 【とうとい】 precious, valuable, priceless, noble, exalted, sacred
  • 尊ぶ 【とうとぶ】 to value, to prize, to esteem, to respect, to honour, to honor, to revere, to look up to
  • 尊ぶ 【とうとぶ】 to value, to prize, to esteem, to respect, to honour, to honor, to revere, to look up to

Readings

Japanese names:
きよ、 ぎ、 たか、 たかし、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gui4
Korean:
gwi

Spanish

  • precioso
  • valioso
  • valorar
  • apreciar
  • estimar

Portuguese

  • precioso
  • valor
  • prêmio
  • estima
  • honra

French

  • précieux
  • de valeur
  • prisé
  • estimé
  • honneur
756 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
847 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
834 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1119 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4504 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
616 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1779 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1755 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1171 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1228 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
855 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1729 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3220 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1669 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2260 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1787 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36704 Morohashi
2606 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5794 New Nelson (John Haig)
1771 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1908 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
940 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1661 2001 Kanji
7b5.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-7 SKIP code
2-4-8 SKIP code
5080.6 Four corner code
1-21-14 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8cb4 Unicode hex code