Jisho

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6 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
crude, simple, plain, docile
Kun:
ほうほおえのき
On:
ボク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1626 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 朴直 【ボクチョク】 simplicity, honesty, naivete
  • 朴訥 【ボクトツ】 unsophisticated, ruggedly honest, artless, unaffected, simple, naive
  • 純朴 【ジュンボク】 simple and honest, unsophisticated, simpleminded, naive, unspoiled
  • 厚朴 【コウボク】 Japanese bigleaf magnolia bark (used in Chinese medicine)

Kun reading compounds

  • 朴の木 【ほおのき】 magnolia (Magnolia obovata), Japanese big leaf magnolia
  • 朴 【ほお】 Japanese bigleaf magnolia (Magnolia obovata)
  • 朴の木 【ほおのき】 magnolia (Magnolia obovata), Japanese big leaf magnolia
  • 榎 【えのき】 Japanese hackberry (Celtis sinensis var. japonica), Chinese nettle tree, enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes), winter mushroom, velvet shank, enokitake, enokidake

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
po4, piao2, pu3, pu2
Korean:
bag

Spanish

  • sencillo
  • simple
  • honesto
  • natural

Portuguese

  • simples
  • cru
  • planície
  • dócil

French

  • brut
  • simple
  • honnête
  • docile
1819 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1896 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2176 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1828 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1416 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
255 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1466 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1562 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1529 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1070 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1013 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
548 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
725 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
211 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14428 Morohashi
819 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2544 New Nelson (John Haig)
207 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
220 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1082 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1854 2001 Kanji
4a2.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-2 SKIP code
4390.0 Four corner code
1-43-49 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6734 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
pillar, post, cylinder, support
Kun:
はしら
On:
チュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
1119 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 柱 【チュウ】 bridge (of a koto, etc.), cylinder, prism
  • 柱穴 【チュウケツ】 posthole (archaeology)
  • 支柱 【シチュウ】 prop, stay, support, brace, fulcrum
  • 氷柱 【ツララ】 icicle, ice pillar (for cooling a room), ice

Kun reading compounds

  • 柱 【はしら】 pillar, post, support, prop, mainstay, counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
  • 柱穴 【ちゅうけつ】 posthole (archaeology)
  • 杖柱 【つえはしら】 person upon whom one relies
  • 心の柱 【しんのはしら】 central pillar of a pagoda

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhu4
Korean:
ju

Spanish

  • pilar
  • columna
  • poste

Portuguese

  • pilar
  • poste
  • cilindro
  • apoio

French

  • poteau
  • cylindre
  • support
278 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
366 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
345 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1385 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2236 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
826 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
629 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
854 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
598 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
608 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
990 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1084 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1109 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
603 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
797 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
274 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14660 Morohashi
896 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2631 New Nelson (John Haig)
268 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
286 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
338 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1872 2001 Kanji
4a5.12 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-5 SKIP code
4091.4 Four corner code
1-35-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
67f1 Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
spear, halberd
Parts:
turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
116 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 成果 【セイカ】 (good) result, outcome, fruits (of one's labors), product, accomplishment
  • 成案 【セイアン】 definite plan
  • 合成 【ゴウセイ】 composition, synthesis, compounding, combining, composite photo, (function) composition
  • 集大成 【シュウタイセイ】 (large) compilation, culmination (of hard work)
  • 成仏 【ジョウブツ】 attaining Buddhahood, becoming a Buddha, entering Nirvana, going to heaven, resting in peace, dying (peacefully)
  • 成就 【ジョウジュ】 fulfillment, fulfilment, realization, realisation, completion

Kun reading compounds

  • 成る 【なる】 to become, to get, to grow, to turn, to reach, to attain, to result in, to turn out, to end up, to prove (to be), to consist of, to be composed of, to be made up of, to be completed, to be realized, to succeed, to be attained, to be accomplished, to change (into), to turn (into), to transform, to come (to do), to begin (to do), to grow (to do), to come to, to amount to, to add up to, to make, to play (the part of), to act as, to be used for, to be useful for, to serve as, to be promoted, to do ...
  • 成るべく 【なるべく】 as (much) as possible, as (much) as one can, wherever practicable, if possible
  • 為す 【なす】 to build up, to establish, to form, to become (a state), to accomplish, to achieve, to succeed in, to change into, to do, to perform, to intend to, to attempt, to try
  • なす角 【なすかく】 formed angle, angle made

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 あきら、 しげ、 そん、 たえ、 なお、 なり、 なる、 のり、 ひら、 まさ、 よし、 り
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cheng2
Korean:
seong

Spanish

  • convertirse en
  • resultar
  • consistir en
  • hacerse
  • llegar a ser
  • llevar a cabo
  • lograr

Portuguese

  • tornar-se
  • obter
  • crescer
  • passar
  • alcançar

French

  • se changer en
  • devenir
  • obtenir
  • croissance
  • s'écouler
  • accomplir
439 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
545 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
515 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
115 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1799 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
224 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
549 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
322 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
261 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
261 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
377 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
836 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4352 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2202 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2964 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
367 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11542P Morohashi
3537 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2025 New Nelson (John Haig)
361 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
386 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
160 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
466 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1459 2001 Kanji
4n2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-6-4 SKIP code
3-5-1 SKIP code
5320.0 Four corner code
1-32-14 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6210 Unicode hex code