Jisho

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6 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
decay, rot, remain in seclusion
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1891 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 朽壊 【キュウカイ】 rotting and crumbling
  • 朽廃 【キュウハイ】 decay, dilapidation
  • 若朽 【ジャッキュウ】 being young yet unambitious, being young but lacking spirit
  • 腐朽 【フキュウ】 decay, deterioration, rot

Kun reading compounds

  • 朽ちる 【くちる】 to rot, to decay, to die in obscurity, to be forgotten with time

Readings

Japanese names:
くつ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiu3
Korean:
hu

Spanish

  • descomposición
  • putrefacción
  • decadencia
  • descomponerse
  • corromperse
  • pudrirse
  • arruinarse

Portuguese

  • decair
  • apodrecer
  • permanecer recluso

French

  • délabré
  • pourri
  • rester reclus
1150 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1827 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2175 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1683 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1417 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
419 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1628 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1738 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1787 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1069 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1015 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
550 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
727 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1251 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14439 Morohashi
821 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2545 New Nelson (John Haig)
1243 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1331 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1080 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1852 2001 Kanji
4a2.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-2 SKIP code
1-4-3 SKIP code
4192.7 Four corner code
1-21-64 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
673d Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
tree, wood
Kun:
こ-
On:
ボクモク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
317 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 木刀 【ボクトウ】 wooden sword
  • 木偶 【デク】 wooden doll, wooden figure, puppet, blockhead, good-for-nothing, fool
  • 土木 【ドボク】 engineering works, civil engineering, public works
  • 名木 【メイボク】 old tree of historical interest, excellent wood, precious woods, choice wood
  • 木 【モク】 Thursday, wood (first of the five elements)
  • 木材 【モクザイ】 lumber, timber, wood
  • 水木 【スイモク】 Wednesday and Thursday
  • 火水木 【カスイモク】 Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

Kun reading compounds

  • 木 【き】 tree, shrub, bush, wood, timber, wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
  • 木々 【きぎ】 (many) trees, every tree, all kinds of trees
  • 本木 【もとき】 original stock
  • 青木 【あおき】 Japanese laurel (Aucuba japonica), spotted laurel, lush, green tree

Readings

Japanese names:
ぐ、 も、 もと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mu4
Korean:
mog, mo

Spanish

  • árbol
  • madera

Portuguese

  • árvore
  • madeira

French

  • arbre
  • bois (matière)
15 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
17 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
69 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
148 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2170 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
17 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
60 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
109 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
22 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
22 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
20 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1045 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4261 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2149 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2901 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
199 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14415 Morohashi
3450 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2531 New Nelson (John Haig)
195 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
207 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
255 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
36 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1864 2001 Kanji
4a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-3 SKIP code
4090.0 Four corner code
1-44-58 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6728 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
white
Parts:
white
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
483 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 白 【ハク】 white, striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus), (spoken) line (in a play, film, etc.), one's lines, white dragon tile, winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles, Belgium, white person, Caucasian
  • 白衣 【ハクイ】 white clothes, white robe, white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.), commoner without rank (in ancient China), layperson
  • 美白 【ビハク】 beautifully white (esp. of skin), whitening (of skin, teeth, etc.)
  • 漂白 【ヒョウハク】 blanching, bleaching
  • 白衣 【ハクイ】 white clothes, white robe, white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.), commoner without rank (in ancient China), layperson
  • 白夜 【ビャクヤ】 night under the midnight sun, white night (at extreme latitudes), night during which the sun doesn't set
  • 敬白 【ケイハク】 yours sincerely, sincerely yours, yours truly
  • 恐惶敬白 【キョウコウケイハク】 very truly yours, very respectfully yours

Kun reading compounds

  • 白 【しろ】 white, innocence, innocent person, blank space, white stone, white dragon tile, skewered grilled pig intestine
  • 白い 【しろい】 white
  • 面白 【おもしろ】 amusing, funny, interesting
  • 蘿蔔 【すずしろ】 daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus)
  • 白い 【しろい】 white
  • 白色 【しろいろ】 white

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 か、 はっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bai2
Korean:
baeg, bae

Spanish

  • blanco

Portuguese

  • branco

French

  • blanc
37 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
53 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
65 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
266 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3095 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
79 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
73 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
216 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.2 Japanese for Busy People
205 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
205 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
44 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1362 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4305 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2175 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2929 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
37 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
22678 Morohashi
3493 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3863 New Nelson (John Haig)
37 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
37 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
242 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
46 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
878 2001 Kanji
4c1.3 The Kanji Dictionary
4-5-2 SKIP code
2600.0 Four corner code
1-39-82 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
767d Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
how, what, alas, question mark, exclamation mark
Kun:
かな
On:
サイ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 快哉 【カイサイ】 joy, exultation
  • 悦哉 【エッサイ】 musket (male Japanese sparrowhawk)

Kun reading compounds

  • 哉 【かな】 how!, what!, alas!
  • 悲しいかな 【かなしいかな】 sad to say, how sad, alas
  • 果たせるかな 【はたせるかな】 as expected
  • 候哉 【そうろうや】 I wonder if ...

Readings

Japanese names:
か、 すけ、 とし、 ちか、 はじめ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zai1
Korean:
jae

Spanish

  • ¿cómo?
  • ¿qué?
  • exclamación

Portuguese

French

777 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1940 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1006 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2037 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
4084 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2071 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2807 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
3596 Morohashi
3294 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
779 New Nelson (John Haig)
2704 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2741 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4n5.4 The Kanji Dictionary
3-6-3 SKIP code
4-9-4 SKIP code
4365.0 Four corner code
1-26-40 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
54c9 Unicode hex code