Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
Variants:
pine tree
Kun:
まつ
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
471 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 松竹梅 【ショウチクバイ】 pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping), high, middle and low (ranking), top, middle and bottom, upper, medium, lower, first, second and third (class)
  • 鰹 【カツオ】 skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis), oceanic bonito, victorfish
  • 老松 【ロウショウ】 old pine tree
  • 翠松 【スイショウ】 verdant pine, green pine

Kun reading compounds

  • 松 【まつ】 pine tree (Pinus spp.), highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
  • 松下電工 【まつしたでんこう】 Matsushita Electric Works
  • 赤松 【あかまつ】 Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora), Japanese umbrella pine, tanyosho pine
  • 浜松 【はままつ】 Hamamatsu (city)

Readings

Japanese names:
おお、 しょ、 ま、 まっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
song1
Korean:
song

Spanish

  • pino

Portuguese

  • pinheiro

French

  • pin
536 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1394 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
215 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2212 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
884 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1419 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
869 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
696 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
709 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
970 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1075 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1075 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
580 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
769 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
793 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14516 Morohashi
864 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2592 New Nelson (John Haig)
785 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
848 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
483 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
508 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1871 2001 Kanji
4a4.16 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
4893.2 Four corner code
1-30-30 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
677e Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
mountain
Parts:
mount, hill, knoll
Kun:
おか
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
463 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 岡陵 【コウリョウ】 hill

Kun reading compounds

  • 丘 【おか】 hill, height, knoll, rising ground, bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
  • 岡三 【おかさん】 Okasan
  • 盛岡 【もりおか】 Morioka (city in Iwate)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gang1
Korean:
gang

Spanish

  • monte
  • colina
  • cima de una colina

Portuguese

French

  • mont
  • colline
  • butte
370 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
621 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1889 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
987 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1440 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3719 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2584 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1980 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7962 Morohashi
2997 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1460 New Nelson (John Haig)
1961 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2112 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3653 2001 Kanji
2r6.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-6 SKIP code
7722.0 Four corner code
1-18-12 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5ca1 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
lid
Parts:
clear, help
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1821 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 諒闇 【リョウアン】 court mourning (for the late emperor or empress), national mourning
  • 亮月 【リョウゲツ】 bright moonlight
  • 嚠喨 【リュウリョウ】 clear and resounding (as a voice or musical instrument)

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 すけ、 まこと、 あきら、 よし、 きょう、 たすく、 ふさ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
liang4
Korean:
ryang

Spanish

  • claro
  • luminoso
  • ayudar
  • verdad

Portuguese

French

302 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1993 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
911 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2010 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2571 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1313 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1784 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
304 Morohashi
2071 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
95 New Nelson (John Haig)
2920 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2928 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2j7.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-7 SKIP code
0021.7 Four corner code
0021.2 Four corner code
1-46-28 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4eae Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
cart, car
Parts:
Variants:
help
Kun:
たす.ける
On:
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1898 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 補助 【ホジョ】 assistance, support, help, aid, subsidy, supplement, subvention, grant-in-aid, spotting (in weight training)
  • 補佐 【ホサ】 aid, help, assistance, assistant, counselor, counsellor, adviser, advisor
  • 補す 【フス】 to appoint, to designate
  • 大輔 【タイフ】 vice-minister (ritsuryō system), deputy minister

Kun reading compounds

  • 助ける 【たすける】 to save, to rescue, to spare, to help, to assist, to support (financially), to contribute (to), to provide aid, to facilitate, to stimulate, to promote, to contribute to

Readings

Japanese names:
すけ、 たすく、 ゆう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fu3
Korean:
bo

Spanish

  • ayudar

Portuguese

French

4626 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1981 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2133 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2245 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1963 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1046 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1411 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
38342 Morohashi
1559 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5964 New Nelson (John Haig)
2730 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2761 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
7c7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-7 SKIP code
5302.7 Four corner code
1-42-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8f14 Unicode hex code