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枕

8 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
乙 ノ 冖 尢 木
pillow
Kun:
まくら
On:
チン、 シン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2084 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 枕籍 【チンセキ】 bedding, bed, to sleep together in the same bed, to sleep together using each other's bodies as pillow, to sleep together using books as a pillow
  • 枕状溶岩 【マクラジョウヨウガン】 pillow lava
  • 開枕 【カイチン】 bringing out the pillows and futon (in Zen Buddhism), sleeping
  • 陶枕 【トウチン】 porcelain pillow (used in summer)

Kun reading compounds

  • 枕 【まくら】 pillow, bolster, introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story), lead-in
  • 枕絵 【まくらえ】 erotic picture
  • 新枕 【にいまくら】 bridal bed
  • 高枕 【たかまくら】 high pillow

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhen3, zhen4
Korean:
chim

Spanish

  • almohada
  • prefacio a una frase o charla

Portuguese

French

2209 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1900 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
627 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
965 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1064 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
759 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
14546 Morohashi
2589 New Nelson (John Haig)
2472 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2034 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1857 2001 Kanji
4a4.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
4491.2 Four corner code
1-43-77 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6795 Unicode hex code

状

7 strokes
Radical:
dog 犬 (犭)
Parts:
爿 犬
status quo, conditions, circumstances, form, appearance
On:
ジョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
298 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 状 【ジョウ】 form, shape, appearance, state, condition, circumstances, letter, correspondence
  • 状況 【ジョウキョウ】 state of affairs, situation, conditions, circumstances
  • 内情 【ナイジョウ】 internal conditions, true state of affairs
  • 形状 【ケイジョウ】 shape, form

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhuang4
Korean:
jang, sang

Spanish

  • estado
  • condición
  • circunstancias
  • situación

Portuguese

  • condicional
  • condições
  • circunstâncias
  • formulário
  • aparecimento

French

  • état des choses
  • conditions
  • circonstances
  • lettre
  • forme
  • apparence
818 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
739 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
717 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
414 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2839 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
512 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
727 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
365A Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
626 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
636 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
829 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1296 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
322 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
204 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
244 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
244 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
20257 Morohashi
272 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3556 New Nelson (John Haig)
239 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
254 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
430 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
672 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1263 2001 Kanji
2b5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-4 SKIP code
3313.4 Four corner code
1-30-85 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
72b6 Unicode hex code

溶

13 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
个 ハ 口 宀 汁 穴 谷
melt, dissolve, thaw
Kun:
と.ける、 と.かす、 と.く
On:
ヨウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1364 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 溶岩 【ヨウガン】 lava
  • 溶液 【ヨウエキ】 solution (liquid)
  • 溶溶 【ヨウヨウ】 vast, overflowing with water, spacious
  • 可溶 【カヨウ】 soluble, solubilizing, solubilising

Kun reading compounds

  • 溶ける 【とける】 to melt, to thaw, to fuse, to dissolve
  • 溶かす 【とかす】 to dissolve, to melt
  • 溶く 【とく】 to dissolve (paint), to scramble (eggs), to melt (metal, etc.), to mix (water with flour, etc.)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
rong2
Korean:
yong

Spanish

  • derretir
  • fundir
  • disolver
  • derretirse
  • fundirse
  • disolverse

Portuguese

  • derreter
  • dissolver
  • fundir (neve)

French

  • fondre
  • dissoudre
1878 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1663 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2659 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1517 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
705 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1392 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1481 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1501 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1238 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
816 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
478 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
610 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
799 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17983 Morohashi
664 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3277 New Nelson (John Haig)
791 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
854 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1643 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
377 2001 Kanji
3a10.15 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-10 SKIP code
3316.8 Four corner code
1-45-47 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6eb6 Unicode hex code

岩

8 strokes
Radical:
mountain 山
Parts:
口 山 石
boulder, rock, cliff
Kun:
いわ
On:
ガン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
787 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 岩盤 【ガンバン】 bedrock
  • 岩石 【ガンセキ】 rock
  • 砂岩 【サガン】 sandstone
  • 石灰岩 【セッカイガン】 limestone

Kun reading compounds

  • 岩 【いわ】 rock, boulder, crag
  • 岩間 【いわま】 among rocks
  • 一枚岩 【いちまいいわ】 monolith, large slab of rock, unity (of a group, organization, etc.), unanimity, solidarity
  • 浮岩 【うきいわ】 rock partially submerged in water, rock partially emerging from the water, pumice stone

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yan2
Korean:
am

Spanish

  • roca

Portuguese

  • rochedo
  • rocha
  • penhedo

French

  • rocher
  • roc
  • falaise
178 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
102 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
249 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
744 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1414 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
821 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
487 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
942 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1345 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1428 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
457 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
538 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2778 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1423 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1921 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
777 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7985 Morohashi
2235 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1461 New Nelson (John Haig)
770 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
832 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
156 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1277 2001 Kanji
3o5.10 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
2260.1 Four corner code
1-20-68 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5ca9 Unicode hex code