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柚

9 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
｜ 日 木 田
citron
Kun:
ゆず
On:
ユ、 ユウ、 ジク
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2489 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 柚子 【ユズ】 yuzu (Citrus ichangensis x C. reticulata)
  • 柚香菊 【ユウガギク】 Japanese aster (Kalimeris pinnatifida), false aster
  • 晩白柚 【バンペイユ】 cultivar of pomelo (Citrus maxima, Citrus grandis)
  • 青柚子 【アオユズ】 green yuzu, unripe yuzu
  • 柚子 【ユズ】 yuzu (Citrus ichangensis x C. reticulata)
  • 柚香菊 【ユウガギク】 Japanese aster (Kalimeris pinnatifida), false aster

Kun reading compounds

  • 柚子 【ゆず】 yuzu (Citrus ichangensis x C. reticulata)
  • 柚子胡椒 【ゆずこしょう】 condiment paste made from yuzu zest and chili peppers (chile)
  • 青柚子 【あおゆず】 green yuzu, unripe yuzu

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
you4, you2
Korean:
yu, chug

Spanish

  • cidra
  • árbol de frutos cítricos

Portuguese

French

2223 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
857 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2106 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1123 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
610 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
810 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
14629 Morohashi
2622 New Nelson (John Haig)
2486 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2549 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4a5.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-5 SKIP code
4596.0 Four corner code
1-45-14 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
67da Unicode hex code

子

3 strokes
Radical:
child, seed 子
Parts:
子
child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Kun:
こ、 -こ、 ね
On:
シ、 ス、 ツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
72 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 子 【シ】 child (esp. a boy), viscount, founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius), master, masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature), you, -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
  • 子宮 【シキュウ】 womb, uterus
  • 中性子 【チュウセイシ】 neutron
  • 精子 【セイシ】 sperm, spermatozoon
  • 主 【ス】 honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
  • 恵比寿 【エビス】 Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
  • 久留子 【クルス】 cross sign
  • 対子 【トイツ】 pair, eyes
  • 七対子 【チートイツ】 seven pairs, winning hand composed of seven pairs

Kun reading compounds

  • 子 【こ】 child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person, (one's) child, offspring, young woman, young (animal), offshoot, interest, new share, player who is not a dealer, young geisha, young prostitute, bird egg, -er (often of young women)
  • 子 【こう】 child, interest
  • 根っこ 【ねっこ】 root (of a plant), stump (of a tree), root (of a problem, etc.), base, foundation, origin, source
  • 江戸っ子 【えどっこ】 (true) Tokyoite, Edoite, Tokyo native, Edokko
  • 子 【ね】 the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am), north, eleventh month of the lunar calendar
  • 子忌み 【ねいみ】 collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
  • 庚子 【かのえね】 Metal Rat (37th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
  • 甲子 【きのえね】 Wood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)

Readings

Japanese names:
い、 き、 ぎ、 く、 け、 ねっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zi3, zi2, zi5
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • chiquillo
  • niño

Portuguese

  • criança

French

  • enfant
  • signe de la 1ère branche terrestre
  • signe du Rat (zodiaque)
  • 23 h à 01 h
  • Nord (0°)
31 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
40 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
25 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
56 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1264 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
61 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
43 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
38 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.18 Japanese for Busy People
103 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
103 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
69 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
455 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4196 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2125 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2872 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
96 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6930 Morohashi
3390 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1281 New Nelson (John Haig)
95 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
99 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
42 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
18 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3547 2001 Kanji
2c0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-1 SKIP code
4-2-1 SKIP code
1740.7 Four corner code
1-27-50 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5b50 Unicode hex code

胡

9 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
十 口 月
barbarian, foreign
Kun:
なんぞ
On:
ウ、 コ、 ゴ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1995 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 胡散 【ウサン】 suspicious
  • 胡散臭い 【ウサンクサイ】 suspicious-looking, shady, questionable, dubious, fishy
  • 胡 【コ】 barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China
  • 胡椒 【コショウ】 pepper
  • 柴胡 【サイコ】 Bupleurum root, Radix Bupleuri
  • 京胡 【キョウコ】 jinghu (2-stringed Chinese instrument played with a bow)
  • 誤魔化す 【ゴマカス】 to deceive, to cheat, to swindle, to falsify, to misrepresent, to lie about, to tamper with, to doctor, to cook, to evade (a question, taxes, etc.), to dodge, to gloss over (a mistake, fault, etc.), to smooth over, to get one's way out of (a difficult situation), to explain away, to embezzle, to pocket
  • 胡麻 【ゴマ】 sesame seeds, sesame (Sesamum indicum)

Readings

Japanese names:
えびす、 くる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hu2
Korean:
ho

Spanish

  • bárbaro
  • extranjero

Portuguese

French

3753 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
879 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2206 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1467 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
623 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1057 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
29400 Morohashi
4792 New Nelson (John Haig)
2470 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2537 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4b5.12 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-4 SKIP code
4762.0 Four corner code
1-24-53 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
80e1 Unicode hex code

椒

12 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
卜 又 小 木
Japanese pepper tree
Kun:
はじかみ
On:
ショウ

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 花椒 【カショウ】 Chinese prickly-ash (Zanthoxylum bungeanum), Sichuan pepper (spice), Szechuan peppercorn
  • 塩コショウ 【シオコショウ】 salt and pepper, seasoning with salt and pepper

Kun reading compounds

  • 薑 【はじかみ】 ginger (Zingiber officinale), Japanese pepper (Zanthoxylum piperitum)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jiao1
Korean:
cho

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2286 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1619 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
15029 Morohashi
2731 New Nelson (John Haig)
4a8.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-8 SKIP code
4794.0 Four corner code
1-60-05 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6912 Unicode hex code