Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
stocks, stump, shares, stock, counter for small plants
Kun:
かぶ
On:
シュ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
432 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 株 【シュ】 stump, counter for trees
  • 雌雄異株 【シユウイシュ】 dioecy, dioecism
  • 懸念される変異株 【ケネンサレルヘンイシュ】 variant of concern (of SARS-CoV-2), VOC

Kun reading compounds

  • 株 【かぶ】 stock, share, stump, (clump of) roots, plant with attached roots or stem, strain (of bacteria, etc.), stock company, corporation, kabushiki kaisha, KK, goodwill (of a business), privilege (that comes with a role), reputation, standing, popularity, one's forte
  • 株 【かぶた】 stump, useless item
  • 新株 【しんかぶ】 new stock, new share, newly issued shares
  • 仕手株 【してかぶ】 speculative stock

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhu1
Korean:
ju

Spanish

  • tocón
  • raíz
  • acciones de bolsa

Portuguese

  • Tora
  • tronco
  • sufixo para contagem de para pequenas plantas

French

  • action boursière
  • titre
  • souche (arbre)
  • compteur de petites plantes
749 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
839 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
824 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
242 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2257 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
731 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1429 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1098 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
741 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
754 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
973 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1090 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1172 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
635 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
846 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
227 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14723 Morohashi
935 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2665 New Nelson (John Haig)
222 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
236 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
896 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1864 2001 Kanji
4a6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
4599.0 Four corner code
1-19-84 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
682a Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
continent, sandbar, island, country
Kun:
しま
On:
シュウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1979 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 州 【シュウ】 state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.), province (e.g. of Canada), county (e.g. of the UK), region (e.g. of Italy), canton, oblast, continent, province (of Japan), province (of ancient China), prefecture, department, dear
  • 大州 【タイシュウ】 continent
  • 六大州 【ロクダイシュウ】 the six continents, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe and Australia
  • 州 【ス】 sandbank, sandbar
  • 洲浜 【スハマ】 sandy beach, sandbar that projects into the ocean, particularly in a wavy form, designs and objects with a wavy pattern, sweet mochi cake
  • 白州 【シラス】 white sandbar, white sandbank, area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles, gravel separating a noh stage from the audience, court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand
  • 中州 【ナカス】 sandbank (in a river), sandbar

Kun reading compounds

  • 秋津島 【あきつしま】 Japan, Yamato Province
  • 八洲 【やしま】 Japan

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhou1
Korean:
ju

Spanish

  • banco de arena
  • continente

Portuguese

French

2539 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
820 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2138 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
467 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
291 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
352 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
17413 Morohashi
391 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3120 New Nelson (John Haig)
2289 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2386 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1178 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3a6.10 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
3210.0 Four corner code
1-29-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6d32 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
Variants:
pagoda, tower, steeple
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1708 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 塔 【トウ】 tower, steeple, spire, stupa, pagoda, dagoba
  • 塔跡 【トウアト】 ruins of a tower
  • バベルの塔 【バベルノトウ】 Tower of Babel
  • 鉄塔 【テットウ】 steel tower, electricity pylon, transmission tower

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ta3, da5
Korean:
tab

Spanish

  • pagoda
  • torre
  • capitel

Portuguese

  • pagode
  • torre
  • campanário

French

  • pagode
  • tour
  • clocher
1651 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1516 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1109 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1570 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
437 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1558 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1840 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1991 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1438 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
383 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
683 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
411 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
517 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
260 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5332X Morohashi
561 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1052 New Nelson (John Haig)
254 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
270 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1517 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1477 2001 Kanji
3b9.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
4416.1 Four corner code
1-37-67 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5854 Unicode hex code