Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
peach
Kun:
もも
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1784 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 桃花 【トウカ】 peach blossom
  • 桃源 【トウゲン】 earthly paradise, Shangri-la
  • 寿星桃 【ジュセイトウ】 Prunus persica var. densa (Chinese variety of peach)
  • 黄桃 【オウトウ】 yellow peach

Kun reading compounds

  • 桃 【もも】 peach (Prunus persica)
  • 桃色 【ももいろ】 pink (colour, color), colour of peach (flowers)
  • 椿桃 【つばいもも】 nectarine
  • 苔桃 【こけもも】 lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea), cowberry

Readings

Japanese names:
み、 もの
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tao2
Korean:
do

Spanish

  • melocotonero
  • melocotón

Portuguese

  • pêssegueiro

French

  • pêche (fruit)
1646 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1642 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2255 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1428 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1432 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1104 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1567 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1670 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
971 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1095 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1174 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
636 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
848 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
241 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14757 Morohashi
936 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2663 New Nelson (John Haig)
236 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
251 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1353 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1857 2001 Kanji
4a6.10 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
4291.3 Four corner code
1-37-77 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6843 Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
colour, prettiness
Parts:
color
Kun:
いろ
On:
ショクシキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
621 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 色 【ショク】 counter for colours
  • 紫色 【ムラサキイロ】 purple, violet
  • 彩色 【サイシキ】 colouring, coloring, colouration, coloration, painting
  • 色 【シキ】 rupa (form), visible objects (i.e. color and form)
  • 色彩 【シキサイ】 colour, color, hue, tints
  • 彩色 【サイシキ】 colouring, coloring, colouration, coloration, painting
  • 極彩色 【ゴクサイシキ】 richly colored, richly coloured

Kun reading compounds

  • 色 【いろ】 colour, color, hue, tint, tinge, shade, complexion, skin colour, skin color, look (on one's face), expression, appearance, air, feeling, personality, character, tone (of one's voice, etc.), tune, sound, ring, love, lust, sensuality, love affair, lover, paramour, beauty, sexiness, physical appeal, kind, type, variety
  • 色合い 【いろあい】 colouring, coloring, shade (of colour), hue, tone, tinge, tint, flavour, nuance, feel, sense, look
  • 紫色 【むらさきいろ】 purple, violet
  • 橙色 【だいだいいろ】 orange (color, colour)

Readings

Japanese names:
しか、 しこ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
se4, shai3
Korean:
saeg

Spanish

  • color
  • aspecto

Portuguese

  • cor

French

  • couleur
94 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
162 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
145 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
326 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3889 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
241 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
243 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
345 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.20 Japanese for Busy People
204 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
204 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
316 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1599 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2522 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1280 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1748 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1769 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30602 Morohashi
2029 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4956 New Nelson (John Haig)
1753 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1890 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
405 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
127 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2556 2001 Kanji
2n4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-4 SKIP code
2771.7 Four corner code
1-31-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8272 Unicode hex code

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  • 鸚哥 【インコ】 true parrot (esp. small parrots such as the parakeet, lory and conure)
  • 鸚鵡 【オウム】 (large) parrot (incl. the cockatoo)
  • 鸚鵡貝 【オウムガイ】 chambered nautilus (esp. species Nautilus pompilius)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ying1
Korean:
aeng

Spanish

Portuguese

French

5371 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3021 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
47489 Morohashi
7009 New Nelson (John Haig)
2830 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2845 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
11b17.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-17-11 SKIP code
6742.7 Four corner code
1-83-32 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9e1a Unicode hex code

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On reading compounds

  • 歌留多 【カルタ】 karuta, traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta
  • 哥老会 【カロウカイ】 Gelaohui (secret Chinese society of the late Qing dynasty)
  • インド八哥 【インドハッカ】 common myna (Acridotheres tristis), Indian myna, common mynah, Indian mynah
  • 哥倫比亜 【コロンビア】 Colombia
  • 摩納哥 【モナコ】 Monaco
  • 五色青海鸚哥 【ゴシキゼイガイインコ】 rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus), rainbow lory

Kun reading compounds

  • うた沢 【うたざわ】 slow-paced style of shamisen music with vocal accompaniment (popular during the late Edo period)
  • うた沢節 【うたざわぶし】 slow-paced style of shamisen music with vocal accompaniment (popular during the late Edo period)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ge1
Korean:
ga

Spanish

Portuguese

French

56 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1193 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3641 Morohashi
801 New Nelson (John Haig)
3d7.16 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-5 SKIP code
1062.1 Four corner code
1-51-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
54e5 Unicode hex code