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桑

10 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
又 木
Variants:
桒
mulberry
Kun:
くわ
On:
ソウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1650 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 桑田 【ソウデン】 mulberry plantation
  • 桑園 【ソウエン】 mulberry plantation
  • 扶桑 【フソウ】 divine tree or island east of China (in Chinese mythology), Fusang, Japan, Chinese hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis)

Kun reading compounds

  • 桑 【くわ】 mulberry (tree)
  • 桑原 【くわばら】 mulberry field

Readings

Japanese names:
こ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sang1
Korean:
sang

Spanish

  • mora
  • morera

Portuguese

  • amora

French

  • mûrier
1518 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1561 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
864 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1609 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1433 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1162 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1873 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2035 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1855 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1062 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2618 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1338 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1814 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
705 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14772 Morohashi
2112 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2661 New Nelson (John Haig)
698 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
754 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1352 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3564 2001 Kanji
2h8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-8 SKIP code
2-6-4 SKIP code
1790.4 Four corner code
7790.4 Four corner code
1-23-12 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6851 Unicode hex code

元

4 strokes
Radical:
legs 儿
Parts:
二 儿 元
beginning, former time, origin
Kun:
もと
On:
ゲン、 ガン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
192 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 元 【ゲン】 unknown (e.g. in an equation), element (of a set), yuan (monetary unit of China), New Taiwan dollar, Yuan dynasty (of China; 1271-1368), Yüan dynasty, Mongol dynasty
  • 原価 【ゲンカ】 cost price
  • 中元 【チュウゲン】 15th day of the 7th lunar month, (last day of) Bon lantern festival, mid-year gift, summer gift, Bon Festival gifts
  • 抗原 【コウゲン】 antigen
  • 元祖 【ガンソ】 originator, pioneer, inventor, founder, progenitor, primogenitor, founder of a family line
  • 元日 【ガンジツ】 New Year's Day

Kun reading compounds

  • 元 【もと】 origin, source, beginning, basis, base, foundation, root, cause, (raw) material, ingredient, base, mix (e.g. for a cake), (soup) stock, (one's) side, capital, principal, cost price, root (of a plant), (tree) trunk, part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand), first three lines of a waka, counter for plants or trees, counter for falcons (in falconry)
  • 元 【もと】 former, ex-, past, one-time, earlier times, the past, previous state, formerly, previously, originally, before
  • 家元 【いえもと】 head of a school (of music, dance), head family of a school
  • 胸元 【むなもと】 breast, chest, pit of the stomach, solar plexus, epigastrium

Readings

Japanese names:
ちか、 はじめ、 はる、 ゆき、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yuan2
Korean:
weon

Spanish

  • comienzo
  • principio
  • origen
  • jefe

Portuguese

  • começo
  • tempo anterior
  • origem

French

  • commencement
  • origine
  • ancien temps
68 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
117 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
106 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
328 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
275 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
106 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
121 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
60 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.10 Japanese for Busy People
137 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
137 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
245 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
141 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2428 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1226 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1690 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
59 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1340 Morohashi
1929 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
343 New Nelson (John Haig)
59 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
63 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
408 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
89 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3057 2001 Kanji
0a4.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-1-3 SKIP code
1021.1 Four corner code
1-24-21 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5143 Unicode hex code

孝

7 strokes
Radical:
child, seed 子
Parts:
子 老
filial piety, child's respect
On:
コウ、 キョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
1030 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 孝 【コウ】 filial piety
  • 孝行 【コウコウ】 filial piety, showing devotion (to someone)
  • 親不孝 【オヤフコウ】 lack of filial piety, disobedience to one's parents
  • 不孝 【フコウ】 undutifulness to one's parents, lack of filial piety, (the crime of) cursing one's parents, disowning one's child
  • 孝 【コウ】 filial piety
  • 不孝 【フコウ】 undutifulness to one's parents, lack of filial piety, (the crime of) cursing one's parents, disowning one's child

Readings

Japanese names:
たか、 たかし、 のり、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiao4
Korean:
hyo

Spanish

  • devoción filial
  • deber filial

Portuguese

  • piedade filial
  • respeito pelas crianças

French

  • piété filiale
  • respect des anciens
781 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
870 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
860 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1249 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
773 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
865 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1204 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
541 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
542 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
551 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
738 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
459 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3973 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2044 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2761 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1261 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6952 Morohashi
3205 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1289 New Nelson (John Haig)
1253 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1342 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
850 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1447 2001 Kanji
2k4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-3 SKIP code
3-4-3 SKIP code
4-6-4 SKIP code
4-7-4 SKIP code
2-4-2 SKIP code
3-4-2 SKIP code
4440.7 Four corner code
1-25-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5b5d Unicode hex code

雄

12 strokes
Radical:
small bird 隹
Parts:
一 ノ 厶 隹
masculine, male, hero, leader, superiority, excellence
Kun:
お-、 おす、 おん
On:
ユウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
669 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 雄 【ユウ】 male, man, excellence, greatness, best (of), great person, leading figure
  • 雄大 【ユウダイ】 grand, magnificent, majestic, great, sublime
  • 雌雄 【シユウ】 male and female (animals), the two sexes, victory and defeat, strengths and weaknesses
  • 両雄 【リョウユウ】 two great men

Kun reading compounds

  • 雄 【おす】 male (animal, plant)
  • 雄犬 【おすいぬ】 male dog
  • 雄 【おす】 male (animal, plant)
  • 雄鶏 【おんどり】 cock, rooster, chanticleer

Readings

Japanese names:
かつ、 たけ、 つよし、 ゆ、 よう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiong2
Korean:
ung

Spanish

  • fuerte
  • bravo
  • valiente
  • masculino
  • varón

Portuguese

  • masculino
  • másculo
  • herói
  • líder
  • superioridade
  • excelência

French

  • mâle
  • masculin
  • héros
  • chef
  • supériorité
  • excellence
1869 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
500 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5030 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1387 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1884 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1912 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1387 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1476 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1637 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1852 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1271 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
688 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
920 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
751 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41972 Morohashi
1008 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6499 New Nelson (John Haig)
743 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
804 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1602 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1475 2001 Kanji
8c4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-8 SKIP code
4001.4 Four corner code
1-45-26 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
96c4 Unicode hex code