Jisho

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

Speed

Stroke order

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:
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

5 strokes
Radical:
bow
Parts:
vast, broad, wide
Kun:
ひろ.い
On:
コウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1059 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 広報 【コウホウ】 public relations, PR, publicity, public information, publicizing
  • 広大 【コウダイ】 vast, extensive, immense, huge, large, grand, magnificent
  • 恢弘 【カイコウ】 propagation, spreading out, extending
  • 寛弘 【カンコウ】 Kankō era (1004.7.20-1012.12.25)
  • 弘通 【グズウ】 spread (of Buddhist teachings)
  • 弘誓 【グゼイ】 Buddha's great vows

Kun reading compounds

  • 広い 【ひろい】 spacious, vast, wide

Readings

Japanese names:
ひろ、 ひろし、 ひろむ、 みつ、 お、 こお
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hong2
Korean:
hong

Spanish

  • difundir
  • diseminar

Portuguese

French

  • vaste
  • spacieux
  • grand
1075 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1563 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1937 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
410 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2064 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
223 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
141 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
169 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1242 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9709 Morohashi
192 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1682 New Nelson (John Haig)
1234 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1320 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3h2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-2 SKIP code
1223.0 Four corner code
1-25-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f18 Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
sheep 羊 (⺶)
Parts:
sheep
Kun:
ひつじ
On:
ヨウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N1
1852 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 羊毛 【ヨウモウ】 wool
  • 羊肉 【ヨウニク】 mutton, lamb (meat)
  • 羝羊 【テイヨウ】 ram (sheep), someone who lives their life by instinct
  • 羚羊 【レイヨウ】 antelope

Kun reading compounds

  • 羊 【ひつじ】 sheep (Ovis aries)
  • 羊飼い 【ひつじかい】 shepherd, shepherdess
  • 牡羊 【おひつじ】 ram (sheep)
  • 迷える子羊 【まよえるこひつじ】 stray sheep, lost lamb, person at a loss for what to do

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yang2
Korean:
yang

Spanish

  • oveja
  • cordero

Portuguese

  • carneiro

French

  • mouton
426 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
986 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1703 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3656 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1326 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1657 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
273 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
288 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
288 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
488 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1565 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2708 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1383 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1870 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
553 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28425 Morohashi
2183 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4658 New Nelson (John Haig)
547 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
586 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
274 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
955 2001 Kanji
2o4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-3 SKIP code
4-6-3 SKIP code
2-2-4 SKIP code
8050.1 Four corner code
1-45-51 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7f8a Unicode hex code