Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
Variants:
weir, fish trap, beam, girder
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2017 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 梁 【リョウ】 Liang dynasty (of China; 502-557)
  • 梁山泊 【リョウザンパク】 place of assemblage for the bold and ambitious
  • 高粱 【コウリョウ】 kaoliang, variety of sorghum, esp. used in making spirits
  • 虹梁 【コウリョウ】 arched beam used in shrine and temple construction

Kun reading compounds

  • 梁 【はり】 beam, joist
  • 梁成 【はりせい】 height of a beam, beam as measured from top to bottom
  • 梁 【うつばり】 (roof) beam
  • 梁 【うつばり】 (roof) beam
  • 梁 【やな】 (fish) weir, fish trap

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
liang2
Korean:
ryang

Spanish

  • nombre de una antigua región de China
  • viga
  • travesaño
  • puente
  • presa
  • trampa para peces

Portuguese

French

2281 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1475 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3410 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2391 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
14825 Morohashi
2702 New Nelson (John Haig)
2299 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2394 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4a7.25 The Kanji Dictionary
2-7-4 SKIP code
3390.4 Four corner code
3790.4 Four corner code
1-46-34 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6881 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
ten, complete
Parts:
south
Kun:
みなみ
On:
ナン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
341 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 南 【ナン】 south wind tile, winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles
  • 南海 【ナンカイ】 southern sea
  • 東南 【トウナン】 south-east
  • 西南 【セイナン】 south-west
  • 南 【ナン】 south wind tile, winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles
  • 南海 【ナンカイ】 southern sea

Kun reading compounds

  • 南 【みなみ】 south
  • 南アフリカ 【みなみアフリカ】 South Africa
  • 東南 【とうなん】 south-east
  • 西南 【せいなん】 south-west

Readings

Japanese names:
なみ、 は、 みな、 みまみ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nan2, na1
Korean:
nam

Spanish

  • Sur

Portuguese

  • sul

French

  • sud
124 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
208 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
190 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
205 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
778 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
157 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
29 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
912 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.20 Japanese for Busy People
74 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
74 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
41 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
247 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2584 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1320 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1791 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1627 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2750 Morohashi
2082 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
619 New Nelson (John Haig)
1613 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1740 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
401 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
186 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1553 2001 Kanji
2k7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-7 SKIP code
3-4-5 SKIP code
4022.7 Four corner code
1-38-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5357 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
moon, month
Parts:
morning, dynasty, regime, epoch, period, (North) Korea
Kun:
あさ
On:
チョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
248 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 朝 【チョウ】 dynasty, reign, period, epoch, age, court, North Korea
  • 朝刊 【チョウカン】 morning newspaper
  • 本朝 【ホンチョウ】 this land, our country, Imperial Court of Japan
  • 王朝 【オウチョウ】 dynasty

Kun reading compounds

  • 朝 【あさ】 morning, breakfast
  • 朝方 【あさがた】 early morning, early hours, early in the morning
  • 後の朝 【のちのあした】 the morning after (having slept together)
  • 霜朝 【しもあさ】 frosty morning

Readings

Japanese names:
あ、 あそ、 ささ、 ちか、 とも
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhao1, chao2
Korean:
jo

Spanish

  • mañana
  • amanecer
  • corte imperial

Portuguese

  • manhã
  • disnastia
  • regime
  • época
  • período
  • Coréia do Norte

French

  • matin
  • dynastie
  • régime
  • période
  • époque
  • Corée (Nord)
118 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
191 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
175 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
257 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3788 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
395 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
195 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1672 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.15 Japanese for Busy People
469 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
477 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
91 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1009 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2130 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1114 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1513 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
52 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14374P Morohashi
1695 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4838 New Nelson (John Haig)
52 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
53 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
217 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
218 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1546 2001 Kanji
4b8.12 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-4 SKIP code
4742.0 Four corner code
1-36-11 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
671d Unicode hex code