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梁

11 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
丶 刀 汁 木
Variants:
樑
weir, fish trap, beam, girder
Kun:
はり、 うつばり、 うちばり、 やな、 はし
On:
リョウ
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

圭

6 strokes
Radical:
earth 土
Parts:
土
square jewel, corner, angle, edge
On:
ケイ、 ケ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1837 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 圭角 【ケイカク】 rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.), abrasiveness, harshness, sharpness, edges (of a gem)
  • 圭璧 【ケイヘキ】 ritual jades worn by feudal lords in ancient China
  • 刀圭 【トウケイ】 doctor
  • 尖形 【センケイ】 pointed, pointy, acuminate
  • 圭角 【ケイカク】 rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.), abrasiveness, harshness, sharpness, edges (of a gem)
  • 圭璧 【ケイヘキ】 ritual jades worn by feudal lords in ancient China

Readings

Japanese names:
か、 きよ、 たま、 よし、 かど、 きよし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gui1
Korean:
gyu

Spanish

  • joya cuadrada de la Antigua China

Portuguese

French

  • joyau carré
  • angle
  • coin
1052 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1928 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
267 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2042 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2688 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1368 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1854 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
157 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4887 Morohashi
2165 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
973 New Nelson (John Haig)
155 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
167 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3b3.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-3 SKIP code
4-5-2 SKIP code
4010.4 Four corner code
1-23-29 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
572d Unicode hex code

史

5 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
ノ 口
history, chronicle
On:
シ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
511 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 史 【シ】 history
  • 史家 【シカ】 historian
  • 通史 【ツウシ】 overview of history
  • 正史 【セイシ】 official history, authorized history

Readings

Japanese names:
あきら、 あや、 お、 こ、 ちか、 とし、 なか、 のぶ、 ひさ、 ひと、 ふみ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi3
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • historia
  • crónica

Portuguese

  • história
  • crônica

French

  • histoire
  • chronique
411 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
523 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
496 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
563 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
91 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
81 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
398 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
183 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
332 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
332 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
705 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
317 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4324 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2188 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2946 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
699 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3249 Morohashi
3510 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
697 New Nelson (John Haig)
692 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
747 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
300 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
450 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1666 2001 Kanji
0a5.38 The Kanji Dictionary
4-5-4 SKIP code
5004.6 Four corner code
5000.6 Four corner code
1-27-43 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
53f2 Unicode hex code