Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
Variants:
plum
Kun:
うめ
On:
バイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1232 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 梅雨 【ツユ】 (East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July), rain during the rainy season
  • 梅雨前線 【バイウゼンセン】 seasonal rain front
  • 松竹梅 【ショウチクバイ】 pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping), high, middle and low (ranking), top, middle and bottom, upper, medium, lower, first, second and third (class)
  • 紅梅 【コウバイ】 red-blossomed plum tree, red Japanese apricot

Kun reading compounds

  • 梅 【うめ】 Japanese apricot (Prunus mume), Japanese plum, ume, Chinese plum, lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
  • 梅干し 【うめぼし】 umeboshi, pickled dried ume, pickled dried plum
  • 青梅 【あおうめ】 unripe plum
  • 紅梅 【こうばい】 red-blossomed plum tree, red Japanese apricot

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mei2
Korean:
mae

Spanish

  • ciruela
  • ciruelo

Portuguese

  • ameixa

French

  • prune
592 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1689 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1009 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2258 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1162 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1436 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1374 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1734 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1856 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
969 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1096 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1159 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
626 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
833 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
470 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14795P Morohashi
925 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2666 New Nelson (John Haig)
460 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
499 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
555 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1847 2001 Kanji
4a6.27 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
4895.7 Four corner code
1-39-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6885 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
mother, do not 毋 (母, ⺟)
Parts:
poison, virus, venom, germ, harm, injury, spite
On:
ドク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
1419 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 毒 【ドク】 poison, toxicant, harm, evil influence, ill will, spite, malice, abusive language
  • 毒ガス 【ドクガス】 poison gas
  • 消毒 【ショウドク】 disinfection, sterilization, sterilisation
  • 防毒 【ボウドク】 gasproofing

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
du2
Korean:
dog

Spanish

  • veneno
  • venenoso

Portuguese

  • veneno
  • vírus
  • envenenamento
  • germe
  • dano
  • injúria
  • maldade

French

  • poison
  • virus
  • venin
  • germe
  • mal
  • blessure
  • méchanceté
686 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
588 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
559 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1165 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2468 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
418 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
659 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
522 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
531 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
788 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1145 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3082 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1571 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2150 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1545 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16730 Morohashi
2428 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3007 New Nelson (John Haig)
1531 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1651 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
513 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1447 2001 Kanji
0a8.14 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-4 SKIP code
5050.7 Four corner code
1-38-39 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6bd2 Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
tumor, swelling
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2145 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 腫 【シュ】 tumor, tumour
  • 腫瘍 【シュヨウ】 tumor, tumour, neoplasm, neoplasia
  • 奇形腫 【キケイシュ】 teratoma, teratocarcinoma, teratoid tumor
  • 神経腫 【シンケイシュ】 neuroma
  • 疽腫 【ソショウ】 swelling, boil

Kun reading compounds

  • 腫れる 【はれる】 to swell (from inflammation), to become swollen
  • 腫れ 【はれ】 swelling, boil
  • 腫れる 【はれる】 to swell (from inflammation), to become swollen
  • 腫らす 【はらす】 to cause to swell, to inflame
  • 腫れ物 【はれもの】 tumor, tumour, swelling, boil, abscess
  • 腫れ物扱い 【はれものあつかい】 treating (someone) with great caution (so as not to anger or upset them), handling with kid gloves, treating gingerly

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhong3
Korean:
jong

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3797 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2106 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1310 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
951 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
29697 Morohashi
4848 New Nelson (John Haig)
2467 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1807 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4b9.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-9 SKIP code
7221.4 Four corner code
1-28-80 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
816b Unicode hex code