Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
catalpa tree, woodblock printing
Kun:
あずさ
On:
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2301 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 梓 【アズサ】 Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa), yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata), Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus), printing block, catalpa bow, catalpa medium
  • 梓宮 【シキュウ】 Emperor's coffin (made of catalpa wood)
  • 上梓 【ジョウシ】 wood-block printing, publication

Kun reading compounds

  • 梓 【あずさ】 Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa), yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata), Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus), printing block, catalpa bow, catalpa medium
  • 梓巫女 【あずさみこ】 female medium who summons spirits by sounding the string of a catalpa bow

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zi3
Korean:
jae, ja

Spanish

  • árbol del catalpa

Portuguese

French

  • catalpa
2268 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1366 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2113 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1207 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
655 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
873 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1512 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14845 Morohashi
962 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2688 New Nelson (John Haig)
1498 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1614 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4a7.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-7 SKIP code
4094.1 Four corner code
1-16-20 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6893 Unicode hex code

Speed

Stroke order

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tong2
Korean:
dong

Spanish

Portuguese

French

18302 Morohashi
3320 New Nelson (John Haig)
3a12.13 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-12 SKIP code
3011.4 Four corner code
1-63-14 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6f7c Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
eye
Parts:
Variants:
prefecture
Kun:
か.ける
On:
ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
140 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 県 【ケン】 prefecture (of Japan), county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.), department (of France), province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
  • 県営 【ケンエイ】 (under) prefectural management
  • 都道府県 【トドウフケン】 prefectures (of Japan), largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
  • 同県 【ドウケン】 the same prefecture, the said prefecture

Readings

Japanese names:
あがた、 がた
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xian4
Korean:
hyeon

Spanish

  • prefectura

Portuguese

  • Condado
  • prefeitura (região)

French

  • préfecture
  • département
203 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
291 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
273 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
195 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1362 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
381 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
226 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1252 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
194 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
194 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
336 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1380 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3269 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1687 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2294 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
126 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23210P Morohashi
2641 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3918 New Nelson (John Haig)
513 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
552 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
326 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1241 2001 Kanji
3n6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-3 SKIP code
3-4-5 SKIP code
2-5-4 SKIP code
2690.1 Four corner code
1-24-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
770c Unicode hex code