Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
forest, woods
Kun:
もり
On:
シン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N2
609 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 森林 【シンリン】 forest, woods
  • 森閑 【シンカン】 silent, still, quiet, hushed
  • 森々 【シンシン】 dense with trees, deeply forested

Kun reading compounds

  • 森 【もり】 forest, shrine grove
  • 森青蛙 【もりあおがえる】 forest green tree frog (Rhacophorus arboreus)
  • どう森 【どうもり】 Animal Crossing (video game series) (abbr)
  • 青森 【あおもり】 Aomori (city, prefecture)

Readings

Japanese names:
もと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sen1
Korean:
sam

Spanish

  • bosque

Portuguese

  • floresta
  • mata

French

  • forêt
  • bois
41 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
65 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
38 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
532 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2301 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
152 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
198 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1735 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
128 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
128 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
460 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1063 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3123 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1602 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2184 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
201 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14974 Morohashi
2475 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2749 New Nelson (John Haig)
197 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
209 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
80 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1864 2001 Kanji
4a8.39 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-8 SKIP code
4099.4 Four corner code
1-31-25 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
68ee Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
𣳾
peaceful, calm, peace, easy, Thailand, extreme, excessive, great
On:
タイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1281 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 泰 【タイ】 Thailand
  • 大山 【タイザン】 great mountain, large mountain
  • 昌泰 【ショウタイ】 Shōtai era (898.4.26-901.7.15)
  • 日タイ 【ニッタイ】 Japan and Thailand, Japanese-Thai

Readings

Japanese names:
た、 はす、 ひろ、 や、 やす、 やすし、 ゆたか、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tai4
Korean:
tae

Spanish

  • pacífico
  • calma
  • tranquilidad
  • extremo
  • excesivo
  • Tailandia

Portuguese

  • pacífico
  • calma
  • paz
  • fácil
  • Tailandia

French

  • paisible
  • calme
  • paix
  • tranquille
  • Thaïlande
1545 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1310 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2526 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1765 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1467 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1203 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1545 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1647 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1680 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1156 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3193 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1650 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2239 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1584 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17325 Morohashi
2583 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3098 New Nelson (John Haig)
1570 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1692 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1356 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1442 2001 Kanji
3a5.34 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-5 SKIP code
4-10-4 SKIP code
5013.2 Four corner code
1-34-57 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6cf0 Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
good luck, joy, congratulations
Kun:
よし
On:
キチキツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
711 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 吉 【キチ】 good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result), good luck, auspiciousness, unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
  • 吉祥天 【キッショウテン】 Sri-mahadevi (consort of Vaishravana)
  • 大吉 【ダイキチ】 excellent luck
  • 中吉 【チュウキチ】 moderately good luck (in fortune telling)
  • 吉 【キチ】 good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result), good luck, auspiciousness, unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
  • 吉事 【キチジ】 auspicious event
  • 嘉吉 【カキツ】 Kakitsu era (1441.2.17-1444.2.5)
  • 勿吉 【モッキツ】 Mohe (one of the Tungusic-speaking tribes)

Kun reading compounds

  • 吉川神道 【よしかわしんとう】 Yoshikawa Shinto (Confucianist form of Shinto, stripped of Buddhist influence)
  • 吉川線 【よしかわせん】 scratch marks on the neck of a body (indicating a struggling victim of strangulation)
  • 土吉 【つちよし】 earth form of "good luck" character
  • 豊臣秀吉 【とよとみひでよし】 Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Readings

Japanese names:
え、 き、 きっ、 きる、 こし、 と、 よ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji2
Korean:
gil

Spanish

  • buena suerte
  • alegría
  • felicitaciones

Portuguese

  • boa sorte
  • prazer
  • congratulações

French

  • bonne chance
  • joie
  • félicitations
1142 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
464 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1053 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
990 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1124 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
278 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1141 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1194 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
893 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
282 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2691 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1369 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1855 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
326 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3289 Morohashi
2167 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
711 New Nelson (John Haig)
320 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
342 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
199 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1064 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1477 2001 Kanji
3p3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-3 SKIP code
4060.1 Four corner code
1-21-40 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5409 Unicode hex code

9 strokes (also 8)
Radical:
town (阝 right) 邑 (阝)
Parts:
Variants:
son, counter for sons
Kun:
おとこ
On:
ロウリョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
569 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 郎 【ロウ】 nth son, lang, official title in ancient China, man, young man, my husband, my lover, nth child (male and female)
  • 郎君 【ロウクン】 young man, boy, son (of one's master, employer, etc.), husband, (male) lover, dear, darling
  • 新郎 【シンロウ】 bridegroom
  • 女郎 【ジョロウ】 prostitute (esp. Edo period)

Readings

Japanese names:
いら、 お、 とう、 もん、 ろ、 ろお
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lang2, lang4
Korean:
rang

Spanish

  • hombre
  • hijo
  • sirviente

Portuguese

  • filho
  • sufixo para contagem de filhos

French

  • fils (enfant)
  • compteur de fils
1936 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
237 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4762 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
955 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1827 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1145 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
980 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1014 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
546 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
757 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1641 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
867 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1184 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1868 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39405P Morohashi
1289 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6138 New Nelson (John Haig)
1851 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1995 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
264 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1300 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
844 2001 Kanji
2d6.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-3 SKIP code
1-6-2 SKIP code
3772.7 Four corner code
1-47-26 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
90ce Unicode hex code