Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
Variants:
chinquapin, mallet, spine
Kun:
つちう.つ
On:
ツイスイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1911 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 椎間板 【ツイカンバン】 intervertebral disk
  • 椎間孔狭窄 【ツイカンコウキョウサク】 vertebral canal stenosis
  • 脊椎 【セキツイ】 spine, vertebral column
  • 腰椎 【ヨウツイ】 lumbar vertebra, lumbar vertebrae

Kun reading compounds

  • 槌 【つち】 hammer, mallet, sledgehammer, gavel

Readings

Japanese names:
しい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhui1, chui2
Korean:
chu

Spanish

  • roble
  • mazo

Portuguese

French

1314 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2296 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1629 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2116 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1748 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1249 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
679 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
905 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
15024 Morohashi
2742 New Nelson (John Haig)
2505 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
597 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4a8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-8 SKIP code
4091.4 Four corner code
1-36-39 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
690e Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
Variants:
lamp, a light, light, counter for lights
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
1605 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 灯 【トウ】 light, lamp, counter for electric lights
  • 灯台 【トウダイ】 lighthouse, old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
  • 消灯 【ショウトウ】 putting out the lights, turning off the lights
  • 探海灯 【タンカイトウ】 searchlight

Kun reading compounds

  • 灯 【ひ】 light, lamp
  • 灯明かり 【ひあかり】 lamplight, torchlight
  • 灯火 【ともしび】 light, lamp, torch
  • 灯す 【ともす】 to light (a candle, lamp, etc.), to turn on (a light)
  • 明かり 【あかり】 light, illumination, glow, gleam, lamp, light
  • 明かりを消す 【あかりをけす】 to turn the lights off

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
deng1
Korean:
deung

Spanish

  • lámpara
  • luz
  • contador para luces

Portuguese

  • lâmpada
  • luz
  • sufixo p/ contagem de luzes

French

  • lampe
  • lumière
  • compteur de lampes
583 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
556 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1290 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2745 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
537 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
711 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1333 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1416 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
871 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1262 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1019 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
552 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
730 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
167 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18855 Morohashi
825 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3395 New Nelson (John Haig)
165 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
177 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
471 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1153 2001 Kanji
4d2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-2 SKIP code
1-1-5 SKIP code
9182.0 Four corner code
1-37-84 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
706f Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
Variants:
fire
Kun:
-びほ-
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
574 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 火 【カ】 Tuesday, fire (second of the five elements)
  • 火炎瓶 【カエンビン】 Molotov cocktail, petrol bomb, gasoline bomb
  • 発火 【ハッカ】 ignition, combustion, catching fire, firing a blank cartridge, discharge of a gun without bullets
  • 点火 【テンカ】 ignition, lighting, firing, setting off

Kun reading compounds

  • 火 【ひ】 fire, flame, blaze
  • 火口 【ひぐち】 burner, nozzle, origin of a fire
  • 飛び火 【とびひ】 leaping flames, flying sparks, spread of fire (due to leaping flames), repercussions in unanticipated areas, spilling over, effects of an incident spreading to those seemingly uninvolved, impetigo contagiosa
  • 不知火 【しらぬい】 phosphorescent light, mysterious lights on the sea, sea fire

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
huo3
Korean:
hwa

Spanish

  • fuego
  • flama
  • llama

Portuguese

  • fogo

French

  • feu
13 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
15 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
8 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
432 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2743 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
15 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
69 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
52 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
20 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
20 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
18 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1260 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4273 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2159 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2911 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
163 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18850 Morohashi
3463 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3394 New Nelson (John Haig)
161 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
173 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
27 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1162 2001 Kanji
4d0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-4 SKIP code
1-1-3 SKIP code
9080.0 Four corner code
1-18-48 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
706b Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 毛茸 【モウジョウ】 hair, trichome
  • 鹿茸 【ロクジョウ】 pilose antler (used in traditional Chinese medicine), velvet antler

Kun reading compounds

  • 茸 【きのこ】 mushroom
  • キノコ狩り 【きのこがり】 mushrooming, mushroom picking, mushroom gathering
  • 幻覚キノコ 【げんかくきのこ】 hallucinogenic mushroom, magic mushroom
  • 毒キノコ 【どくキノコ】 toadstool, poisonous mushroom
  • 茸 【きのこ】 mushroom
  • キノコ狩り 【きのこがり】 mushrooming, mushroom picking, mushroom gathering
  • 藍茸 【あいたけ】 green-cracking russula (Russula virescens), quilted green russula, green brittlegill
  • 舞茸 【まいたけ】 hen-of-the-woods (species of polypore mushroom, Grifola frondosa)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
rong2, rong3
Korean:
yong

Spanish

  • seta
  • hongo
  • champiñón

Portuguese

French

3935 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
925 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2809 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1949 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
30918X Morohashi
5026 New Nelson (John Haig)
2394 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2475 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3k6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-6 SKIP code
2-4-6 SKIP code
4440.1 Four corner code
1-34-91 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8338 Unicode hex code