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On reading compounds

  • 槐樹 【カイジュ】 Japanese pagoda tree (Sophora japonica)

Kun reading compounds

  • 槐 【えんじゅ】 Japanese pagoda tree (Sophora japonica)
  • 針槐 【はりえんじゅ】 black locust, robinia pseudoacacia

Readings

Japanese names:
えんじ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
huai2
Korean:
goe

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2296 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
15323 Morohashi
2803 New Nelson (John Haig)
4a10.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-10 SKIP code
4691.3 Four corner code
1-60-39 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
69d0 Unicode hex code

14 strokes (also 15 and 13)
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
shade, shadow, backing assistance
Kun:
かげ
On:
インオン
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2166 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 大阪桐蔭 【オオサカトウイン】 Osaka Tōin Junior and Senior High School (abbr)
  • 緑陰 【リョクイン】 shade of trees

Kun reading compounds

  • 陰 【かげ】 shade, shadow, behind (something), other side, back, the background, behind the scenes, behind someone's back, gloom (in someone's expression, nature, etc.), darkness
  • 陰口 【かげぐち】 malicious gossip, backbiting, speaking ill behind someone's back
  • 物陰 【ものかげ】 place hidden from view, cover, shelter, hiding place
  • 小陰 【こかげ】 small hiding place, nook

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yin4, yin1
Korean:
eum

Spanish

Portuguese

French

1848 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4017 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1908 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2370 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2974 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2073 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
31840X Morohashi
2517 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5151 New Nelson (John Haig)
2374 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2457 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3k10.10 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-11 SKIP code
2-4-10 SKIP code
2-3-11 SKIP code
2-3-10 SKIP code
4423.1 Four corner code
1-16-94 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
852d Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
hiding enclosure
Parts:
Variants:
ward, district
On:
オウコウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
137 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 区 【ク】 ward, borough, city (in Tokyo), district (e.g. electoral), section, zone (e.g. postal)
  • 区域 【クイキ】 area, zone, district, quarter, section, limits, boundary
  • 学区 【ガック】 school district, school area
  • 鉱区 【コウク】 mining area, mine lot

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qu1, ou1
Korean:
gu, u

Spanish

  • barrio
  • distrito
  • sección

Portuguese

  • waº
  • distrito

French

  • circonscription
  • arrondissement
591 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
282 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
465 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
67 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
757 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
168 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
131 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
183 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
183 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
548 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
233 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3681 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1879 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2559 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1712 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2674 Morohashi
2963 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
585 New Nelson (John Haig)
1696 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1831 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
243 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3475 2001 Kanji
2t2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-2 SKIP code
7171.4 Four corner code
1-22-72 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
533a Unicode hex code