Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
lack, yawn
Parts:
Variants:
Europe
Kun:
うた.うは.く
On:
オウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
421 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 欧 【オウ】 Europe
  • 欧州 【オウシュウ】 Europe
  • 東欧 【トウオウ】 Eastern Europe
  • 西欧 【セイオウ】 Western Europe, the West, the Occident, Europe

Readings

Japanese names:
おお、 ひろ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ou1
Korean:
gu

Spanish

  • Europa

Portuguese

  • Europa

French

  • Europe
1034 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
766 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2413 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1416 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
649 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1022 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1061 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
554 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1121 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1098 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
596 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
787 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1715 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16024P Morohashi
887 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2931 New Nelson (John Haig)
1699 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1834 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1198 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3462 2001 Kanji
4j4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
7778.2 Four corner code
1-18-04 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6b27 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
Variants:
sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime
Kun:
On:
ヨウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
1071 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 陽 【ヨウ】 (the) positive, yang (in Chinese divination), the open, visible place, public place
  • 陽気 【ヨウキ】 cheerful, jovial, merry, lively, weather, season, spirit of yang
  • 山陽 【サンヨウ】 south side of a mountain, Sanyo district
  • 陰陽 【インヨウ】 cosmic dual forces, yin and yang, sun and moon, etc.

Kun reading compounds

  • 陽 【ひ】 sun, sunshine, sunlight
  • 日差し 【ひざし】 sunlight, rays of the Sun

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 あきら、 あけ、 はる、 ひろ、 やん、 よ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yang2
Korean:
yang

Spanish

  • positivo
  • masculino

Portuguese

  • brilho do sol
  • princípio do yang
  • positivo
  • masculino
  • paraíso
  • dia

French

  • Yang
  • soleil
  • éclat solaire
  • positif
  • mâle
  • paradis
  • journée
527 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
429 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
406 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
990 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5012 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
753 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
989 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1567 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
630 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
640 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
834 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
747 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
764 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
453 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
572 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1309 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41725 Morohashi
626 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6470 New Nelson (John Haig)
1300 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1397 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
413 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3651 2001 Kanji
2d9.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
7622.7 Four corner code
1-45-59 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
967d Unicode hex code

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On reading compounds

  • 鯤 【コン】 kun (giant fish said to be able to turn into a bird)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kun1
Korean:
gon

Spanish

Portuguese

French

46247 Morohashi
6877 New Nelson (John Haig)
11a8.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-11-8 SKIP code
2631.1 Four corner code
1-82-42 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9be4 Unicode hex code

19 strokes
Radical:
bird
Parts:
phoenix
Kun:
おおとり
On:
ホウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1707 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 鵬 【ホウ】 peng (giant bird said to transform from a fish)
  • 鵬程 【ホウテイ】 long cruise, great distance
  • 大鵬 【タイホウ】 dapeng (giant bird in Chinese mythology, similar to the roc or Garuda)
  • 柏鵬 【ハクホウ】 era during 1960s dominated by grand champions Taiho and Kashiwado

Kun reading compounds

  • 大鳥 【おおとり】 large bird, peng (giant bird said to transform from a fish), fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
peng2
Korean:
bung

Spanish

  • fénix

Portuguese

French

3831 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2795 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2276 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1416 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
752 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1021 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
47005 Morohashi
6979 New Nelson (John Haig)
2829 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2844 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4b15.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-15 SKIP code
7722.7 Four corner code
1-43-18 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9d6c Unicode hex code