Jisho

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4 strokes
Radical:
compare, compete
Parts:
Variants:
compare, race, ratio, Philippines
Kun:
くら.べる
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
329 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 比 【ヒ】 ratio, proportion, match, equal, equivalent, comparison, compared with ..., relative to ..., Philippines, explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
  • 比較 【ヒカク】 comparison
  • 口径比 【コウケイヒ】 aperture ratio (inverse of the f-number), relative aperture
  • 正比 【セイヒ】 direct ratio

Kun reading compounds

  • 比べる 【くらべる】 to compare, to make a comparison, to compete, to vie

Readings

Japanese names:
い、 ぴっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bi3, bi4
Korean:
bi

Spanish

  • comparación
  • proporción
  • relación
  • Filipinas
  • comparar

Portuguese

  • comparar
  • corrida
  • razão
  • Phillipines

French

  • comparer
  • compétition
  • proportion
  • Philippines
697 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
792 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
771 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
557 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2470 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
589 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
660 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
137 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
798 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
812 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
276 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1146 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
29 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
14 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
14 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
456 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16743 Morohashi
26 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3010 New Nelson (John Haig)
447 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
482 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
450 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
643 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1256 2001 Kanji
2m3.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-2 SKIP code
1-3-2 SKIP code
2171.0 Four corner code
2111.0 Four corner code
1-40-70 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6bd4 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
one
Parts:
Variants:
hill, knoll
Kun:
おか
On:
キュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1405 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 丘陵 【キュウリョウ】 hill, hillock, rolling hills, foothills
  • 丘疹 【キュウシン】 pimple, papule
  • 墳丘 【フンキュウ】 tumulus, grave mound
  • 砂丘 【サキュウ】 sand dune, sand hill

Kun reading compounds

  • 丘 【おか】 hill, height, knoll, rising ground, bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
  • 岡辺 【おかべ】 vicinity of a hill
  • 小高い丘 【こだかいおか】 small hill, low hill, hillock
  • 嵐が丘 【あらしがおか】 Wuthering Heights (novel by Emily Bronte)

Readings

Japanese names:
たかし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qiu1
Korean:
gu

Spanish

  • colina

Portuguese

  • morro
  • colina

French

  • colline
  • butte
1149 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1169 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
174 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1689 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1026 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
219 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1357 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1441 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1202 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
12 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4307 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2177 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2931 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1341 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
33 Morohashi
3495 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
19 New Nelson (John Haig)
1329 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1427 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1035 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2673 2001 Kanji
0a5.12 The Kanji Dictionary
4-5-2 SKIP code
7210.1 Four corner code
1-21-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e18 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
corpse
Parts:
nun
Kun:
あま
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1844 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 尼 【ニ】 bhikkhuni (fully ordained nun), Indonesia
  • 尼加拉瓦 【ニカラグア】 Nicaragua
  • 僧尼 【ソウニ】 monks and nuns
  • 修道尼 【シュウドウニ】 nun

Kun reading compounds

  • 尼 【あま】 Buddhist nun, Catholic nun, sister, bitch, Amagasaki (city in Hyogo Prefecture), Amazon (online retailer)
  • 尼崎歯科専門学校 【あまがさきしかせんもんがっこう】 Amagasaki Dental College, ADC

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ni2
Korean:
ni, il

Spanish

  • monja budista
  • monja

Portuguese

  • Freira

French

  • nonne
1674 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1661 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1378 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1688 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1228 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
175 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1620 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1728 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1722 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
522 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3767 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1919 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2611 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1063 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7635 Morohashi
3033 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1405 New Nelson (John Haig)
1054 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1133 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1046 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3756 2001 Kanji
3r2.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-2 SKIP code
7721.2 Four corner code
1-38-84 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c3c Unicode hex code