Jisho

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6 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
creek, inlet, bay
Kun:
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
704 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 江 【コウ】 large river (esp. the Yangtze), Lake Biwa
  • 江上 【コウジョウ】 (on the) bank of a large river
  • 長江 【チョウコウ】 Yangtze River (China), Changjiang River
  • 三角江 【サンカクコウ】 estuary

Kun reading compounds

  • 江 【え】 inlet, bay
  • 縁 【えん】 fate, destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together), relationship (e.g. between two people), bond, link, connection, family ties, affinity, opportunity, chance (to meet someone and start a relationship), pratyaya (indirect conditions, as opposed to direct causes), narrow open-air veranda
  • 堀江 【ほりえ】 canal
  • 松江 【まつえ】 Matsue (city in Shimane)

Readings

Japanese names:
くん、 とうみ、 み、 りえ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jiang1
Korean:
gang

Spanish

  • gran río
  • ensenada
  • bahía

Portuguese

  • riacho
  • pequena baía em lagos
  • baía

French

  • baie
  • crique
  • anse
  • rivière
1244 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
517 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2491 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
994 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1458 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
252 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
821 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
840 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
905 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1160 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
257 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
162 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
195 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
141 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17140 Morohashi
221 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3045 New Nelson (John Haig)
139 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
148 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1085 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
372 2001 Kanji
3a3.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-3 SKIP code
3111.0 Four corner code
1-25-30 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6c5f Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
roof
Parts:
Variants:
rather, preferably, peaceful, quiet, tranquility
Kun:
むし.ろ
On:
ネイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1697 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 寧夏回族自治区 【ネイカカイゾクジチク】 Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (China)
  • 寧日 【ネイジツ】 peaceful day
  • 西寧 【セイネイ】 Xining (China)
  • 静寧 【セイネイ】 peace, calm, tranquility

Kun reading compounds

  • 寧ろ 【むしろ】 rather, better, instead, if anything

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 やす、 やすし、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ning2, ning4
Korean:
nyeong

Spanish

  • pacífico
  • tranquilo
  • bondadoso

Portuguese

  • melhor
  • preferivelmente

French

  • plutôt
  • de préférence
  • paisible
1678 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1982 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1335 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1602 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1217 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2181 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1412 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1501 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1378 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
496 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2959 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1519 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2061 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
842 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7296P Morohashi
2345 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1361 New Nelson (John Haig)
834 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
897 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1700 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
753 2001 Kanji
3m11.8 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-11 SKIP code
3020.1 Four corner code
1-39-11 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5be7 Unicode hex code