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

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  • 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

4 strokes
Radical:
door, house 戶 (户, 戸)
Parts:
door, counter for houses, door radical (no. 63)
Kun:
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
575 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 戸 【コ】 counter for houses, households, apartments, etc.
  • 戸外 【コガイ】 open air, outdoors, outside
  • 一戸 【イッコ】 one house, household
  • 下戸 【ゲコ】 non-drinker, someone who cannot drink

Kun reading compounds

  • 戸 【と】 door (esp. Japanese-style), shutter, window shutter, entrance (to a home), narrows
  • 戸惑い 【とまどい】 being at sea, losing one's bearings, confusion, wonderment, disorientation upon waking at night, forgetting which house or room to enter
  • 鳴門 【なると】 strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow, whirlpool, maelstrom, kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern, cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern, Naruto (city in Tokushima), Naruto Strait, Naruto wakame
  • 引き戸 【ひきど】 sliding door

Readings

Japanese names:
え、 へ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hu4
Korean:
ho

Spanish

  • puerta
  • casa
  • puerta corrediza

Portuguese

  • Porta

French

  • porte
  • compteur de maisons
  • radical porte (no 63)
69 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
120 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
108 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
342 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1817 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
126 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
551 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
59 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
152 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
152 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
534 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
841 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2429 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1227 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1691 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1085 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11696X Morohashi
1930 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2048 New Nelson (John Haig)
1076 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1157 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
90 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3060 2001 Kanji
4m0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-1-3 SKIP code
3020.7 Four corner code
3027.7 Four corner code
1-24-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6238 Unicode hex code

15 strokes
Radical:
rap 攴 (攵)
enemy, foe, opponent
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1205 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 敵 【テキ】 opponent, rival, adversary, menace, danger, threat, enemy
  • 敵意 【テキイ】 hostility, animosity, enmity
  • 強敵 【キョウテキ】 formidable enemy, strong enemy, tough enemy
  • 無敵 【ムテキ】 invincible, unrivaled, unrivalled, matchless, unbeatable, undefeatable

Kun reading compounds

  • 敵 【かたき】 rival, opponent, adversary, competitor, enemy (esp. one with which there is longstanding enmity), foe, revenge, spouse
  • 敵討ち 【かたきうち】 vengeance, revenge, retaliation
  • 目の敵 【めのかたき】 enemy
  • 仇を討つ 【かたきをうつ】 to avenge (someone) by striking down their killer
  • 叶う 【かなう】 to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.), to be realized, to be fulfilled, to suit (e.g. a purpose), to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.), to conform to (standards, rules, etc.), to be consistent with, to match (implies competition), to rival, to bear (e.g. the heat)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
di2
Korean:
jeog

Spanish

  • enemigo
  • oponente
  • adversario
  • rival

Portuguese

  • inimigo
  • adversário

French

  • ennemi
  • adversaire
678 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
779 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
756 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1057 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2060 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
454 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1391 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2354 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
416 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
422 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
658 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
946 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2340 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1204 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1648 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
450 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13354 Morohashi
1864 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2359 New Nelson (John Haig)
443 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
475 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
809 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
466 2001 Kanji
4i11.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-11-4 SKIP code
0824.0 Four corner code
1-37-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6575 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
long, grow 長 (镸)
Parts:
Variants:
long, leader, superior, senior
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
12 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 長 【チョウ】 head, chief, leader, elder, merit, strong point, superiority, major
  • 長官 【チョウカン】 secretary (government), director, chief
  • 体長 【タイチョウ】 length (of an animal), body length
  • 医長 【イチョウ】 medical director, chief physician

Kun reading compounds

  • 長い 【ながい】 long (distance, length), long (time), protracted, prolonged
  • 長居 【ながい】 long visit, overstaying
  • 長 【おさ】 head, chief, leader, the greatest (of all the ...)
  • 【オサガメ】 leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
  • 田長 【たおさ】 master of the rice field, chief farmer, lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
  • 死出田長 【しでたおさ】 lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

Readings

Japanese names:
お、 おしゃ、 たかし、 たけ、 な、 は、 ひさ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chang2, zhang3
Korean:
jang

Spanish

  • largo
  • jefe
  • sobresaliente

Portuguese

  • Longo
  • ambicionar
  • líder
  • chefe

French

  • long
  • chef
116 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
189 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
173 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
25 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4938 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
155 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
95 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
939 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.20 Japanese for Busy People
95 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
95 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
89 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1837 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3163 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1626 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2212 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1939 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41100 Morohashi
2556 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6379 New Nelson (John Haig)
1920 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2070 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
90 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
161 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3465 2001 Kanji
0a8.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-3 SKIP code
4-8-1 SKIP code
7173.2 Four corner code
1-36-25 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9577 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
mountain
Parts:
Variants:
promontory, cape, spit
Kun:
さきさいみさき
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
533 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 崎崖 【キガイ】 steepness of a mountain
  • 崎嶇 【キク】 steep (mountain), precipitous, hard (life), difficult, troubled
  • 川崎 【カワサキ】 Kawasaki (city)
  • 長崎 【ナガサキ】 Nagasaki (city, prefecture)

Kun reading compounds

  • 崎 【さき】 small peninsula, cape, promontory, headland
  • 川崎 【かわさき】 Kawasaki (city)
  • 長崎 【ながさき】 Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
  • 岬 【みさき】 cape (on coast)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi2
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • promontorio
  • cabo
  • espita

Portuguese

  • promontorio
  • cabo
  • ponta

French

  • promontoire
  • cap
  • pointe
1297 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
457 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1426 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1898 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1243 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1592 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1362 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1447 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1293 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
545 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
569 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
345 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
428 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
785 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8169 Morohashi
472 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1485 New Nelson (John Haig)
778 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
840 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1424 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1249 2001 Kanji
3o8.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
2472.1 Four corner code
1-26-74 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5d0e Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
chastise, attack, defeat, destroy, conquer
Kun:
う.つ
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
528 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 討論 【トウロン】 debate, discussion
  • 討議 【トウギ】 debate, discussion
  • 征討 【セイトウ】 subjugation, conquest
  • 追討 【ツイトウ】 tracking down and killing, punitive expedition

Kun reading compounds

  • 討つ 【うつ】 to attack, to destroy, to defeat, to conquer, to avenge

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tao3
Korean:
to

Spanish

  • disparar
  • atacar
  • asaltar
  • investigar
  • vengar

Portuguese

  • castigar
  • atacar
  • derrotar
  • destruir
  • conquistar

French

  • débat
  • châtier
  • attaquer
  • vaincre
  • conquérir
  • détruire
849 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
956 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
945 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
466 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4316 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
642 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1740 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1018 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1057 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
946 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1663 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1846 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
977 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1324 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
346 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35231 Morohashi
1456 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5561 New Nelson (John Haig)
340 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
364 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
910 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3048 2001 Kanji
7a3.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-3 SKIP code
0460.0 Four corner code
1-38-04 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8a0e Unicode hex code