Jisho

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江

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

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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

戸

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

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On reading compounds

  • 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

川

3 strokes
Radical:
river 巛 (川, 巜)
Parts:
川
stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
Kun:
かわ
On:
セン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
181 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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  • 川柳 【センリュウ】 senryū, comic haiku, humorous seventeen-mora poem
  • 川きゅう 【センキュウ】 cnidium rhizome (Cnidium officinale)
  • 山川 【サンセン】 mountains and rivers
  • 四川 【シセン】 Sichuan (China), Szechuan, Szechwan

Kun reading compounds

  • 川 【かわ】 river, stream, River, the ... river
  • 川上 【かわかみ】 upper reaches of a river, upstream
  • 堀川 【ほりかわ】 canal
  • 山川 【さんせん】 mountains and rivers

Readings

Japanese names:
か、 こ、 さわ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chuan1
Korean:
cheon

Spanish

  • arroyo
  • río

Portuguese

  • corrente
  • rio

French

  • rivière
  • fleuve
  • radical rivière (no. 47)
39 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
59 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
48 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
111 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1447 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
41 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
49 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
20 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.10 Japanese for Busy People
33 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
33 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
101 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
548 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
6 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
129 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8673 Morohashi
6 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1526 New Nelson (John Haig)
127 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
134 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
196 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
21 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1254 2001 Kanji
0a3.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-1-2 SKIP code
2200.0 Four corner code
1-32-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5ddd Unicode hex code

乱

7 strokes
Radical:
second 乛 (乙, ⺄, 乚)
Parts:
乙 口 舌
Variants:
亂
riot, war, disorder, disturb
Kun:
みだ.れる、 みだ.る、 みだ.す、 みだ、 おさ.める、 わた.る
On:
ラン、 ロン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
755 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 乱 【ラン】 revolt, rebellion, war
  • 乱獲 【ランカク】 excessive fishing, overfishing, overhunting, excessive taking
  • 動乱 【ドウラン】 disturbance, upheaval, unrest, war, riot
  • 騒乱 【ソウラン】 disturbance, riot, mayhem
  • 胡乱 【ウロン】 suspicious-looking, fishy

Kun reading compounds

  • 乱れる 【みだれる】 to be disordered, to be disarranged, to be disarrayed, to be disheveled, to be dishevelled, to be discomposed, to be upset, to get confused, to be disturbed, to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
  • 乱す 【みだす】 to throw into disorder, to disarrange, to disturb (order, peace, etc.), to corrupt (public morals), to dishevel (hair)
  • 乱れる 【みだれる】 to be disordered, to be disarranged, to be disarrayed, to be disheveled, to be dishevelled, to be discomposed, to be upset, to get confused, to be disturbed, to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
  • 乱れ 【みだれ】 disorder, disturbance, unrest

Readings

Japanese names:
ら
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
luan4
Korean:
ran

Spanish

  • disturbio
  • desorden
  • confusión
  • absurdamente
  • irrazonablemente
  • guerra
  • confundirse
  • estar desordenado
  • ser molestado
  • confundir
  • desordenar
  • molestar

Portuguese

  • distúrbio
  • guerra
  • desordenar
  • perturbar

French

  • tumulte
  • émeute
  • troubles
  • désordre
  • guerre
  • confusion
999 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
989 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
734 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3856 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
912 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
290 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
437 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
689 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
702 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
932 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
28 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1611 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
846 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1161 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
72 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
187 Morohashi
1260 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
60 New Nelson (John Haig)
72 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
76 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
856 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2256 2001 Kanji
3d4.21 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-1 SKIP code
2261.0 Four corner code
1-45-80 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e71 Unicode hex code

歩

8 strokes
Radical:
stop 止
Parts:
ノ 小 止
walk, counter for steps
Kun:
ある.く、 あゆ.む
On:
ホ、 ブ、 フ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
554 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 歩 【ホ】 step, stride, counter for steps
  • 歩行 【ホコウ】 walking, walk
  • 遊歩 【ユウホ】 walk, promenade
  • 牛歩 【ギュウホ】 snail's pace, slow progress
  • 歩 【ブ】 bu, traditional unit of area, approx. 3.31 square metres, commission, percentage, exactly, precisely
  • 歩合 【ブアイ】 rate, ratio, percentage, commission, poundage, percentage
  • 町歩 【チョウブ】 hectare (2.471 acres)
  • 町段畝歩 【チョウタンセブ】 units of square measure (for rice fields, forests, etc.)
  • 歩 【フ】 pawn
  • 歩兵 【フヒョウ】 pawn
  • 敵歩 【テキフ】 opponents pawn
  • 二歩 【ニフ】 dropping two unpromoted pawns on the same file (illegal move)

Kun reading compounds

  • 歩く 【あるく】 to walk
  • 歩む 【あゆむ】 to walk, to go on foot, to tread (a figurative path), to follow, to lead (a life), to experience, to advance towards (e.g. a solution), to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.), to embark (on the road to ...)

Readings

Japanese names:
あ、 ゆき、 ゆみ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bu4
Korean:
bo

Spanish

  • camino
  • caminar
  • razón
  • proporción
  • ir a pie

Portuguese

  • passeio

French

  • marcher
  • compteur de pas
136 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
221 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
202 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
312 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2433 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
433 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
204 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
694 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.14 Japanese for Busy People
431 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
437 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
176 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1130 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3071 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1566 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2141 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
377 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16284 Morohashi
2416 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2958 New Nelson (John Haig)
371 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
397 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
267 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
165 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1260 2001 Kanji
3n5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-4 SKIP code
2120.9 Four corner code
1-42-66 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6b69 Unicode hex code

全

6 strokes
Radical:
enter 入
Parts:
个 ハ 王
whole, entire, all, complete, fulfill
Kun:
まった.く、 すべ.て
On:
ゼン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
75 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 全 【ゼン】 all, whole, entire, complete, total, pan-, complete (set), in total
  • 全域 【ゼンイキ】 the whole area, the entire region, all parts (of), the whole field (of study), every field, the whole gamut
  • 腎不全 【ジンフゼン】 kidney failure, renal failure
  • 大全 【タイゼン】 complete collection, large collection, complete works

Kun reading compounds

  • 全く 【まったく】 really, truly, entirely, completely, wholly, perfectly, indeed, good grief
  • 全くする 【まったくする】 to accomplish, to fulfill, to carry out
  • 全て 【すべて】 everything, all, the whole, entirely, completely, wholly, all
  • すべて選択 【すべてせんたく】 select all

Readings

Japanese names:
たけ、 まさ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
quan2
Korean:
jeon

Spanish

  • completo
  • total
  • enteramente
  • completamente

Portuguese

  • inteiro
  • todo
  • tudo
  • completar
  • preencher

French

  • totalité
  • entier
  • tout
  • complet
  • accomplir
267 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
347 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
330 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
57 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
384 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
212 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
340 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
271 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.17 Japanese for Busy People
89 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
89 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
160 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
49 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2514 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1277 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1743 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
269 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1424X Morohashi
2022 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
145 New Nelson (John Haig)
263 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
281 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
70 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
272 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2872 2001 Kanji
2a4.16 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-4 SKIP code
8010.4 Four corner code
1-33-20 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5168 Unicode hex code

集

12 strokes
Radical:
small bird 隹
Parts:
木 隹
gather, meet, congregate, swarm, flock
Kun:
あつ.まる、 あつ.める、 つど.う
On:
シュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
210 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 集 【シュウ】 collection, compilation
  • 集荷 【シュウカ】 collection of cargo (esp. produce, etc.), cargo booking
  • 句集 【クシュウ】 collection of haiku poems
  • 歌集 【カシュウ】 collection of waka poems, anthology, songbook

Kun reading compounds

  • 集まる 【あつまる】 to gather, to collect, to assemble
  • 集める 【あつめる】 to collect, to assemble, to gather
  • 集う 【つどう】 to meet, to assemble, to congregate

Readings

Japanese names:
あつまり、 ず
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji2
Korean:
jib

Spanish

  • reunir
  • coleccionar
  • reunirse

Portuguese

  • juntar
  • reunião
  • congregar
  • enxame
  • bando

French

  • rassembler
  • réunir
  • collection
  • grouiller
  • attroupement
243 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
324 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
309 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
168 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5031 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
279 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
272 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1779 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.8 Japanese for Busy People
436 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
442 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
224 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1851 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3445 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1772 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2413 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
566 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41974 Morohashi
2771 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6500 New Nelson (John Haig)
559 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
601 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
224 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
399 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2464 2001 Kanji
8c4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-4 SKIP code
2090.4 Four corner code
1-29-24 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
96c6 Unicode hex code

恐

10 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
丶 几 工 心
fear, dread, awe
Kun:
おそ.れる、 おそ.る、 おそ.ろしい、 こわ.い、 こわ.がる
On:
キョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
878 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 恐慌 【キョウコウ】 panic, scare, alarm, panic, financial panic
  • 恐喝 【キョウカツ】 blackmail, extortion, threat (to extort money)
  • 戦々恐々 【センセンキョウキョウ】 trembling with fear, in great fear, filled with trepidation, nervously, timidly
  • 最恐 【サイキョウ】 scariest, most frightening

Kun reading compounds

  • 恐れる 【おそれる】 to fear, to be afraid of
  • 恐る 【おそる】 to fear, to be afraid
  • 恐る恐る 【おそるおそる】 fearfully, timidly, nervously, cautiously, gingerly
  • 恐ろしい 【おそろしい】 terrible, dreadful, terrifying, frightening, surprising, startling, tremendous, amazing
  • 恐ろしい思いをする 【おそろしいおもいをする】 to find oneself fearful, to have an awful time
  • 怖い 【こわい】 scary, frightening, eerie, dreadful
  • 怖いもの見たさ 【こわいものみたさ】 curiosity of fear, urge to look at something frightening, wanting to take a peek at something unpleasant
  • 怖がる 【こわがる】 to be afraid (of), to fear, to be frightened (of), to be scared (of), to worry (about)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kong3
Korean:
gong

Spanish

  • miedo
  • temor
  • sobrecogimiento
  • tener miedo
  • temer
  • temible
  • pavoroso
  • espantoso

Portuguese

  • medo
  • temer
  • temor

French

  • peur
  • épouvante
  • crainte
1167 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
951 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1685 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1163 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
537 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1602 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1709 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
759 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
780 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3283 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1696 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2306 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
620 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10552X Morohashi
2650 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1853 New Nelson (John Haig)
613 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
660 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
497 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1330 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3158 2001 Kanji
4k6.19 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-4 SKIP code
1733.1 Four corner code
1-22-18 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6050 Unicode hex code

怖

8 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
一 ノ 巾 忙
Variants:
悑
dreadful, be frightened, fearful
Kun:
こわ.い、 こわ.がる、 お.じる、 おそ.れる
On:
フ、 ホ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
1325 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 畏怖 【イフ】 awe, fear, dread, fright
  • 衝撃と畏怖 【ショウゲキトイフ】 shock and awe

Kun reading compounds

  • 怖い 【こわい】 scary, frightening, eerie, dreadful
  • 怖い顔 【こわいかお】 grim face, angry look
  • 怖がる 【こわがる】 to be afraid (of), to fear, to be frightened (of), to be scared (of), to worry (about)
  • 怖じる 【おじる】 to be scared
  • 恐れる 【おそれる】 to fear, to be afraid of

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bu4
Korean:
po

Spanish

  • temor
  • miedo
  • estar asustado

Portuguese

  • terrível
  • assustar-se
  • medroso

French

  • effrayant
  • affreux
  • épouvantable
  • faire peur
1749 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1593 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1662 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1784 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
534 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1814 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1959 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1451 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
810 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
353 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
219 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
263 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
630 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10450 Morohashi
296 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1817 New Nelson (John Haig)
623 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
670 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1173 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1144 2001 Kanji
4k5.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
9402.7 Four corner code
1-41-61 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6016 Unicode hex code

奇

8 strokes
Radical:
big, very 大
Parts:
一 亅 口 大
Variants:
竒
strange, strangeness, curiosity
Kun:
く.しき、 あや.しい、 くし、 めずら.しい
On:
キ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1367 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 奇 【キ】 strange, unconventional, eccentric, novel, odd, odd number
  • 奇異 【キイ】 odd, strange, queer, peculiar
  • 物好き 【モノズキ】 (idle) curiosity, fancifulness, whimsy, (having) strange tastes
  • 怪奇 【カイキ】 bizarre, strange, weird, mysterious, grotesque

Kun reading compounds

  • 奇しき 【くしき】 strange, mysterious, queer
  • 奇しき 【くしき】 strange, mysterious, queer
  • 奇しくも 【くしくも】 strangely, oddly, miraculously, mysteriously

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi2, ji1
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • extraño
  • raro
  • sospechoso

Portuguese

  • estranho
  • estranheza
  • curiousidade

French

  • étrange
  • étrangeté
  • curieux (bizarre)
1123 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1189 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1176 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1048 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1176 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
752 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1360 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1444 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1292 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
414 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2756 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1409 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1902 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
128 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5892 Morohashi
2217 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1150 New Nelson (John Haig)
126 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
133 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1160 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1449 2001 Kanji
3d5.17 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
3-5-3 SKIP code
4062.1 Four corner code
1-20-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5947 Unicode hex code

形

7 strokes
Radical:
bristle, beard 彡
Parts:
一 ノ 二 廾 彡
shape, form, style
Kun:
かた、 -がた、 かたち、 なり
On:
ケイ、 ギョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
418 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 形 【ケイ】 form, tense, adjective, i-adjective (in Japanese)
  • 形式 【ケイシキ】 form (as opposed to substance), format, form, style, manner, formality, form, mode, form, form (bilinear, quadratic, etc.)
  • 造形 【ゾウケイ】 molding, moulding, shaping, forming, modelling (i.e. plastic arts), modeling
  • 体型 【タイケイ】 figure, body shape, build, physique, form, somatotype, biotype, habitus, (type of) physique
  • 形相 【ギョウソウ】 look (esp. an angry or upset look), expression
  • 奇形 【キケイ】 deformity, malformation, strange shape, unusual shape
  • 大仰 【オオギョウ】 exaggerated, overblown, overdone

Kun reading compounds

  • 形 【かた】 shape, form, style, security, collateral, obverse of an old zeni coin
  • 形 【かたち】 form, shape, figure, visage
  • 借金のカタ 【しゃっきんのカタ】 security for a loan, collateral
  • 館 【やかた】 mansion, palace, manor house, castle, nobleman, noblewoman, dignitary, cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
  • 形 【かたち】 form, shape, figure, visage
  • 形作る 【かたちづくる】 to form, to shape, to make, to mold, to mould, to build up
  • 顔かたち 【かおかたち】 features, looks
  • 姿形 【すがたかたち】 appearance, figure, shape, form
  • 形 【なり】 style, way, shape, form, appearance, state
  • 形体 【なりかたち】 one's appearance
  • 生成り 【きなり】 unbleached cloth, unbleached colour (color), unbleached, undyed
  • 鉤状 【かぎなり】 hooklike, hook-shaped, unciform

Readings

Japanese names:
ち
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xing2
Korean:
hyeong

Spanish

  • forma
  • figura
  • tipo

Portuguese

  • forma
  • formulário
  • estilo

French

  • forme
  • style
200 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
115 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
104 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
408 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1589 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
223 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
518 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
414 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.6 Japanese for Busy People
395 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
399 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
509 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
615 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1050 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
565 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
749 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1727 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9969 Morohashi
846 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1713 New Nelson (John Haig)
1711 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1847 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
306 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
141 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3260 2001 Kanji
3j4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-3 SKIP code
1242.2 Four corner code
1-23-33 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f62 Unicode hex code

人

2 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
人
person
Kun:
ひと、 -り、 -と
On:
ジン、 ニン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
5 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 人 【ジン】 -ian (e.g. Italian), -ite (e.g. Tokyoite), -er (e.g. performer, etc.), person working with ..., man, person, people
  • 人為 【ジンイ】 human work, human agency, art, artificiality
  • 米人 【ベイジン】 American person
  • 俳人 【ハイジン】 haiku poet
  • 人 【ニン】 counter for people
  • 人気 【ニンキ】 popularity, public favor, condition (e.g. market), tone, character, nature
  • 同人 【ドウジン】 same person, said person, the person in question, coterie, clique, fraternity, kindred spirits, comrade, colleague, dōjin, doujin, Japanese fans or hobbyists who produce their own magazines, manga, software, etc.
  • 代人 【ダイニン】 substitute, deputy, proxy, representative, agent

Kun reading compounds

  • 人 【ひと】 person, someone, somebody, human beings, mankind, man, people, humans, human (Homo sapiens), (other) people, others, character, personality, nature, capable person, competent person, suitable person, right person, adult, grown-up, I, me, one
  • 人一倍 【ひといちばい】 (much) more than others, exceedingly, extremely, unusually
  • 貴人 【きじん】 aristocrat, nobleman, dignitary, person of high rank
  • いい人 【いいひと】 good-natured person, good person, (one's) lover, boyfriend, girlfriend

Readings

Japanese names:
じ、 と、 ね、 ひこ、 ふみ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ren2
Korean:
in

Spanish

  • persona

Portuguese

  • pessoa

French

  • être humain
  • personne
30 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
39 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
39 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
9 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
339 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
14 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.5 Japanese for Busy People
1 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
15 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
42 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4175 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2111 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2857 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
960 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
344 Morohashi
3368 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
99 New Nelson (John Haig)
951 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1023 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
7 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1262 2001 Kanji
2a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-2-4 SKIP code
8000.0 Four corner code
1-31-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4eba Unicode hex code

間

12 strokes
Radical:
gate 門
Parts:
日 門
Variants:
interval, space
Kun:
あいだ、 ま、 あい
On:
カン、 ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
33 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 間 【カン】 interval, period of time, among, between, inter-, good opportunity, chance, estrangement, discord, alienation, spy, secret agent
  • 間隔 【カンカク】 space, interval, space character, whitespace
  • 短期間 【タンキカン】 short term, short time
  • 右中間 【ウチュウカン】 between right and center fielders (centre)
  • 間 【ケン】 ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m), counter used to number the gaps between pillars
  • 間数 【ケンスウ】 number of ken (in length or breadth)
  • 世間 【セケン】 world, society, people, the public
  • 六百間 【ロッピャッケン】 roppyakken (type of game)

Kun reading compounds

  • 間 【あいだ】 space (between), gap, interval, distance, stretch, period of time (during, while), duration, interval, between (two parties or things), among (a group), relations (between), relationship, midpoint, average, halfway, middle ground, due to, because of
  • 間中 【あいだじゅう】 during
  • 候間 【そうろうあいだ】 as ...
  • ついこの間 【ついこのあいだ】 just the other day, quite recently
  • 間 【ま】 time, pause, space, room
  • 間際 【まぎわ】 the point just before ..., the point of (doing), the verge (of), the eve (of), (just before the) edge
  • 茶の間 【ちゃのま】 (Japanese-style) living room
  • 床の間 【とこのま】 tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)
  • 間 【あいだ】 space (between), gap, interval, distance, stretch, period of time (during, while), duration, interval, between (two parties or things), among (a group), relations (between), relationship, midpoint, average, halfway, middle ground, due to, because of
  • 間中 【あいだじゅう】 during
  • 波間 【なみま】 interval between the waves, gap between waves
  • 幕間 【まくあい】 intermission (between acts), interlude

Readings

Japanese names:
ちか、 は、 はざ、 はし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian1, jian4
Korean:
gan

Spanish

  • intervalo
  • espacio
  • habitación

Portuguese

  • intervalo
  • espaço

French

  • intervalle
  • espace
58 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
100 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
92 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
27 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4949 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
174 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
96 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1822 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.7 Japanese for Busy People
43 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
43 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
161 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1841 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4122 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2094 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2836 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1634 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41249 Morohashi
3323 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6391 New Nelson (John Haig)
1620 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1747 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
31 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
215 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3878 2001 Kanji
8e4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-8-4 SKIP code
7760.7 Four corner code
1-20-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9593 Unicode hex code