Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
river
Kun:
かわ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
663 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 河 【ホー】 discarded tiles, discards
  • 川 【カワ】 river, stream, River, the ... river
  • 星河 【セイガ】 Milky Way
  • 暴虎馮河 【ボウコヒョウガ】 foolhardy courage

Kun reading compounds

  • 川 【かわ】 river, stream, River, the ... river
  • 河 【ホー】 discarded tiles, discards
  • 追河 【おいかわ】 pale chub (Zacco platypus), freshwater minnow
  • 恋河 【こいかわ】 oceans of love

Readings

Japanese names:
かっ、 こ、 こう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
he2
Korean:
ha

Spanish

  • río
  • corriente

Portuguese

  • rio

French

  • rivière
  • fleuve
561 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
658 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
628 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
698 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2530 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
633 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
669 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
597 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
389 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
391 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1127 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1170 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
394 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
251 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
298 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
148 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17245 Morohashi
336 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3102 New Nelson (John Haig)
146 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
157 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
679 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
349 2001 Kanji
3a5.30 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
3112.0 Four corner code
1-18-47 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6cb3 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
field
Parts:
paddy ridge, levee
Kun:
あぜくろほとり
On:
ハン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2049 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 畦畔 【ケイハン】 ridge between rice fields, causeway
  • 橋畔 【キョウハン】 approach to a bridge

Kun reading compounds

  • 畦 【あぜ】 ridge of earth between rice fields, ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel, footpath between rice fields, causeway
  • 畔唐菜 【あぜとうな】 Crepidiastrum keiskeanum (species of plant in the daisy family)
  • 畦 【あぜ】 ridge of earth between rice fields, ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel, footpath between rice fields, causeway
  • 辺 【ほとり】 side (esp. of a waterbody), edge, bank, shore

Readings

Japanese names:
ぐろ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pan4
Korean:
ban

Spanish

  • terraplén entre campos de arroz
  • orilla

Portuguese

  • Sulco p/ plantar arroz
  • represa p/ plantar arroz

French

  • levée de terre
  • digue (rizière)
1713 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1804 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3002 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1587 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1541 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1110 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1945 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2134 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1857 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1340 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1472 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
781 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1060 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1212 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21801X Morohashi
1145 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3746 New Nelson (John Haig)
1204 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1288 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1385 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3655 2001 Kanji
5f5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-5 SKIP code
6905.0 Four corner code
1-40-42 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7554 Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
spear, halberd
Parts:
Variants:
war, battle, match
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
78 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 戦 【セン】 war, battle, match, game, competition
  • 戦域 【センイキ】 war area, battlefield, theater, theatre
  • 開戦 【カイセン】 outbreak of war, starting a war
  • 回戦 【カイセン】 event with ... rounds, innings, legs, etc., nth-round match (in a knockout tournament)

Kun reading compounds

  • 戦 【いくさ】 war, battle, campaign, fight, troops, forces
  • 戦場 【せんじょう】 battlefield, battleground
  • 負け戦 【まけいくさ】 losing a battle, lost battle, battle one cannot win, battle one is doomed to lose
  • 野合戦 【のがっせん】 battle in the open, battle on an open field
  • 戦う 【たたかう】 to make war (on), to wage war (against), to go to war (with), to fight (with), to do battle (against), to compete (against), to struggle (against adversities, etc.), to fight, to contend, to resist
  • 戦く 【おののく】 to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.), to shudder, to tremble
  • 戦ぐ 【そよぐ】 to rustle, to sway, to stir, to flutter
  • 戦慄く 【わななく】 to tremble, to shiver, to shake

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhan4
Korean:
jeon

Spanish

  • guerra
  • batalla
  • lucha
  • pelear
  • batallar
  • combatir
  • luchar

Portuguese

  • guerra
  • batalha
  • disputa

French

  • guerre
  • bataille
  • match
448 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
555 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
526 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
88 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1810 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
399 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
550 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
301 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
301 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
360 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
839 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2242 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1169 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1590 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1948 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11631P Morohashi
1787 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2037 New Nelson (John Haig)
1929 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2079 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
32 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
608 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
959 2001 Kanji
4n9.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-9-4 SKIP code
9355.0 Four corner code
3355.0 Four corner code
1-32-79 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6226 Unicode hex code