Jisho

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浄

9 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
亅 勹 ヨ 汁
Variants:
淨
clean, purify, cleanse, exorcise, Manchu Dynasty
Kun:
きよ.める、 きよ.い
On:
ジョウ、 セイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1383 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 浄化槽 【ジョウカソウ】 water-purification tank, septic tank
  • 浄化 【ジョウカ】 purification, cleanup (e.g. of politics), purge
  • 自浄 【ジジョウ】 self-purification, self-cleansing
  • 不浄 【フジョウ】 unclean, dirty, impure, bathroom, toilet (room), menstruation, menses, feces, faeces

Kun reading compounds

  • 清める 【きよめる】 to purify, to cleanse, to exorcise, to purge, to ward off
  • 清い 【きよい】 clean, clear, pure, honest, clean, innocent, platonic, chaste

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jing4
Korean:
jeong

Spanish

  • puro
  • inocente

Portuguese

  • limpar
  • purificar
  • limpeza
  • exorcisar
  • Disnastia Manchu

French

  • nettoyer
  • laver
  • purifier
  • dynastie Mandchoue
1417 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1559 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2548 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
976 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1472 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
823 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
664 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
675 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1495 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1187 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
457 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
282 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
342 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1163 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17451 Morohashi
382 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3128 New Nelson (John Haig)
1155 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1239 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1274 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
347 2001 Kanji
3a6.18 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
3715.7 Four corner code
1-30-84 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6d44 Unicode hex code

瑠

14 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
刀 厶 王 田
Variants:
璢
lapis lazuli
On:
ル、 リュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2352 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 瑠璃 【ルリ】 lapis lazuli, lapis lazuli (color), beryl, mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail), glass
  • 瑠璃色 【ルリイロ】 lapis lazuli blue, bright blue, azure

Readings

Japanese names:
るり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
liu2
Korean:
ryu

Spanish

  • lapislázuli

Portuguese

French

2965 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2165 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1605 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1342 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
726 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
972 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
21143 Morohashi
1060 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3673 New Nelson (John Haig)
2555 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1528 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4f10.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-10 SKIP code
1716.2 Four corner code
1-46-60 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7460 Unicode hex code

璃

15 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
亠 凵 王 禹
glassy, lapis lazuli
On:
リ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 瑠璃 【ルリ】 lapis lazuli, lapis lazuli (color), beryl, mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail), glass
  • 浄瑠璃 【ジョウルリ】 jōruri, type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)

Readings

Japanese names:
あき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
li2
Korean:
ri

Spanish

  • lapislázuli
  • vidrioso

Portuguese

French

2967 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2473 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2166 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1606 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1358 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
725 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
984 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
21196X Morohashi
1059 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3669 New Nelson (John Haig)
2048 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1606 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4f10.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-11 SKIP code
1012.7 Four corner code
1-45-94 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7483 Unicode hex code

寺

6 strokes
Radical:
thumb, inch 寸
Parts:
土 寸
Buddhist temple
Kun:
てら
On:
ジ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
879 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 寺 【ジ】 counter for temples
  • 寺院 【ジイン】 Buddhist temple, religious building, church, cathedral, mosque
  • 国分寺 【コクブンジ】 state-supported provincial temple (Nara period)
  • 古寺 【コジ】 old temple

Kun reading compounds

  • 寺 【てら】 temple (Buddhist)
  • 寺子屋 【てらこや】 temple elementary school (during the Edo period)
  • 宮寺 【ぐうじ】 Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
si4
Korean:
sa, si

Spanish

  • templo budista
  • templo

Portuguese

  • Templo Budista

French

  • temple bouddhiste
228 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
149 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
133 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
687 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1054 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
45 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
475 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
268 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
41 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
41 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
328 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
500 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2687 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1367 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1853 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
160 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7414 Morohashi
2164 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1373 New Nelson (John Haig)
158 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
170 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
125 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1448 2001 Kanji
3b3.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-3 SKIP code
4034.1 Four corner code
1-27-91 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5bfa Unicode hex code