Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
shallow, superficial, frivolous, wretched, shameful
Kun:
あさ.い
On:
セン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
1253 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 浅見 【センケン】 shallow view, superficial idea
  • 浅海 【センカイ】 shallow sea
  • 深浅 【シンセン】 depth, shade (of color, colour)

Kun reading compounds

  • 浅い 【あさい】 shallow, superficial, slight (wound), light (sleep), pale (colour), inadequate (knowledge), short (time), early, young
  • 浅煎り 【あさいり】 light roast (coffee)

Readings

Japanese names:
あざ、 さ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qian3, jian1
Korean:
cheon

Spanish

  • poco profundo
  • superficial

Portuguese

  • raso
  • frívolo
  • superficial
  • desprezível
  • obsceno

French

  • peu profond
  • superficiel
  • frivole
  • misérable
  • honteux
655 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
554 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
525 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
838 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2549 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
722 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
683 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
827 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
649 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
660 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
122 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1190 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
464 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
289 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
349 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
375 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17452 Morohashi
389 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3129 New Nelson (John Haig)
369 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
395 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
529 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
359 2001 Kanji
3a6.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
3315.0 Four corner code
1-32-85 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6d45 Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
scarlet, cardinal
Kun:
あけあか
On:
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2443 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 緋 【ヒ】 scarlet, crimson, cardinal red
  • 緋色 【ヒイロ】 scarlet, cardinal red
  • 猩々緋 【ショウジョウヒ】 scarlet
  • 深緋 【フカヒ】 deep scarlet

Kun reading compounds

  • 浅緋 【あさあけ】 pale scarlet
  • 薄緋 【うすあけ】 pale scarlet
  • 赤 【あか】 red, crimson, scarlet, red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange), Red (i.e. communist), red light (traffic), red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading), (in) the red, complete, total, perfect, obvious, copper, red 5-point card
  • 赤い 【あかい】 red, crimson, scarlet, vermilion, Red, communist

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fei1
Korean:
bi

Spanish

  • escarlata

Portuguese

French

3553 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2197 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1732 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
925 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1250 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
27604 Morohashi
1369 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4517 New Nelson (John Haig)
2659 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2701 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
6a8.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-8 SKIP code
2191.1 Four corner code
1-40-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7dcb Unicode hex code