Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
floating, float, rise to surface
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
776 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 浮沈 【フチン】 floating and sinking, rise and fall, ebb and flow, ups and downs
  • 浮上 【フジョウ】 surfacing, rising to the surface, emerging, leaping into prominence, rising (of rank)
  • 軽浮 【ケイフ】 fickle, frivolous

Kun reading compounds

  • 浮く 【うく】 to float, to become merry, to be cheerful, to become loose, to become unsteady, to feel out of it, to be cut off (e.g. from those around you), to feel out of place, to be frivolous, to be uncertain, to have (time, money, etc.) left over, to be saved (e.g. money), to have no basis, to be unreliable
  • 浮かれる 【うかれる】 to make merry, to be festive
  • 浮かぶ 【うかぶ】 to float, to be suspended, to rise to the surface, to appear, to emerge, to show up, to loom (up), to come to mind, to have inspiration
  • 浮かぶ瀬 【うかぶせ】 chance, opportunity, lucky break
  • 浮かべる 【うかべる】 to float, to set afloat, to launch, to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.), to recall, to call to mind, to imagine, to think of

Readings

Japanese names:
うき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fu2
Korean:
bu

Spanish

  • flotar
  • venir a la memoria
  • salir a la superficie

Portuguese

  • boiando
  • bóia
  • subir para superfície

French

  • flotter
  • faire surface
  • venir à l'esprit
  • avoir l'air (joyeux, triste)
1752 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1047 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2575 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
991 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
684 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1069 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
938 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
968 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
820 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1197 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
522 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
319 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
393 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
738 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17487X Morohashi
435 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3159 New Nelson (John Haig)
730 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
787 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1359 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
347 2001 Kanji
3a6.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
1-3-6 SKIP code
3214.7 Four corner code
1-41-66 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6d6e Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
cave
Parts:
hole, aperture, slit, cave, den
Kun:
あな
On:
ケツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1366 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 穴 【ケツ】 ass, arse, buttocks, rear, end, acupuncture point, hole, notch
  • 穴隙 【ケツゲキ】 crevice, aperture
  • 横穴 【ヨコアナ】 cave, tunnel, tunnel tomb (Kofun period)
  • 経穴 【ケイケツ】 acupuncture point

Kun reading compounds

  • 穴 【あな】 hole, opening, orifice, perforation, pit, hollow, cavity, hole (e.g. in the ground), burrow, den, lair, holt, hole, deficit, shortage, (financial) hole, loss, gap (left by a missing employee, team member, etc.), vacancy, opening, flaw, fault, defect, weak point, hole (in a theory, plan, etc.), loophole, good place not many people know about, well-kept secret, upset victory (with a large payoff), long shot, dark horse, (partitioned) box (type of floor seating in a traditional Japanese theatre), hiding place, hideout
  • 穴埋め 【あなうめ】 filling (up) a hole, filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.), stopgap, filler (e.g. article), making up (for a loss, damage, etc.), covering (a deficit), compensation, cloze deletion (test format)
  • 風穴 【かざあな】 air hole, windhole, ventilator
  • 横穴 【よこあな】 cave, tunnel, tunnel tomb (Kofun period)

Readings

Japanese names:
けな、 しし、 な
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xue4, xue2
Korean:
hyeol

Spanish

  • agujero
  • hueco
  • cueva
  • lugar poco conocido
  • lugar escondido

Portuguese

  • buraco
  • orifício
  • brecha
  • caverna
  • gruta

French

  • trou
  • orifice
  • fente
  • grotte
  • tanière
860 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
849 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1201 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3313 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
984 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1595 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
158 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
899 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
921 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1122 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1450 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2682 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1366 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1852 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1326 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
25406 Morohashi
2159 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4187 New Nelson (John Haig)
1316 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1413 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
834 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
762 2001 Kanji
3m2.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-2 SKIP code
3080.2 Four corner code
1-23-74 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7a74 Unicode hex code

10 strokes (also 9)
Radical:
town (阝 right) 邑 (阝)
Parts:
county, district
Kun:
こおり
On:
グン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
965 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 郡 【グン】 district, county, district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryō period), commandery (in China)
  • 郡部 【グンブ】 rural districts, counties
  • 共産国家郡 【キョウサンコッカグン】 Communist bloc
  • 国郡 【コクグン】 provinces and districts

Kun reading compounds

  • 郡 【ぐん】 district, county, district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryō period), commandery (in China)
  • 郡司 【ぐんじ】 district governor (under the ritsuryō system)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jun4
Korean:
gun

Spanish

  • condado
  • distrito

Portuguese

  • condado
  • distrito
  • comarca

French

  • comté
  • arrondissement
384 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
491 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
467 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
797 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4764 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
480 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1828 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1146 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
193 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
193 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
552 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
758 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1858 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
984 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1333 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1860 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39436 Morohashi
1466 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6143 New Nelson (John Haig)
1843 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1986 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
541 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3544 2001 Kanji
2d7.12 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-3 SKIP code
1-7-2 SKIP code
1762.7 Four corner code
1-23-20 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
90e1 Unicode hex code