Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
tears, sympathy
Kun:
なみだ
On:
ルイレイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1381 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 涙液 【ルイエキ】 lacrimal fluid, tears
  • 涙活 【ルイカツ】 therapeutic crying for stress relief, having a good cry
  • 催涙 【サイルイ】 tear-inducing
  • 感涙 【カンルイ】 tears (from being deeply moved), tears of gratitude

Kun reading compounds

  • 涙 【なみだ】 tear, tears, lachrymal secretion, sympathy
  • 涙ぐましい 【なみだぐましい】 touching, moving, painful
  • 悔し涙 【くやしなみだ】 tears of regret, bitter tears, vexation, chagrin
  • 忝涙 【かたじけなみだ】 tears of gratitude

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lei4
Korean:
ru

Spanish

  • lágrima
  • compasión
  • consolación

Portuguese

  • lágrimas
  • simpatia

French

  • larme
  • compassion
1916 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1360 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2569 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1200 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
687 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1062 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1239 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1305 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1081 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1201 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
528 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
324 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
399 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1091 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17573P Morohashi
440 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3154 New Nelson (John Haig)
1082 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1163 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1361 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
363 2001 Kanji
3a7.21 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
3313.4 Four corner code
1-46-62 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6d99 Unicode hex code

3 strokes
Radical:
small, insignificant
Parts:
little, small
Kun:
ちい.さいこ-お-さ-
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
114 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 小 【ショウ】 smallness, small item, short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days), elementary school, smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name), inferior, younger (of two people with the same name), junior, unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m)
  • 小雨 【コサメ】 light rain, drizzle
  • 微小 【ビショウ】 microscopic
  • 中小 【チュウショウ】 small and medium

Kun reading compounds

  • 小さい 【ちいさい】 small, little, tiny, slight, below average (in degree, amount, etc.), minor, small, low (e.g. sound), soft (e.g. voice), unimportant, petty, insignificant, trifling, trivial, young, juvenile
  • 小さい頃 【ちいさいころ】 as a child, when one was a child

Readings

Japanese names:
いさら、 こう、 さざ、 しゃお、 ちいさ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiao3
Korean:
so

Spanish

  • poco
  • pequeño

Portuguese

  • Pequeno
  • pouco

French

  • petit
24 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
27 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
36 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
63 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1355 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
33 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
46 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
21 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.15 Japanese for Busy People
27 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
27 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
88 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
511 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
7 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
106 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7473 Morohashi
7 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1389 New Nelson (John Haig)
105 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
110 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
126 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
15 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1141 2001 Kanji
3n0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-1-2 SKIP code
9000.0 Four corner code
1-30-14 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c0f Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
bamboo 竹 (⺮)
Parts:
pipe, tube, wind instrument, drunken talk, control, jurisdiction
Kun:
くだ
On:
カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
517 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 管 【カン】 pipe, tube
  • 管轄 【カンカツ】 jurisdiction, control
  • 配管 【ハイカン】 plumbing, piping
  • 移管 【イカン】 transfer of control

Kun reading compounds

  • 管 【かん】 pipe, tube
  • 管狐 【くだぎつね】 kuda-gitsune, pipe fox, fox-like spirit kept inside a bamboo tube and used by its master to perform divinations and curses, stoat
  • 手練手管 【てれんてくだ】 wiles, art of coaxing
  • 手管 【てくだ】 wiles, trick, artifice, coquetry

Readings

Japanese names:
すが
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guan3
Korean:
gwan

Spanish

  • tubería
  • tubo
  • caño
  • control
  • controlar
  • administrar

Portuguese

  • flauta
  • tubo
  • instrumento de sopro
  • conversa de bêbados

French

  • tuyau
  • tube
  • instrument à vent
  • discours d'ivrogne
  • gestion
573 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
466 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
443 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
519 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3416 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
664 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
798 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2212 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
328 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
328 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
539 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1484 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3349 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1736 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2357 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1281 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
26162 Morohashi
2701 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4317 New Nelson (John Haig)
1273 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1365 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
613 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2377 2001 Kanji
6f8.12 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-8 SKIP code
2-9-5 SKIP code
8877.7 Four corner code
1-20-41 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7ba1 Unicode hex code