Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
whirlpool, eddy, vortex
Kun:
うず
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1789 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 渦中 【カチュウ】 vortex, maelstrom, whirlpool, (in the middle of a) scandal, controversy, quarrel, turmoil
  • 渦状 【カジョウ】 spiral
  • 冷水渦 【レイスイウズ】 cold eddy
  • 極渦 【キョクウズ】 polar vortex, polar cell

Kun reading compounds

  • 渦 【うず】 whirlpool, swirl, eddy, vortex, maelstrom
  • 渦巻き 【うずまき】 whirlpool, maelstrom, vortex, eddy, swirl, spiral (shape, pattern)
  • 冷水渦 【れいすいうず】 cold eddy
  • 暖水渦 【だんすいうず】 warm eddy

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wo1, guo1
Korean:
wa

Spanish

  • remolino de agua
  • vórtice

Portuguese

  • redemoinho
  • turbilhão

French

  • tourbillon
  • remous
  • vortex
1048 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1850 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2629 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1823 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1485 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1810 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1949 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1498 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1218 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
735 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
438 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
550 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1301 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17771 Morohashi
603 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3241 New Nelson (John Haig)
1292 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1387 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1558 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
349 2001 Kanji
3a9.36 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
3712.7 Four corner code
1-17-18 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6e26 Unicode hex code

18 strokes
Radical:
leather, rawhide
Parts:

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  • 鞭撻 【ベンタツ】 encouragement, urging, spurring on, chastising by whipping
  • 鞭毛 【ベンモウ】 flagellum
  • 先鞭 【センベン】 initiative, pioneering
  • 教鞭 【キョウベン】 teacher's cane, teacher's pointer

Kun reading compounds

  • 鞭 【むち】 whip, lash, scourge, stick, cane, rod, pointer
  • 鞭入れ 【むちいれ】 whipping, using the whip
  • 枝鞭 【えだむち】 birch rod
  • 飴と鞭 【あめとむち】 carrot and stick, candy and whip
  • 鞭打つ 【むちうつ】 to whip, to lash, to give the rod, to spur on, to encourage

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bian1
Korean:
pyeon

Spanish

Portuguese

French

5104 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2752 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2272 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1603 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
42937 Morohashi
6595 New Nelson (John Haig)
2783 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2804 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3k15.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-9-9 SKIP code
4154.6 Four corner code
1-42-60 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
97ad Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
fur, hair
Parts:
fur, hair, feather, down
Kun:
On:
モウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
1179 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 毛 【モウ】 one-thousandth, 0.03 mm (one-thousandth of a sun), 0.01 percent (one-thousandth of a wari), 3.75 milligrams (one-thousandth of a monme), old monetary unit (0.0001 yen)
  • 毛皮 【ケガワ】 fur, skin, pelt, kanji "fur" radical
  • 不毛 【フモウ】 barren, sterile, infertile, unproductive (e.g. discussion), fruitless
  • 再生毛 【サイセイモウ】 recycled wool, reclaimed wool

Kun reading compounds

  • 毛 【け】 hair, fur, wool, down, plumage, feathers
  • 毛皮 【けがわ】 fur, skin, pelt, kanji "fur" radical
  • お毛毛 【おけけ】 pubic hair
  • 猫っ毛 【ねこっけ】 fine, soft hair

Readings

Japanese names:
めん、 も
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mao2
Korean:
mo

Spanish

  • pelaje
  • vello
  • pluma
  • cultivo
  • producción

Portuguese

  • peles
  • cabelo
  • pena
  • abaixo

French

  • pilosité
  • pelage
  • cheveux
  • plumage
  • duvet
142 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
230 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
210 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
521 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2473 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
125 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
661 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
117 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
287 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
287 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
490 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1147 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4264 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2152 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2904 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1932 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16772 Morohashi
3453 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3013 New Nelson (John Haig)
1913 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2062 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
103 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2256 2001 Kanji
0a4.33 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-3 SKIP code
4-4-4 SKIP code
2-1-3 SKIP code
2071.4 Four corner code
1-44-51 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6bdb Unicode hex code

19 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
seaweed, duckweed
Kun:
On:
ソウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2124 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 藻類 【ソウルイ】 seaweed, algae
  • 藻菌類 【ソウキンルイ】 algal fungi
  • 海藻 【カイソウ】 seaweed
  • 石灰藻 【セッカイソウ】 calcareous algae

Kun reading compounds

  • 藻 【も】 algae, waterweed, seaweed, duckweed
  • 藻掻く 【もがく】 to struggle, to writhe, to wriggle, to squirm, to act frantically, to make desperate efforts
  • 山椒藻 【さんしょうも】 floating watermoss (Salvinia natans)
  • 菅藻 【すがも】 Phyllospadix iwatensis (species of seagrass)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zao3
Korean:
jo

Spanish

  • alga marina

Portuguese

  • algas
  • planta flutuante

French

  • algue
  • lentille d'eau
1531 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
2031 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4098 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1710 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2837 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1657 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1771 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1839 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
674 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3033 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1546 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2116 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2052 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
32401X Morohashi
2384 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5254 New Nelson (John Haig)
2035 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2191 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1920 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1964 2001 Kanji
3k16.8 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-16 SKIP code
4419.4 Four corner code
1-33-84 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
85fb Unicode hex code