Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
gulf, bay, inlet
Kun:
いりえ
On:
ワン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
545 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 湾 【ワン】 bay, gulf, inlet
  • 湾岸 【ワンガン】 gulf coast, bay coast
  • メキシコ湾 【メキシコワン】 Gulf of Mexico
  • 海湾 【カイワン】 gulf, bay

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wan1
Korean:
man

Spanish

  • golfo
  • bahía
  • ensenada
  • cala

Portuguese

  • golfo
  • baía
  • pequena enseada

French

  • golfe
  • baie
  • crique
1944 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1028 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2627 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1136 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
701 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1849 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
670 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
681 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
910 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1228 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
748 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
447 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
562 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1765 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17920 Morohashi
613 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3239 New Nelson (John Haig)
1749 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1886 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1562 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
352 2001 Kanji
3a9.15 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
3012.7 Four corner code
1-47-49 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6e7e Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
mountain
Parts:
beach
Kun:
きし
On:
ガン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
556 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 岸壁 【ガンペキ】 quay, wharf, jetty, wall-like shoreline, cliff wall
  • 岸頭 【ガントウ】 shore, wharf
  • 護岸 【ゴガン】 river dike
  • 対岸 【タイガン】 opposite shore

Kun reading compounds

  • 岸 【きし】 bank, coast, shore
  • 岸辺 【きしべ】 shore, bank (of a body of water)
  • 片岸 【かたぎし】 one bank (of a river)
  • 彼の岸 【かのきし】 nirvana

Readings

Japanese names:
けし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
an4
Korean:
an

Spanish

  • playa
  • costa
  • orilla

Portuguese

  • Praia

French

  • côte
  • rive
  • plage
177 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
267 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
248 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
847 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1413 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
687 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
488 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
941 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
586 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
595 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
456 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
539 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2777 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1424 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1920 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1668 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8009 Morohashi
2236 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1459 New Nelson (John Haig)
1653 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1782 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
294 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1255 2001 Kanji
3o5.11 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
2224.1 Four corner code
1-20-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5cb8 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
distract, be mistaken for, go astray, divert
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
994 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 紛争 【フンソウ】 dispute, conflict, trouble, strife
  • 紛糾 【フンキュウ】 complication, confusion, disorder, chaos, dispute, conflict, trouble, quarrel
  • 人工授粉 【ジンコウジュフン】 artificial pollination, hand pollination, mechanical pollination

Kun reading compounds

  • 紛れる 【まぎれる】 to disappear into, to be lost in, to slip into, to get mixed in among, to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.), to be almost indistinguishable, to be confusingly similar, to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.), to forget about, to be distracted by, to be too absorbed in
  • 紛らす 【まぎらす】 to divert (e.g. one's mind), to distract, to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.), to drown (one's sorrows), to beguile (the time), to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile), to hide, to shift (the conversation), to change (the subject)
  • 紛らわす 【まぎらわす】 to divert (e.g. one's mind), to distract, to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.), to drown (one's sorrows), to beguile (the time), to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile), to hide, to shift (the conversation), to change (the subject)
  • 紛らわしい 【まぎらわしい】 easily mixed up (e.g. similar words), easily mistaken, confusing, misleading, equivocal, ambiguous

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fen1
Korean:
bun

Spanish

  • revuelto
  • difuminado
  • confuso
  • ambiguo
  • desviar
  • confundir
  • estar confuso

Portuguese

  • distrair
  • ser incorreto para
  • desviar-se
  • desviar

French

  • emmêler
  • confusion
  • s'égarer
  • détourner
1768 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1100 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3506 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1499 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1622 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1702 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1818 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1298 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1520 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1648 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
873 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1191 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1370 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27295 Morohashi
1296 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4452 New Nelson (John Haig)
1358 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1458 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1379 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2745 2001 Kanji
6a4.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-4 SKIP code
2892.7 Four corner code
1-42-22 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d1b Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
hook
Parts:
Variants:
contend, dispute, argue
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
271 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 争奪 【ソウダツ】 struggle (for), scramble, contest
  • 争議 【ソウギ】 dispute, quarrel, strike
  • 係争 【ケイソウ】 dispute, contention, conflict, controversy
  • 政争 【セイソウ】 political strife

Kun reading compounds

  • 争う 【あらそう】 to compete, to contest, to contend, to quarrel, to argue, to dispute, to be at variance, to oppose, to deny (e.g. evidence)
  • 争うべからざる 【あらそうべからざる】 indisputable

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zheng1
Korean:
jaeng

Spanish

  • pelear
  • disputar
  • discutir
  • competir

Portuguese

  • lutar
  • disputar
  • discutir

French

  • se quereller
  • se disputer
451 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
558 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
529 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
271 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
186 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
311 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
295 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
344 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
302 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
302 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
361 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
274 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2523 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1281 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1749 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1162 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
236 Morohashi
2030 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
69 New Nelson (John Haig)
1154 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1238 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
107 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
467 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2547 2001 Kanji
2n4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-4 SKIP code
2750.7 Four corner code
1-33-72 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e89 Unicode hex code