Jisho

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滝

13 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
汁 田 立 竜
Variants:
瀧
waterfall, rapids, cascade
Kun:
たき
On:
ロウ、 ソウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1478 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

Kun reading compounds

  • 滝 【たき】 waterfall, rapids
  • 滝川 【たきがわ】 rapids
  • 白滝 【しらたき】 shirataki noodles, white noodles made from konjak starch, often used in sukiyaki, waterfall resembling a white sheet
  • 枯滝 【かれたき】 dried up waterfall, dry waterfall, simulated waterfall in a dry garden

Readings

Japanese names:
らき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
long2, shuang1
Korean:
rong

Spanish

  • cascada
  • catarata
  • rápidos

Portuguese

  • cachoeira
  • corredeira
  • cascata

French

  • cascade
  • rapides
  • chute d'eau
1550 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1285 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2655 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1664 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1491 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1862 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1759 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1887 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1841 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1235 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
813 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
476 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
607 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
543 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18067 Morohashi
661 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3273 New Nelson (John Haig)
537 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
576 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1644 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
356 2001 Kanji
3a10.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-10 SKIP code
3011.6 Four corner code
1-34-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6edd Unicode hex code

城

9 strokes
Radical:
earth 土
Parts:
ノ 土 戈
castle
Kun:
しろ
On:
ジョウ、 セイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
795 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 城 【ジョウ】 castle (in place names), castle, fortress
  • 城内 【ジョウナイ】 inside of a castle, area surrounded by castle walls
  • 荒城 【コウジョウ】 ruined castle
  • 開城 【カイジョウ】 surrender of a castle, surrender of a fortress, capitulation of a stronghold
  • 傾城 【ケイセイ】 beauty, siren, courtesan, prostitute
  • 傾国傾城 【ケイコクケイセイ】 woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty, femme fatale

Kun reading compounds

  • 城 【しろ】 castle
  • 城跡 【しろあと】 castle site, ruins of a castle
  • ハウルの動く城 【ハウルのうごくしろ】 Howl's Moving Castle (2004 animated film)
  • 砂の城 【すなのしろ】 sandcastle, sand castle

Readings

Japanese names:
いく、 がき、 き、 くに、 ぐしく、 ぐすく、 しき、 すく、 ぜい、 たち、 なり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cheng2
Korean:
seong

Spanish

  • castillo

Portuguese

  • Castelo

French

  • château
914 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
903 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
638 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1078 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
886 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
433 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
796 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
720 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
733 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
942 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
374 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
417 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
261 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
312 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
368 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5086P Morohashi
352 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1011 New Nelson (John Haig)
362 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
387 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
884 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1459 2001 Kanji
3b6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
4315.0 Four corner code
1-30-75 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
57ce Unicode hex code