Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
tide, salt water, opportunity
Kun:
しおうしお
On:
チョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1231 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 潮流 【チョウリュウ】 tide, tidal current, tendency, drift, trend
  • 潮位 【チョウイ】 tide level
  • 思潮 【シチョウ】 trend of thought
  • 退潮 【タイチョウ】 ebb tide, waning fortunes

Kun reading compounds

  • 潮 【しお】 tide, current, sea water, opportunity, chance, thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
  • 潮風 【しおかぜ】 salty sea breeze, salt wind
  • 黒潮 【くろしお】 Kuroshio Current, Japan Current
  • 赤潮 【あかしお】 red tide
  • 潮 【しお】 tide, current, sea water, opportunity, chance, thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
  • 潮汁 【うしおじる】 thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
  • 夕潮 【ゆうしお】 evening tide

Readings

Japanese names:
いた
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chao2
Korean:
jo

Spanish

  • agua de mar
  • marea
  • tendencia
  • oportunidad

Portuguese

  • maré
  • água salgada
  • oportunidade

French

  • marée
  • eau salée
  • opportunité
952 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
941 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1105 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2702 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
980 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1504 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2275 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
468 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
476 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1508 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1252 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
916 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
516 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
675 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
143 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18277P Morohashi
739 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3336 New Nelson (John Haig)
141 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
152 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
988 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
346 2001 Kanji
3a12.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-12 SKIP code
3712.0 Four corner code
1-36-12 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6f6e Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
steam, breath
Parts:
Variants:
spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood
Kun:
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
113 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 気 【キ】 spirit, mind, heart, nature, disposition, intention, mind, will, motivation, mood, feelings, consciousness, care, attention, consideration, worry, interest, (the) air, atmosphere, ambience, atmosphere (of), air (of), mood, fragrance, aroma, flavour, taste, qi (in traditional Chinese philosophy and medicine), chi, ki
  • 気合 【キアイ】 (fighting) spirit, motivation, effort, shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.), cheer, yell, kiai, short shout when performing an attacking move
  • 心意気 【ココロイキ】 spirit, determination, pluck, mettle
  • 水気 【ミズケ】 water content, moisture, juiciness, dampness, water vapor (vapour), steam, dropsy, edema, oedema
  • 気 【ケ】 sign, indication, trace, touch, feeling, somehow, for some reason, seeming to be
  • 気配 【ケハイ】 indication, sign, hint, sensation, feeling, tone (of the market)
  • 嫌気 【イヤキ】 dislike, disgust, disinclination, tired of
  • 水気 【ミズケ】 water content, moisture, juiciness, dampness, water vapor (vapour), steam, dropsy, edema, oedema

Kun reading compounds

  • 気 【き】 spirit, mind, heart, nature, disposition, intention, mind, will, motivation, mood, feelings, consciousness, care, attention, consideration, worry, interest, (the) air, atmosphere, ambience, atmosphere (of), air (of), mood, fragrance, aroma, flavour, taste, qi (in traditional Chinese philosophy and medicine), chi, ki
  • 気合 【きあい】 (fighting) spirit, motivation, effort, shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.), cheer, yell, kiai, short shout when performing an attacking move
  • 心意気 【こころいき】 spirit, determination, pluck, mettle
  • 水気 【みずけ】 water content, moisture, juiciness, dampness, water vapor (vapour), steam, dropsy, edema, oedema

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi4
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • espíritu
  • mente

Portuguese

  • espírito
  • mente

French

  • esprit
  • air
  • atmosphère
  • humeur
59 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
68 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
11 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
77 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2480 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
144 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
67 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
319 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.6 Japanese for Busy People
134 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
134 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
246 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1150 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3960 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2037 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2751 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1903 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17046P Morohashi
3194 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3025 New Nelson (John Haig)
1885 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2030 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
55 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
52 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2356 2001 Kanji
0a6.8 The Kanji Dictionary
3-4-2 SKIP code
2-2-4 SKIP code
8041.7 Four corner code
1-21-04 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6c17 Unicode hex code