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潰

15 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
一 ｜ ハ 十 口 汁 目 貝
crush, smash, break, dissipate
Kun:
つぶ.す、 つぶ.れる、 つい.える
On:
カイ、 エ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high

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On reading compounds

  • 壊滅 【カイメツ】 (complete) destruction, annihilation, devastation
  • 潰瘍 【カイヨウ】 ulcer
  • 全壊 【ゼンカイ】 complete destruction
  • 擂潰 【ライカイ】 grinding

Kun reading compounds

  • 潰す 【つぶす】 to smash, to crush, to flatten, to shut down, to put out of business, to force (a company) to close up shop, to wreck, to break, to block, to thwart, to butcher, to slaughter, to kill (livestock, for food), to kill (time), to while away (the time), to use up (one's time), to waste (e.g. talents)
  • 潰れる 【つぶれる】 to be crushed, to be squashed, to be smashed, to be destroyed, to be broken, to collapse, to go bankrupt, to go under, to fail, to collapse, to be ruined (of a plan), to be cancelled, to collapse (e.g. of a project), to fall through, to blow up, to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.), to cease functioning, to be taken up (of one's time), to be lost, to be wasted, to be missed (of a chance), to be lost, to be lost (of face, composure, etc.), to broken down (e.g. of one's courage), to be broken (of one's heart), to be worn down (of a pen nib, saw teeth, etc.), to wear away, to become dull, to get dead drunk
  • 潰える 【ついえる】 to collapse (of a building, dream, plan, etc.), to be destroyed, to fall through, to break down, to be completely defeated (in battle), to be wiped out, to be routed

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kui4, hui4
Korean:
gwe

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2701 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1229 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
919 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
677 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
18281 Morohashi
743 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3335 New Nelson (John Haig)
2319 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1911 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3a12.14 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-12 SKIP code
3518.6 Four corner code
1-36-57 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6f70 Unicode hex code

瘍

14 strokes
Radical:
sickness 疒
Parts:
一 ノ 勹 日 勿 疔
swelling, boil, tumor
Kun:
かさ
On:
ヨウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high

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On reading compounds

  • 胃潰瘍 【イカイヨウ】 stomach ulcer, gastric ulcer
  • 消化性潰瘍 【ショウカセイカイヨウ】 peptic ulcer

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yang2
Korean:
yang

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3062 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1958 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
4073 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2801 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
22327 Morohashi
3825 New Nelson (John Haig)
1817 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
5i9.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-5-9 SKIP code
0012.7 Four corner code
1-65-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
760d Unicode hex code

性

8 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
忙 生
sex, gender, nature
Kun:
さが
On:
セイ、 ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
104 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 性 【セイ】 nature (of a person), sex, gender, sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.), gender, -ty, -ity, -ness, -cy
  • 性格 【セイカク】 character (of a person), personality, disposition, nature, characteristics, nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
  • 耐性 【タイセイ】 resistance (e.g. to antibiotics), tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
  • 社会性 【シャカイセイ】 sociality
  • 性 【ショウ】 nature, disposition, temperament, character, quality, that which does not change according to external influences
  • 性根 【ショウネ】 nature, character, disposition
  • 冷え性 【ヒエショウ】 sensitivity to cold, poor circulation
  • 凝り性 【コリショウ】 tendency to become totally absorbed in something, monomania, perfectionism, fastidiousness, meticulousness, susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders

Kun reading compounds

  • 性 【さが】 one's nature, one's destiny, custom, tradition, habit, convention

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xing4
Korean:
seong

Spanish

  • sexo
  • género
  • naturaleza
  • temperamento

Portuguese

  • sexo
  • gênero
  • natureza

French

  • sexe
  • genre
  • nature
  • propriétés
645 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
745 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
723 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
199 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1666 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
280 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
535 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
564 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
98 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
98 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
421 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
811 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
357 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
222 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
266 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1572 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10478 Morohashi
299 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1822 New Nelson (John Haig)
1558 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1679 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
119 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
690 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1172 2001 Kanji
4k5.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
1-1-7 SKIP code
9501.0 Four corner code
1-32-13 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6027 Unicode hex code

大

3 strokes
Radical:
big, very 大
Parts:
大
large, big
Kun:
おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
On:
ダイ、 タイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
7 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 大 【ダイ】 large, big, great, huge, vast, major, important, serious, severe, great, prominent, eminent, distinguished, -sized, as big as, the size of, university, large (e.g. serving size), large option, long month (i.e. having 31 days)
  • 大尉 【タイイ】 captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF), lieutenant (Navy), flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
  • 国大 【コクダイ】 national university
  • 電通大 【デンツウダイ】 University of Electro-Communications
  • 大 【タイ】 nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)
  • 大尉 【タイイ】 captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF), lieutenant (Navy), flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
  • 御大 【オンタイ】 boss, governor, headman

Kun reading compounds

  • 大きい 【おおきい】 big, large, great, loud, extensive, spacious, important, decisive, valuable, older, grown up

Readings

Japanese names:
うふ、 お、 おう、 た、 たかし、 とも、 はじめ、 ひろ、 ひろし、 まさ、 まさる、 もと、 わ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
da4, dai4
Korean:
dae, da, tae

Spanish

  • grande
  • muy
  • mucho

Portuguese

  • grande
  • enorme

French

  • grand
22 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
25 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
53 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
7 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1171 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
32 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
40 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
48 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.2 Japanese for Busy People
26 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
26 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
87 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
408 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4224 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2133 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2882 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
108 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5831 Morohashi
3416 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1133 New Nelson (John Haig)
107 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
112 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
5 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
14 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1463 2001 Kanji
0a3.18 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-4 SKIP code
4003.0 Four corner code
1-34-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5927 Unicode hex code

腸

13 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
一 日 月 勿
Variants:
膓
intestines, guts, bowels, viscera
Kun:
はらわた、 わた
On:
チョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1807 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 腸 【チョウ】 intestine, bowel
  • 腸炎 【チョウエン】 enteritis
  • 大腸 【ダイチョウ】 large intestine, large bowel, colon
  • 胃腸 【イチョウ】 stomach and intestines, gastrointestinal tract, digestive organs

Kun reading compounds

  • 腸 【はらわた】 intestines, bowels, entrails, guts, placenta (of a pumpkin, melon, etc.), fibrous pulp, seed cavity, heart, spirit
  • はらわたが煮えくり返る 【はらわたがにえくりかえる】 to be furious, to seethe with anger, to have one's blood boiling
  • 腸 【わた】 entrails, guts
  • 腸香 【わたか】 Ischikauia steenackeri (species of cyprinid fish)
  • 大腸 【だいちょう】 large intestine, large bowel, colon
  • 背わた 【せわた】 vein of a shrimp (prawn), digestive tract of a shrimp, sand vein

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chang2
Korean:
jang

Spanish

  • intestinos
  • vísceras

Portuguese

  • intestinos
  • abdomen
  • tripas
  • vísceras

French

  • intestin
  • entrailles
  • viscères
676 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
574 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
547 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1087 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3798 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
810 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1680 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1270 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1344 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1106 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1039 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1307 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
709 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
948 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
550 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29721 Morohashi
1033 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4849 New Nelson (John Haig)
544 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
583 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
611 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3951 2001 Kanji
4b9.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-9 SKIP code
7622.7 Four corner code
1-36-18 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8178 Unicode hex code

炎

8 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
火
inflammation, flame, blaze
Kun:
ほのお
On:
エン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1242 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 炎 【エン】 -itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
  • 炎症 【エンショウ】 inflammation, irritation
  • 脳炎 【ノウエン】 brain inflammation, encephalitis, cerebritis
  • 胃炎 【イエン】 gastritis, gastric catarrh

Kun reading compounds

  • 炎 【ほのお】 flame, blaze, flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger), passion
  • 炎検出器 【ほのおけんしゅつき】 flame detector
  • 瞋恚の炎 【しんいのほのお】 intense antipathy (like a blazing fire), flames of rage
  • 嫉妬の炎 【しっとのほのお】 flames of jealousy

Readings

Japanese names:
ぬく
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yan2
Korean:
yeom

Spanish

  • quemar
  • llamarada
  • inflamación
  • flama

Portuguese

  • inflamação
  • chama
  • fogo

French

  • inflammation
  • flamme
  • incendie
1024 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1231 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2751 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1727 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1513 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
697 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1336 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1419 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1803 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1264 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3075 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1568 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2145 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
164 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18910 Morohashi
2420 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3404 New Nelson (John Haig)
162 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
174 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1207 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1162 2001 Kanji
4d4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-4 SKIP code
9080.9 Four corner code
1-17-74 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
708e Unicode hex code