Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
crow, raven
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2042 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 烏克蘭 【ウクライナ】 Ukraine
  • 烏焉魯魚 【ウエンロギョ】 miswriting a word, using the wrong kanji to write a word
  • 屋烏 【オクウ】 crow perched on a roof
  • 愛及屋烏 【アイキュウオクウ】 infatuation, doting
  • 烏秋 【オウチュウ】 black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
  • 烏滸 【オコ】 foolish thing, stupid thing, absurdity

Kun reading compounds

  • 烏 【からす】 crow (Corvus spp.), raven
  • 烏河豚 【からす】 Chinese puffer (Takifugu chinensis)
  • 闇夜に烏 【やみよにからす】 something indistinct, a crow in a pitch-black night
  • 八咫の烏 【やたのからす】 Yatagarasu (mythical raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition), three-legged crow inhabiting the sun in Chinese mythology
  • 安んぞ 【いずくんぞ】 how, why

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wu1, wu4
Korean:
o

Spanish

  • cuervo

Portuguese

French

  • corneille
  • corbeau
229 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1256 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
4088 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2811 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1963 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18998 Morohashi
3421 New Nelson (John Haig)
1944 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2094 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4d6.5 The Kanji Dictionary
3-6-4 SKIP code
2732.7 Four corner code
1-17-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
70cf Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
fiber, tie, rope
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
643 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 維持 【イジ】 maintenance, preservation, improvement
  • 維新 【イシン】 reformation, revolution, renewal, Meiji Restoration, Nippon Ishin no Kai, Japan Innovation Party
  • 化学繊維 【カガクセンイ】 synthetic fiber, synthetic fibre, chemical fiber, chemical fibre
  • 合成繊維 【ゴウセイセンイ】 synthetic fibre, synthetic fiber

Readings

Japanese names:
これ、 たもつ、 つぐ、 ゆい、 ゆき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wei2
Korean:
yu

Spanish

  • soga
  • cuerda
  • atar
  • énfasis

Portuguese

  • fibra
  • laço
  • corda

French

  • fibre
  • cordon
  • corde
  • conservation
1007 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
926 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3552 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1187 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1634 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2540 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1231 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1295 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1297 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1540 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1733 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
926 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1251 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1353 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27568 Morohashi
1370 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4516 New Nelson (John Haig)
1341 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1441 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1722 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2775 2001 Kanji
6a8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-8 SKIP code
2091.4 Four corner code
1-16-61 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7dad Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
ten, complete
Parts:
Variants:
simple, one, single, merely
Kun:
ひとえ
On:
タン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
586 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 単 【タン】 single, simple, singles (tennis, badminton, etc.), win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
  • 単位 【タンイ】 unit, denomination, credit (in school), in units of (e.g. "in thousands"), in amounts of
  • 菜単 【サイタン】 menu (at a Chinese restaurant)
  • 指定単 【シテイタン】 designated money trust

Kun reading compounds

  • 一重 【ひとえ】 one layer, single layer, monopetalous, unlined kimono, single-edged eyelid, eyelid with an epicanthic fold, upper eyelid with no fold
  • 単衣 【たんい】 unlined kimono, one kimono, a single kimono
  • 十二単 【じゅうにひとえ】 twelve-layered ceremonial kimono (worn by a court lady), ajuga (Ajuga nipponensis), bugle

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dan1, chan2
Korean:
dan, seon

Spanish

  • sencillo
  • uno
  • unidad
  • sólo
  • único

Portuguese

  • Simples
  • um
  • solteiro
  • meramente

French

  • simple
  • un
  • unique
  • seulement
671 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
569 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
542 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
593 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
139 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
390 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
382 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
919A Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
300 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
300 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
359 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
516 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2805 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1444 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1946 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1947 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2752 Morohashi
2256 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
620 New Nelson (John Haig)
1928 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2078 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
348 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
530 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
955 2001 Kanji
3n6.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-6 SKIP code
9050.6 Four corner code
3250.6 Four corner code
1-35-17 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5358 Unicode hex code

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 単于 【ゼンウ】 Chanyu (supreme leader of the Xiongnu people)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yu2
Korean:
u

Spanish

Portuguese

French

5 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
25 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
252 Morohashi
73 New Nelson (John Haig)
0a3.20 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-1 SKIP code
1040.0 Four corner code
1-48-18 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e8e Unicode hex code