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

Stroke order

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

6 strokes
Radical:
ear
Parts:
ear
Kun:
みみ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N3
1328 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 耳鼻科 【ジビカ】 otolaryngology, ear, nose, and throat department
  • 耳鼻咽喉科 【ジビインコウカ】 otorhinolaryngology, otolaryngology, ear, nose and throat department
  • 中耳 【チュウジ】 middle ear, tympanum
  • 外耳 【ガイジ】 external ear, concha

Kun reading compounds

  • 耳 【みみ】 ear, hearing, ear (for music, etc.), edge, crust, heel (of bread or cheese), selvedge (of woven fabric), selvage, ear (of a pot, jug, etc.), handle
  • 耳障り 【みみざわり】 hard (on the ears), offensive (to the ear), rasping, rough, harsh, grating, jarring, cacophonous
  • 大耳 【おおみみ】 big ears, listening without paying attention
  • 遠耳 【とおみみ】 sharp hearing

Readings

Japanese names:
がみ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
er3
Korean:
i

Spanish

  • oreja
  • oído

Portuguese

  • ouvido

French

  • oreille
26 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
32 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
29 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1323 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3697 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
107 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
79 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
331 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
56 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
56 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
169 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1582 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4329 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2190 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2948 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
826 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28999 Morohashi
3516 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4715 New Nelson (John Haig)
818 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
881 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
61 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3255 2001 Kanji
6e0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-6-1 SKIP code
1012.0 Four corner code
1040.0 Four corner code
1-28-10 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8033 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
mountain
Parts:
Variants:
island
Kun:
しま
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
245 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 島 【トウ】 Island, insula, island, islet
  • 島国 【シマグニ】 island country
  • 千島列島 【チシマレットウ】 Kurile Islands
  • 列島 【レットウ】 archipelago, chain of islands

Kun reading compounds

  • 島 【しま】 island, one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.), one's turf
  • 島国 【しまぐに】 island country
  • 千島 【ちしま】 Kurile Islands
  • 広島 【ひろしま】 Hiroshima (city, prefecture)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dao3
Korean:
do

Spanish

  • isla

Portuguese

  • ilha

French

  • île
292 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
380 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
358 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
173 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
230 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
183 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
489 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1522 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
286 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
286 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
455 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
543 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4103 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2081 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2820 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1967 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8108 Morohashi
3310 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1476 New Nelson (John Haig)
1948 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2098 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
379 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
362 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
852 2001 Kanji
3o7.9 The Kanji Dictionary
3-7-3 SKIP code
4-10-4 SKIP code
2772.7 Four corner code
1-37-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5cf6 Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
horse
Parts:
Variants:
station
On:
エキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
724 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 駅 【エキ】 railway station, train station, staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan), counter for railway stations and bus stations
  • 駅員 【エキイン】 (train) station attendant, station employee, station staff
  • 宿駅 【シュクエキ】 relay station, post station, stage
  • 終着駅 【シュウチャクエキ】 terminal station

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yi4
Korean:
yeog

Spanish

  • estación

Portuguese

  • estação

French

  • gare
158 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
253 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
233 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
384 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5199 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
189 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
101 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2172 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.12 Japanese for Busy People
284 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
284 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
56 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1915 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2292 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1184 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1618 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2003 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
44633P Morohashi
1822 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6735 New Nelson (John Haig)
1984 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2138 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
426 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3462 2001 Kanji
10a4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-10-4 SKIP code
7738.7 Four corner code
1-17-56 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
99c5 Unicode hex code