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熊

14 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
匕 厶 月 杰
bear
Kun:
くま
On:
ユウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1105 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 熊害 【ユウガイ】 damages caused by bears (on human settlements, including attacks on humans)
  • 熊掌 【ユウショウ】 bear's palm (meat treasured in ancient China)

Kun reading compounds

  • 熊 【くま】 bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
  • 熊手 【くまで】 rake, fork, bamboo rake
  • 蜂熊 【はちくま】 crested honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus), Oriental honey buzzard, pern
  • 黒熊 【くろくま】 black bear

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiong2
Korean:
ung

Spanish

  • oso

Portuguese

French

  • ours
1148 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2791 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1987 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2410 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2149 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
389 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3530 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1823 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2479 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2022 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19294 Morohashi
2848 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3468 New Nelson (John Haig)
2003 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2159 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2740 2001 Kanji
4d10.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-10-4 SKIP code
2133.1 Four corner code
2233.1 Four corner code
1-23-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
718a Unicode hex code

谷

7 strokes
Radical:
valley 谷
Parts:
个 ハ 口 谷
valley
Kun:
たに、 きわ.まる
On:
コク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
508 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 谷底平野 【コクテイヘイヤ】 valley plain
  • 渓谷 【ケイコク】 valley (with a river running through it), gorge, ravine, canyon
  • 盤谷 【バンコク】 Bangkok (Thailand)

Kun reading compounds

  • 谷 【たに】 valley
  • 谷間 【たにま】 valley, ravine, gorge, chasm, cleavage (of breasts), part or place that has been left behind, blind spot, bottom (of society), (economic) trough, gap (in activity, one's work, etc.), lull, opening
  • 死の谷 【しのたに】 valley of death (barrier between product development and commercialization stages)
  • 気圧の谷 【きあつのたに】 low pressure trough
  • 極まる 【きわまる】 to reach an extreme, to reach a limit, to terminate, to come to an end, extremely, to be stuck, to be in a dilemma, to be at a loss, to be decided, to be settled

Readings

Japanese names:
がい、 がえ、 がや、 せ、 たり、 たん、 や
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gu3, yu4
Korean:
gog, yog

Spanish

  • valle

Portuguese

  • vale

French

  • vallée
78 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
135 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
122 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
249 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4458 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
528 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
914 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
449 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
653 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
664 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
458 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1714 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2536 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1290 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1758 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
796 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36182 Morohashi
2043 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5730 New Nelson (John Haig)
788 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
851 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
143 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2077 2001 Kanji
2o5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-5 SKIP code
8060.8 Four corner code
1-35-11 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8c37 Unicode hex code

雅

13 strokes
Radical:
small bird 隹
Parts:
牙 隹
gracious, elegant, graceful, refined
Kun:
みや.び
On:
ガ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1192 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 雅 【ガ】 elegance, grace, festal song (genre of the Shi Jing)
  • 雅致 【ガチ】 artistry, good taste, elegance, grace
  • 清雅 【セイガ】 graceful, elegant
  • 大雅 【タイガ】 major festal song (subgenre of the Shi Jing)

Kun reading compounds

  • 雅 【みやび】 refinement, elegance, grace
  • 雅び男 【みやびお】 elegant and refined man

Readings

Japanese names:
う、 お、 か、 ただし、 のり、 まさ、 まさし、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ya3, ya1
Korean:
a

Spanish

  • elegante
  • refinado
  • gracioso

Portuguese

  • elegante
  • benévolo
  • gracioso
  • refinado

French

  • bon goût
  • élégant
  • gracieux
  • raffiné
1057 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1271 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2850 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1211 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1885 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1913 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1456 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1550 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1638 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1853 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1532 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
811 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1106 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1926 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41973 Morohashi
1197 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6505 New Nelson (John Haig)
1907 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2056 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1684 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3275 2001 Kanji
8c5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-8 SKIP code
1021.4 Four corner code
7021.4 Four corner code
1-18-77 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
96c5 Unicode hex code

彦

9 strokes
Radical:
bristle, beard 彡
Parts:
亠 并 厂 彡 立
lad, boy (ancient)
Kun:
ひこ
On:
ゲン
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1117 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 諸彦 【ショゲン】 many accomplished persons
  • 俊彦 【シュンゲン】 gifted man, accomplished man

Kun reading compounds

  • 彦 【ひこ】 boy
  • 彦星 【ひこぼし】 Altair (star in the constellation Aquila), Alpha Aquilae
  • 猿田彦 【さるたひこ】 Sarutahiko (deity)
  • 長髄彦 【ながすねひこ】 Nagasunehiko, legendary clan leader who opposed Emperor Jimmu's unification of Japan and was subsequently killed by the deity Nigihayahi

Readings

Japanese names:
よし、 こ、 ひろ、 やす
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yan4
Korean:
eon

Spanish

  • hombre bello
  • muchacho

Portuguese

French

  • bonhomme
  • écho (phon.)
1076 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3347 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1931 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1007 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2067 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
4085 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2072 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2808 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1732 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9981 Morohashi
3295 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1714 New Nelson (John Haig)
1716 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1852 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
460 2001 Kanji
5b4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
3-6-3 SKIP code
2-4-5 SKIP code
2-2-7 SKIP code
0022.2 Four corner code
1-41-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f66 Unicode hex code