Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
cow 牛 (牜)
Parts:
male
Kun:
おすお-おん-
On:
ボウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2155 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 牡蠣 【カキ】 oyster, oyster shell
  • 牡丹 【ボタン】 tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa), moutan, wild boar (meat)
  • 牝牡 【ヒンボ】 male and female (animals)
  • 牡丹 【ボタン】 tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa), moutan, wild boar (meat)

Kun reading compounds

  • 雄 【おす】 male (animal, plant)
  • 牡馬 【ぼば】 male horse

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mu3
Korean:
mo

Spanish

  • macho
  • masculino

Portuguese

French

2855 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
407 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1040 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
743 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
19933 Morohashi
839 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3536 New Nelson (John Haig)
2552 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2609 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2472 2001 Kanji
4g3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-3 SKIP code
2451.0 Four corner code
1-18-20 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7261 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
dot
Parts:
rust-colored, red, red lead, pills, sincerity
Kun:
On:
タン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1402 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 丹念 【タンネン】 painstaking, careful, meticulous, scrupulous, detailed, elaborate
  • 丹精 【タンセイ】 working earnestly, sincerity, diligence, effort, pains
  • 伊勢丹 【イセタン】 Isetan (department store)
  • 切支丹 【キリシタン】 Christianity (in feudal Japan), Christian

Kun reading compounds

  • 丹 【に】 red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium), vermilion
  • 丹色 【にいろ】 red
  • 海胆 【うに】 sea urchin, seasoned sea urchin eggs
  • 黄丹 【おうだん】 orange color traditionally worn by the crown prince

Readings

Japanese names:
た、 たみ、 まこと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dan1
Korean:
dan

Spanish

  • rojo
  • sin adornos

Portuguese

  • Ferrugem
  • colorido
  • vermelho
  • pílulas

French

  • couleur de rouille
  • rouge
  • minium
  • pilules
1563 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1263 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
163 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1852 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1028 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
79 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1093 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1144 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1813 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
18 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4249 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2147 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2897 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2058 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
99 Morohashi
3441 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
36 New Nelson (John Haig)
2038 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2196 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1016 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3647 2001 Kanji
0a4.34 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-1 SKIP code
7744.0 Four corner code
1-35-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e39 Unicode hex code

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 鸚哥 【インコ】 true parrot (esp. small parrots such as the parakeet, lory and conure)
  • 鸚鵡 【オウム】 (large) parrot (incl. the cockatoo)
  • 鸚鵡貝 【オウムガイ】 chambered nautilus (esp. species Nautilus pompilius)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ying1
Korean:
aeng

Spanish

Portuguese

French

5371 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3021 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
47489 Morohashi
7009 New Nelson (John Haig)
2830 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2845 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
11b17.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-17-11 SKIP code
6742.7 Four corner code
1-83-32 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9e1a Unicode hex code

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 歌留多 【カルタ】 karuta, traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta
  • 哥老会 【カロウカイ】 Gelaohui (secret Chinese society of the late Qing dynasty)
  • インド八哥 【インドハッカ】 common myna (Acridotheres tristis), Indian myna, common mynah, Indian mynah
  • 哥倫比亜 【コロンビア】 Colombia
  • 摩納哥 【モナコ】 Monaco
  • 五色青海鸚哥 【ゴシキゼイガイインコ】 rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus), rainbow lory

Kun reading compounds

  • うた沢 【うたざわ】 slow-paced style of shamisen music with vocal accompaniment (popular during the late Edo period)
  • うた沢節 【うたざわぶし】 slow-paced style of shamisen music with vocal accompaniment (popular during the late Edo period)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ge1
Korean:
ga

Spanish

Portuguese

French

56 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1193 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3641 Morohashi
801 New Nelson (John Haig)
3d7.16 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-5 SKIP code
1062.1 Four corner code
1-51-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
54e5 Unicode hex code