Jisho

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4 strokes
Radical:
dog 犬 (犭)
Parts:
dog
Kun:
いぬいぬ-
On:
ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
1326 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 犬猿の仲 【ケンエンノナカ】 like cats and dogs, (on) very bad terms, relationship of dogs and monkeys
  • 犬猿 【ケンエン】 cats and dogs (as an example of a bad relationship), dogs and monkeys
  • 柴犬 【シバイヌ】 shiba inu (dog breed), shiba, brushwood dog
  • ポメラニア犬 【ポメラニアケン】 Pomeranian (dog)

Kun reading compounds

  • 犬 【いぬ】 dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris), squealer, rat, snitch, informer, informant, spy, loser, asshole, counterfeit, inferior, useless, wasteful
  • 犬合わせ 【いぬあわせ】 dog fighting, dog fight
  • 野良犬 【のらいぬ】 stray dog
  • 柴犬 【しばいぬ】 shiba inu (dog breed), shiba, brushwood dog

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
quan3, quan2
Korean:
gyeon

Spanish

  • perro

Portuguese

  • Cão

French

  • chien
66 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
73 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
17 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1295 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2868 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
578 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
216 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
107 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.17 Japanese for Busy People
280 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
280 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
319 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1295 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4275 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2160 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2912 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
243 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
20234 Morohashi
3464 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3553 New Nelson (John Haig)
238 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
253 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
29 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1463 2001 Kanji
3g0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-4 SKIP code
4303.0 Four corner code
1-24-04 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
72ac Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
Variants:
twig, ornamental evergreen
Kun:
まきこずえ
On:
テンシン
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1983 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 柏槙 【ビャクシン】 Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
  • 新高柏槇 【ニイタカビャクシン】 flaky juniper (Juniperus squamata), Himalayan juniper

Kun reading compounds

  • 槙 【まき】 yew plum pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)
  • 槇皮 【まいはだ】 caulking, calking, oakum
  • 犬槙 【いぬまき】 yew plum pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)
  • 棈 【あべまき】 Chinese cork oak (Quercus variabilis)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dian1
Korean:
jeon

Spanish

  • extremo de una rama
  • pino negro chino

Portuguese

French

2125 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1330 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
722 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
967 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
0 Morohashi
1051 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2819 New Nelson (John Haig)
2492 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2555 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4a10.27 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-10 SKIP code
4198.1 Four corner code
1-43-74 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
69d9 Unicode hex code