Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
dog 犬 (犭)
Parts:
Variants:
cramped, narrow, contract, tight
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1346 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 狭心症 【キョウシンショウ】 angina pectoris
  • 狭義 【キョウギ】 narrow sense (e.g. of a word)
  • 偏狭 【ヘンキョウ】 narrow-mindedness, intolerance, illiberality, narrowness
  • 広狭 【コウキョウ】 width, width and narrowness

Kun reading compounds

  • 狭い 【せまい】 narrow, confined, small, cramped, limited, narrow-minded, confining
  • 狭める 【せばめる】 to narrow, to reduce, to contract
  • 狭まる 【せばまる】 to narrow, to contract
  • 狭 【さ】 narrow, thin
  • 狭霧 【さぎり】 mist, fog
  • 若狭 【わかさ】 Wakasa (former province located in the south of present-day Fukui Prefecture)

Readings

Japanese names:
はざ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xia2
Korean:
hyeob

Spanish

  • apretado
  • estrecho
  • encogido
  • estrecharse
  • encogerse
  • estrechar
  • angosto

Portuguese

  • limitar
  • estreitar
  • contrair
  • apertar

French

  • étroit
  • exigu
  • serré
  • se contracter
1166 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1370 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2882 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1413 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
729 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
790 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1353 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1436 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
560 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1301 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
473 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
294 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
355 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1274 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
20406P Morohashi
396 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3572 New Nelson (John Haig)
1266 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1356 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1279 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2963 2001 Kanji
3g6.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
4523.0 Four corner code
1-22-25 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
72ed Unicode hex code

3 strokes
Radical:
mountain
Parts:
mountain
Kun:
やま
On:
サンセン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
131 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 山 【サン】 Mt., Mount, temple
  • 山陰 【ヤマカゲ】 place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess
  • 治山 【チサン】 forest conservation, afforestation
  • 開山 【カイサン】 founding a temple (on a hill-top)
  • 山道 【ヤマミチ】 mountain road, mountain trail
  • 山海経 【センガイキョウ】 Classic of Mountains and Seas (classic Chinese text)
  • 雪山 【セツザン】 snowy mountain, permanently snow-covered mountain, Himalayas
  • 須弥山 【シュミセン】 Mount Sumeru (believed to be the centre of the Buddhist world)

Kun reading compounds

  • 山 【やま】 mountain, hill, mine (e.g. coal mine), heap, pile, crown (of a hat), thread (of a screw), tread (of a tire), protruding part of an object, high part, climax, peak, critical point, guess, speculation, gamble, criminal case, crime, mountain climbing, mountaineering, festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd), deck (of playing cards on table, face down, from which cards are drawn), stack, wall, wall tile, temple, temple grounds, wild
  • 山陰 【やまかげ】 place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess
  • 奥山 【おくやま】 remote mountain, mountain recesses
  • 青山 【せいざん】 lush mountain, green mountain, grave, burial place

Readings

Japanese names:
さ、 やの、 やん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shan1
Korean:
san

Spanish

  • montaña

Portuguese

  • montanha

French

  • montagne
38 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
58 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
24 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
60 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1407 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
21 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
48 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
89 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.11 Japanese for Busy People
34 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
34 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
100 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
535 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3658 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1867 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2544 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
775 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7869 Morohashi
2940 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1439 New Nelson (John Haig)
768 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
830 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
148 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
17 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1276 2001 Kanji
3o0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-1 SKIP code
4-3-2 SKIP code
2277.0 Four corner code
1-27-19 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c71 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
tea
On:
チャ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
1116 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 茶 【チャ】 tea, tea plant (Camellia sinensis), tea preparation, making tea, brown, mockery
  • 茶色 【チャイロ】 brown, light brown, tawny
  • 煎茶 【センチャ】 green tea, green leaf tea, non-powdered tea (as opposed to matcha), medium-grade green tea
  • 抹茶 【マッチャ】 matcha, powdered green tea
  • 茶道 【サドウ】 tea ceremony, Way of Tea, sadō
  • 茶店 【サテン】 tea house
  • 喫茶 【キッサ】 tea drinking, teahouse, tearoom, coffee lounge, coffee shop, (rather formal) cafe
  • 歌声喫茶 【ウタゴエキッサ】 utagoe coffeehouse, sing-along tearoom, coffee shop in which customers can sing in chorus accompanied by a band

Readings

Japanese names:
ちや
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cha2
Korean:
da, cha

Spanish

  • hoja de té

Portuguese

  • chá

French

  • thé
275 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
187 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
171 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
805 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3940 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
392 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
245 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
931 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.5 Japanese for Busy People
251 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
251 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
145 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
654 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2808 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1446 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1948 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
258 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30915P Morohashi
2259 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5033 New Nelson (John Haig)
252 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
267 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
183 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1964 2001 Kanji
3k6.19 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-6 SKIP code
4490.4 Four corner code
1-35-67 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8336 Unicode hex code