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玄

5 strokes
Radical:
dark, profound 玄
Parts:
亠 幺 玄
mysterious, occultness, black, deep, profound
Kun:
くろ、 くろ.い
On:
ゲン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1409 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 玄米 【ゲンマイ】 unpolished rice, unmilled rice, brown rice
  • 玄関 【ゲンカン】 entrance, front door, entryway, entranceway, entry hall, vestibule, porch, foyer, mud room
  • 幽玄 【ユウゲン】 mysterious profundity, quiet beauty, the subtle and profound, yūgen

Kun reading compounds

  • 玄人 【くろうと】 expert, professional, master, connoisseur, woman in the nightlife business, demimondaine, geisha and prostitutes
  • 玄人気質 【くろうとかたぎ】 professionalism, the temperament of a professional

Readings

Japanese names:
けん、 はる、 はるか
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xuan2
Korean:
hyeon

Spanish

  • misterioso
  • oculto
  • oscuro
  • negro

Portuguese

  • misterioso
  • oculto

French

  • mystérieux
  • occulte
  • sombre
1227 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1514 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2918 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1113 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1533 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
522 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1225 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1289 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1276 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1311 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2485 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1256 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1722 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1395 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
20814 Morohashi
1991 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3616 New Nelson (John Haig)
1383 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1484 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1051 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
471 2001 Kanji
2j3.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-3 SKIP code
0073.2 Four corner code
1-24-28 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7384 Unicode hex code

葉

12 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
艾 木 世
leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece
Kun:
は
On:
ヨウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
414 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 葉 【ヨウ】 counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc., counter for boats
  • 葉胃 【ヨウイ】 omasum, psalterium, third compartment of the stomach in ruminants
  • 紅葉 【コウヨウ】 leaves turning red (in autumn), red leaves, autumn colours, fall colors
  • 前頭葉 【ゼントウヨウ】 frontal lobe

Kun reading compounds

  • 葉 【は】 leaf, blade (of grass), (pine) needle
  • 葉書 【はがき】 postcard, memo, note, card
  • 一葉 【いちよう】 one leaf, one page, one sheet, one card, one photo, one boat
  • 枝葉 【えだは】 branches and leaves, foliage, unimportant details, nonessentials, side issue, digression

Readings

Japanese names:
よ、 わ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xie2, ye4, she4
Korean:
yeob, seob

Spanish

  • hoja
  • contador de cosas planas
  • follaje

Portuguese

  • folha
  • avião
  • ponta
  • agulha
  • lâmina
  • lança
  • sufixo p/ contagem de coisas chatas

French

  • feuille
  • lobe
  • aiguille
  • brin (herbe)
  • fragment
  • compteur d'objets plats
327 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
428 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
405 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
405 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4001 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
179 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
870 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1991 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
253 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
253 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
569 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
663 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2912 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1497 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2024 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
233 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
31387P Morohashi
2321 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5129 New Nelson (John Haig)
228 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
243 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
275 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
412 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1964 2001 Kanji
3k9.21 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-9 SKIP code
2-3-8 SKIP code
4490.4 Four corner code
1-45-53 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8449 Unicode hex code

光

6 strokes
Radical:
legs 儿
Parts:
一 儿 尚
Variants:
灮 炗
ray, light
Kun:
ひか.る、 ひかり
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
527 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 光学 【コウガク】 optics
  • 光栄 【コウエイ】 honour, honor, glory, privilege
  • 脚光 【キャッコウ】 footlight, limelight
  • 発光 【ハッコウ】 emission (of light), radiation (of light), luminescence

Kun reading compounds

  • 光る 【ひかる】 to shine, to glitter, to be bright
  • 光る棒 【ひかるぼう】 glowstick, neon light stick
  • 光 【ひかり】 light, illumination, ray, beam, gleam, glow, happiness, hope, influence, power, vision, eyesight, optical fiber, optical fibre
  • 光り輝く 【ひかりかがやく】 to shine, to glitter
  • 越光 【こしひかり】 Koshihikari (variety of rice)
  • 柔らかな光 【やわらかなひかり】 soft light

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 あきら、 こお、 てる、 ひこ、 み、 みつ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guang1
Korean:
gwang

Spanish

  • rayo
  • luz
  • paisaje
  • honor
  • brillar
  • brillo

Portuguese

  • raio
  • luz

French

  • rayon
  • lumière
72 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
129 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
116 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
417 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1358 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
217 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
123 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
281 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
138 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
138 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
464 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
143 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3043 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1550 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2121 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
120 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1350 Morohashi
2391 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
349 New Nelson (John Haig)
119 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
125 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
345 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
121 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1057 2001 Kanji
3n3.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-2 SKIP code
2-3-3 SKIP code
9021.1 Four corner code
1-24-87 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5149 Unicode hex code

一

1 strokes
Radical:
one 一
Parts:
一
Variants:
弌
one, one radical (no.1)
Kun:
ひと-、 ひと.つ
On:
イチ、 イツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
2 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 一 【イチ】 one, 1, best, first, foremost, beginning, start, a (single), one (of many), ace, bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
  • 一位 【イチイ】 first place, first rank, units position (of a number)
  • 十一 【ジュウイチ】 eleven, 11, jack
  • １対１ 【イチタイイチ】 one-to-one, one-on-one
  • 一 【イツ】 one, same (mind, path, etc.)
  • 一に 【イツニ】 solely, entirely, only, or
  • 均一 【キンイツ】 uniformity, equality
  • 画一 【カクイツ】 uniformity, standardization, standardisation

Kun reading compounds

  • 一つ 【ひとつ】 one, for one thing, only, (not) even, just (e.g. "just try it"), some kind of, one type of
  • 一つ一つ 【ひとつひとつ】 one-by-one, separately, in detail

Readings

Japanese names:
かず、 い、 いっ、 いる、 かつ、 かづ、 てん、 はじめ、 ひ、 ひとつ、 まこと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yi1
Korean:
il

Spanish

  • uno
  • 1

Portuguese

  • um

French

  • un
  • radical un (no. 1)
1 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
1 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
4 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
3 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
2 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4148 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2105 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2850 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1 Morohashi
3341 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1 New Nelson (John Haig)
1 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3072 2001 Kanji
0a1.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-1-4 SKIP code
1000.0 Four corner code
1-16-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e00 Unicode hex code

郎

9 strokes (also 8)
Radical:
town (阝 right) 邑 (阝)
Parts:
邦 艮
Variants:
郒
son, counter for sons
Kun:
おとこ
On:
ロウ、 リョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
569 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 郎 【ロウ】 nth son, lang, official title in ancient China, man, young man, my husband, my lover, nth child (male and female)
  • 郎君 【ロウクン】 young man, boy, son (of one's master, employer, etc.), husband, (male) lover, dear, darling
  • 新郎 【シンロウ】 bridegroom
  • 女郎 【ジョロウ】 prostitute (esp. Edo period)

Readings

Japanese names:
いら、 お、 とう、 もん、 ろ、 ろお
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lang2, lang4
Korean:
rang

Spanish

  • hombre
  • hijo
  • sirviente

Portuguese

  • filho
  • sufixo para contagem de filhos

French

  • fils (enfant)
  • compteur de fils
1936 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
237 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4762 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
955 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1827 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1145 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
980 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1014 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
546 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
757 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1641 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
867 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1184 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1868 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39405P Morohashi
1289 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6138 New Nelson (John Haig)
1851 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1995 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
264 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1300 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
844 2001 Kanji
2d6.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-3 SKIP code
1-6-2 SKIP code
3772.7 Four corner code
1-47-26 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
90ce Unicode hex code