Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
precious stone, gem, lapis lazuli
On:
リュウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2036 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 琉球 【リュウキュウ】 Ryukyu, chain of southwestern Japanese islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture
  • 琉歌 【リュウカ】 Okinawan fixed form poetry
  • 瑠璃 【ルリ】 lapis lazuli, lapis lazuli (color), beryl, mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail), glass

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
liu2
Korean:
ryu

Spanish

  • lapis lázuli (color)
  • cristal (forma antigua)

Portuguese

French

2939 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1221 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
660 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
882 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
20978X Morohashi
3642 New Nelson (John Haig)
2557 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2611 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4f7.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-7 SKIP code
1011.3 Four corner code
1-46-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7409 Unicode hex code

19 strokes
Radical:
bird
Parts:
phoenix
Kun:
おおとり
On:
ホウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1707 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 鵬 【ホウ】 peng (giant bird said to transform from a fish)
  • 鵬程 【ホウテイ】 long cruise, great distance
  • 大鵬 【タイホウ】 dapeng (giant bird in Chinese mythology, similar to the roc or Garuda)
  • 柏鵬 【ハクホウ】 era during 1960s dominated by grand champions Taiho and Kashiwado

Kun reading compounds

  • 大鳥 【おおとり】 large bird, peng (giant bird said to transform from a fish), fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
peng2
Korean:
bung

Spanish

  • fénix

Portuguese

French

3831 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2795 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2276 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1416 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
752 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1021 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
47005 Morohashi
6979 New Nelson (John Haig)
2829 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2844 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4b15.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-15 SKIP code
7722.7 Four corner code
1-43-18 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9d6c Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
rap 攴 (攵)
Parts:
politics, government
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
17 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 政 【マツリゴト】 rule, government
  • 政界 【セイカイ】 (world of) politics, political world, political circles
  • 農政 【ノウセイ】 agricultural administration
  • 帝政 【テイセイ】 imperial government, imperialism, monarchical rule
  • 摂政 【セッショウ】 regency, regent

Kun reading compounds

  • 政 【まつりごと】 rule, government
  • 政所 【まんどころ】 official in charge of the administration of domains and general affairs of powerful noble families (from the middle of the Heian period), titled lady (legal wife of an important official), government office related to finances (Kamakura and Muromachi periods), clerk working for large temples and shrines
  • 太政 【おおまつりごと】 (Japanese) imperial government
  • 政所 【まんどころ】 official in charge of the administration of domains and general affairs of powerful noble families (from the middle of the Heian period), titled lady (legal wife of an important official), government office related to finances (Kamakura and Muromachi periods), clerk working for large temples and shrines

Readings

Japanese names:
ただ、 まさ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zheng4
Korean:
jeong

Spanish

  • política
  • gobierno
  • reglas

Portuguese

  • política
  • governo

French

  • politique
  • gouvernement
646 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
746 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
724 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
50 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2045 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
124 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
586 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
881 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
483 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
492 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
530 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
937 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1468 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
779 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1058 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
387 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13135X Morohashi
1142 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2335 New Nelson (John Haig)
381 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
407 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
23 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
700 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3166 2001 Kanji
4i5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-4 SKIP code
1814.0 Four corner code
1-32-15 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
653f Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
good luck, joy, congratulations
Kun:
よし
On:
キチキツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
711 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 吉 【キチ】 good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result), good luck, auspiciousness, unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
  • 吉祥天 【キッショウテン】 Sri-mahadevi (consort of Vaishravana)
  • 大吉 【ダイキチ】 excellent luck
  • 中吉 【チュウキチ】 moderately good luck (in fortune telling)
  • 吉 【キチ】 good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result), good luck, auspiciousness, unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
  • 吉事 【キチジ】 auspicious event
  • 嘉吉 【カキツ】 Kakitsu era (1441.2.17-1444.2.5)
  • 勿吉 【モッキツ】 Mohe (one of the Tungusic-speaking tribes)

Kun reading compounds

  • 吉川神道 【よしかわしんとう】 Yoshikawa Shinto (Confucianist form of Shinto, stripped of Buddhist influence)
  • 吉川線 【よしかわせん】 scratch marks on the neck of a body (indicating a struggling victim of strangulation)
  • 土吉 【つちよし】 earth form of "good luck" character
  • 豊臣秀吉 【とよとみひでよし】 Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Readings

Japanese names:
え、 き、 きっ、 きる、 こし、 と、 よ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji2
Korean:
gil

Spanish

  • buena suerte
  • alegría
  • felicitaciones

Portuguese

  • boa sorte
  • prazer
  • congratulações

French

  • bonne chance
  • joie
  • félicitations
1142 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
464 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1053 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
990 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1124 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
278 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1141 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1194 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
893 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
282 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2691 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1369 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1855 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
326 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3289 Morohashi
2167 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
711 New Nelson (John Haig)
320 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
342 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
199 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1064 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1477 2001 Kanji
3p3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-3 SKIP code
4060.1 Four corner code
1-21-40 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5409 Unicode hex code