Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
Variants:
harp, koto
Kun:
こと
On:
キンゴン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1591 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 琴 【キン】 qin (7-stringed Chinese zither), guqin
  • 琴曲 【キンキョク】 koto music
  • 奚琴 【ケイキン】 xiqin (2-stringed Chinese musical instrument)
  • 携琴 【ケイキン】 sihu (4-stringed Chinese musical instrument played with a bow)
  • 和琴 【ワゴン】 wagon, yamatogoto, six-stringed native Japanese zither

Kun reading compounds

  • 琴 【こと】 koto (13-stringed Japanese zither), stringed instrument, zheng (Chinese zither), guzheng
  • 琴座 【ことざ】 Lyra (constellation), the Lyre
  • 箏の琴 【そうのこと】 koto
  • 琵琶の琴 【びわのこと】 biwa (4 or 5-stringed Oriental lute)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qin2
Korean:
geum

Spanish

  • koto
  • arpa japonesa

Portuguese

  • harpa
  • koto (mus.)

French

  • koto
  • harpe
1178 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1486 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2949 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1393 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1536 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1778 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1251 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1319 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1906 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1322 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3455 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1778 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2422 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1605 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21079 Morohashi
2781 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3654 New Nelson (John Haig)
1591 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1717 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1566 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3160 2001 Kanji
4f8.11 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-4 SKIP code
1120.7 Four corner code
1-22-55 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7434 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
young, if, perhaps, possibly, low number, immature
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
458 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 若年 【ジャクネン】 youth
  • 若僧 【ニャクソウ】 young monk, boy monk
  • 老若 【ロウニャク】 young and old, all ages
  • 瞠若 【ドウジャク】 (staring in) astonishment, amazement
  • 若僧 【ニャクソウ】 young monk, boy monk
  • 若道 【ニャクドウ】 homosexuality, pederasty
  • 老若 【ロウニャク】 young and old, all ages
  • 若僧 【ニャクソウ】 young monk, boy monk
  • 若道 【ニャクドウ】 homosexuality, pederasty
  • 般若 【ハンニャ】 prajna (wisdom required to attain enlightenment), hannya, mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy), dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy), terrifying facial expression
  • 麦般若 【ムギハンニャ】 beer

Kun reading compounds

  • 若い 【わかい】 young, youthful, immature, green, low (number), small
  • 若い頃 【わかいころ】 one's youth, early life, one's early days, one's early years
  • 若し 【もし】 if, in case, supposing
  • 若しかしたら 【もしかしたら】 perhaps, maybe, perchance, by some chance, by any chance
  • 若しくは 【もしくは】 or, otherwise
  • 如し 【ごとし】 like, as if, the same as

Readings

Japanese names:
わく、 わこ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ruo4, re3
Korean:
yag, ya

Spanish

  • joven
  • algunos
  • posiblemente
  • de otra forma

Portuguese

  • jovem
  • se
  • talvez
  • possivelmente
  • número baixo
  • imaturo

French

  • jeune
  • si
  • peut-être
  • ou bien
  • petit nombre
  • inexpérimenté
  • immature
896 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
886 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
372 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3926 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
982 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
863 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
692 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.15 Japanese for Busy People
544 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
553 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
125 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
648 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2785 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1430 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1928 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
228 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30796P Morohashi
2241 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5007 New Nelson (John Haig)
223 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
237 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
391 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
864 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1977 2001 Kanji
3k5.12 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
4460.4 Four corner code
1-28-67 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
82e5 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
sun, day
Parts:
Variants:
clear up
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
1022 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 晴天 【セイテン】 fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds), fair weather, clear weather, clear sky, fair skies
  • 晴雨 【セイウ】 (clear or rainy) weather
  • 好晴 【コウセイ】 clear weather, good weather
  • 陰晴 【インセイ】 unsettled (fine and cloudy) weather

Kun reading compounds

  • 晴れる 【はれる】 to clear up, to clear away, to be sunny, to stop raining, to refresh (e.g. spirits), to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion), to be dispelled, to be banished
  • 晴れ 【はれ】 clear weather, fine weather, formal, ceremonial, public, cleared of suspicion
  • 晴れる 【はれる】 to clear up, to clear away, to be sunny, to stop raining, to refresh (e.g. spirits), to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion), to be dispelled, to be banished
  • 晴らす 【はらす】 to dispel, to clear away, to refresh (oneself), to accomplish a goal, to make it sunny, to make clouds disappear

Readings

Japanese names:
はる、 はれ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qing2
Korean:
cheong

Spanish

  • buen tiempo
  • público
  • oficial
  • buen humor
  • hacer buen tiempo
  • despejarse
  • dejar de llover
  • aclarar el tiempo

Portuguese

  • Limpar o tempo

French

  • éclaircir
265 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
172 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
155 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
739 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2143 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
784 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
604 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1597 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
662 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
673 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
281 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
990 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1234 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
670 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
893 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1552 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13994P Morohashi
981 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2488 New Nelson (John Haig)
1538 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1658 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
217 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3846 2001 Kanji
4c8.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-8 SKIP code
6502.7 Four corner code
1-32-18 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6674 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
thumb, inch
Parts:
Variants:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 将校 【ショウコウ】 commissioned officer
  • 将来 【ショウライ】 future, (future) prospects, bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.), bringing about, giving rise to, causing, incurring
  • 王将 【オウショウ】 king (of the senior player)
  • 玉将 【ギョクショウ】 king (of the junior player)

Readings

Japanese names:
まさる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jiang1, jiang4, qiang1
Korean:
jang

Spanish

Portuguese

French

1631 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1217 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
878 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
7438 Morohashi
967 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1381 New Nelson (John Haig)
2b8.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-7 SKIP code
2724.2 Four corner code
1-53-82 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c07 Unicode hex code