Jisho

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瑠

14 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
刀 厶 王 田
Variants:
璢
lapis lazuli
On:
ル、 リュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2352 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 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
  • 瑠璃色 【ルリイロ】 lapis lazuli blue, bright blue, azure

Readings

Japanese names:
るり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
liu2
Korean:
ryu

Spanish

  • lapislázuli

Portuguese

French

2965 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2165 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1605 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1342 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
726 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
972 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
21143 Morohashi
1060 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3673 New Nelson (John Haig)
2555 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1528 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4f10.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-10 SKIP code
1716.2 Four corner code
1-46-60 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7460 Unicode hex code

璃

15 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
亠 凵 王 禹
glassy, lapis lazuli
On:
リ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 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
  • 浄瑠璃 【ジョウルリ】 jōruri, type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)

Readings

Japanese names:
あき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
li2
Korean:
ri

Spanish

  • lapislázuli
  • vidrioso

Portuguese

French

2967 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2473 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2166 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1606 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1358 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
725 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
984 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
21196X Morohashi
1059 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3669 New Nelson (John Haig)
2048 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1606 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4f10.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-11 SKIP code
1012.7 Four corner code
1-45-94 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7483 Unicode hex code

唐

10 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
一 ｜ 口 广 ヨ
T'ang, China, foreign
Kun:
から
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
1727 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 唐 【トウ】 Tang dynasty (of China; 618-907), T'ang dynasty, China, foreign country
  • 唐土 【モロコシ】 China, Chinese
  • 頽唐 【タイトウ】 decadence, decline
  • 後唐 【コウトウ】 Later Tang dynasty (of China; 923-937), Later T'ang dynasty

Kun reading compounds

  • 唐 【から】 China (sometimes also used in ref. to Korea or other foreign countries)
  • 空手 【からて】 karate, being empty-handed, having nothing in one's hands

Readings

Japanese names:
かろ、 たん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tang2
Korean:
dang

Spanish

  • Tang (antigua dinastía china)
  • China

Portuguese

  • T'ang
  • China

French

  • T'ang
  • Chine
1645 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1668 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1516 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1856 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1135 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1246 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1697 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1813 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1727 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
292 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3867 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1988 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2685 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1165 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3709P Morohashi
3115 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
812 New Nelson (John Haig)
1157 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1241 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1318 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
577 2001 Kanji
3q7.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-7 SKIP code
0026.7 Four corner code
1-37-66 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5510 Unicode hex code

草

9 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
十 艾 日
grass, weeds, herbs, pasture, write, draft
Kun:
くさ、 くさ-、 -ぐさ
On:
ソウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N3
967 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 草 【ソウ】 draft, rough copy, highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters), grass style
  • 草案 【ソウアン】 draft (for a speech, bill, etc.)
  • 除草 【ジョソウ】 weeding
  • 起草 【キソウ】 drafting (e.g. a bill), drawing up

Kun reading compounds

  • 草 【くさ】 grass, weed, herb, thatch, ninja, marijuana, cannabis, not genuine, substandard, LOL, haha
  • 草刈り 【くさかり】 mowing, mower
  • 水草 【みずくさ】 water plant, aquatic plant, waterweed, hydrophyte
  • 若草 【わかくさ】 green grass, young (fresh) grass

Readings

Japanese names:
そ、 や
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cao3
Korean:
cho

Spanish

  • hierba
  • planta

Portuguese

  • grama
  • erva daninha
  • ervas
  • pasto
  • escrever
  • esboçar

French

  • herbe
  • mauvaise herbe
  • plantes
  • pâturage
  • écrire
  • ébauche
106 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
57 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
162 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
705 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3939 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
118 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
865 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
934 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
249 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
249 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
567 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
652 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2813 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1450 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1953 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
229 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30945P Morohashi
2263 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5032 New Nelson (John Haig)
224 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
238 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
77 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1955 2001 Kanji
3k6.13 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-6 SKIP code
4440.6 Four corner code
1-33-80 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8349 Unicode hex code