Jisho

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17 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
ring, circle, loop
Kun:
On:
カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
409 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 環 【カン】 ring, band, rim, ring, circum-
  • 環境 【カンキョウ】 environment, surroundings, circumstances
  • 円環 【エンカン】 circle, ring, torus
  • 外環 【ガイカン】 outer ring, outer loop

Kun reading compounds

  • 輪 【わ】 ring, circle, loop, hoop, wheel, circle (e.g. of friends), planetary ring
  • 浮き輪 【うきわ】 swim ring, swimming ring, life buoy, life belt, life preserver, lifesaver
  • 腕輪 【うでわ】 bracelet, bangle

Readings

Japanese names:
たま、 たまき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
huan2
Korean:
hwan

Spanish

  • círculo
  • anillo
  • eslabón
  • giro

Portuguese

  • argola
  • círculo
  • elo
  • roda

French

  • anneau
  • cercle
  • roue
  • maillon
1115 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
991 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2970 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1568 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
737 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2620 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
865 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
884 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1035 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1323 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1395 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
747 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1011 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
844 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21287 Morohashi
1090 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3680 New Nelson (John Haig)
836 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
899 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1875 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3165 2001 Kanji
4f13.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-13 SKIP code
1613.2 Four corner code
1-20-36 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
74b0 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
Variants:
chinquapin, mallet, spine
Kun:
つちう.つ
On:
ツイスイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1911 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 椎間板 【ツイカンバン】 intervertebral disk
  • 椎間孔狭窄 【ツイカンコウキョウサク】 vertebral canal stenosis
  • 脊椎 【セキツイ】 spine, vertebral column
  • 腰椎 【ヨウツイ】 lumbar vertebra, lumbar vertebrae

Kun reading compounds

  • 槌 【つち】 hammer, mallet, sledgehammer, gavel

Readings

Japanese names:
しい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhui1, chui2
Korean:
chu

Spanish

  • roble
  • mazo

Portuguese

French

1314 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2296 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1629 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2116 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1748 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1249 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
679 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
905 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
15024 Morohashi
2742 New Nelson (John Haig)
2505 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
597 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4a8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-8 SKIP code
4091.4 Four corner code
1-36-39 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
690e Unicode hex code