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

17 strokes
Radical:
stone
Parts:
reef, sunken rock
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1977 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 礁 【ショウ】 reef
  • 礁湖 【ショウコ】 barrier lagoon, coral-reef lagoon
  • 環礁 【カンショウ】 atoll, circular coral reef
  • 座礁 【ザショウ】 running aground, being stranded, grounding, beaching

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jiao1
Korean:
cho

Spanish

  • arrecife
  • roca hundida
  • escollo

Portuguese

  • recife
  • rocha submersa

French

  • récif
  • écueil
1413 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1792 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3220 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1706 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1575 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1768 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1900 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1553 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1411 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1588 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
840 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1148 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
565 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24502 Morohashi
1243 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4048 New Nelson (John Haig)
558 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
600 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1878 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3340 2001 Kanji
5a12.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-12 SKIP code
1063.1 Four corner code
1-30-44 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7901 Unicode hex code