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瓜

6 strokes (also 5)
Radical:
melon 瓜
Parts:
厶 瓜
melon
Kun:
うり
On:
カ、 ケ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2459 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 瓜蒂 【カテイ】 stem and calyx of muskmelon (used in traditional Chinese medicine)
  • 瓜田 【カデン】 melon field, melon patch
  • 種なし西瓜 【タネナシスイカ】 seedless watermelon
  • 木瓜 【ボケ】 Japanese quince (Chaenomeles speciosa), flowering quince
  • 木瓜 【ボケ】 Japanese quince (Chaenomeles speciosa), flowering quince
  • 草木瓜 【クサボケ】 dwarf Japanese quince (Chaenomeles japonica), (Japanese) flowering quince, Maule's quince, japonica

Kun reading compounds

  • 瓜 【うり】 melon, gourd
  • 瓜二つ 【うりふたつ】 exactly alike (in appearance), like two peas in a pod, (practically) identical, spitting image (of), carbon copy (of)
  • 毛瓜 【もううり】 Okinawan yellow cucumber
  • 赤瓜 【あかもううい】 Okinawan yellow cucumber

Readings

Japanese names:
う
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gua1
Korean:
gwa

Spanish

  • melón

Portuguese

French

  • melon
2973 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1888 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
305 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3789 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2626 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1895 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21371X Morohashi
3038 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3686 New Nelson (John Haig)
1877 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2022 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2662 2001 Kanji
0a6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-2 SKIP code
7223.0 Four corner code
1-17-27 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
74dc Unicode hex code

肌

6 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
几 月
texture, skin, body, grain
Kun:
はだ
On:
キ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1559 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 肌骨 【キコツ】 skin and bones
  • 肌膚 【キフ】 skin
  • 雪肌 【ユキハダ】 snow's surface, lily-white skin, fair skin
  • 美肌 【ビハダ】 beautiful skin

Kun reading compounds

  • 肌 【はだ】 skin, body (in the context of intimate bodily contact), surface, grain (e.g. of wood), texture, disposition, temperament, character, type
  • 肌色 【はだいろ】 flesh colour (of a Japanese person), flesh color, pale orange, (one's) skin color, skin colour, skin tone
  • 素肌 【すはだ】 bare skin, naked skin
  • 地肌 【じはだ】 texture, grain, one's skin (lacking makeup, etc.), natural skin, bare skin, scalp, surface of the earth, bare ground, surface of a sword blade

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji1
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • textura
  • piel
  • cuero
  • cutis

Portuguese

  • textura
  • pele
  • corpo
  • granulação

French

  • épiderme
  • texture
  • grain
  • corps
1704 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1130 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3726 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1890 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
840 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1306 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1385 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1345 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1021 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1021 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
553 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
731 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
66 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29242 Morohashi
827 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4755 New Nelson (John Haig)
66 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
70 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1079 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3957 2001 Kanji
4b2.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-2 SKIP code
7721.0 Four corner code
1-40-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
808c Unicode hex code

楓

13 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
ノ 几 木 虫 風
maple
Kun:
かえで
On:
フウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1

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On reading compounds

  • 楓 【フウ】 Formosan sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)
  • 楓子香 【フウシコウ】 galbanum (gum resin from fennel)
  • 松楓 【ショウフウ】 maple
  • 紅葉葉楓 【モミジバフウ】 sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua), redgum

Kun reading compounds

  • 楓 【かえで】 maple (Acer spp.), maple tree
  • 楓鳥 【かえでちょう】 black-rumped waxbill (Estrilda troglodytes), estrildid (any bird of family Estrildidae), waxbill
  • 唐楓 【とうかえで】 trident maple, acer buergerianum
  • 砂糖楓 【さとうかえで】 sugar maple (Acer saccharum), rock maple

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
feng1
Korean:
pung

Spanish

  • arce

Portuguese

French

2315 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1892 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2120 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1280 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
694 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
927 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
15126 Morohashi
1015 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2777 New Nelson (John Haig)
2471 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2538 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4a9.28 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-9 SKIP code
4791.0 Four corner code
1-41-86 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6953 Unicode hex code