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男

7 strokes
Radical:
field 田
Parts:
力 田
Variants:
侽
male
Kun:
おとこ、 お
On:
ダン、 ナン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
240 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 男 【ダン】 masculine noun, son, baron, man, male
  • 男子 【ダンシ】 boy, man, male
  • 既男 【キダン】 married man
  • 公侯伯子男 【コウコウハクシダン】 duke, marquis, count, viscount and baron (five ranks of nobility in Japan; 1869-1947)
  • 男 【ナン】 son
  • 男女 【ダンジョ】 men and women, man and woman, both sexes, both genders
  • 一男 【イチナン】 boy, eldest son
  • 次男 【ジナン】 second son

Kun reading compounds

  • 男 【おとこ】 man, male, fellow, guy, chap, bloke, male lover, boyfriend, man, manliness, manly honor, manly honour, manly reputation
  • 男の子 【おとこのこ】 boy, son, baby boy, young man
  • 年男 【としおとこ】 man born in a year with the same Chinese zodiac sign as the current year
  • 山男 【やまおとこ】 giant, woodsman, alpinist
  • 雄 【お】 male, manly, brave, heroic, larger (of the two), greater, man, husband
  • 男 【おとこ】 man, male, fellow, guy, chap, bloke, male lover, boyfriend, man, manliness, manly honor, manly honour, manly reputation
  • 愛上男 【あいうえお】 skilled male lover
  • 毒男 【どくお】 lonely heart, male virgin, loser, geek

Readings

Japanese names:
み
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nan2
Korean:
nam

Spanish

  • masculino
  • hombre

Portuguese

  • masculino

French

  • homme
  • mâle
109 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
42 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
54 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
228 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2996 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
63 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
72 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
495 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
101 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
101 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
67 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1334 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3147 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1613 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2199 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
867 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21730 Morohashi
2542 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3731 New Nelson (John Haig)
859 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
923 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
203 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
66 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3645 2001 Kanji
5f2.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-2 SKIP code
6042.7 Four corner code
1-35-43 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7537 Unicode hex code

女

3 strokes
Radical:
woman, female 女
Parts:
女
woman, female
Kun:
おんな、 め
On:
ジョ、 ニョ、 ニョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
151 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 女 【ジョ】 woman, girl, daughter, Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), feminine noun
  • 女王 【ジョオウ】 queen, female champion
  • 処女 【ショジョ】 virgin (usu. female), maiden, virgin (e.g. forest), unspoiled by human activity, debut, maiden (e.g. voyage)
  • 一女 【イチジョ】 one daughter, eldest daughter, first-born daughter
  • 女王 【ジョオウ】 queen, female champion
  • 女房 【ニョウボウ】 wife (esp. one's own wife), court lady, female court attache, woman who served at the imperial palace, woman (esp. as a love interest)
  • 老若男女 【ロウニャクナンニョ】 men and women of all ages
  • 天女 【テンニョ】 heavenly nymph, celestial maiden, beautiful and kind woman
  • 女房 【ニョウボウ】 wife (esp. one's own wife), court lady, female court attache, woman who served at the imperial palace, woman (esp. as a love interest)
  • 女官 【ジョカン】 court lady, lady-in-waiting

Kun reading compounds

  • 女 【おんな】 woman, female, female lover, girlfriend, mistress, (someone's) woman
  • 女形 【おんながた】 onnagata, male actor in female kabuki roles, female partner (in a relationship)
  • 醜女 【しゅうじょ】 homely woman, plain-looking woman, female demon
  • 囲い女 【かこいおんな】 mistress
  • 雌 【め】 female, smaller (of the two), weaker, woman, wife
  • 女神 【めがみ】 goddess, female deity
  • 早乙女 【さおとめ】 young female rice planter, young girl
  • 醜女 【しゅうじょ】 homely woman, plain-looking woman, female demon

Readings

Japanese names:
おな、 た、 つき、 な
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nu:3, ru3
Korean:
nyeo, yeo

Spanish

  • femenino
  • mujer

Portuguese

  • mulher
  • fêmea

French

  • femme
  • féminin
32 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
41 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
35 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
178 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1185 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
62 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
42 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
114 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
102 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
102 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
68 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
423 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4226 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2135 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2884 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
99 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6036 Morohashi
3418 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1173 New Nelson (John Haig)
98 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
102 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
60 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
19 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1769 2001 Kanji
3e0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-4 SKIP code
4040.0 Four corner code
1-29-87 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5973 Unicode hex code

七

2 strokes
Radical:
one 一
Parts:
乙 ノ 匕
Variants:
seven
Kun:
なな、 なな.つ、 なの
On:
シチ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
115 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 七 【シチ】 seven
  • ７月 【シチガツ】 July, seventh month of the lunar calendar
  • ２７ 【ニジュウシチ】 27, twenty seven, 3am
  • セシウム１３７ 【セシウムヒャクサンジュウシチ】 cesium-137, caesium-137

Kun reading compounds

  • 七 【しち】 seven
  • ７月 【しちがつ】 July, seventh month of the lunar calendar
  • 第七 【だいなな】 seventh
  • ２７ 【にじゅうしち】 27, twenty seven, 3am
  • 七つ 【ななつ】 seven, seven years of age, four o'clock (old time system)
  • 七帯アルマジロ 【ななつおびアルマジロ】 seven-banded armadillo (Dasypus septemcinctus)
  • ７日 【なのか】 7th day of the month, seven days

Readings

Japanese names:
し、 しっ、 な、 ひち
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi1
Korean:
chil

Spanish

  • siete
  • 7

Portuguese

  • Sete

French

  • sept
7 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
7 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
30 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
44 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
261 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
9 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
17 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
9 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
9 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
7 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4169 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2109 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2854 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
7 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6 Morohashi
3362 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3 New Nelson (John Haig)
7 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
7 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
147 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
3 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1456 2001 Kanji
0a2.13 The Kanji Dictionary
4-2-2 SKIP code
4-2-4 SKIP code
4071.0 Four corner code
1-28-23 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e03 Unicode hex code

歳

13 strokes
Radical:
stop 止
Parts:
ノ 小 戈 止
Variants:
亗
year-end, age, occasion, opportunity
Kun:
とし、 とせ、 よわい
On:
サイ、 セイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
269 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 歳 【サイ】 ... years old, age (of) ...
  • 歳月 【サイゲツ】 time, years
  • 歳歳 【サイサイ】 annual
  • 年年歳歳 【ネンネンサイサイ】 annually, every year, year in year out, from year to year
  • 歳暮 【セイボ】 year-end gift, end of the year, year end

Kun reading compounds

  • 年 【とし】 year, age, years, past one's prime, old age
  • 年取った 【としとった】 old (person), aged
  • いい年 【いいとし】 mature age, advanced age, maturity, age when one is old enough to know better
  • 大年 【おおとし】 New Year's Eve, Jupiter (planet)
  • 年 【とせ】 counter for years (following a number in the hito-futa-mi counting system)
  • 万年 【まんねん】 ten thousand years, eternity, perennial, perpetual
  • 二十歳 【はたとせ】 twenty years

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sui4
Korean:
se

Spanish

  • año
  • edad

Portuguese

  • Fim de ano
  • idade
  • ocasião
  • oportunidade

French

  • fin d'année
  • âge
  • compteur d'années
  • occasion
  • opportunité
1294 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
550 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2434 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1418 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
653 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1995 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
479 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
487 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
703 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1131 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3131 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1605 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2190 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
394 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16326P Morohashi
2490 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2962 New Nelson (John Haig)
512 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
551 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1636 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1259 2001 Kanji
4n9.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-9 SKIP code
2125.3 Four corner code
1-26-48 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6b73 Unicode hex code

席

10 strokes
Radical:
turban, scarf 巾
Parts:
一 巾 广 凵
seat, mat, occasion, place
Kun:
むしろ
On:
セキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
370 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 席 【セキ】 seat, location (of a gathering, etc.), place, position, post
  • 席上 【セキジョウ】 at the meeting, on the occasion
  • 寄席 【ヨセ】 entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.), vaudeville theater (theatre), music hall
  • 次席 【ジセキ】 associate, junior, assistant, runner-up

Kun reading compounds

  • 筵 【むしろ】 woven mat (esp. one made of straw), seat
  • 竹席 【たかむしろ】 bamboo mat

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xi2
Korean:
seog

Spanish

  • asiento
  • plaza
  • posición

Portuguese

  • assento
  • esteira
  • ocasião
  • lugar

French

  • siège
  • natte
  • occasion
  • place
444 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
549 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
520 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
349 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1513 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
461 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
497 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1242 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.6 Japanese for Busy People
379 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
380 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
332 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
564 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3865 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1986 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2683 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1201 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8926 Morohashi
3113 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1561 New Nelson (John Haig)
1193 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1277 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
549 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
544 2001 Kanji
3q7.4 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-7 SKIP code
3-3-6 SKIP code
0022.7 Four corner code
1-32-42 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e2d Unicode hex code

同

6 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
一 冂 口
same, agree, equal
Kun:
おな.じ
On:
ドウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
15 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 同 【ドウ】 the same, the said, likewise
  • 同意 【ドウイ】 agreement, consent, approval, assent, same opinion, same view, same meaning
  • 合同 【ゴウドウ】 combination, union, joining, incorporation, amalgamation, merger, fusion, combined, joint, united, shared, congruence
  • 大同 【ダイドウ】 general resemblance, being largely the same, uniting with a common goal, Daidō era (806.5.18-810.9.19)

Kun reading compounds

  • 同じ 【おなじ】 same, identical, equal, alike, equivalent, anyway, in any case, if one must ..., if one has to ..., as long as ...
  • 同じく 【おなじく】 in the same way, like, likewise, similarly

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tong2, tong4
Korean:
dong

Spanish

  • mismo
  • igual
  • compañero
  • idéntico
  • similar

Portuguese

  • mesmo
  • concorda
  • igual

French

  • identique
  • similaire
  • égal
295 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
204 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
187 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
23 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
619 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
185 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
136 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
298 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
198 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
198 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
350 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
320 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3707 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1897 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2578 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
182 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3294 Morohashi
2987 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
717 New Nelson (John Haig)
180 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
192 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
54 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
133 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3649 2001 Kanji
2r4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-4 SKIP code
7722.0 Four corner code
1-38-17 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
540c Unicode hex code