Jisho

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

Speed

Stroke order

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:
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

11 strokes
Radical:
roof
Parts:
sign of the tiger, 3-5AM, third sign of Chinese zodiac
Kun:
とら
On:
イン
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1975 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 丙寅 【ヒノエトラ】 Fire Tiger (3rd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1926, 1986, 2046)
  • 甲寅 【キノエトラ】 Wood Tiger (51st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1914, 1974, 2034)

Kun reading compounds

  • 寅 【とら】 the Tiger (third sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Tiger (around 4am, 3-5am, or 4-6am), east-northeast, first month of the lunar calendar
  • 寅年 【とらどし】 year of the Tiger
  • 庚寅 【かのえとら】 Metal Tiger (27th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1950, 2010, 2070)
  • 甲寅 【きのえとら】 Wood Tiger (51st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1914, 1974, 2034)

Readings

Japanese names:
とも、 のぶ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yin2
Korean:
in, i

Spanish

  • signo del tigre
  • tercer signo de zodíaco

Portuguese

French

  • signe de la 3ème branche terrestre
  • signe du Tigre (zodiaque)
  • 3 à 5 heures du matin
1563 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1314 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1911 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1439 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2052 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2854 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1471 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1981 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2025 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7204 Morohashi
2289 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1341 New Nelson (John Haig)
2006 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2162 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3m8.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-8 SKIP code
3080.6 Four corner code
1-38-50 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5bc5 Unicode hex code