Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
bolt of cloth 疋 (⺪)
Parts:
pass through, note, commentary, estrangement, sparseness, neglect, penetrate
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 疏 【ソ】 detailed commentary, explanation, annotation, memorial to the throne (esp. itemized)
  • 疎通 【ソツウ】 (mutual) understanding, communication, passing without obstruction
  • 注疏 【チュウソ】 (detailed) commentary, notes, comments
  • 上疏 【ジョウソ】 reporting to the emperor
  • 疏 【ソ】 detailed commentary, explanation, annotation, memorial to the throne (esp. itemized)

Kun reading compounds

  • 疎ら 【まばら】 sparse, thin, scattered, straggling, sporadic

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu1, shu4
Korean:
so

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3020 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1511 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1090 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
22000X Morohashi
1179 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3775 New Nelson (John Haig)
2922 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2930 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2j9.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-7 SKIP code
1011.3 Four corner code
1-33-33 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
758f Unicode hex code

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 勒 【ロク】 bit (horse mouthpiece), second stroke in the Eight Principles of Yong, rightward stroke
  • 勒する 【ロクスル】 to manage, to carve, to write (for posterity)
  • 弥勒 【ミロク】 Maitreya (Bodhisattva), Miroku
  • 鉄勒 【テツロク】 Tiele people, a Central Asian Turkic people

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
le4, lei1
Korean:
reug

Spanish

Portuguese

French

5089 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2386 Morohashi
545 New Nelson (John Haig)
2g9.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-9-2 SKIP code
4452.7 Four corner code
1-80-53 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
52d2 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
eye
Parts:
Variants:
prefecture
Kun:
か.ける
On:
ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
140 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 県 【ケン】 prefecture (Japan), county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.), department (France), province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
  • 県営 【ケンエイ】 (under) prefectural management
  • 都道府県 【トドウフケン】 prefectures (of Japan), largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
  • 同県 【ドウケン】 the same prefecture, the said prefecture

Readings

Japanese names:
あがた、 がた
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xian4
Korean:
hyeon

Spanish

  • prefectura

Portuguese

  • Condado
  • prefeitura (região)

French

  • préfecture
  • département
203 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
291 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
273 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
195 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1362 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
381 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
226 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1252 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
194 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
194 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
336 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1380 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3269 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1687 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2294 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
126 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23210P Morohashi
2641 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3918 New Nelson (John Haig)
513 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
552 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
326 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1241 2001 Kanji
3n6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-3 SKIP code
3-4-5 SKIP code
2-5-4 SKIP code
2690.1 Four corner code
1-24-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
770c Unicode hex code