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白

5 strokes
Radical:
white 白
Parts:
白
white
Kun:
しろ、 しら-、 しろ.い
On:
ハク、 ビャク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
483 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 白 【ハク】 white, striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus), (spoken) line (in a play, film, etc.), one's lines, white dragon tile, winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles, Belgium, white person, Caucasian
  • 白衣 【ハクイ】 white clothes, white robe, white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.), commoner without rank (in ancient China), layperson
  • 美白 【ビハク】 beautifully white (esp. of skin), whitening (of skin, teeth, etc.)
  • 漂白 【ヒョウハク】 blanching, bleaching
  • 白衣 【ハクイ】 white clothes, white robe, white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.), commoner without rank (in ancient China), layperson
  • 白夜 【ビャクヤ】 night under the midnight sun, white night (at extreme latitudes), night during which the sun doesn't set
  • 敬白 【ケイハク】 yours sincerely, sincerely yours, yours truly
  • 恐惶敬白 【キョウコウケイハク】 very truly yours, very respectfully yours

Kun reading compounds

  • 白 【しろ】 white, innocence, innocent person, blank space, white stone, white dragon tile, skewered grilled pig intestine
  • 白い 【しろい】 white
  • 面白 【おもしろ】 amusing, funny, interesting
  • 蘿蔔 【すずしろ】 daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus)
  • 白い 【しろい】 white
  • 白色 【しろいろ】 white

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 か、 はっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bai2
Korean:
baeg, bae

Spanish

  • blanco

Portuguese

  • branco

French

  • blanc
37 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
53 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
65 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
266 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3095 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
79 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
73 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
216 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.2 Japanese for Busy People
205 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
205 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
44 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1362 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4305 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2175 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2929 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
37 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
22678 Morohashi
3493 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3863 New Nelson (John Haig)
37 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
37 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
242 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
46 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
878 2001 Kanji
4c1.3 The Kanji Dictionary
4-5-2 SKIP code
2600.0 Four corner code
1-39-82 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
767d Unicode hex code

襟

18 strokes
Radical:
clothes 衣 (衤)
Parts:
二 小 木 示 初
collar, neck, lapel, one's inner feelings
Kun:
えり
On:
キン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2030 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 襟懐 【キンカイ】 (one's) inner thoughts, feelings
  • 襟度 【キンド】 magnanimity, generosity, welcoming personality
  • 胸襟 【キョウキン】 one's heart
  • 開襟 【カイキン】 unbuttoning a collar, opening up (one's heart), open-necked shirt

Kun reading compounds

  • 襟 【えり】 collar, lapel, neckband, neck, nape of the neck, scruff of the neck
  • 襟巻き 【えりまき】 scarf (esp. one worn for warmth), muffler
  • 台襟 【だいえり】 neckband (of a shirt)
  • 掛け襟 【かけえり】 protective collar on kimono or bed clothes

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jin1
Korean:
geum

Spanish

  • cuello
  • solapa
  • corazón
  • pensamiento

Portuguese

  • colarinho
  • pescoço
  • lapela

French

  • nuque
  • col
  • revers
1181 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1924 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4267 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1733 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1537 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1639 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1555 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1637 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1599 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
845 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1156 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1108 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
34647 Morohashi
1252 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5504 New Nelson (John Haig)
1099 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1180 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1905 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
641 2001 Kanji
5e13.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-13 SKIP code
3429.1 Four corner code
1-22-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
895f Unicode hex code

禿

7 strokes
Radical:
grain 禾
Parts:
儿 禾
become bald, bare, wear out, waste away, little girl employed at a brothel
Kun:
ちび.る、 かむろ、 は.げる、 はげ
On:
トク

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On reading compounds

  • 禿瘡 【トクソウ】 alopecia areata
  • 禿げ頭 【ハゲアタマ】 bald head, baldness
  • 愚禿 【グトク】 I, me

Kun reading compounds

  • 禿びる 【ちびる】 to get blunt, to dull, to wear out
  • 禿 【かぶろ】 children's hairstyle of short untied hair, child with short untied hair, young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute (Edo period), baldness, bald head
  • 禿げる 【はげる】 to lose hair, to become bald, to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
  • 禿 【はげ】 baldness, bald head, bald person, baldy, idiot, moron
  • 禿げる 【はげる】 to lose hair, to become bald, to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
  • 若ハゲ 【わかハゲ】 premature baldness
  • 丸禿 【まるはげ】 complete baldness

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tu1
Korean:
dog

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3262 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
496 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
24910 Morohashi
4122 New Nelson (John Haig)
2606 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2652 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
5d2.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-2 SKIP code
2021.7 Four corner code
1-38-37 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
79bf Unicode hex code

鷲

23 strokes
Radical:
bird 鳥
Parts:
丶 亠 口 小 尢 杰 尤 鳥
eagle
Kun:
わし
On:
シュウ、 ジュ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
1925 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Kun reading compounds

  • 鷲 【わし】 eagle (Accipitridae family)
  • 鷲座 【わしざ】 Aquila (constellation), the Eagle
  • 蛇食鷲 【へびくいわし】 secretarybird (Sagittarius serpentarius), secretary bird
  • 白頭鷲 【はくとうわし】 bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Readings

Japanese names:
す、 わ、 わせ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jiu4
Korean:
chwi

Spanish

  • águila

Portuguese

French

5368 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2980 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3598 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2514 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
47345 Morohashi
7004 New Nelson (John Haig)
2834 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2849 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
11b12.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-12-11 SKIP code
0332.7 Four corner code
1-47-41 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9df2 Unicode hex code