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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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On reading compounds

  • 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

額

18 strokes
Radical:
leaf 頁
Parts:
ハ 口 夂 宀 目 貝 頁
forehead, tablet, plaque, framed picture, sum, amount, volume
Kun:
ひたい
On:
ガク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
407 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 額 【ガク】 (picture) frame, framed picture, amount (esp. of money), sum
  • 額面 【ガクメン】 face value, par
  • 定額 【テイガク】 fixed amount (of money), fixed sum, flat sum
  • 税額 【ゼイガク】 amount of tax

Kun reading compounds

  • 額 【ひたい】 forehead, brow
  • 額当て 【ひたいあて】 (military) headband with reinforced metal plate, red headband
  • 広い額 【ひろいひたい】 high brow, broad forehead

Readings

Japanese names:
ぬか
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
e2
Korean:
aeg

Spanish

  • frente
  • cantidad de dinero
  • marco de un cuadro

Portuguese

  • testa
  • tablete
  • placa
  • quadro emoldurado
  • soma
  • quantia
  • volume

French

  • front
  • tablette
  • plaque
  • peinture (encadrée)
  • somme
  • montant
  • volume
748 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
665 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
635 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
522 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5136 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
749 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1010 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2756 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
838 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
857 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
861 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1892 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2273 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1174 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1604 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
301 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
43586 Morohashi
1805 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6644 New Nelson (John Haig)
295 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
316 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
821 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
761 2001 Kanji
9a9.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-9-9 SKIP code
3168.6 Four corner code
1-19-59 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
984d Unicode hex code

尉

11 strokes
Radical:
thumb, inch 寸
Parts:
二 寸 小 尸 示
Variants:
叞
military officer, jailer, old man, rank
On:
イ、 ジョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2007 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 尉官 【イカン】 officer below the rank of major, company officer
  • 中尉 【チュウイ】 first lieutenant, lieutenant junior grade
  • 少尉 【ショウイ】 second lieutenant, sublieutenant, ensign
  • 尉 【ジョウ】 inspector (third highest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryō system), old man, white ash (of charcoal)
  • 尉鶲 【ジョウビタキ】 Daurian redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus)
  • 黒式尉 【コクシキジョウ】 noh mask used for old man roles (usu. black)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wei4, yu4
Korean:
wi, ul

Spanish

  • oficial militar
  • carcelero
  • rango
  • viejo

Portuguese

  • oficial militar
  • carcereiro
  • velho
  • posição

French

  • officier
  • geôlier
  • vieil homme
  • rang
1004 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1765 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
231 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1232 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1223 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1410 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1617 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1725 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1882 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
507 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2119 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1105 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1504 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1104 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7440 Morohashi
1685 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1383 New Nelson (John Haig)
1095 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1176 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1423 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3748 2001 Kanji
4e6.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-3 SKIP code
7420.0 Four corner code
1-16-51 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c09 Unicode hex code

鶲

21 strokes
Radical:
bird 鳥
Parts:
ハ 冫 厶 杰 羽 鳥
crested flycatcher, peewee
Kun:
ひたき

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Kun reading compounds

  • 鶲 【ひたき】 Old World flycatcher (any bird of family Muscicapinae, esp. the typical flycatchers of subfamily Muscicapinae)
  • 嘴黒鶲 【はしぐろひたき】 northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
weng1
Korean:
ong

Spanish

Portuguese

French

47179 Morohashi
6986 New Nelson (John Haig)
11b10.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-10-11 SKIP code
8712.7 Four corner code
8722.7 Four corner code
1-83-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9db2 Unicode hex code