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皇

9 strokes
Radical:
white 白
Parts:
王 白
emperor
On:
コウ、 オウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
721 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 皇后 【コウゴウ】 (Japanese) empress, queen
  • 皇居 【コウキョ】 Imperial Palace (of Japan), imperial residence
  • 倉皇 【ソウコウ】 hurriedly, in a hurry, in great haste
  • 教皇 【キョウコウ】 Pope
  • 皇帝 【コウテイ】 emperor
  • 皇子 【オウジ】 imperial prince
  • 法皇 【ホウオウ】 cloistered emperor, ex-emperor who has become a monk
  • 太上法皇 【ダイジョウホウオウ】 cloistered emperor, ex-emperor who has become a monk

Readings

Japanese names:
おうじ、 おお、 み
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
huang2
Korean:
hwang, wang

Spanish

  • emperador

Portuguese

  • imperador

French

  • empereur
783 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
871 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
861 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
964 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3100 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
460 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1551 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
964 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
297 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
297 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
579 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1366 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3175 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1635 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2223 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
267 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
22701 Morohashi
2566 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3870 New Nelson (John Haig)
261 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
279 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
880 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
872 2001 Kanji
4f5.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-4 SKIP code
2610.4 Four corner code
1-25-36 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7687 Unicode hex code

位

7 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
化 立
rank, grade, throne, crown, about, some
Kun:
くらい、 ぐらい
On:
イ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
276 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 位 【イ】 rank, place (e.g. first place), decimal place, counter for ghosts
  • 位置 【イチ】 place, position, location, position, standing, status, situation
  • 一位 【イチイ】 first place, first rank, units position (of a number)
  • 高位 【コウイ】 dignity, eminent, high ranking, high-order (digit, bit, etc.)

Kun reading compounds

  • 位 【くらい】 throne, crown, (nobleman's) seat, government position, court rank, social standing, rank, class, echelon, rung, grade (of quality, etc.), level, tier, rank, position of a figure (e.g. tens, thousands), digit, (decimal) place
  • 位が昇る 【くらいがのぼる】 to rise in rank
  • どれ位 【どれくらい】 how long, how far, how much
  • 申し訳ないくらい 【もうしわけないくらい】 to the extent it makes one feel apologetic, so (much, good, etc.) that one feels guilty
  • どれ位 【どれくらい】 how long, how far, how much
  • 申し訳ないくらい 【もうしわけないくらい】 to the extent it makes one feel apologetic, so (much, good, etc.) that one feels guilty

Readings

Japanese names:
ぞき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wei4
Korean:
wi

Spanish

  • grado
  • posición
  • aproximadamente
  • trono

Portuguese

  • posição
  • grau
  • trono
  • coroa
  • sobre
  • alguma

French

  • rang
  • position
  • grade
  • trône
  • couronne
  • à peu près
344 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
445 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
421 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
482 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
401 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
122 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
312 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
354 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
122 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
122 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
417 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
72 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
69 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
42 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
45 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
964 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
503 Morohashi
61 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
162 New Nelson (John Haig)
955 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1028 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
319 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
473 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2173 2001 Kanji
2a5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-5 SKIP code
2021.8 Four corner code
1-16-44 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f4d Unicode hex code

簒

17 strokes
Radical:
bamboo 竹 (⺮)
Parts:
厶 大 目 竹 乞
Variants:
rob
Kun:
うば.う
On:
サン、 セン

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 簒位 【サンイ】 usurpation
  • 簒奪 【サンダツ】 usurpation

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cuan4
Korean:
chan

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3430 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
26490 Morohashi
4345 New Nelson (John Haig)
6f10.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-11 SKIP code
8873.2 Four corner code
1-50-53 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7c12 Unicode hex code

奪

14 strokes
Radical:
big, very 大
Parts:
大 寸 隹
rob, take by force, snatch away, dispossess, plunder, usurp
Kun:
うば.う
On:
ダツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
974 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 奪三振 【ダツサンシン】 striking a batter out
  • 奪三振王 【ダツサンシンオウ】 (season's) record holder in (for) the most strike-outs
  • 争奪 【ソウダツ】 struggle (for), scramble, contest
  • 収奪 【シュウダツ】 plundering, exploitation

Kun reading compounds

  • 奪う 【うばう】 to take (by force), to take away, to snatch, to steal, to rob (someone) of, to dispossess of, to deprive of, to usurp, to absorb (one's attention), to fascinate, to captivate, to charm, to dazzle

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
duo2
Korean:
tal

Spanish

  • arrebatar
  • desposeer
  • usurpar
  • privar
  • tomar por la fuerza

Portuguese

  • roubar
  • tomar pela força
  • apropriar-se
  • pilhar
  • usurpar

French

  • dérober
  • prendre de force
  • arracher (des mains)
  • déposséder
  • piller
  • usurper
1561 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1068 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1183 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1603 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1182 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1310 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1389 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1407 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
421 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2956 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1517 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2058 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
573 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5994 Morohashi
2343 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1171 New Nelson (John Haig)
566 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
608 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1697 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1448 2001 Kanji
8c6.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-11 SKIP code
2-11-3 SKIP code
4034.1 Four corner code
1-35-05 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
596a Unicode hex code