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On reading compounds

  • 盂蘭盆 【ウラボン】 Bon festival (Buddhist ceremony held around July 15), Feast of Lanterns
  • 盂蘭盆会 【ウラボンエ】 Bon festival (Buddhist ceremony held around July 15), Feast of Lanterns
  • 腎盂 【ジンウ】 renal pelvis

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yu2
Korean:
u

Spanish

Portuguese

French

48 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
22949 Morohashi
3886 New Nelson (John Haig)
5h3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
1010.7 Four corner code
1-66-19 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
76c2 Unicode hex code

19 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
orchid, Holland
On:
ラン
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1886 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 蘭 【ラン】 orchid, Netherlands, Holland
  • 蘭学 【ランガク】 rangaku, study of Western knowledge through the Dutch language during the Edo period
  • 第希蘭 【テヘラン】 Tehran (Iran)
  • 伊蘭 【イラン】 Iran
  • 蘭 【ラン】 orchid, Netherlands, Holland
  • 蘭 【ラニ】 thoroughwort (species of boneset, Eupatorium fortunei)

Readings

Japanese names:
か、 あららぎ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lan2
Korean:
ran

Spanish

  • orquídea
  • Holanda

Portuguese

French

  • Hollande
  • orchidée
4091 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1990 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2839 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2233 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3031 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1545 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2114 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1643 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
32477P Morohashi
2383 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5255 New Nelson (John Haig)
2363 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2449 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3k16.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-16 SKIP code
3-11-8 SKIP code
4422.7 Four corner code
1-45-86 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
862d Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
dish
Parts:
basin, lantern festival, tray
On:
ボン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1654 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 盆 【ボン】 tray, family, household, Obon, Bon Festival, Lantern Festival, Festival of the Dead, gambler's den
  • 盆栽 【ボンサイ】 bonsai, miniature potted plant
  • 旧盆 【キュウボン】 Bon Festival of the lunar calendar
  • 海盆 【カイボン】 ocean basin

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pen2
Korean:
bun

Spanish

  • bandeja
  • fiesta de las linternas

Portuguese

  • bacia
  • bandeja

French

  • bassin
  • fête des lanternes (oBon)
  • plateau
1828 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1873 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
594 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1087 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1552 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1099 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1150 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1314 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1369 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2581 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1317 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1788 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1461 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
22959 Morohashi
2079 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3889 New Nelson (John Haig)
1449 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1557 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1285 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2074 2001 Kanji
2o7.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-7 SKIP code
2-4-5 SKIP code
8010.7 Four corner code
1-43-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
76c6 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
Variants:
sutra, longitude, pass thru, expire, warp
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
79 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 経 【ケイ】 warp (weaving), longitude, scripture, sutra, trans-
  • 経団連 【ケイダンレン】 Federation of Economic Organizations (Organisation)
  • 月経 【ゲッケイ】 menstruation, menstrual period
  • 政経 【セイケイ】 politics and economics
  • 経 【キョウ】 sutra, Buddhist scriptures
  • 経典 【キョウテン】 sacred books, sutras, scriptures (Bible, Koran, etc.)
  • 説経 【セッキョウ】 lecture on the sutras
  • 法華経 【ホケキョウ】 Lotus Sutra
  • 経行 【キンヒン】 meditation performed while walking
  • 看経 【カンキン】 silent reading of the sutras, sutra chanting

Kun reading compounds

  • 経る 【へる】 to pass, to elapse, to go by, to pass through, to go through, to experience, to go through, to undergo
  • 経つ 【たつ】 to pass (of time), to elapse
  • 縦糸 【たていと】 (weaving) warp

Readings

Japanese names:
つね、 のぶ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jing1, jing4
Korean:
gyeong

Spanish

  • sutra
  • longitud
  • ley
  • pasar
  • dirigir
  • transcurrir
  • experimentar

Portuguese

  • sutra
  • longitude
  • passar através de
  • expirar
  • empenar

French

  • sûtra
  • longitude
  • passer (temps)
  • expiré
  • expérimenter
  • chaîne (tissu)
596 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
685 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
658 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
135 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3523 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
341 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
815 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1957 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
548 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
557 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
515 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1523 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1687 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
898 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1218 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1372 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27392 Morohashi
1331 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4473 New Nelson (John Haig)
1360 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1460 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
71 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
730 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2772 2001 Kanji
6a5.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-5 SKIP code
2791.4 Four corner code
1-23-48 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d4c Unicode hex code