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盧

16 strokes
Radical:
dish 皿
Parts:
匕 卜 厂 田 皿 虍
hut
On:
ロ
1483 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 盧溝橋 【ロコウキョウ】 Marco Polo Bridge (China)
  • 盧溝橋事件 【ロコウキョウジケン】 Marco Polo Bridge Incident (July 7, 1937)
  • 葫蘆 【コロ】 calabash (Lagenaria siceraria)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lu2
Korean:
ro

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4114 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2594 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
23050 Morohashi
3903 New Nelson (John Haig)
2m14.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-4-12 SKIP code
2121.7 Four corner code
1-66-26 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
76e7 Unicode hex code

溝

13 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
一 ｜ 冂 十 汁
gutter, ditch, sewer, drain, 10**32
Kun:
みぞ
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1736 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 溝 【コウ】 10^32, hundred nonillion
  • 溝渠 【コウキョ】 ditch, sewer, canal
  • 排水溝 【ハイスイコウ】 drainage, gutter, ditch
  • 海溝 【カイコウ】 oceanic trench, deep-sea trench, deep

Kun reading compounds

  • 溝 【みぞ】 ditch, drain, gutter, trench, groove, tread, indentation, gap (between people, countries, etc.), gulf, rift
  • 溝隠 【みぞかくし】 Chinese lobelia (Lobelia chinensis)
  • 押さえ溝 【おさえみぞ】 groove in the body of wooden plane which holds the blade
  • 逃げ溝 【にげみぞ】 clearance groove, under cut

Readings

Japanese names:
どぶ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gou1
Korean:
gu

Spanish

  • cuneta
  • zanja
  • alcantarilla
  • desagüe

Portuguese

  • ranhura
  • canal
  • encanamento
  • dreno
  • 10 elevado a 32

French

  • rigole
  • fossé
  • égout
  • 10**32
1263 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1706 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2657 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1487 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1859 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1012 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1050 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1499 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1232 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
810 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
473 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
604 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1836 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17944X Morohashi
659 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3275 New Nelson (John Haig)
1819 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1960 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1639 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
347 2001 Kanji
3a10.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-10 SKIP code
3514.7 Four corner code
1-25-34 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6e9d Unicode hex code

橋

16 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
ノ 冂 口 木
Variants:
槗
bridge
Kun:
はし
On:
キョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
553 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 橋 【キョウ】 pons (pontes), pons Varolii, pontine, part of the brain stem (links the medulla oblongata and cerebellum with the midbrain)
  • 橋脚 【キョウキャク】 bridge pier, pontoon bridge
  • 桟橋 【サンバシ】 wharf, bridge, jetty, pier
  • 石橋 【イシバシ】 stone bridge

Kun reading compounds

  • 橋 【はし】 bridge
  • 橋渡し 【はしわたし】 mediation, good offices, go-between, intermediary, mediator, bridge (between), building a bridge
  • 船橋 【ふなばし】 pontoon bridge, floating bridge, bridge (of a ship)
  • 大橋 【おおはし】 large bridge, big bridge

Readings

Japanese names:
ばせ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qiao2
Korean:
gyo

Spanish

  • puente

Portuguese

  • ponte

French

  • pont
193 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
277 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
259 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
272 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2378 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
443 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
645 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2485 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
597 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
607 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
313 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1116 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1367 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
738 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
991 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
436 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
15526 Morohashi
1078 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2879 New Nelson (John Haig)
429 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
460 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
437 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1849 2001 Kanji
4a12.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-12 SKIP code
4292.7 Four corner code
1-22-22 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6a4b Unicode hex code

事

8 strokes
Radical:
hook 亅
Parts:
一 亅 口 ヨ
Variants:
亊 叓
matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
Kun:
こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
On:
ジ、 ズ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
18 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 事 【ジ】 individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle)
  • 事業 【ジギョウ】 business, enterprise, venture, (commercial) activity, (business) operation, industry, (social) project, undertaking, enterprise, work, activity, program, service
  • 商事 【ショウジ】 commercial affairs
  • 有事 【ユウジ】 emergency

Kun reading compounds

  • 事 【こと】 thing, matter, incident, occurrence, event, something serious, trouble, crisis, circumstances, situation, state of affairs, work, business, affair, after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to, nominalizing suffix, pretending to ..., playing make-believe ..., alias, also known as, otherwise known as, or, necessity, need, you should ..., I advise that you ..., it's important to ...
  • 事柄 【ことがら】 matter, thing, affair, circumstance
  • 神事 【しんじ】 Shinto ritual
  • いい事 【いいこと】 good thing, nice thing, good excuse, good grounds, good opportunity, interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
  • 仕える 【つかえる】 to serve, to work for, to attend

Readings

Japanese names:
ろ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi4
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • cosa
  • hecho
  • asunto
  • acción

Portuguese

  • matéria
  • coisa
  • fato
  • negócios
  • razão
  • possivelmente

French

  • fait
  • chose
  • matière
  • affaire
  • raison
  • peut-être
230 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
309 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
293 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
32 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
272 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
73 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
108 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
768 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.7 Japanese for Busy People
80 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
80 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
237 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
30 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4384 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2220 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2986 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1164 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
241 Morohashi
3567 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
71 New Nelson (John Haig)
1156 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1240 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
10 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
300 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1547 2001 Kanji
0a8.15 The Kanji Dictionary
4-8-3 SKIP code
5000.7 Four corner code
1-27-86 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e8b Unicode hex code

件

6 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
化 牛
affair, case, matter, item
Kun:
くだん
On:
ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
212 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 件 【ケン】 matter, affair, case, item, subject, counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc., counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
  • 件数 【ケンスウ】 number of cases, incidents, items, messages, accounts, etc.
  • 刑事事件 【ケイジジケン】 criminal case
  • 要件 【ヨウケン】 important matter, requirement, requisite, necessary condition, sine qua non

Kun reading compounds

  • 件 【くだん】 the aforementioned, the said, (man, incident, etc.) in question, the above-mentioned, the aforesaid, the usual

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian4
Korean:
geon

Spanish

  • asunto
  • caso

Portuguese

  • romance
  • caso
  • matéria
  • item

French

  • affaire
  • cas
  • matière
  • article
598 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
687 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
660 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
290 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
368 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
485 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
306 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
3.9 Japanese for Busy People
732 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
745 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
482 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
66 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
54 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
35 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
35 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
968 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
410 Morohashi
51 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
130 New Nelson (John Haig)
959 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1032 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
171 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
657 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2155 2001 Kanji
2a4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-4 SKIP code
2520.0 Four corner code
1-23-79 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4ef6 Unicode hex code