Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
stone
Parts:
sand
Kun:
すな
On:
シャ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1146 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 砂漠 【サバク】 desert
  • 砂糖 【サトウ】 sugar
  • 土砂 【ドシャ】 sediment, earth and sand
  • 流砂 【リュウサ】 quicksand
  • 砂岩 【サガン】 sandstone
  • 砂丘 【サキュウ】 sand dune, sand hill
  • 土砂 【ドシャ】 sediment, earth and sand
  • 流砂 【リュウサ】 quicksand

Kun reading compounds

  • 砂 【すな】 sand, grit
  • 砂浜 【すなはま】 sandy beach
  • 鳴き砂 【なきすな】 singing sand (which produces sound when stepped on), whistling sand, squeaking sand, barking sand
  • 猫砂 【ねこすな】 cat litter, kitty litter

Readings

Japanese names:
いさ、 ご
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sha1
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • arena
  • gravilla

Portuguese

  • Areia

French

  • sable
879 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
869 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1031 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3181 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1127 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
764 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
876 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1151 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1204 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1152 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1399 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1457 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
772 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1047 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
118 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24046 Morohashi
1133 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3992 New Nelson (John Haig)
117 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
122 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
882 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3360 2001 Kanji
5a4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-4 SKIP code
1962.0 Four corner code
1-26-29 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7802 Unicode hex code

16 strokes
Radical:
rice
Parts:
广
sugar
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1471 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 糖 【トウ】 sugar
  • 糖尿病 【トウニョウビョウ】 diabetes, diabetes mellitus
  • 黒砂糖 【クロザトウ】 (unrefined) brown sugar, muscovado
  • 製糖 【セイトウ】 sugar manufacture

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tang2
Korean:
dang, tang

Spanish

  • azúcar
  • edulcorante

Portuguese

  • açúcar

French

  • sucre
958 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
947 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1125 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3485 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1128 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1615 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1698 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1814 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1283 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1501 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1777 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
948 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1281 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1166 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27070X Morohashi
1403 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4420 New Nelson (John Haig)
1158 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1242 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
996 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1077 2001 Kanji
6b10.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-10 SKIP code
9096.7 Four corner code
1-37-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7cd6 Unicode hex code

17 strokes
Radical:
wine, alcohol
Parts:
Variants:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 醤油 【ショウユ】 soy sauce, shoyu
  • 醤油炒め 【ショウユイタメ】 fried dish seasoned with soy sauce
  • 肉醤 【シシビシオ】 salted and fermented meat or fish
  • 魚醤 【ギョショウ】 fish sauce (made from fermented salted fish)

Kun reading compounds

  • 醤 【ひしお】 paste similar to miso made from koji mold and salt water, watery mash left over from making soy sauce

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jiang4
Korean:
jang

Spanish

  • tipo de miso

Portuguese

French

4801 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3537 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
40011X Morohashi
6186 New Nelson (John Haig)
2746 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2774 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
7e11.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-10-7 SKIP code
2760.1 Four corner code
1-30-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
91a4 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
oil, fat
Kun:
あぶら
On:
ユウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
690 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 油井 【ユセイ】 oil well
  • 油彩 【ユサイ】 oil painting
  • 重油 【ジュウユ】 heavy oil, fuel oil
  • 軽油 【ケイユ】 diesel oil, diesel fuel, gas oil, light oil
  • 油色 【ユショク】 coating a painting with a layer of transparent oil
  • 油然 【ユウゼン】 gushingly, freely (welling up), copiously

Kun reading compounds

  • 油 【あぶら】 oil
  • 油絵 【あぶらえ】 oil painting
  • 匂い油 【においあぶら】 perfumed hair oil
  • 機械油 【きかいあぶら】 machine oil

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
you2
Korean:
yu

Spanish

  • aceite
  • grasa

Portuguese

  • petróleo
  • gordura
  • óleo

French

  • huile
  • gras
522 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
422 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
400 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
689 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2534 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
298 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
671 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
593 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
364 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
365 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
624 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1183 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
400 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
255 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
303 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1116 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17253 Morohashi
341 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3106 New Nelson (John Haig)
1107 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1188 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
317 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
376 2001 Kanji
3a5.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
3516.0 Four corner code
1-44-93 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6cb9 Unicode hex code