Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
stone
Parts:
cannon, gun
On:
ホウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1268 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 砲 【ホウ】 gun, cannon, artillery, ordnance
  • 砲火 【ホウカ】 gunfire, fire
  • 迫撃砲 【ハクゲキホウ】 mortar
  • 大砲 【タイホウ】 (large) gun, cannon, artillery, long-ball hitter, home-run hitter

Readings

Japanese names:
づつ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pao4
Korean:
po

Spanish

  • cañón
  • pistola

Portuguese

  • canhão
  • arma

French

  • canon
  • fusil
1800 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1217 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3185 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
993 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1569 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1764 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1894 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1631 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1402 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1479 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
785 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1065 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
538 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24120P Morohashi
1151 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3998 New Nelson (John Haig)
532 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
571 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1372 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3356 2001 Kanji
5a5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-5 SKIP code
1761.2 Four corner code
1-43-04 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7832 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
house on cliff 广
Parts:
广
squat, seat, cushion, gathering, sit
Kun:
すわ.る
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
588 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 座 【ザ】 seat, place, position, status, gathering, party, company, atmosphere (of a gathering), stand, pedestal, platform, trade guild, attaches to the names of constellations, attaches to the names of theatres, cinemas and theatrical troupes, counter for theatres, deities, Buddhist images, tall mountains, and satokagura songs
  • 座敷 【ザシキ】 tatami room, tatami mat room, formal Japanese room, dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
  • 連座 【レンザ】 implication (in a crime), involvement, sitting in a row (in the same seat)
  • 同坐 【ドウザ】 sitting together, the same theater (theatre), involvement, entanglement, implication

Kun reading compounds

  • 座る 【すわる】 to sit, to squat, to assume (a position), to hold steady, to hold still

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zuo4
Korean:
jwa

Spanish

  • sitio
  • asiento
  • constelación
  • sentarse

Portuguese

  • agachar
  • assento
  • almofada
  • reunião
  • sentar

French

  • s'accroupir
  • s'asseoir
  • siège
  • coussin
  • rassemblement
  • théâtre
  • constellation
880 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
870 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
377 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1515 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1089 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
510 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1245 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
786 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
800 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
175 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
590 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3868 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1989 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2686 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1033 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9319 Morohashi
3116 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1619 New Nelson (John Haig)
1024 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1100 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
900 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
572 2001 Kanji
3q7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-7 SKIP code
0021.4 Four corner code
1-26-34 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5ea7 Unicode hex code