Jisho

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14 strokes
Radical:
stone
Parts:
blue, green
On:
ヘキヒャク
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2455 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 碧雲 【ヘキウン】 bluish cloud, azure sky, blue sky
  • 碧海 【ヘキカイ】 blue sea, blue expanse of water

Readings

Japanese names:
みどり、 あお、 たま
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bi4
Korean:
byeog

Spanish

  • azul
  • verde

Portuguese

French

3208 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2225 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2176 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3515 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1815 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2469 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
24334 Morohashi
2836 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4027 New Nelson (John Haig)
2588 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2634 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
5a9.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-9-5 SKIP code
1660.1 Four corner code
1-42-43 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
78a7 Unicode hex code

3 strokes
Radical:
mountain
Parts:
mountain
Kun:
やま
On:
サンセン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
131 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 山 【サン】 Mt., Mount, temple
  • 山陰 【ヤマカゲ】 place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess
  • 治山 【チサン】 forest conservation, afforestation
  • 開山 【カイサン】 founding a temple (on a hill-top)
  • 山道 【ヤマミチ】 mountain road, mountain trail
  • 山海経 【センガイキョウ】 Classic of Mountains and Seas (classic Chinese text)
  • 雪山 【セツザン】 snowy mountain, permanently snow-covered mountain, Himalayas
  • 須弥山 【シュミセン】 Mount Sumeru (believed to be the centre of the Buddhist world)

Kun reading compounds

  • 山 【やま】 mountain, hill, mine (e.g. coal mine), heap, pile, crown (of a hat), thread (of a screw), tread (of a tire), protruding part of an object, high part, climax, peak, critical point, guess, speculation, gamble, criminal case, crime, mountain climbing, mountaineering, festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd), deck (of playing cards on table, face down, from which cards are drawn), stack, wall, wall tile, temple, temple grounds, wild
  • 山陰 【やまかげ】 place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess
  • 奥山 【おくやま】 remote mountain, mountain recesses
  • 青山 【せいざん】 lush mountain, green mountain, grave, burial place

Readings

Japanese names:
さ、 やの、 やん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shan1
Korean:
san

Spanish

  • montaña

Portuguese

  • montanha

French

  • montagne
38 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
58 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
24 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
60 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1407 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
21 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
48 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
89 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.11 Japanese for Busy People
34 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
34 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
100 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
535 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3658 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1867 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2544 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
775 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7869 Morohashi
2940 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1439 New Nelson (John Haig)
768 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
830 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
148 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
17 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1276 2001 Kanji
3o0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-1 SKIP code
4-3-2 SKIP code
2277.0 Four corner code
1-27-19 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c71 Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
two
Parts:
Variants:
span, range, extend over
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1728 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 亘古 【コウコ】 for ever, from ancient times
  • 連亘 【レンコウ】 extending in a row

Kun reading compounds

  • 渡る 【わたる】 to cross over, to go across, to extend, to cover, to range, to span

Readings

Japanese names:
のぶ、 とうる、 わたる、 ひさし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gen4
Korean:
seon, hwan

Spanish

  • ensanchar
  • cruzar
  • atravesar

Portuguese

French

  • durée
  • s'étendre (espace)
  • demande
30 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
262 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2006 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2438 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1232 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1697 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
32 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
262 Morohashi
1939 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
79 New Nelson (John Haig)
32 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
32 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4c2.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-1-5 SKIP code
1010.6 Four corner code
1-47-43 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e98 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
right
Kun:
みぎ
On:
ユウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
602 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 右中間 【ウチュウカン】 between right and center fielders (centre)
  • 右側 【ミギガワ】 right side, right-hand side
  • 極右 【キョクウ】 far right (in politics), extreme right, ultraconservative
  • 最右 【サイウ】 right-most, rightmost
  • 右筆 【ユウヒツ】 private secretary, amanuensis
  • 右文 【ユウブン】 respect for literary culture
  • 上下左右 【ジョウゲサユウ】 up and down, left and right, top and bottom, left and right

Kun reading compounds

  • 右 【みぎ】 right, right-hand side, right hand, the above (in a piece of vertical writing), above-mentioned, the right (wing), rightist
  • 右腕 【みぎうで】 right arm, right-hand man, right hand, right-hand person, right-handed pitcher
  • 上右 【うえみぎ】 upper right (corner)
  • 下右 【したみぎ】 lower right (corner)

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 すけ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
you4
Korean:
u

Spanish

  • derecha

Portuguese

  • Direita

French

  • droite
19 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
22 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
2 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
503 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
878 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
88 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
33 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
171 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.12 Japanese for Busy People
76 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
76 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
35 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
277 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3693 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1888 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2568 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
78 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3250 Morohashi
2975 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
700 New Nelson (John Haig)
78 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
82 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
384 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
38 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1477 2001 Kanji
3d2.15 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-3 SKIP code
4060.0 Four corner code
1-17-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
53f3 Unicode hex code