Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
bamboo 竹 (⺮)
Parts:
bamboo hat, one's influence
Kun:
かさ
On:
リュウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
1499 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 蓑笠 【ミノカサ】 sedge hat and straw rain cape

Kun reading compounds

  • 笠 【かさ】 conical hat (East-Asian style), coolie hat, something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella, shade (of a lamp), mushroom cap, pileus
  • 笠石 【かさいし】 copestone, cope, coping stone, capping stone, capstone
  • 嫁が笠 【よめがかさ】 Cellana toreuma (species of limpet)
  • 煙突の笠 【えんとつのかさ】 chimney cap

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
li4
Korean:
rib

Spanish

  • sombrero de bambú
  • objeto con esa forma

Portuguese

French

  • chapeau de bambou
  • influence (d'une personne)
3381 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1473 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3300 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2320 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
948 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
25924 Morohashi
2662 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4269 New Nelson (John Haig)
939 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1009 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
6f5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-5 SKIP code
8810.8 Four corner code
1-19-62 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7b20 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
Variants:
pine tree
Kun:
まつ
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
471 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 松竹梅 【ショウチクバイ】 pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping), high, middle and low (ranking), top, middle and bottom, upper, medium, lower, first, second and third (class)
  • 鰹 【カツオ】 skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis), oceanic bonito, victorfish
  • 老松 【ロウショウ】 old pine tree
  • 翠松 【スイショウ】 verdant pine, green pine

Kun reading compounds

  • 松 【まつ】 pine tree (Pinus spp.), highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
  • 松下電工 【まつしたでんこう】 Matsushita Electric Works
  • 赤松 【あかまつ】 Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora), Japanese umbrella pine, tanyosho pine
  • 浜松 【はままつ】 Hamamatsu (city)

Readings

Japanese names:
おお、 しょ、 ま、 まっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
song1
Korean:
song

Spanish

  • pino

Portuguese

  • pinheiro

French

  • pin
536 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1394 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
215 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2212 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
884 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1419 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
869 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
696 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
709 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
970 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1075 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1075 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
580 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
769 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
793 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14516 Morohashi
864 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2592 New Nelson (John Haig)
785 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
848 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
483 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
508 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1871 2001 Kanji
4a4.16 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
4893.2 Four corner code
1-30-30 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
677e Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
overgrown, grow thick, be luxuriant
Kun:
しげ.る
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1188 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 茂林 【モリン】 luxuriant (dense) forest
  • 繁茂 【ハンモ】 flourishing (of plants), thriving, luxuriant growth, growing lushly, rankness (of weeds)

Kun reading compounds

  • 茂る 【しげる】 to grow thickly, to be in full leaf, to be rampant, to luxuriate, to be luxurious

Readings

Japanese names:
うむさ、 き、 し、 つとむ、 む、 もて
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mao4
Korean:
mu

Spanish

  • frondoso
  • exuberante
  • tupido
  • engordar
  • crecer (plantas)
  • ser lujoso
  • hacerse frondoso
  • hacerse tupido

Portuguese

  • Coberto de plantas
  • cresce forte
  • luxuriante

French

  • pousser dru
  • s'épaissir
  • luxuriant
1850 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1166 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3915 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1799 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1699 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
691 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1467 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1563 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1840 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
650 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2791 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1435 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1934 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
366 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30833P Morohashi
2245 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4998 New Nelson (John Haig)
360 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
384 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1216 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1959 2001 Kanji
3k5.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
4425.3 Four corner code
1-44-48 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8302 Unicode hex code