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笹

11 strokes
Radical:
bamboo 竹 (⺮)
Parts:
世 竹 乞
bamboo grass, (kokuji)
Kun:
ささ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1743 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Kun reading compounds

  • 笹 【ささ】 bamboo grass, generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
  • 笹原 【ささはら】 field of bamboo grass

Readings

Japanese names:
さ、 さき、 しの、 じね
Korean:
se

Spanish

  • hierba de bambú

Portuguese

French

  • pousse de bambou
3384 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1772 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2189 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3301 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1708 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2321 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
949 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
25968 Morohashi
2663 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4271 New Nelson (John Haig)
940 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1010 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
6f5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-5 SKIP code
2-6-4 SKIP code
8871.7 Four corner code
1-26-91 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7b39 Unicode hex code

原

10 strokes
Radical:
cliff 厂
Parts:
厂 小 白
Variants:
厡
meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness
Kun:
はら
On:
ゲン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
172 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 原 【ゲン】 original, primitive, primary, fundamental, proto-
  • 原案 【ゲンアン】 original plan, original bill, original motion, draft
  • 中原 【チュウゲン】 middle of a field, middle of a country, field of contest
  • 抗原 【コウゲン】 antigen

Kun reading compounds

  • 原 【はら】 field, plain, prairie, tundra, moor, wilderness
  • 原っぱ 【はらっぱ】 open field, empty lot, plain
  • 笹原 【ささはら】 field of bamboo grass
  • 関ヶ原 【せきがはら】 Sekigahara (battle site, 1600), decisive battle, critical battle

Readings

Japanese names:
た、 ばる、 ら、 わた、 わら
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yuan2
Korean:
weon

Spanish

  • origen
  • pradera
  • prado
  • campo

Portuguese

  • prado
  • original
  • primitivo
  • campo
  • planície
  • pradaria
  • tundra
  • sertão

French

  • pré
  • prairie
  • champ
  • original
  • primitif
  • toundra
  • désert (étendue sauvage)
205 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
119 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
107 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
132 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
825 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
202 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
388 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1231 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
136 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
136 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
405 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
260 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3733 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1910 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2593 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
136 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2973 Morohashi
3009 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
652 New Nelson (John Haig)
134 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
142 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
113 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
192 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3341 2001 Kanji
2p8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-8 SKIP code
7129.6 Four corner code
1-24-22 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
539f Unicode hex code

義

13 strokes
Radical:
sheep 羊 (⺶)
Parts:
一 亅 并 戈 手 王 羊
righteousness, justice, morality, honor, loyalty, meaning
On:
ギ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
415 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 義 【ギ】 morality, righteousness, justice, honour (honor), meaning, teachings, doctrine, nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws), prosthesis
  • 義援金 【ギエンキン】 donation money (esp. disaster relief or charity), contribution
  • 疑義 【ギギ】 doubt
  • 大義 【タイギ】 great cause, moral law, justice

Readings

Japanese names:
ただし、 ちか、 のり、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yi4
Korean:
eui

Spanish

  • moralidad
  • lealtad
  • significado
  • artificial
  • no consanguíneo

Portuguese

  • retidão
  • justiça
  • moralidade
  • honra
  • lealdade
  • significado

French

  • vertu
  • justice
  • moralité
  • honneur
  • loyauté
  • signification
580 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
674 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
645 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
287 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3668 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
244 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1658 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1975 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
291 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
291 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
493 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1568 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2948 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1514 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2052 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
648 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28504 Morohashi
2338 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4668 New Nelson (John Haig)
641 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
691 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
62 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
771 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
959 2001 Kanji
2o11.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-10 SKIP code
2-6-7 SKIP code
2-2-11 SKIP code
8055.3 Four corner code
1-21-33 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7fa9 Unicode hex code

巳

3 strokes
Radical:
oneself 己 (巳, 已, 㔾)
Parts:
已
sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM, sixth sign of Chinese zodiac
Kun:
み
On:
シ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2142 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 巳 【ミ】 the Snake (sixth sign of the Chinese zodiac), the Serpent, hour of the Snake (around 10am, 9-11am, or 10am-12 noon), south-southeast, fourth month of the lunar calendar
  • 丁巳 【ヒノトミ】 Fire Snake (54th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1917, 1977, 2037)
  • 上巳 【ジョウシ】 Doll's Festival (March 3), Girls' Festival, Peach Festival

Kun reading compounds

  • 巳 【み】 the Snake (sixth sign of the Chinese zodiac), the Serpent, hour of the Snake (around 10am, 9-11am, or 10am-12 noon), south-southeast, fourth month of the lunar calendar
  • 巳年 【みどし】 year of the Snake
  • 上巳 【じょうし】 Doll's Festival (March 3), Girls' Festival, Peach Festival
  • 辰巳 【たつみ】 southeast

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
si4
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • signo de la serpiente
  • sexto signo del zodíaco
  • serpiente

Portuguese

French

  • signe de la 6ème branche terrestre
  • signe du Serpent (zodiaque)
  • 9 à 11 heures du matin
1697 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1460 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1944 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
30 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2060 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
4197 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2124 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2873 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2063 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8744 Morohashi
3388 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1538 New Nelson (John Haig)
2042 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2200 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
0a3.16 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-1 SKIP code
3-1-2 SKIP code
7771.7 Four corner code
1-44-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5df3 Unicode hex code