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簡

18 strokes
Radical:
bamboo 竹 (⺮)
Parts:
日 竹 門 乞
Variants:
simplicity, brevity
Kun:
えら.ぶ、 ふだ
On:
カン、 ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
983 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 簡 【カン】 simplicity, brevity, letter, note, correspondence, bamboo writing strip (in ancient China), simplified Chinese character
  • 簡易 【カンイ】 simplicity, convenience, easiness, quasi-
  • 書簡 【ショカン】 letter, note, epistle, correspondence
  • 来簡 【ライカン】 correspondence, received letter
  • 不料簡 【フリョウケン】 indiscretion, bad idea, thoughtlessness, indiscreetness

Kun reading compounds

  • 札 【ふだ】 ticket, token, check, receipt, label, tag, sign, card, plate, playing card, charm, talisman, slip of paper posted on shrine pillars by pilgrims

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian3
Korean:
gan

Spanish

  • simple
  • breve
  • aproximado
  • carta

Portuguese

  • simplicidade
  • brevidade

French

  • simplicité
  • brièveté
843 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
829 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
870 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3444 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1103 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
802 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2788 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1533 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1634 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
358 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1490 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3380 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1746 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2374 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1635 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
26520P Morohashi
2721 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4358 New Nelson (John Haig)
1621 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1749 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1002 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2378 2001 Kanji
6f12.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-12 SKIP code
3-14-4 SKIP code
8822.7 Four corner code
1-20-42 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7c21 Unicode hex code

文

4 strokes
Radical:
script, literature 文
Parts:
文
sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
Kun:
ふみ、 あや
On:
ブン、 モン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
190 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 文 【ブン】 sentence, composition, text, writings, the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts), academia, literature, statement
  • 文化 【ブンカ】 culture, civilization, civilisation, Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
  • 公文 【コウブン】 official document, archives
  • 異文 【イブン】 variant (in a manuscript or book), part of a text that differs from other versions
  • 文 【モン】 mon, one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870), mon, traditional unit used for shoe and sock sizes (approx. 2.4 cm), letter, character, sentence, scripture, incantation
  • 紋 【モン】 (family) crest, coat of arms, pattern, figure, playing card suit (in karuta)
  • 人文 【ジンブン】 humanity, civilization, civilisation, culture
  • 縄文 【ジョウモン】 straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware, Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)

Kun reading compounds

  • 文 【ふみ】 letter, note, mail, book, writings, literary arts, learning, scholarship
  • 文香 【ふみこう】 scented insert (to enclose with a letter), perfumed insert
  • 御文 【おふみ】 Gobunsho (The Epistles, a collection of letters written by Rennyo)
  • 雁の文 【かりのふみ】 (a) letter
  • 綾 【あや】 figure, design, twill weave, pattern of diagonal stripes, style (of writing), figure (of speech), design, plot, plan, minor market fluctuation, technical correction, cat's cradle, lease rod (in a loom)
  • 文つける 【あやつける】 to make a false accusation, to invent a pretext for a quarrel
  • 言葉は身の文 【ことばはみのあや】 words betray one's character

Readings

Japanese names:
かざり、 ふ、 も
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wen2, wen4
Korean:
mun

Spanish

  • letras
  • literatura

Portuguese

  • sentença
  • literatura
  • estilo
  • arte
  • decoração
  • figuras
  • plano

French

  • phrase
  • littérature
  • style
  • art
  • décoration
  • figure (de style)
  • plan
  • radical littéraire (no. 67)
134 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
77 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
68 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
136 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2064 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
71 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
180 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
86 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.19 Japanese for Busy People
111 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
111 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
320 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
949 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2458 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1242 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1708 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1741 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13450 Morohashi
1962 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2364 New Nelson (John Haig)
1725 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1861 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
89 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
35 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
466 2001 Kanji
2j2.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-2 SKIP code
0040.0 Four corner code
1-42-24 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6587 Unicode hex code

帝

9 strokes
Radical:
turban, scarf 巾
Parts:
亠 并 冖 巾 立
sovereign, the emperor, god, creator
Kun:
みかど
On:
テイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1276 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 帝国 【テイコク】 empire, imperial
  • 帝京 【テイキョウ】 the capital
  • 女帝 【ジョテイ】 empress
  • 大帝 【タイテイ】 great emperor, ... the Great

Kun reading compounds

  • 帝 【みかど】 emperor (of Japan), mikado, (the gates of an) imperial residence
  • 帝揚羽 【みかどあげは】 common jay (species of swallowtail butterfly, Graphium doson)
  • 時の帝 【ときのみかど】 emperor of the time

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
di4
Korean:
je

Spanish

  • soberano
  • emperador

Portuguese

  • soberano
  • o imperador
  • Deus
  • criador

French

  • souverain
  • empereur
  • dieu
  • créateur
1616 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1024 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
305 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
906 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1250 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
971 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1179 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1237 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1066 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
561 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2573 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1315 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1786 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
442 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8865 Morohashi
2073 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1560 New Nelson (John Haig)
435 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
466 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1250 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
444 2001 Kanji
2j7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-7 SKIP code
2-6-3 SKIP code
0022.7 Four corner code
1-36-75 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e1d Unicode hex code

東

8 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
一 ｜ 日 木 田
east
Kun:
ひがし
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
37 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 東欧 【トウオウ】 Eastern Europe
  • 東亜 【トウア】 East Asia, the Orient
  • 北北東 【ホクホクトウ】 north-northeast, north-north-east
  • 東北東 【トウホクトウ】 east-northeast, ENE

Kun reading compounds

  • 東 【ひがし】 east
  • 東方 【とうほう】 eastern direction, the Orient, eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
  • 犬が西向きゃ尾は東 【いぬがにしむきゃおはひがし】 that goes without saying, water is wet, when a dog turns west, its tail turns east

Readings

Japanese names:
あい、 あがり、 あずま、 あづま、 こち、 さき、 しの、 とお、 はる、 ひが、 もと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dong1
Korean:
dong

Spanish

  • Este

Portuguese

  • Oriente

French

  • Est
121 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
201 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
184 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
11 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
213 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
27 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
63 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
771 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.10 Japanese for Busy People
71 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
71 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
39 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1053 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4385 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2221 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2987 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
516 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14499 Morohashi
3568 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2596 New Nelson (John Haig)
504 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
543 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
108 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
164 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1564 2001 Kanji
0a8.9 The Kanji Dictionary
4-8-3 SKIP code
5090.6 Four corner code
1-37-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6771 Unicode hex code

晋

10 strokes
Radical:
sun, day 日
Parts:
一 日
Variants:
晉
advance
Kun:
すす.む
On:
シン
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1655 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 晋 【シン】 Jin dynasty (of China; 265-420 CE), Chin dynasty
  • 晋山 【シンザン】 taking up a new position as chief priest of a Buddhist temple
  • 西晋 【セイシン】 Western Jin dynasty (of China; 265-317 CE), Western Chin dynasty
  • 後晋 【コウシン】 Later Jin dynasty (of China; 936-947), Later Chin dynasty

Kun reading compounds

  • 晋 【しん】 Jin dynasty (of China; 265-420 CE), Chin dynasty

Readings

Japanese names:
すすむ、 ゆき、 くに、 すすみ、 のぶ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jin4
Korean:
jin

Spanish

  • avanzar
  • antigua región de China

Portuguese

French

55 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1953 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1215 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2093 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3290 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1701 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2312 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
13899 Morohashi
2656 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2455 New Nelson (John Haig)
2436 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2514 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4c6.8 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-4 SKIP code
1060.1 Four corner code
1-31-24 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
664b Unicode hex code