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米

6 strokes
Radical:
rice 米
Parts:
米
rice, USA, metre
Kun:
こめ、 よね
On:
ベイ、 マイ、 メエトル
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
61 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 米 【ベイ】 (United States of) America, USA
  • 米価 【ベイカ】 rice price
  • 在米 【ザイベイ】 being in the United States, staying in the United States, residing in the United States
  • 対米 【タイベイ】 relating to the USA, toward America, with America
  • 精米 【セイマイ】 rice polishing, polished rice
  • 白米 【ハクマイ】 polished rice, (uncooked) white rice

Kun reading compounds

  • 米 【こめ】 (husked grains of) rice, staple (product, etc.), necessity, (online) comment
  • 米倉 【こめぐら】 rice granary
  • お米 【おこめ】 (husked grains of) rice
  • アルボリオ米 【アルボリオこめ】 arborio rice (Italian variety)
  • 米 【よね】 88 years old, rice
  • 米沢牛 【よねざわぎゅう】 Yonezawa beef
  • 白米 【はくまい】 polished rice, (uncooked) white rice

Readings

Japanese names:
は、 べ、 まべ、 め、 よ、 よな、 よの、 よま
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mi3
Korean:
mi

Spanish

  • arroz
  • América
  • arroz (crudo)

Portuguese

  • arroz
  • EUA

French

  • grain de riz
  • Amérique
  • un mètre
135 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
220 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
201 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
90 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3461 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
112 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
803 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
343 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.8 Japanese for Busy People
224 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
224 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
562 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1493 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4342 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2198 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2958 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
928 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
26832 Morohashi
3529 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4380 New Nelson (John Haig)
919 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
987 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
155 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
135 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1064 2001 Kanji
6b0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-6-3 SKIP code
9090.4 Four corner code
1-42-38 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7c73 Unicode hex code

国

8 strokes
Radical:
enclosure 囗
Parts:
丶 囗 王
Variants:
國 圀
country
Kun:
くに
On:
コク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
3 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 国益 【コクエキ】 national interest
  • 国営 【コクエイ】 government management, state management
  • 最恵国 【サイケイコク】 most favored nation, most favoured nation, MFN
  • 異国 【イコク】 foreign country

Kun reading compounds

  • 国 【くに】 country, state, region, national government, central government, home (i.e. hometown, home country), province (of Japan), land, earth
  • 国人 【こくじん】 indigenous person, inhabitant of a country, local, native, local lords and samurai, daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
  • お国 【おくに】 your native country, your hometown, my home country (i.e. Japan), countryside, country, daimyo's territory (Edo period)
  • 現国 【うつしくに】 world of mankind, this world

Readings

Japanese names:
くな、 こ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guo2
Korean:
gug

Spanish

  • país

Portuguese

  • País
  • terra
  • nação

French

  • pays
79 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
136 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
123 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
8 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1037 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
111 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
36 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
745 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.11 Japanese for Busy People
40 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
40 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
151 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
344 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3831 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1964 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2659 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
588 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4752 Morohashi
3087 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
950 New Nelson (John Haig)
581 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
624 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
158 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3172 2001 Kanji
3s5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-5 SKIP code
6010.3 Four corner code
1-25-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
56fd Unicode hex code

胸

10 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
丶 ノ 勹 凵 月
bosom, breast, chest, heart, feelings
Kun:
むね、 むな-
On:
キョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1144 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 胸部 【キョウブ】 chest, breast
  • 胸中 【キョウチュウ】 one's heart, one's mind, one's intentions
  • 豊胸 【ホウキョウ】 full breasts, ample breasts, breast enlargement
  • 開胸 【カイキョウ】 thoracotomy

Kun reading compounds

  • 胸 【むね】 chest, breast, breasts, bosom, bust, heart, lungs, stomach, heart, mind, feelings
  • 胸赤鶸 【むねあかひわ】 Eurasian linnet (Carduelis cannabina)
  • 両胸 【りょうむね】 both sides of the chest, both breasts
  • 鳩胸 【はとむね】 pigeon chest (deformity of the chest, protruding ribs and sternum), pigeon breast, pectus carinatum, woman with big breasts, iron armor with protruding chest, curved front portion of a stirrup, curve at the base of a shamisen neck

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiong1
Korean:
hyung

Spanish

  • pecho
  • corazón
  • sentimientos

Portuguese

  • seio
  • peito
  • tórax
  • coração
  • sentimentos

French

  • poitrine
  • seins
  • coeur
  • sentiments
851 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
840 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1085 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3768 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1149 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
846 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1347 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1283 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1357 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1086 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1030 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1187 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
647 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
858 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1504 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29442 Morohashi
951 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4811 New Nelson (John Haig)
1491 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1604 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
897 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3952 2001 Kanji
4b6.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
7722.0 Four corner code
1-22-27 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
80f8 Unicode hex code

部

11 strokes (also 10)
Radical:
town (阝 right) 邑 (阝)
Parts:
口 邦 立
Variants:
郶
section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
Kun:
-べ
On:
ブ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
36 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 部 【ブ】 department (in an organization, company, etc.), division, bureau, faculty, club (at a school, university, etc.), team, part, portion, region, area, category, class, division, section, heading, counter for copies of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.
  • 部位 【ブイ】 part (esp. of the body), region, site, cut (of meat)
  • 情報部 【ジョウホウブ】 information bureau, intelligence department
  • 首脳部 【シュノウブ】 executives, top management, governing body

Readings

Japanese names:
とり、 ふ、 ぺ、 ま
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bu4
Korean:
bu

Spanish

  • sección
  • departamento
  • parte
  • copia

Portuguese

  • seção
  • biro
  • departamento
  • classe
  • cópia
  • parte
  • porção
  • sufixo para contagem de jornais ou revistas

French

  • partie
  • bureau
  • service
  • classe
  • copie
  • section
  • portion
  • compteur de copies (presse)
504 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
407 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
384 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
37 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4767 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
282 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
969 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1418 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.5 Japanese for Busy People
86 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
86 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
53 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
762 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2111 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1099 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1498 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1862 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39460 Morohashi
1676 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6146 New Nelson (John Haig)
1845 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1988 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
52 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
386 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
444 2001 Kanji
2d8.15 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-3 SKIP code
1-8-2 SKIP code
0762.7 Four corner code
1-41-84 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
90e8 Unicode hex code

学

8 strokes
Radical:
child, seed 子
Parts:
冖 子 尚
Variants:
學 斈 斅
study, learning, science
Kun:
まな.ぶ
On:
ガク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
63 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 学 【ガク】 learning, scholarship, study, erudition, knowledge, education, study of ..., -ology, -ics
  • 学位 【ガクイ】 (academic) degree
  • 短期大学 【タンキダイガク】 junior college, vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution
  • 法医学 【ホウイガク】 forensic medicine, forensic pathology, medical jurisprudence, legal medicine

Kun reading compounds

  • 学ぶ 【まなぶ】 to learn, to study, to take lessons in

Readings

Japanese names:
たか、 のり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xue2
Korean:
hag

Spanish

  • estudio
  • aprendizaje
  • ciencia
  • estudiar

Portuguese

  • estudo
  • aprendizagem
  • ciência

French

  • étudier
  • apprendre
  • science
57 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
45 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
10 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
33 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1271 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
66 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
44 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
719 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.9 Japanese for Busy People
109 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
109 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
50 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
460 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3162 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1625 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2211 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
330 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6974 Morohashi
2555 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1294 New Nelson (John Haig)
324 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
346 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
15 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
71 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
947 2001 Kanji
3n4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-3 SKIP code
2-3-4 SKIP code
2-5-2 SKIP code
2-3-5 SKIP code
3240.7 Four corner code
9040.7 Four corner code
1-19-56 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5b66 Unicode hex code

会

6 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
二 个 厶
Variants:
會
meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Kun:
あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる
On:
カイ、 エ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
4 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 会 【カイ】 meeting, assembly, party, gathering, conference, athletic meet, society, association, club
  • 会員 【カイイン】 member, the membership
  • 例会 【レイカイ】 regular meeting
  • 際会 【サイカイ】 meeting, facing, confronting
  • 会 【エ】 gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.)
  • 会釈 【エシャク】 slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude), nod, salutation, consideration, thoughtfulness
  • 法会 【ホウエ】 Buddhist service (e.g. memorial service)
  • 御斎会 【ゴサイエ】 imperial event at which high monks recited the Golden Light Sutra to pray for national security and good harvests (held annually at the palace from the 8th to the 14th of the first lunar month, between the Nara and Muromachi periods)

Kun reading compounds

  • 会う 【あう】 to meet, to encounter, to see, to have an accident, to have a bad experience
  • 逢うは別れの始め 【あうはわかれのはじめ】 we meet only to part, meeting is the first step to parting
  • 会わせる 【あわせる】 to make (someone) to meet, to let (someone) meet, to expose to, to subject to

Readings

Japanese names:
あい、 い
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hui4, kuai4
Korean:
hoe, goe, gwal

Spanish

  • asociación
  • reunión
  • encontrarse con
  • reunirse

Portuguese

  • encontro
  • reunião
  • festa
  • associação
  • entrevista
  • une

French

  • réunion
  • rencontre
  • meeting
  • parti
  • association
  • entrevue
  • rejoindre
54 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
93 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
87 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
12 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
381 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
116 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
454 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
158 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
158 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
59 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
47 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2512 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1275 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1741 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
759 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
460 Morohashi
2020 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
143 New Nelson (John Haig)
752 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
814 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
16 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
119 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2871 2001 Kanji
2a4.19 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-4 SKIP code
2-3-3 SKIP code
8073.1 Four corner code
1-18-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f1a Unicode hex code