Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
rice
Parts:
coarse, rough, rugged
Kun:
あら.いあら-
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1689 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 粗 【ソ】 coarse, rough, crude, raw, unrefined
  • 粗鋼 【ソコウ】 crude steel
  • 精粗 【セイソ】 fineness or coarseness, minuteness or roughness

Kun reading compounds

  • 粗い 【あらい】 coarse, rough

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cu1
Korean:
jo

Spanish

  • basto
  • tosco
  • rudo
  • palabras de humildad

Portuguese

  • grosseiro
  • rude
  • áspero

French

  • grossier
  • rude
1508 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1619 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3473 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1724 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1611 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1084 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1134 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1560 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1496 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1683 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
895 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1214 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1793 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
26898 Morohashi
1329 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4394 New Nelson (John Haig)
1777 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1915 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1469 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1073 2001 Kanji
6b5.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-5 SKIP code
9791.0 Four corner code
1-33-38 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7c97 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
square
Parts:
direction, person, alternative
Kun:
かた-かた-がた
On:
ホウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
46 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 方 【ホウ】 direction, way, side, area (in a particular direction), side (of an argument, etc.), one's part, type, category, field (of study, etc.), indicates one side of a comparison, way, method, manner, means, length (of each side of a square)
  • 方言 【ホウゲン】 dialect, provincialism
  • 途方 【トホウ】 way, destination, reason
  • 右方 【ウホウ】 right side, style of Japanese court music

Kun reading compounds

  • 方 【かた】 direction, way, person, lady, gentleman, method of, manner of, way of, care of ..., person in charge of ..., side (e.g. "on my mother's side")
  • 方々 【かたがた】 people, (all) persons, everyone, ladies and gentlemen, you (usu. plural)
  • 親方 【おやかた】 master, boss, chief, foreman, supervisor, stable master, craftsman, artisan, foster parent
  • 出方 【でかた】 attitude, approach, move, theater usher, theatre usher

Readings

Japanese names:
から、 な、 なた、 ふさ、 まさ、 みち、 も、 わ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fang1
Korean:
bang

Spanish

  • dirección
  • lado
  • cuadrado
  • método
  • manera
  • persona
  • forma de hacer

Portuguese

  • direção
  • pessoa
  • alternativa

French

  • direction
  • personne
  • alternative
138 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
223 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
204 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
28 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2082 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
26 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
182 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
85 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.5 Japanese for Busy People
70 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
70 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
43 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
957 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2459 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1243 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1709 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
501 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13620 Morohashi
1963 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2389 New Nelson (John Haig)
490 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
529 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
25 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
102 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
445 2001 Kanji
4h0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-2 SKIP code
3-3-1 SKIP code
0022.7 Four corner code
1-42-93 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
65b9 Unicode hex code