Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
rice
Parts:
西
millet
Kun:
あわもみ
On:
ゾクショクソク
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2146 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 粟 【ゾク】 millet, grain, stipend in rice, 10,000th of a shaku
  • 粟粒 【アワツブ】 millet grain, something extremely tiny
  • 稲粟 【トウゾク】 rice and millet
  • 滄海の一粟 【ソウカイノイチゾク】 drop in the bucket, drop in the ocean, one grain of millet in a vast ocean

Kun reading compounds

  • 粟 【あわ】 foxtail millet (Setaria italica), Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
  • 粟おこし 【あわおこし】 millet brittle
  • 糯粟 【もちあわ】 glutinous millet (for making mochi and certain types of alcohol)
  • 濡れ手で粟 【ぬれてであわ】 easy profit

Readings

Japanese names:
あ、 さっ、 そう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
su4
Korean:
sog

Spanish

  • mijo

Portuguese

French

4277 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1763 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3326 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2343 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
26922 Morohashi
4403 New Nelson (John Haig)
2654 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2696 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
6b6.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-6 SKIP code
1090.4 Four corner code
1-16-32 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7c9f Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
haven, port, harbor, ferry
Kun:
On:
シン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1036 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 津液 【シンエキ】 saliva, spit, spittle, fluid (in Chinese medicine, esp. a colourless bodily fluid, e.g. tears)
  • 津々 【シンシン】 gushing, overflowing, everlasting, unfailing, endless
  • 京津 【ケイシン】 Kyoto-Otsu, Kyoto and Otsu, Kyoto-Settsu, Kyoto and Settsu
  • 入津 【ニュウシン】 entering a port

Kun reading compounds

  • 津 【つ】 Tsu (city in Mie), harbour, harbor, port, ferry
  • 津波 【つなみ】 tsunami, tidal wave
  • 大津 【おおつ】 Ōtsu (city in Shiga)
  • 秋津 【あきつ】 dragonfly

Readings

Japanese names:
ず、 ち、 と
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jin1
Korean:
jin

Spanish

  • puerto
  • transbordador
  • desbordado
  • inundado

Portuguese

  • abrigo
  • porto
  • balsa

French

  • havre
  • port
  • bac
1434 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
679 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2543 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
975 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1469 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
826 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
668 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
679 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1397 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1188 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
466 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
290 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
351 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
334 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17396 Morohashi
390 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3122 New Nelson (John Haig)
328 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
350 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1275 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
355 2001 Kanji
3a6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
3510.7 Four corner code
1-36-37 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6d25 Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
horse
Parts:
Variants:
station
On:
エキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
724 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 駅 【エキ】 railway station, train station, staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan), counter for railway stations and bus stations
  • 駅員 【エキイン】 (train) station attendant, station employee, station staff
  • 宿駅 【シュクエキ】 relay station, post station, stage
  • 終着駅 【シュウチャクエキ】 terminal station

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yi4
Korean:
yeog

Spanish

  • estación

Portuguese

  • estação

French

  • gare
158 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
253 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
233 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
384 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5199 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
189 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
101 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2172 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.12 Japanese for Busy People
284 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
284 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
56 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1915 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2292 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1184 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1618 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2003 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
44633P Morohashi
1822 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6735 New Nelson (John Haig)
1984 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2138 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
426 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3462 2001 Kanji
10a4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-10-4 SKIP code
7738.7 Four corner code
1-17-56 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
99c5 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
nourishing, more & more, be luxuriant, planting, turbidity
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1563 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 滋養 【ジヨウ】 nourishment, nutrition
  • 慈雨 【ジウ】 welcome rain, beneficial rain, blessed rain, rain that comes after a drought
  • 京滋 【ケイジ】 Kyoto-Shiga, Kyoto and Shiga
  • 茂る 【シゲル】 to grow thickly, to be in full leaf, to be rampant, to luxuriate, to be luxurious
  • 滋賀 【シガ】 Shiga (prefecture)

Readings

Japanese names:
し、 しげ、 しげる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zi1
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • florecer
  • ser exuberante
  • nutritivo

Portuguese

  • nutrir
  • mais & mais
  • ser luxuriante
  • planta
  • turbidez

French

  • nourrissant
  • de plus en plus
  • luxuriant
  • plantation
  • turbidité
1327 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1625 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2626 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1395 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1489 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2460 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1549 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1651 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1776 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1222 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
734 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
437 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
549 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1400 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17919P Morohashi
602 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3238 New Nelson (John Haig)
1388 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1489 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1559 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
371 2001 Kanji
3a9.27 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
3813.2 Four corner code
1-28-02 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6ecb Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
shell
Parts:
congratulations, joy
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1056 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 賀 【ガ】 congratulation, celebration
  • 賀正 【ガショウ】 A Happy New Year!
  • 年賀 【ネンガ】 New Year's greetings, New Year's call, New Year's gift
  • 祝賀 【シュクガ】 celebration, congratulations

Readings

Japanese names:
か、 のり、 よし、 より
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
he4
Korean:
ha

Spanish

  • felicitaciones
  • enhorabuena
  • alegría

Portuguese

  • congratulações
  • prazer

French

  • félicitations
  • joie
565 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
660 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
630 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
778 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4501 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
615 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1780 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1756 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
756 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
769 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1019 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1728 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3212 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1663 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2253 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
877 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36725 Morohashi
2599 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5790 New Nelson (John Haig)
868 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
933 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
751 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1661 2001 Kanji
7b5.10 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-7 SKIP code
4680.6 Four corner code
1-18-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8cc0 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
eye
Parts:
Variants:
prefecture
Kun:
か.ける
On:
ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
140 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 県 【ケン】 prefecture (Japan), county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.), department (France), province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
  • 県営 【ケンエイ】 (under) prefectural management
  • 都道府県 【トドウフケン】 prefectures (of Japan), largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
  • 同県 【ドウケン】 the same prefecture, the said prefecture

Readings

Japanese names:
あがた、 がた
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xian4
Korean:
hyeon

Spanish

  • prefectura

Portuguese

  • Condado
  • prefeitura (região)

French

  • préfecture
  • département
203 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
291 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
273 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
195 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1362 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
381 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
226 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1252 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
194 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
194 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
336 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1380 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3269 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1687 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2294 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
126 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23210P Morohashi
2641 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3918 New Nelson (John Haig)
513 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
552 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
326 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1241 2001 Kanji
3n6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-3 SKIP code
3-4-5 SKIP code
2-5-4 SKIP code
2690.1 Four corner code
1-24-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
770c Unicode hex code