Jisho

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14 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
Variants:
green
Kun:
みどり
On:
リョクロク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
1180 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 緑色 【ミドリイロ】 green, green color
  • 緑化 【リョッカ】 greening (i.e. planting to increase greenery), tree planting, afforestation
  • 新緑 【シンリョク】 fresh verdure, new green leaves
  • 常緑 【ジョウリョク】 evergreen
  • 緑青 【ロクショウ】 verdigris, green rust, copper rust
  • 四緑 【シロク】 fourth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Jupiter and south-east)

Kun reading compounds

  • 緑 【みどり】 green, greenery, verdure
  • 緑色 【みどりいろ】 green, green color
  • 黄緑 【きみどり】 pea green, yellow-green
  • 青緑 【あおみどり】 blue-green, turquoise, aqua, spirogyra, algae forming pond scum

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lu:4
Korean:
rog

Spanish

  • verde
  • verdor

Portuguese

  • Verde

French

  • vert
532 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
435 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
412 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1102 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3564 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
876 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
824 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2535 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
537 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
546 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
731 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1546 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1741 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
934 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1259 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1383 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27541P Morohashi
1377 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4528 New Nelson (John Haig)
1371 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1471 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
430 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2742 2001 Kanji
6a8.15 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-8 SKIP code
2793.2 Four corner code
1-46-48 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7dd1 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
river
Kun:
かわ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
663 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 河 【ホー】 discarded tiles, discards
  • 川 【カワ】 river, stream, River, the ... river
  • 星河 【セイガ】 Milky Way
  • 暴虎馮河 【ボウコヒョウガ】 foolhardy courage

Kun reading compounds

  • 川 【かわ】 river, stream, River, the ... river
  • 河 【ホー】 discarded tiles, discards
  • 追河 【おいかわ】 pale chub (Zacco platypus), freshwater minnow
  • 恋河 【こいかわ】 oceans of love

Readings

Japanese names:
かっ、 こ、 こう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
he2
Korean:
ha

Spanish

  • río
  • corriente

Portuguese

  • rio

French

  • rivière
  • fleuve
561 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
658 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
628 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
698 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2530 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
633 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
669 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
597 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
389 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
391 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1127 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1170 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
394 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
251 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
298 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
148 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17245 Morohashi
336 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3102 New Nelson (John Haig)
146 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
157 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
679 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
349 2001 Kanji
3a5.30 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
3112.0 Four corner code
1-18-47 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6cb3 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
pig
Parts:
Variants:
pork, pig
Kun:
ぶた
On:
トン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1864 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 豚 【トン】 pig, pork
  • 豚肉 【ブタニク】 pork
  • 養豚 【ヨウトン】 pig-keeping, pig farming
  • 焼きとん 【ヤキトン】 yakiton, grilled pork on skewers

Kun reading compounds

  • 豚 【ぶた】 pig (Sus scrofa domesticus), pork, fatso, fatty
  • 豚肉 【ぶたにく】 pork
  • 野生豚 【やせいぶた】 feral pig
  • 萌え豚 【もえぶた】 anime freak, person overly interested in female anime and video game characters

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tun2
Korean:
don

Spanish

  • cochino
  • cerdo

Portuguese

  • Carne de porco
  • porco

French

  • porc
  • cochon
1670 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1557 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3772 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1738 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1774 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
796 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
810 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1089 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1717 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1228 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
666 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
889 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
544 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36352 Morohashi
976 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5743 New Nelson (John Haig)
538 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
577 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1486 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3951 2001 Kanji
4b7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-7 SKIP code
7123.2 Four corner code
1-38-58 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8c5a Unicode hex code