Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
barbarian, foreign
Kun:
なんぞ
On:
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1995 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 胡散 【ウサン】 suspicious
  • 胡散臭い 【ウサンクサイ】 suspicious-looking, shady, questionable, dubious, fishy
  • 胡 【コ】 barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China
  • 胡椒 【コショウ】 pepper
  • 柴胡 【サイコ】 Bupleurum root, Radix Bupleuri
  • 京胡 【キョウコ】 jinghu (2-stringed Chinese instrument played with a bow)
  • 誤魔化す 【ゴマカス】 to deceive, to cheat, to swindle, to falsify, to misrepresent, to lie about, to tamper with, to doctor, to cook, to evade (a question, taxes, etc.), to dodge, to gloss over (a mistake, fault, etc.), to smooth over, to get one's way out of (a difficult situation), to explain away, to embezzle, to pocket
  • 胡麻 【ゴマ】 sesame seeds, sesame (Sesamum indicum)

Readings

Japanese names:
えびす、 くる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hu2
Korean:
ho

Spanish

  • bárbaro
  • extranjero

Portuguese

French

3753 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
879 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2206 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1467 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
623 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1057 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
29400 Morohashi
4792 New Nelson (John Haig)
2470 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2537 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4b5.12 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-4 SKIP code
4762.0 Four corner code
1-24-53 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
80e1 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
hemp, flax
Parts:
广
Variants:
hemp, flax, numb
Kun:
あさ
On:
マア
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1142 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 麻布 【アサヌノ】 hemp cloth, linen
  • 麻酔 【マスイ】 anaesthesia, anesthesia
  • 大麻 【タイマ】 hemp, cannabis, marijuana, pot, hashish, Shinto paper offerings
  • 胡麻 【ゴマ】 sesame seeds, sesame (Sesamum indicum)
  • 麻雀 【マージャン】 mahjong, mah-jongg

Kun reading compounds

  • 麻 【あさ】 cannabis (Cannabis sativa), hemp (plant), hemp (fiber), linen, flax, jute
  • 麻布 【あさぬの】 hemp cloth, linen
  • 大麻 【たいま】 hemp, cannabis, marijuana, pot, hashish, Shinto paper offerings
  • 絹麻 【きぬあさ】 thin linen polished to appear like silk

Readings

Japanese names:
あ、 あざ、 お
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ma2, ma1
Korean:
ma

Spanish

  • cáñamo
  • lino
  • entumecerse

Portuguese

  • cânhamo
  • linho

French

  • chanvre
  • lin
1829 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1118 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5390 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1480 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1924 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1508 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1529 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1630 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1414 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1938 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3878 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1995 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2694 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
600 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
47888 Morohashi
3125 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
7040 New Nelson (John Haig)
593 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
637 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1502 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
564 2001 Kanji
3q8.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-8 SKIP code
0029.4 Four corner code
1-43-67 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9ebb Unicode hex code

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Kun reading compounds

  • 鯖 【さば】 mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus), server (esp. in an online game)
  • 鯖落ち 【サバおち】 server outage (e.g. in an online game)
  • 二条鯖 【にじょうさば】 double-lined mackerel (Grammatorcynus bilineatus)
  • 青鯖 【あおさば】 mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qing1, zheng1
Korean:
cheong

Spanish

  • caballa

Portuguese

French

5301 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2830 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
46210X Morohashi
6883 New Nelson (John Haig)
2820 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2835 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
11a8.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-11-8 SKIP code
2532.7 Four corner code
1-27-10 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9bd6 Unicode hex code