Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
arm, ability, talent
Kun:
うで
On:
ワン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1163 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 腕力 【ワンリョク】 physical strength, brute strength, arm strength
  • 腕白 【ワンパク】 naughty, mischievous, unruly
  • 鉄腕 【テツワン】 strong arm
  • 怪腕 【カイワン】 remarkable ability, amazing ability

Kun reading compounds

  • 腕 【うで】 arm, skill, efforts, ability
  • 腕時計 【うでどけい】 wristwatch, watch
  • 細腕 【ほそうで】 thin arm, slender arm, slender means, meager ability to earn a living
  • 太い腕 【ふというで】 big arm, brawny arm

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wan4
Korean:
wan

Spanish

  • brazo
  • habilidad
  • talento

Portuguese

  • braço
  • capacidade
  • talento

French

  • bras
  • aptitude
  • talent
1945 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1114 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3786 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1180 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
850 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1299 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1376 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1342 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1038 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1269 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
687 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
919 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1430 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29631 Morohashi
1006 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4837 New Nelson (John Haig)
1418 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1522 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1550 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3956 2001 Kanji
4b8.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-8 SKIP code
7321.2 Four corner code
1-47-51 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8155 Unicode hex code

16 strokes
Radical:
stone
Parts:
广
grind, polish, scour, improve, brush (teeth)
Kun:
みが.くす.る
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1608 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 摩耗 【マモウ】 wear, abrasion
  • 磨羯宮 【マカツキュウ】 Capricorn (10th zodiacal sign), the Goat
  • 琢磨 【タクマ】 polish (jewels), cultivation
  • 達磨 【ダルマ】 daruma, tumbling doll, round, red-painted good-luck doll in the shape of Bodhidharma, with a blank eye to be completed when a person's wish is granted, Bodhidharma, prostitute

Kun reading compounds

  • 磨く 【みがく】 to polish, to shine, to burnish, to scour, to scrub, to brush (teeth), to grind (e.g. a lens), to refine (a skill, etc.), to improve, to hone, to polish (up), to cultivate (one's character)
  • 擦る 【する】 to rub, to chafe, to strike (match), to file, to frost (glass), to lose (e.g. a match), to forfeit, to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)

Readings

Japanese names:
おさむ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mo2, mo4
Korean:
ma

Spanish

  • pulido
  • abrillantado
  • pulir
  • abrillantar
  • lavarse los dientes

Portuguese

  • moer
  • polir
  • explorar
  • melhorar
  • escovar (dentes)

French

  • polir
  • moudre
  • récurer
  • améliorer
  • brosser (dents)
1831 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1376 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5393 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1985 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
768 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2596 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1531 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1632 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1731 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1410 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3946 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2033 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2744 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
601 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24449P Morohashi
3181 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4045 New Nelson (John Haig)
594 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
638 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1840 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
577 2001 Kanji
3q13.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-13 SKIP code
3-11-5 SKIP code
0026.1 Four corner code
1-43-65 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
78e8 Unicode hex code