Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
opposite
Parts:
dance, flit, circle, wheel
Kun:
ま.う-ま.うまい
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
655 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 舞台裏 【ブタイウラ】 offstage, backstage, behind the scenes
  • 舞台 【ブタイ】 stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.), (stage) performance, setting (of a story), scene, sphere (of activity), stage (e.g. political stage), scene, arena, world
  • 演舞 【エンブ】 dance performance
  • 歌舞 【カブ】 singing and dancing

Kun reading compounds

  • 舞う 【まう】 to dance (orig. a whirling dance), to whirl (in the wind), to flutter (about), to swirl, to fly, to circle, to wheel
  • 舞 【まい】 dancing, dance
  • 舞い上がる 【まいあがる】 to soar, to fly high, to be whirled up, to make merry, to be ecstatic, to be in high spirits
  • 立ち居振る舞い 【たちいふるまい】 movements, bearing, deportment, carriage, behavior, behaviour, demeanor, demeanour, manners
  • 獅子舞 【ししまい】 lion dance, traditional dance performed by one or more dancers wearing a guardian lion costume

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wu3
Korean:
mu

Spanish

  • danza
  • baile
  • revoloteo
  • bailar
  • revolotear

Portuguese

  • dançar
  • fugir
  • círculo
  • roda

French

  • danse
  • voltiger
  • cercle
  • roue
1761 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
746 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3862 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1003 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
856 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2391 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
810 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
829 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
981 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1807 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2666 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1358 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1844 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1790 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30342P Morohashi
2146 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4926 New Nelson (John Haig)
1774 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1912 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1796 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2355 2001 Kanji
0a15.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-13 SKIP code
2-8-7 SKIP code
8025.1 Four corner code
1-41-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
821e Unicode hex code

16 strokes
Radical:
woman, female
Parts:
Variants:
lass, girl, Miss, daughter
Kun:
むすめ
On:
ジョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2059 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 嬢 【ジョウ】 unmarried woman, Miss, -ess, -ette
  • 娘核 【ジョウカク】 daughter nucleus
  • 令嬢 【レイジョウ】 (your) daughter, young woman, daughter of a good family
  • 愛嬢 【アイジョウ】 one's beloved daughter

Kun reading compounds

  • 娘子 【じょうし】 girl, young (unmarried) woman, (grown) woman, lady, (someone else's) wife
  • 娘細胞 【じょうさいぼう】 daughter cell

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
niang2
Korean:
yang

Spanish

  • muchacha
  • señorita
  • chica

Portuguese

  • Jovem
  • moça
  • senhorita
  • filha

French

  • mademoiselle
  • jeune fille
  • fille
1422 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1609 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1257 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1368 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1202 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1836 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1986 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1649 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
454 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
936 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
525 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
685 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1544 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6807P Morohashi
758 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1270 New Nelson (John Haig)
1530 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1650 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1827 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1765 2001 Kanji
3e13.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-13 SKIP code
4043.2 Four corner code
1-30-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5b22 Unicode hex code