Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
Variants:
flower
Kun:
はな
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
578 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 花形 【ハナガタ】 floral pattern, flourish, ornament, star (actor, player, etc.)
  • 花園 【ハナゾノ】 flower garden
  • 献花 【ケンカ】 flower offering, floral tribute, laying flowers
  • 紅花 【ベニバナ】 safflower (Carthamus tinctorius), dyer's safflower
  • 花かご 【ハナカゴ】 flower basket, flower basket (or plate) used for flower-scattering rituals
  • 花瓶 【ケビョウ】 vase used to hold flower offerings (often made of gilded copper)
  • 天花 【テンゲ】 flowers that bloom in the heavens, paper flowers scattered before the Buddha's image

Kun reading compounds

  • 花 【はな】 flower, blossom, bloom, petal, cherry blossom, beauty, blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms), ikebana, hanafuda, (the) best, glorious, lovely
  • 花形 【はながた】 floral pattern, flourish, ornament, star (actor, player, etc.)
  • 菜の花 【なのはな】 rape blossoms, rapeseed flowers
  • 紅花 【べにばな】 safflower (Carthamus tinctorius), dyer's safflower

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hua1
Korean:
hwa

Spanish

  • flor

Portuguese

  • flor

French

  • fleur
43 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
70 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
9 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
551 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3909 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
328 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
81 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
481 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.18 Japanese for Busy People
255 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
255 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
314 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
641 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2740 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1405 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1894 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1018 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30734P Morohashi
2211 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4980 New Nelson (John Haig)
1009 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1084 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
69 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1956 2001 Kanji
3k4.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
4421.4 Four corner code
1-18-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
82b1 Unicode hex code

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On reading compounds

  • 花き 【カキ】 flowering plant, flower, ornamental plant

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hui4
Korean:
hwe

Spanish

Portuguese

French

85 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
151 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2706 Morohashi
606 New Nelson (John Haig)
2k3.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-3 SKIP code
4044.0 Four corner code
1-50-35 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5349 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
plantation, planting
On:
サイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1496 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 栽培 【サイバイ】 cultivation
  • 栽培家 【サイバイカ】 grower, farmer
  • 植栽 【ショクサイ】 raising trees and plants
  • 輪栽 【リンサイ】 rotation of crops

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zai1
Korean:
jae

Spanish

  • plantación
  • siembra

Portuguese

  • plantação
  • planta

French

  • plantation
  • cultiver
  • élever
1289 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1705 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
781 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1619 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1431 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1254 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1125 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1177 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1821 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1061 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4087 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2074 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2810 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
364 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14750 Morohashi
3297 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2654 New Nelson (John Haig)
358 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
382 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1349 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1459 2001 Kanji
4n6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-6-4 SKIP code
4-10-4 SKIP code
4395.0 Four corner code
1-26-47 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
683d Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
cultivate, foster
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1431 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 培養 【バイヨウ】 culture, cultivation, cultivation (of plants), growing, raising, cultivation (e.g. of a skill), nurture (of democracy, national power, etc.), growth
  • 培植 【バイショク】 cultivation (of plants), culturing
  • 育成栽培 【イクセイサイバイ】 vegetable and fruit growing
  • 促成栽培 【ソクセイサイバイ】 forcing (plants, vegetables, etc.), artificially hastening the growth of plants (by controlling heat, light, etc.)

Kun reading compounds

  • 培う 【つちかう】 to cultivate, to foster

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pei2
Korean:
bae, bu

Spanish

  • cultivo
  • fomento
  • cultivar
  • fomentar

Portuguese

  • cultivar
  • alimentar

French

  • culture (plantes)
  • entretenir
1690 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1615 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1091 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1492 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1153 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1291 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1828 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1977 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1640 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
377 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
558 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
340 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
420 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
488 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5195 Morohashi
464 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1032 New Nelson (John Haig)
477 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
516 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1419 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1477 2001 Kanji
3b8.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
4016.1 Four corner code
1-39-61 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
57f9 Unicode hex code