Jisho

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若

8 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
一 ノ 口 艾
young, if, perhaps, possibly, low number, immature
Kun:
わか.い、 わか-、 も.しくわ、 も.し、 も.しくは、 ごと.し
On:
ジャク、 ニャク、 ニャ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
458 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 若年 【ジャクネン】 youth
  • 若僧 【ニャクソウ】 young monk, boy monk
  • 老若 【ロウニャク】 young and old, all ages
  • 瞠若 【ドウジャク】 (staring in) astonishment, amazement
  • 若僧 【ニャクソウ】 young monk, boy monk
  • 若道 【ニャクドウ】 homosexuality, pederasty
  • 老若 【ロウニャク】 young and old, all ages
  • 若僧 【ニャクソウ】 young monk, boy monk
  • 若道 【ニャクドウ】 homosexuality, pederasty
  • 般若 【ハンニャ】 prajna (wisdom required to attain enlightenment), hannya, mask of a grinning, horned demoness (represents a woman's rage and jealousy), dreadful face (esp. of a woman driven mad by jealousy), terrifying facial expression
  • 麦般若 【ムギハンニャ】 beer

Kun reading compounds

  • 若い 【わかい】 young, youthful, immature, green, low (number), small
  • 若い頃 【わかいころ】 one's youth, early life, one's early days, one's early years
  • 若し 【もし】 if, in case, supposing
  • 若しかしたら 【もしかしたら】 perhaps, maybe, perchance, by some chance, by any chance
  • 若しくは 【もしくは】 or, otherwise
  • 如し 【ごとし】 like, as if, the same as

Readings

Japanese names:
わく、 わこ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ruo4, re3
Korean:
yag, ya

Spanish

  • joven
  • algunos
  • posiblemente
  • de otra forma

Portuguese

  • jovem
  • se
  • talvez
  • possivelmente
  • número baixo
  • imaturo

French

  • jeune
  • si
  • peut-être
  • ou bien
  • petit nombre
  • inexpérimenté
  • immature
896 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
886 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
372 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3926 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
982 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
863 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
692 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.15 Japanese for Busy People
544 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
553 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
125 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
648 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2785 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1430 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1928 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
228 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30796P Morohashi
2241 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5007 New Nelson (John Haig)
223 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
237 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
391 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
864 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1977 2001 Kanji
3k5.12 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
4460.4 Four corner code
1-28-67 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
82e5 Unicode hex code

三

3 strokes
Radical:
one 一
Parts:
一 二
Variants:
弎
three
Kun:
み、 み.つ、 みっ.つ
On:
サン、 ゾウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
14 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 三 【サン】 three, 3
  • 三 【サン】 three
  • 十三 【ジュウサン】 thirteen, 13, king
  • 七三 【シチサン】 7 or 3 ratio, hair parted on one side
  • 四三 【シソウ】 one four-of-a-kind and one three-of-a-kind in a dealt hand, three and a four (in dice games)

Kun reading compounds

  • 三 【さん】 three, 3
  • 三十日 【みそか】 last day of the month
  • 三つ 【みっつ】 three, three years of age
  • 三つ折り 【みつおり】 threefold, folded in three
  • 三つ 【みっつ】 three, three years of age
  • ３つの密 【みっつのみつ】 three Cs, three conditions that facilitate the transmission of infectious diseases (closed spaces, crowds, and close contact)

Readings

Japanese names:
か、 さ、 さい、 さえ、 さぶ、 ざ、 ざえ、 ざぶ、 そう、 ぞ、 ただ、 みつ、 みん、 も、 や
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
san1
Korean:
sam

Spanish

  • tres
  • 3

Portuguese

  • três

French

  • trois
3 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
3 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
23 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
10 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
8 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
4 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
22 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
4 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
4 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
5 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2423 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1225 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1689 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
3 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12 Morohashi
1924 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
8 New Nelson (John Haig)
3 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
3 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
21 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
10 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3072 2001 Kanji
0a3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-1-2 SKIP code
1010.1 Four corner code
1-27-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e09 Unicode hex code

杉

7 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
彡 木
Variants:
檆
cedar, cryptomeria
Kun:
すぎ
On:
サン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1095 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 老杉 【ロウサン】 old cryptomeria

Kun reading compounds

  • 杉 【すぎ】 Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
  • 杉戸 【すぎど】 door made of cedar
  • 台杉 【だいすぎ】 coppicing-like technique used with cedar trees
  • 神代杉 【じんだいすぎ】 lignitized Japanese cedar, lignitised Japanese cedar

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shan1, sha1
Korean:
sam

Spanish

  • cedro

Portuguese

  • cedro

French

  • cèdre
  • cryptomère
1467 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
910 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2190 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1941 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1418 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
425 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1872 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2033 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1357 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1072 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1027 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
557 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
737 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1729 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14452 Morohashi
832 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2562 New Nelson (John Haig)
1713 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1849 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1136 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1860 2001 Kanji
4a3.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-3 SKIP code
4292.2 Four corner code
1-31-89 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6749 Unicode hex code

彰

14 strokes
Radical:
bristle, beard 彡
Parts:
十 彡 日 立 音
patent, clear
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1310 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 彰義隊 【ショウギタイ】 Shōgitai (group of former Tokugawa retainers opposed to the Meiji government and fought in the battle of Ueno)
  • 彰徳 【ショウトク】 public praise, making another's virtues well-known
  • 顕彰 【ケンショウ】 honouring (publicly), honoring, making someone's good deeds or achievements well-known
  • 表彰 【ヒョウショウ】 (official) commendation, public recognition (of someone's achievements, good deeds, etc.), awarding, honouring

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 あきら
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhang1
Korean:
chang

Spanish

  • patente
  • claro
  • manifiesto
  • aclarar
  • desvelar

Portuguese

  • patente
  • clarear

French

  • patent
  • clair
1410 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1338 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1593 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1386 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1275 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2174 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1827 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1976 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1620 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
618 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2337 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1203 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1647 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1731 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10015 Morohashi
1860 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1721 New Nelson (John Haig)
1715 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1851 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1701 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
460 2001 Kanji
3j11.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-11-3 SKIP code
0242.2 Four corner code
1-30-20 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f70 Unicode hex code

晃

10 strokes
Radical:
sun, day 日
Parts:
一 儿 尚 日
Variants:
晄
clear
Kun:
あきらか
On:
コウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1666 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 煌々 【コウコウ】 brilliant, bright, dazzling
  • 晃曜 【コウヨウ】 dazzling brightness

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 あきら、 てる、 ひかる、 みつ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
huang3, huang4
Korean:
hwang

Spanish

  • deslumbrante
  • claro

Portuguese

French

2123 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1938 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1189 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2092 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3101 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1584 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2165 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
13891 Morohashi
2450 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2458 New Nelson (John Haig)
2446 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2522 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4c6.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-6 SKIP code
6021.1 Four corner code
1-25-24 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6643 Unicode hex code