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華

10 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
一 ｜ 艾
Variants:
蕐
splendor, flower, petal, shine, luster, ostentatious, showy, gay, gorgeous
Kun:
はな
On:
カ、 ケ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1085 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 華 【カ】 flashiness, showiness, brilliance, splendor, bloom, flowers
  • 華僑 【カキョウ】 overseas Chinese
  • 献花 【ケンカ】 flower offering, floral tribute, laying flowers
  • 精華 【セイカ】 essence, quintessence, flower, glory
  • 華厳 【ケゴン】 avatamsa (flower adornment, as a metaphor for becoming a buddha), Avatamska sutra, Kegon (sect of Buddhism)
  • 花かご 【ハナカゴ】 flower basket, flower basket (or plate) used for flower-scattering rituals
  • 法華 【ホッケ】 Nichiren sect, Tendai sect, Lotus Sutra
  • 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
  • 華やか 【はなやか】 bright and beautiful, gorgeous, showy, brilliant, splendid, gay, colorful, flowery, prosperous, flourishing, thriving
  • 武士道の華 【ぶしどうのはな】 flower of chivalry (Bushido)
  • 雪の花 【ゆきのはな】 snowdrop (Galanthus spp.), snow falling like flower petals, snow on a tree resembling a flower, red snow

Readings

Japanese names:
わ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hua2, hua4, hua1
Korean:
hwa

Spanish

  • flor
  • pétalo
  • esplendor
  • vistoso

Portuguese

  • esplendor
  • flor
  • pétala
  • brilho
  • lustre
  • ostentação
  • gritante
  • alegre
  • maravilhoso

French

  • splendeur
  • fleur
  • pétale
  • briller
  • lustre
  • ostentatoire
  • voyant
  • magnifique
1046 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
807 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3955 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1409 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1704 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1266 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1074 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1122 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1323 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
656 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2841 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1465 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1973 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1595 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
31119 Morohashi
2283 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5058 New Nelson (John Haig)
1581 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1704 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1386 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1955 2001 Kanji
3k7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-7 SKIP code
4-10-4 SKIP code
2-4-6 SKIP code
4450.4 Four corner code
1-18-58 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
83ef Unicode hex code

厳

17 strokes
Radical:
cliff 厂
Parts:
厂 尚 耳 乞 攵
Variants:
嚴
stern, strictness, severity, rigidity
Kun:
おごそ.か、 きび.しい、 いか.めしい、 いつくし
On:
ゲン、 ゴン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
638 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 厳 【ゲン】 strict, stern
  • 厳格 【ゲンカク】 strict, severe, stern, rigid, rigorous, tough
  • 謹厳 【キンゲン】 stern, grave, solemn, sobersided
  • 冷厳 【レイゲン】 grim, stern, stark, heartless
  • 華厳 【ケゴン】 avatamsa (flower adornment, as a metaphor for becoming a buddha), Avatamska sutra, Kegon (sect of Buddhism)
  • 荘厳 【ショウゴン】 decorating (a Buddhist statue or temple), adorning

Kun reading compounds

  • 厳か 【おごそか】 solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.), austere, grave, majestic, dignified, stately, impressive
  • 厳しい 【きびしい】 severe, strict, rigid, unsparing, relentless, hard (to do), difficult, tricky, intense (e.g. cold), harsh (weather), inclement
  • 厳しい暑さ 【きびしいあつさ】 intense heat
  • 厳めしい 【いかめしい】 stern, grave, austere, imposing, dignified, formidable, solemn, majestic, strict (e.g. security), severe, firm, rigid, rigorous

Readings

Japanese names:
いつ、 いづ、 きゅうら、 とし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yan2
Korean:
eom

Spanish

  • solemne
  • austero
  • severo
  • rígido
  • estricto

Portuguese

  • severo
  • estrito
  • seriedade
  • rigidez

French

  • strict
  • sévère
  • rigide
776 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
865 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
854 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1055 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
253 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
817 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1118 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2706 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
822 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
841 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1190 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
519 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4079 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2068 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2804 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1955 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3048P Morohashi
3289 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
663 New Nelson (John Haig)
1936 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2086 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
998 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
966 2001 Kanji
3n14.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-5-12 SKIP code
9024.8 Four corner code
3224.8 Four corner code
1-24-23 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
53b3 Unicode hex code

寺

6 strokes
Radical:
thumb, inch 寸
Parts:
土 寸
Buddhist temple
Kun:
てら
On:
ジ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
879 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 寺 【ジ】 counter for temples
  • 寺院 【ジイン】 Buddhist temple, religious building, church, cathedral, mosque
  • 国分寺 【コクブンジ】 state-supported provincial temple (Nara period)
  • 古寺 【コジ】 old temple

Kun reading compounds

  • 寺 【てら】 temple (Buddhist)
  • 寺子屋 【てらこや】 temple elementary school (during the Edo period)
  • 宮寺 【ぐうじ】 Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
si4
Korean:
sa, si

Spanish

  • templo budista
  • templo

Portuguese

  • Templo Budista

French

  • temple bouddhiste
228 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
149 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
133 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
687 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1054 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
45 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
475 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
268 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
41 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
41 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
328 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
500 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2687 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1367 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1853 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
160 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7414 Morohashi
2164 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1373 New Nelson (John Haig)
158 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
170 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
125 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1448 2001 Kanji
3b3.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-3 SKIP code
4034.1 Four corner code
1-27-91 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5bfa Unicode hex code

求

7 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
一 丶 水
request, want, wish for, require, demand
Kun:
もと.める
On:
キュウ、 グ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
220 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 求職 【キュウショク】 job hunting, seeking employment
  • 求刑 【キュウケイ】 recommended sentence, prosecution's demand for punishment
  • 身代金要求 【ミノシロキンヨウキュウ】 ransom demand
  • 希求 【キキュウ】 longing, great desire, aspiration
  • 求道 【キュウドウ】 seeking after truth
  • 求道者 【キュウドウシャ】 seeker after truth, one who seeks the way
  • 勤求 【ゴング】 inquiring the Buddha way
  • 欣求 【ゴング】 earnest aspiration (to go to paradise)

Kun reading compounds

  • 求める 【もとめる】 to want, to wish for, to request, to demand, to require, to ask for, to seek, to search for, to look for, to pursue (pleasure), to hunt (a job), to find (a solution), to purchase, to buy

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qiu2
Korean:
gu

Spanish

  • petición
  • demanda
  • buscar
  • pedir
  • demandar
  • reclamar
  • desear

Portuguese

  • solicitação
  • desejar
  • deseja para
  • requer
  • demanda

French

  • réclamer
  • demander
  • vouloir
  • désirer
583 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
478 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
455 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
332 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
137 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
584 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
664 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
537 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
724 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
737 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
933 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1155 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4365 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2210 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2974 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
943 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17105 Morohashi
3550 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3036 New Nelson (John Haig)
934 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1004 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
297 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
478 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1442 2001 Kanji
2b5.5 The Kanji Dictionary
4-7-3 SKIP code
4313.2 Four corner code
1-21-65 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6c42 Unicode hex code

礼

5 strokes
Radical:
sign 示 (礻)
Parts:
乙 礼
Variants:
禮
salute, bow, ceremony, thanks, remuneration
On:
レイ、 ライ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
1185 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 礼 【レイ】 thanks, gratitude, manners, etiquette, bow (i.e. bending of the body), bowing, reward, gift, ceremony, ritual, key money
  • 礼儀 【レイギ】 manners, courtesy, etiquette
  • 巡礼 【ジュンレイ】 pilgrimage, pilgrim
  • 儀礼 【ギレイ】 courtesy, etiquette, formality, protocol, (religious) observance, ritual, rite
  • 礼賛 【ライサン】 praise, worship, adoration, glorification
  • 礼冠 【ライカン】 crown or head-ornament worn with formal or ceremonial clothes by nobility (ritsuryō system)
  • 頂礼 【チョウライ】 prostration, placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect
  • 帰命頂礼 【キミョウチョウライ】 most formal form of a prayer

Readings

Japanese names:
あや、 なり、 のり、 ひろし、 れ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
li3
Korean:
rye

Spanish

  • saludo
  • reverencia
  • cortesía
  • gracias

Portuguese

  • saudação
  • reverência
  • cerimônia
  • agradecimento
  • remuneração

French

  • salut
  • courbette
  • cérémonie
  • remerciements
  • rémunération
337 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
436 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
413 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
983 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3229 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
350 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
770 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
146 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.13 Japanese for Busy People
620 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
630 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
822 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1417 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1012 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
547 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
724 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1096 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24626P Morohashi
818 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4061 New Nelson (John Haig)
1087 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1168 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
262 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
656 2001 Kanji
4e1.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-1 SKIP code
3221.0 Four corner code
1-46-73 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
793c Unicode hex code

郡

10 strokes (also 9)
Radical:
town (阝 right) 邑 (阝)
Parts:
一 ノ 口 ヨ 邦
county, district
Kun:
こおり
On:
グン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
965 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 郡 【グン】 district, county, district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryō period), commandery (in China)
  • 郡部 【グンブ】 rural districts, counties
  • 共産国家郡 【キョウサンコッカグン】 Communist bloc
  • 国郡 【コクグン】 provinces and districts

Kun reading compounds

  • 郡 【ぐん】 district, county, district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryō period), commandery (in China)
  • 郡司 【ぐんじ】 district governor (under the ritsuryō system)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jun4
Korean:
gun

Spanish

  • condado
  • distrito

Portuguese

  • condado
  • distrito
  • comarca

French

  • comté
  • arrondissement
384 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
491 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
467 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
797 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4764 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
480 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1828 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1146 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
193 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
193 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
552 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
758 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1858 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
984 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1333 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1860 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39436 Morohashi
1466 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6143 New Nelson (John Haig)
1843 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1986 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
541 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3544 2001 Kanji
2d7.12 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-3 SKIP code
1-7-2 SKIP code
1762.7 Four corner code
1-23-20 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
90e1 Unicode hex code