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萌

11 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
艾 日 月
Variants:
萠
show symptoms of, sprout, bud, malt
Kun:
も.える、 きざ.す、 めばえ、 きざ.し
On:
ホウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2346 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 萌芽 【ホウガ】 germination, germ, sprout, early sign, beginning, starting to appear
  • 萌芽更新 【ホウガコウシン】 coppicing, coppice regeneration

Kun reading compounds

  • 萌える 【もえる】 to burst into bud, to sprout, to have a crush, to be infatuated
  • 兆す 【きざす】 to show signs, to have symptoms, to give indications (of), to bud, to germinate, to sprout
  • 兆し 【きざし】 sign, indication, omen, symptom

Readings

Japanese names:
もえ、 きざし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
meng2
Korean:
maeng

Spanish

  • brote
  • capullo
  • malta
  • mostrar síntomas de

Portuguese

French

3979 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2221 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2871 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1481 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1995 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
31265X Morohashi
2301 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5094 New Nelson (John Haig)
2377 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2460 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3k8.11 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-8 SKIP code
4462.7 Four corner code
1-43-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
840c Unicode hex code

擬

17 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
匕 マ 扎 疋 矢 乞
mimic, aim (a gun) at, nominate, imitate
Kun:
まが.い、 もど.き
On:
ギ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1990 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 擬 【ギ】 pseudo-, quasi-
  • 疑似 【ギジ】 pseudo, quasi, false, para-, mock, sham, suspected (case, e.g. of disease)

Kun reading compounds

  • 紛い 【まがい】 imitation, sham, -like
  • 紛い物 【まがいもの】 imitation, fake, sham
  • 擬き 【もどき】 -like, pseudo-, mock ..., imitation ..., in the style of ..., comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts), criticism, censure
  • 銀竜草擬 【ぎんりょうそうもどき】 Indian pipe (Monotropa uniflora)
  • 太平洋赤坊擬 【たいへいようあかぼうもどき】 Longman's beaked whale (Indopacetus pacificus), Indo-Pacific beaked whale, tropical bottlenose whale

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ni3
Korean:
eui

Spanish

  • imitar
  • comparar
  • parecerse
  • suponer

Portuguese

  • imitar
  • alvo (uma arma)
  • nomear
  • imita

French

  • imitation
  • pointer une arme
  • nommer
  • comparer
1139 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1851 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2026 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1356 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1387 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1517 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1618 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1791 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
930 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
969 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
540 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
706 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1423 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12870 Morohashi
788 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2307 New Nelson (John Haig)
1411 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1514 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1869 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1370 2001 Kanji
3c14.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-14 SKIP code
5708.1 Four corner code
1-21-28 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
64ec Unicode hex code

人

2 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
人
person
Kun:
ひと、 -り、 -と
On:
ジン、 ニン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
5 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 人 【ジン】 -ian (e.g. Italian), -ite (e.g. Tokyoite), -er (e.g. performer, etc.), person working with ..., man, person, people
  • 人為 【ジンイ】 human work, human agency, art, artificiality
  • 米人 【ベイジン】 American person
  • 俳人 【ハイジン】 haiku poet
  • 人 【ニン】 counter for people
  • 人気 【ニンキ】 popularity, public favor, condition (e.g. market), tone, character, nature
  • 同人 【ドウジン】 same person, said person, the person in question, coterie, clique, fraternity, kindred spirits, comrade, colleague, dōjin, doujin, Japanese fans or hobbyists who produce their own magazines, manga, software, etc.
  • 代人 【ダイニン】 substitute, deputy, proxy, representative, agent

Kun reading compounds

  • 人 【ひと】 person, someone, somebody, human beings, mankind, man, people, humans, human (Homo sapiens), (other) people, others, character, personality, nature, capable person, competent person, suitable person, right person, adult, grown-up, I, me, one
  • 人一倍 【ひといちばい】 (much) more than others, exceedingly, extremely, unusually
  • 貴人 【きじん】 aristocrat, nobleman, dignitary, person of high rank
  • いい人 【いいひと】 good-natured person, good person, (one's) lover, boyfriend, girlfriend

Readings

Japanese names:
じ、 と、 ね、 ひこ、 ふみ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ren2
Korean:
in

Spanish

  • persona

Portuguese

  • pessoa

French

  • être humain
  • personne
30 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
39 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
39 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
9 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
339 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
14 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.5 Japanese for Busy People
1 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
15 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
42 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4175 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2111 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2857 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
960 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
344 Morohashi
3368 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
99 New Nelson (John Haig)
951 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1023 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
7 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1262 2001 Kanji
2a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-2-4 SKIP code
8000.0 Four corner code
1-31-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4eba Unicode hex code

化

4 strokes
Radical:
spoon 匕
Parts:
化 匕
change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization
Kun:
ば.ける、 ば.かす、 ふ.ける、 け.する
On:
カ、 ケ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
89 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 化 【カ】 change to ..., becoming ..., making into ..., -ization, -ification
  • 化学 【カガク】 chemistry
  • 機械化 【キカイカ】 mechanization, mechanisation
  • 民営化 【ミンエイカ】 privatization, privatisation
  • 化粧 【ケショウ】 make-up, makeup, cosmetics, decoration, dressing, veneer
  • 化粧水 【ケショウスイ】 skin lotion, face lotion
  • 応化 【オウゲ】 assumption of a suitable form (by a buddha or bodhisattva)
  • 教化 【キョウケ】 guidance, teaching people and leading them to Buddhism

Kun reading compounds

  • 化ける 【ばける】 to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.), to assume the shape of, to turn oneself into, to transform oneself into, to disguise oneself as, to change radically, to metamorphose, to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
  • 化かす 【ばかす】 to bewitch, to confuse, to enchant, to delude
  • 老ける 【ふける】 to age, to grow old (esp. in appearance), to show marks of age

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hua4
Korean:
hwa

Spanish

  • cambiar
  • transformarse
  • modificarse
  • disfrazarse

Portuguese

  • mudança
  • tomar a forma de
  • influência
  • encantar
  • iludir
  • seduzir
  • -isação

French

  • transformation
  • prendre la forme de
  • maquillage
  • influence
  • fantôme
  • enchanter
  • tromper
  • chimie
  • -isation
163 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
258 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
238 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
100 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
350 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
76 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
378 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
56 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.19 Japanese for Busy People
254 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
254 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
414 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
55 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
22 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
12 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
12 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1017 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2572X Morohashi
21 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
580 New Nelson (John Haig)
1008 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1083 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
104 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
242 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2156 2001 Kanji
2a2.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-2 SKIP code
2121.0 Four corner code
2421.0 Four corner code
1-18-29 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5316 Unicode hex code