Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
bush clover
Kun:
はぎ
On:
シュウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1544 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Kun reading compounds

  • 萩 【はぎ】 bush clover, Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza), dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn), Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)
  • 萩重ね 【はぎがさね】 autumn garment
  • 先代萩 【せんだいはぎ】 Sendaihagi
  • 仙台萩 【せんだいはぎ】 Russian false yellow lupine (Thermopsis lupinoides)

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qiu1
Korean:
chu

Spanish

  • trébol

Portuguese

French

3992 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1732 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2223 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2908 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1495 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2020 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
31333X Morohashi
2319 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5122 New Nelson (John Haig)
2351 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2439 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1962 2001 Kanji
3k9.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-9 SKIP code
4498.9 Four corner code
1-39-75 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8429 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
castle
Kun:
しろ
On:
ジョウセイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
795 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 城 【ジョウ】 castle (in place names), castle, fortress
  • 城内 【ジョウナイ】 inside of a castle, area surrounded by castle walls
  • 荒城 【コウジョウ】 ruined castle
  • 開城 【カイジョウ】 surrender of a castle, surrender of a fortress, capitulation of a stronghold
  • 傾城 【ケイセイ】 beauty, siren, courtesan, prostitute
  • 傾国傾城 【ケイコクケイセイ】 woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty, femme fatale

Kun reading compounds

  • 城 【しろ】 castle
  • 城跡 【しろあと】 castle site, ruins of a castle
  • ハウルの動く城 【ハウルのうごくしろ】 Howl's Moving Castle (2004 animated film)
  • 砂の城 【すなのしろ】 sandcastle, sand castle

Readings

Japanese names:
いく、 がき、 き、 くに、 ぐしく、 ぐすく、 しき、 すく、 ぜい、 たち、 なり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cheng2
Korean:
seong

Spanish

  • castillo

Portuguese

  • Castelo

French

  • château
914 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
903 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
638 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1078 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
886 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
433 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
796 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
720 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
733 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
942 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
374 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
417 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
261 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
312 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
368 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5086P Morohashi
352 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1011 New Nelson (John Haig)
362 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
387 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
884 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1459 2001 Kanji
3b6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
4315.0 Four corner code
1-30-75 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
57ce Unicode hex code