Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
Variants:
miscanthus reed
Kun:
かやかんぞう
On:
ケン
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2217 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 萱堂 【ケンドウ】 mother

Kun reading compounds

  • 茅 【かや】 grass used for thatching, sedge used for thatching
  • 萱鼠 【かやねずみ】 harvest mouse (Mus minutus)
  • 刈萱 【かるかや】 Themeda triandra var. japonica (variety of kangaroo grass), Cymbopogon tortilis var. goeringii (variety of grass closely related to lemongrass), thatching grass, thatching sedge
  • 雄刈萱 【おがるかや】 Cymbopogon tortilis var. goeringii (variety of grass closely related to lemongrass)
  • 萱草 【かんぞう】 daylily (any flower of the family Hemerocallis), day lily

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xuan1
Korean:
hweon

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3989 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1730 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2904 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2016 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
31345X Morohashi
5121 New Nelson (John Haig)
3k9.26 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-9 SKIP code
2-4-9 SKIP code
4410.6 Four corner code
1-19-94 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8431 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
public chamber, hall
On:
ドウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N4
1010 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 堂 【ドウ】 temple, shrine, chapel, hall, company, front room
  • 堂々 【ドウドウ】 magnificent, grand, impressive, dignified, majestic, imposing, stately, fair, square, open, unashamed, brazen, grandly, boldly, confidently, fairly, squarely, unreservedly, brazenly
  • 殿堂 【デンドウ】 palace, hall, shrine, temple, sanctuary, hall of fame
  • 議事堂 【ギジドウ】 assembly hall, parliament house, diet building, capitol, houses of parliament, congress hall

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tang2
Korean:
dang

Spanish

  • templo
  • salón
  • vestíbulo

Portuguese

  • câmara pública
  • corredor

French

  • édifice public
  • temple
  • salle
  • hall
  • grandiose (bâtiment)
486 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
584 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
557 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
662 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1365 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
358 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
144 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1462 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.6 Japanese for Busy People
496 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
505 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
709 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
355 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3202 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1656 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2246 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
806 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5207 Morohashi
2589 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1037 New Nelson (John Haig)
798 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
861 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
573 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1072 2001 Kanji
3n8.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-6 SKIP code
9010.4 Four corner code
1-38-18 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5802 Unicode hex code