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葛

11 strokes (also 12)
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
勹 匕 艾 日
arrowroot, kudzu
Kun:
つづら、 くず
On:
カツ、 カチ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
1547 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Kun reading compounds

  • 葛 【くず】 kudzu (Pueraria montana), Japanese arrowroot, Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
  • 葛籠 【つづら】 wicker clothes hamper
  • 熊葛 【くまつづら】 common vervain (Verbena officinalis), common verbena
  • 葛 【くず】 kudzu (Pueraria montana), Japanese arrowroot, Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
  • 葛餡 【くずあん】 kudzu sauce

Readings

Japanese names:
か、 かず、 かずら、 かっ、 かつら
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ge3, ge2
Korean:
gal

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3997 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1994 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2103 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2905 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2017 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
31420X Morohashi
5060 New Nelson (John Haig)
2398 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
492 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3k9.22 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-8 SKIP code
2-4-9 SKIP code
4472.7 Four corner code
1-19-75 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
845b Unicode hex code

西

6 strokes
Radical:
west 西 (襾, 覀)
Parts:
西
Variants:
west, Spain
Kun:
にし
On:
セイ、 サイ、 ス
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
259 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 西 【セイ】 Spain
  • 西欧 【セイオウ】 Western Europe, the West, the Occident, Europe
  • 南西 【ナンセイ】 southwest
  • 北北西 【ホクホクセイ】 north-northwest
  • 西方 【セイホウ】 western direction, Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise), western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
  • 西遊 【セイユウ】 westward trip, trip to the West
  • 西瓜 【スイカ】 watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
  • 西班牙 【スペイン】 Spain

Kun reading compounds

  • 西 【にし】 west
  • 西方 【せいほう】 western direction, Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise), western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
  • 南西 【なんせい】 southwest
  • 京都外大西 【きょうとがいだいにし】 Kyoto Gaidainishi

Readings

Japanese names:
いり、 ひし、 むら
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xi1
Korean:
seo

Spanish

  • Oeste
  • España

Portuguese

  • oeste
  • Espanha

French

  • Ouest
  • Espagne
96 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
169 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
152 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
167 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4273 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
28 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
83 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
336 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.20 Japanese for Busy People
72 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
72 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
40 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1638 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4333 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2193 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2951 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1616 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
34763 Morohashi
3520 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5514 New Nelson (John Haig)
1602 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1728 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
198 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
128 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3275 2001 Kanji
0a6.20 The Kanji Dictionary
4-6-1 SKIP code
1060.0 Four corner code
1-32-30 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
897f Unicode hex code

純

10 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
小 幺 屯 糸
genuine, purity, innocence, net (profit)
On:
ジュン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1044 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 純 【ジュン】 innocent, chaste, naive, pure, unmixed, genuine, unalloyed
  • 純益 【ジュンエキ】 clear profit, net income, net profit
  • 清純 【セイジュン】 purity, innocence
  • 芳醇 【ホウジュン】 mellow (flavor or fragrance, esp. alcohol), rich, full-bodied, superior

Readings

Japanese names:
あつ、 すみ、 み、 やすし、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chun2
Korean:
sun, jun

Spanish

  • puro
  • genuino
  • pureza
  • inocencia
  • tal como es

Portuguese

  • genuíno
  • pureza
  • inocência
  • líquido (lucro)

French

  • authentique
  • pureté
  • innocence
  • net (bénéfice)
810 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
906 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
895 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
828 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3509 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
667 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
810 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1956 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
965 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
996 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1068 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1518 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1649 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
874 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1192 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1508 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27277 Morohashi
1297 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4454 New Nelson (John Haig)
1494 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1609 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
904 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2756 2001 Kanji
6a4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-4 SKIP code
2591.7 Four corner code
1-29-67 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d14 Unicode hex code