Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
hollyhock
Kun:
あおい
On:
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2122 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 葵花 【キカ】 sunflower
  • 戎葵 【ジュウキ】 hollyhock
  • 黄蜀葵 【トロロアオイ】 sunset hibiscus (Hibiscus manihot)

Kun reading compounds

  • 葵 【あおい】 mallow (any plant of family Malvaceae), Asarum caulescens (species of wild ginger)
  • アオイ科 【アオイか】 Malvaceae (family of mallows)
  • 布袋葵 【ほていあおい】 common water hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes)
  • 天竺葵 【てんじくあおい】 geranium (Pelargonium inquinans)

Readings

Japanese names:
まもる、 け
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kui2
Korean:
gyu

Spanish

  • malva real
  • malva loca

Portuguese

French

3990 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1723 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2222 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2906 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1493 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2018 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
31458X Morohashi
2317 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5120 New Nelson (John Haig)
2391 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2472 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3k9.17 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-9 SKIP code
4443.0 Four corner code
1-16-10 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8475 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
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  • 湧水 【ユウスイ】 spring, welling of water
  • 湧出 【ユウシュツ】 gushing out, welling up, springing up
  • 湧出 【ユウシュツ】 gushing out, welling up, springing up
  • 湧水 【ユウスイ】 spring, welling of water
  • 湧出 【ユウシュツ】 gushing out, welling up, springing up

Kun reading compounds

  • 湧く 【わく】 to well (up), to gush out (of water), to spring out, to surge, to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.), to sweat, to cry, to feel emotions (e.g. joy, bravery, etc.), to spring up (e.g. an idea, emotions, clouds), to well up, to arise, to hatch, to breed, to propagate, to be infested (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yong3, chong1
Korean:
yong

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2565 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1065 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
540 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
17534 Morohashi
3150 New Nelson (John Haig)
3a9.31 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
3712.7 Four corner code
1-45-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6d8c Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
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  • 焚刑 【フンケイ】 burning at the stake
  • 焚書 【フンショ】 book burning

Kun reading compounds

  • 焚く 【たく】 to burn, to kindle, to light (a fire), to make (a fire), to heat (a bath), to light (a stove), to stoke (a boiler), to use (a camera flash)
  • 焼く 【やく】 to burn, to roast, to broil, to grill, to bake, to toast, to barbecue, to heat, to heat up, to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.), to bake, to fire, to burn, to tan (i.e. suntan), to burn, to print (a photo), to burn (an optical disc), to be jealous of, to be envious of, to envy

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fen2
Korean:
bun

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2769 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3450 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2418 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
19100 Morohashi
2778 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3434 New Nelson (John Haig)
2537 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2597 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4d8.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-4 SKIP code
4480.9 Four corner code
1-42-18 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
711a Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
spoon
Parts:
change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization
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

20 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
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Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lu2
Korean:
ro

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2819 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1420 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
19566 Morohashi
1104 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3506 New Nelson (John Haig)
4d4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-16 SKIP code
9181.7 Four corner code
1-64-04 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7210 Unicode hex code