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

11 strokes
Radical:
sign 示 (礻)
Parts:
ritual, offer prayers, celebrate, deify, enshrine, worship
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
1124 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 祭典 【サイテン】 festival
  • 祭壇 【サイダン】 altar
  • 葬祭 【ソウサイ】 funerals and ceremonial occasions
  • 慰霊祭 【イレイサイ】 memorial service

Kun reading compounds

  • 祭る 【まつる】 to deify, to enshrine, to pray, to worship
  • 祭り 【まつり】 festival, feast, matsuri, harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob, online shaming, flaming, galore (as in "goals galore"), frenzy, mania
  • 祭り上げる 【まつりあげる】 to set up (in high position), to kick upstairs, to hold sacred, to worship
  • 秋祭り 【あきまつり】 autumn festival, fall festival, autumn matsuri
  • 葵祭 【あおいまつり】 Aoi Festival (Kyoto, May 15), Aoi Matsuri
  • 祭り 【まつり】 festival, feast, matsuri, harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob, online shaming, flaming, galore (as in "goals galore"), frenzy, mania
  • 祭り上げる 【まつりあげる】 to set up (in high position), to kick upstairs, to hold sacred, to worship
  • 秋祭り 【あきまつり】 autumn festival, fall festival, autumn matsuri
  • 葵祭 【あおいまつり】 Aoi Festival (Kyoto, May 15), Aoi Matsuri

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji4, zhai4
Korean:
je, chae

Spanish

  • celebración
  • fiesta
  • venerar
  • adorar

Portuguese

  • Festival
  • ritual
  • oferecer orações
  • celebrar
  • deificar
  • santificar
  • adorar

French

  • rituel
  • fête
  • prières
  • célébration
  • déifier
  • enchâsser
  • adoration
400 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
299 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
283 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
899 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3247 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
423 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
775 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1467 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
617 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
627 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
473 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1414 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3311 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1715 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2329 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1111 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24700 Morohashi
2672 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4092 New Nelson (John Haig)
1102 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1183 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
371 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2541 2001 Kanji
4e6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-5 SKIP code
2-7-4 SKIP code
2790.1 Four corner code
1-26-55 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
796d Unicode hex code