Jisho

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蓬

13 strokes (also 14)
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
一 ｜ 込 夂 艾
sagebrush, wormwood, mugwort
Kun:
よもぎ
On:
ホウ、 ブ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

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  • 蓬客 【ホウカク】 wanderer, drifter
  • 蓬窓 【ホウソウ】 window with a view of a Japanese mugwort thicket, poor house, humble house, primitive house

Kun reading compounds

  • 蓬 【よもぎ】 Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps), mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia), wormwood, sagebrush
  • 蓬生 【よもぎう】 wasteland, area overgrown with weeds
  • 大蓬 【おおよもぎ】 Artemisia montana
  • 背高蓬 【せいたかよもぎ】 Artemisia selengensis

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
peng2
Korean:
bong

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4023 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2195 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2973 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2072 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
31720 Morohashi
5099 New Nelson (John Haig)
2375 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2458 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3k10.32 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-10 SKIP code
2-4-11 SKIP code
4430.4 Four corner code
1-43-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
84ec Unicode hex code

莱

10 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
｜ 二 亠 艾 木 米
Variants:
萊
goosefoot, pigweed
Kun:
あかざ、 あわち、 こうがい
On:
ライ、 リ

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  • 蓬莱 【ホウライ】 Mount Penglai, Penglai Island, enchanted land of perpetual youth from Chinese mythology, sacred mountain (e.g. Mount Fuji, Mount Kumano, etc.), Kansai New Year decoration (made from food), Formosa, Taiwan
  • 三蓬莱 【サンホウライ】 the three sacred mountains: Fuji, Atsuta, and Kumano

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lai2
Korean:
rae

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3960 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2847 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
31262X Morohashi
5039 New Nelson (John Haig)
3k7.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-7 SKIP code
2-4-7 SKIP code
4490.8 Four corner code
1-45-73 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
83b1 Unicode hex code

橋

16 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
ノ 冂 口 木
Variants:
槗
bridge
Kun:
はし
On:
キョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
553 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 橋 【キョウ】 pons (pontes), pons Varolii, pontine, part of the brain stem (links the medulla oblongata and cerebellum with the midbrain)
  • 橋脚 【キョウキャク】 bridge pier, pontoon bridge
  • 桟橋 【サンバシ】 wharf, bridge, jetty, pier
  • 石橋 【イシバシ】 stone bridge

Kun reading compounds

  • 橋 【はし】 bridge
  • 橋渡し 【はしわたし】 mediation, good offices, go-between, intermediary, mediator, bridge (between), building a bridge
  • 船橋 【ふなばし】 pontoon bridge, floating bridge, bridge (of a ship)
  • 大橋 【おおはし】 large bridge, big bridge

Readings

Japanese names:
ばせ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qiao2
Korean:
gyo

Spanish

  • puente

Portuguese

  • ponte

French

  • pont
193 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
277 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
259 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
272 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2378 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
443 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
645 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2485 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
597 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
607 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
313 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1116 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1367 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
738 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
991 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
436 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
15526 Morohashi
1078 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2879 New Nelson (John Haig)
429 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
460 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
437 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1849 2001 Kanji
4a12.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-12 SKIP code
4292.7 Four corner code
1-22-22 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6a4b Unicode hex code

静

14 strokes
Radical:
blue 青 (靑)
Parts:
亅 二 亠 勹 土 ヨ 月 青
Variants:
靜
quiet
Kun:
しず-、 しず.か、 しず.まる、 しず.める
On:
セイ、 ジョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
764 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 静 【セイ】 stillness, quiet, peacefulness
  • 静観 【セイカン】 watchful waiting, careful supervision
  • 沈静 【チンセイ】 settling down, quieting down, cooling down, cooling off, stillness, quiet, tranquility
  • 寧静 【ネイセイ】 calm, peace, tranquility
  • 静脈 【ジョウミャク】 vein
  • 静注 【ジョウチュウ】 intravenous injection, IV
  • 寂静 【ジャクジョウ】 quiet, stillness, tranquility, enlightenment, nirvana
  • 涅槃寂静 【ネハンジャクジョウ】 enlightenment leads to serenity

Kun reading compounds

  • 静か 【しずか】 quiet, silent, slow, unhurried, calm, peaceful
  • 静かに 【しずかに】 calmly, quietly, gently, peacefully, be quiet!
  • 二人静 【ふたりしずか】 Chloranthus serratus (species of flowering plant)
  • 一人静 【ひとりしずか】 Chloranthus japonicus
  • 静まる 【しずまる】 to become quiet, to quiet down, to quieten down, to calm down, to die down, to subside, to abate, to be suppressed
  • 静める 【しずめる】 to quiet (a child, crowd, etc.), to quieten, to make quiet, to calm (one's nerves, excitement, etc.), to compose (oneself), to appease (someone's anger), to pacify, to settle (e.g. discord), to suppress (a rebellion, riot, fire, etc.), to quell, to put down, to get under control, to relieve (a cough, pain, etc.), to soothe, to alleviate, to ease, to appease (a spirit, soul, etc.), to pacify, to soothe

Readings

Japanese names:
しづ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jing4
Korean:
jeong

Spanish

  • quieto
  • tranquilo
  • calmado
  • tranquilo [na]
  • calmarse
  • calmar

Portuguese

  • calmo

French

  • calme
442 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
548 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
519 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
632 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5077 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
703 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1000 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2145 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.19 Japanese for Busy People
663 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
674 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
247 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1872 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2164 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1138 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1539 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1554 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
42574P Morohashi
1728 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6560 New Nelson (John Haig)
1540 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1660 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
619 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1447 2001 Kanji
4b10.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-6 SKIP code
5725.7 Four corner code
1-32-37 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9759 Unicode hex code

岡

8 strokes
Radical:
mountain 山
Parts:
一 并 冂 山 岡
mount, hill, knoll
Kun:
おか
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
463 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 岡陵 【コウリョウ】 hill

Kun reading compounds

  • 丘 【おか】 hill, height, knoll, rising ground, bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
  • 岡三 【おかさん】 Okasan
  • 盛岡 【もりおか】 Morioka (city in Iwate)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gang1
Korean:
gang

Spanish

  • monte
  • colina
  • cima de una colina

Portuguese

French

  • mont
  • colline
  • butte
370 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
621 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1889 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
987 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1440 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3719 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2584 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1980 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7962 Morohashi
2997 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1460 New Nelson (John Haig)
1961 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2112 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3653 2001 Kanji
2r6.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-6 SKIP code
7722.0 Four corner code
1-18-12 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5ca1 Unicode hex code

県

9 strokes
Radical:
eye 目
Parts:
小 目
Variants:
縣
prefecture
Kun:
か.ける
On:
ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
140 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 県 【ケン】 prefecture (of Japan), county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.), department (of France), province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
  • 県営 【ケンエイ】 (under) prefectural management
  • 都道府県 【トドウフケン】 prefectures (of Japan), largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
  • 同県 【ドウケン】 the same prefecture, the said prefecture

Readings

Japanese names:
あがた、 がた
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xian4
Korean:
hyeon

Spanish

  • prefectura

Portuguese

  • Condado
  • prefeitura (região)

French

  • préfecture
  • département
203 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
291 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
273 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
195 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1362 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
381 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
226 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1252 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
194 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
194 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
336 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1380 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3269 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1687 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2294 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
126 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23210P Morohashi
2641 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3918 New Nelson (John Haig)
513 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
552 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
326 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1241 2001 Kanji
3n6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-3 SKIP code
3-4-5 SKIP code
2-5-4 SKIP code
2690.1 Four corner code
1-24-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
770c Unicode hex code