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蓮

13 strokes (also 12)
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
込 艾 車
lotus
Kun:
はす、 はちす
On:
レン
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1839 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 蓮華 【レンゲ】 lotus flower, Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus), china spoon, lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
  • 蓮角 【レンカク】 jacana (esp. the pheasant-tailed jacana, Hydrophasianus chirurgus), lily-trotter
  • 睡蓮 【スイレン】 water lily (any plant of genus Nymphaea), pygmy waterlily (Nymphaea tetragona)
  • 黄連 【オウレン】 goldthread (Coptis japonica)

Kun reading compounds

  • 蓮 【はす】 sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera), Indian lotus, lotus, rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
  • 蓮池 【はすいけ】 lotus pond
  • 蓮 【はす】 sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera), Indian lotus, lotus, rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
  • 蓮の蔤 【はちすのはい】 lotus root
  • 木蓮 【きはちす】 rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lian2
Korean:
ryeon

Spanish

  • loto

Portuguese

French

4731 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2197 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2227 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2940 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1511 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2047 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
31722 Morohashi
5105 New Nelson (John Haig)
2360 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2446 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3k10.31 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-10 SKIP code
4430.4 Four corner code
1-47-01 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
84ee Unicode hex code

見

7 strokes
Radical:
see 見
Parts:
儿 目 見
see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible
Kun:
み.る、 み.える、 み.せる
On:
ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
22 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 見 【ケン】 view (of life, etc.), outlook
  • 見解 【ケンカイ】 opinion, point of view
  • 後見 【コウケン】 guardianship, guardian, (theatrical) assistant, prompter
  • 政見 【セイケン】 political views

Kun reading compounds

  • 見る 【みる】 to see, to look, to watch, to view, to observe, to examine, to look over, to assess, to check, to judge, to look after, to attend to, to take care of, to keep an eye on, to experience, to meet with (misfortune, success, etc.), to try ..., to have a go at ..., to give ... a try, to see (that) ..., to find (that) ...
  • 見る見る 【みるみる】 very fast, in a twinkle, before one's eyes
  • 見える 【みえる】 to be seen, to be visible, to be in sight, to look, to seem, to appear, to come
  • 見える化 【みえるか】 visualization, rendering visible (e.g. a problem), digitization
  • 見せる 【みせる】 to show, to display, to make (something or someone) look ..., to present an appearance of ..., to make (something) worth watching, to be entertaining, to make a show of (doing), to do in a conspicuous manner, to do in view of others, to resolve to do, to do at any cost, to show others that one will ...

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian4, xian4
Korean:
gyeon, hyeon

Spanish

  • vista
  • ver
  • esperanza
  • idea
  • opinión
  • observar
  • ser visto
  • estar a la vista
  • poder verse
  • mostrar

Portuguese

  • ver
  • esperanças
  • oportunidades
  • idéia
  • opinião
  • olhar
  • visíveis

French

  • regarder
  • voir
  • visible
  • espoirs
  • chances
  • idée
  • opinion
67 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
31 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
18 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
48 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4284 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
23 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
84 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
518 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
63 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
63 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
139 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1643 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3151 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1615 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2201 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
57 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
34796 Morohashi
2544 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5522 New Nelson (John Haig)
57 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
61 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
20 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
62 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3957 2001 Kanji
5c2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-2 SKIP code
6021.0 Four corner code
1-24-11 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
898b Unicode hex code

知

8 strokes
Radical:
arrow 矢
Parts:
口 矢 乞
know, wisdom
Kun:
し.る、 し.らせる
On:
チ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
205 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 知 【チ】 wisdom, jnana (higher knowledge)
  • 知恵 【チエ】 wisdom, wit, sagacity, sense, intelligence, prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
  • 認知 【ニンチ】 acknowledgement, acknowledgment, recognition, cognition
  • 熟知 【ジュクチ】 being familiar with, having a thorough knowledge of, being well-informed about

Kun reading compounds

  • 知る 【しる】 to know, to be aware (of), to be conscious (of), to learn (of), to find out, to discover, to sense, to feel, to notice, to realize, to understand, to comprehend, to grasp, to appreciate, to remember, to be familiar with, to be acquainted with, to experience, to go through, to know (e.g. hardship), to get acquainted with (a person), to get to know, to have to do with, to be concerned with, to be one's concern, to be one's responsibility
  • 知る限り 【しるかぎり】 as far as I know
  • 吾唯足知 【われただたるをしる】 I am content with what I am (have), rich is the person who is content with what he is
  • 知らせる 【しらせる】 to notify, to advise, to inform

Readings

Japanese names:
さと、 さとる、 しり、 しれ、 とも、 のり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi1, zhi4
Korean:
ji

Spanish

  • conocer
  • saber
  • entender

Portuguese

  • saber
  • sabedoria

French

  • savoir
  • sagesse
112 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
186 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
169 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
207 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3169 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
196 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
229 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
636 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.18 Japanese for Busy People
214 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
214 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
143 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1394 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1446 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
768 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1041 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1231 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23935 Morohashi
1127 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3978 New Nelson (John Haig)
1223 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1308 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
73 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
160 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2377 2001 Kanji
3d5.14 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-3 SKIP code
8640.0 Four corner code
1-35-46 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
77e5 Unicode hex code

弘

5 strokes
Radical:
bow 弓
Parts:
厶 弓
vast, broad, wide
Kun:
ひろ.い
On:
コウ、 グ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1059 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 広報 【コウホウ】 public relations, PR, publicity, public information, publicizing
  • 広大 【コウダイ】 vast, extensive, immense, huge, large, grand, magnificent
  • 恢弘 【カイコウ】 propagation, spreading out, extending
  • 寛弘 【カンコウ】 Kankō era (1004.7.20-1012.12.25)
  • 弘通 【グズウ】 spread (of Buddhist teachings)
  • 弘誓 【グゼイ】 Buddha's great vows

Kun reading compounds

  • 広い 【ひろい】 spacious, vast, wide

Readings

Japanese names:
ひろ、 ひろし、 ひろむ、 みつ、 お、 こお
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hong2
Korean:
hong

Spanish

  • difundir
  • diseminar

Portuguese

French

  • vaste
  • spacieux
  • grand
1075 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1563 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1937 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
410 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2064 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
223 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
141 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
169 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1242 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9709 Morohashi
192 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1682 New Nelson (John Haig)
1234 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1320 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3h2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-2 SKIP code
1223.0 Four corner code
1-25-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f18 Unicode hex code