31818X | Morohashi |
5170 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
type of tortoise used for divination
- On:
- サイ
2319 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
Readings
- Korean:
- chae, sal
Spanish
Portuguese
French
3k11.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-11 | SKIP code |
2-4-11 | SKIP code |
4490.1 | Four corner code |
1-72-81 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8521 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
192 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 元 【ゲン】 unknown (e.g. in an equation), element (of a set), yuan (monetary unit of China), New Taiwan dollar, Yuan dynasty (of China; 1271-1368), Yüan dynasty, Mongol dynasty
- 原価 【ゲンカ】 cost price
- 中元 【チュウゲン】 15th day of the 7th lunar month, (last day of) Bon lantern festival, mid-year gift, summer gift, Bon Festival gifts
- 抗原 【コウゲン】 antigen
- 元祖 【ガンソ】 originator, pioneer, inventor, founder, progenitor, primogenitor, founder of a family line
- 元日 【ガンジツ】 New Year's Day
Kun reading compounds
- 元 【もと】 origin, source, beginning, basis, base, foundation, root, cause, (raw) material, ingredient, base, mix (e.g. for a cake), (soup) stock, (one's) side, capital, principal, cost price, root (of a plant), (tree) trunk, part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand), first three lines of a waka, counter for plants or trees, counter for falcons (in falconry)
- 元 【もと】 former, ex-, past, one-time, earlier times, the past, previous state, formerly, previously, originally, before
- 家元 【いえもと】 head of a school (of music, dance), head family of a school
- 胸元 【むなもと】 breast, chest, pit of the stomach, solar plexus, epigastrium
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ちか、 はじめ、 はる、 ゆき、 よし
- Korean:
- weon
Spanish
- comienzo
- principio
- origen
- jefe
Portuguese
- começo
- tempo anterior
- origem
French
- commencement
- origine
- ancien temps
68 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
117 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
106 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
328 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
275 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
106 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
121 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
60 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
137 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
137 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
245 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
141 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2428 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1226 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1690 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
59 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
1340 | Morohashi |
1929 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
343 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
59 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
63 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
408 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
89 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3057 | 2001 Kanji |
0a4.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-1-3 | SKIP code |
1021.1 | Four corner code |
1-24-21 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5143 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1431 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 培養 【バイヨウ】 culture, cultivation, cultivation (of plants), growing, raising, cultivation (e.g. of a skill), nurture (of democracy, national power, etc.), growth
- 培植 【バイショク】 cultivation (of plants), culturing
- 育成栽培 【イクセイサイバイ】 vegetable and fruit growing
- 促成栽培 【ソクセイサイバイ】 forcing (plants, vegetables, etc.), artificially hastening the growth of plants (by controlling heat, light, etc.)
Kun reading compounds
- 培う 【つちかう】 to cultivate, to foster
Readings
- Korean:
- bae, bu
Spanish
- cultivo
- fomento
- cultivar
- fomentar
Portuguese
- cultivar
- alimentar
French
- culture (plantes)
- entretenir
1690 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1615 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1091 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1492 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1153 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1291 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1828 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1977 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1640 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
377 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
558 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
340 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
420 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
488 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
5195 | Morohashi |
464 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1032 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
477 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
516 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1419 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1477 | 2001 Kanji |
3b8.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-8 | SKIP code |
4016.1 | Four corner code |
1-39-61 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
57f9 | Unicode hex code |