Jisho

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16 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
dilute, thin, weak (tea), pampas grass
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1009 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 薄弱 【ハクジャク】 feebleness, weakness, weak
  • 薄謝 【ハクシャ】 small consideration (remuneration, token of gratitude)
  • 肉薄 【ニクハク】 closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.), coming close to, pressing hard, pressing hard (e.g. with a question), taking to task, grilling
  • 精薄 【セイハク】 mental retardation (pejorative), mentally retarded

Kun reading compounds

  • 薄い 【うすい】 thin (of an object), pale, light, faint, watery, thin, diluted, weak (taste, etc.), little (affection, etc.), not much (of a presence), slim (probability, etc.), small, sparse, patchy, scattered
  • 薄板 【うすいた】 thin board, veneer, thin sheet of steel (3 mm or less), thin cloth, square wooden vase stand
  • 薄める 【うすめる】 to dilute, to water down
  • 薄まる 【うすまる】 to become weak
  • 薄らぐ 【うすらぐ】 to become thin, to fade, to grow pale
  • 薄れる 【うすれる】 to fade, to become dim
  • 薄 【すすき】 Japanese pampas grass (Miscanthus sinensis), maiden silvergrass, zebra grass
  • 花薄 【はなすすき】 Japanese pampas grass in ear

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bo2, bao2, bo4
Korean:
bag

Spanish

  • pálido
  • fino
  • delgado
  • diluirse
  • debilitarse
  • diluir
  • aclarar
  • palidecer
  • desvanecerse

Portuguese

  • diluir
  • fraco
  • ralo (chá)

French

  • fin
  • dilué
  • léger (thé)
1699 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
975 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4075 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1091 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
874 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2569 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1449 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1542 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
799 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
671 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3004 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1534 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2093 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
232 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
32083P Morohashi
2370 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5225 New Nelson (John Haig)
227 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
242 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1850 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1948 2001 Kanji
3k13.11 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-13 SKIP code
4414.6 Four corner code
1-39-86 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8584 Unicode hex code

16 strokes
Radical:
sun, day
Parts:
cloudy weather, cloud up
Kun:
くも.る
On:
ドン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1899 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 曇天 【ドンテン】 cloudy sky, overcast sky, cloudy weather
  • 晴曇 【セイドン】 fine weather and cloudy weather

Kun reading compounds

  • 曇る 【くもる】 to get cloudy, to cloud over, to become overcast, to cloud up, to fog up, to mist up, to become dim, to be gloomy, to be clouded (expression), to be downcast, to look slightly downward (of a noh mask; indicating sadness, grief, etc.)

Readings

Japanese names:
ど、 ずみ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tan2
Korean:
dam

Spanish

  • nublado
  • nublarse

Portuguese

  • tempo nublado
  • nublar

French

  • temps couvert
  • se couvrir
1672 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
948 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2160 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1575 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
608 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2685 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
637 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
647 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1281 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
983 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3141 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1610 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2195 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
431 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14172 Morohashi
2521 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2518 New Nelson (John Haig)
424 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
453 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1834 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3871 2001 Kanji
4c12.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-12 SKIP code
6073.1 Four corner code
1-38-62 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
66c7 Unicode hex code