Jisho

×

薔

16 strokes (also 17)
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
人 口 囗 土 艾
water pepper
Kun:
みずたで
On:
バ、 ショウ、 ショク、 ソウ
2356 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 薔薇 【バラ】 rose
  • バラ色 【バライロ】 rose-colour, rose-color, bright (e.g. life, future, prospects), cheerful, rosy
  • 薔薇 【バラ】 rose
  • バラ油 【バラユ】 rose oil, rose otto
  • 薔薇 【バラ】 rose

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qiang2
Korean:
jang, saeg

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4071 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
32113X Morohashi
5220 New Nelson (John Haig)
3k13.20 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-13 SKIP code
2-4-13 SKIP code
4460.1 Four corner code
1-73-12 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8594 Unicode hex code

薇

16 strokes (also 17)
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
几 山 彳 艾 乞 攵
an edible fern
Kun:
ぜんまい
On:
ラ、 ビ

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 野薔薇 【ノイバラ】 multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora), baby rose, Japanese rose
  • 難波薔薇 【ナニワイバラ】 Cherokee rose (Rosa laevigata)
  • 冬薔薇 【フユソウビ】 winter rose

Kun reading compounds

  • 薇 【ぜんまい】 Japanese royal fern (Osmunda japonica), Asian royal fern, flowering fern
  • 城山薇 【しろやまぜんまい】 Osmunda banksiifolia (species of fern)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wei2, wei1
Korean:
mi

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4057 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
32092 Morohashi
5209 New Nelson (John Haig)
3k13.13 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-13 SKIP code
2-4-13 SKIP code
4424.8 Four corner code
1-73-15 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8587 Unicode hex code

旋

11 strokes
Radical:
square 方
Parts:
方 疋 乞
rotation, go around
Kun:
め.ぐる、 いばり
On:
セン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1801 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 旋律 【センリツ】 melody, tune
  • 旋風 【センプウ】 whirlwind, sensation, commotion, hullabaloo
  • 螺旋 【ラセン】 spiral, helix, screw
  • 回旋 【カイセン】 rotation, revolution, convolution

Readings

Japanese names:
せ、 めぐり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xuan2, xuan4
Korean:
seon

Spanish

  • girar
  • rotar
  • dar vueltas
  • regresar

Portuguese

  • rotação
  • ir de uma lado para outro

French

  • rotation
  • révolution
1494 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1648 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2091 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1077 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1400 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1005 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1042 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1527 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
960 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1194 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
650 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
862 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1055 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13656 Morohashi
957 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2400 New Nelson (John Haig)
1046 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1125 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1447 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
470 2001 Kanji
4h7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-7 SKIP code
0828.1 Four corner code
1-32-91 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
65cb Unicode hex code

律

9 strokes
Radical:
step 彳
Parts:
彳 聿
rhythm, law, regulation, gauge, control
On:
リツ、 リチ、 レツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
992 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 律 【リツ】 law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code), regulation, vinaya (rules for the monastic community), Ritsu (school of Buddhism), lüshi (style of Chinese poem), (musical) pitch, six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale, Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale, similar to Dorian mode (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do), step (in traditional Eastern music, corresponding to a Western semitone)
  • 律令 【リツリョウ】 ritsuryō, criminal, administrative and civil codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models
  • 一律 【イチリツ】 uniform, even, across-the-board, equal
  • 自律 【ジリツ】 autonomy (in Kantian ethics), self-control
  • 律儀 【リチギ】 upright, honest, faithful, conscientious, sincere
  • 律義者 【リチギモノ】 honest person, conscientious person
  • 呂律 【ロレツ】 articulation

Readings

Japanese names:
たかし、 のり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lu:4
Korean:
ryul

Spanish

  • ley
  • regulación
  • regla
  • ritmo (musical)

Portuguese

  • ritmo
  • lei
  • regulamento
  • medida
  • controle

French

  • rythme
  • ordonner
  • loi
  • régulation
  • contrôle
  • jauge
877 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
1003 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
993 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1048 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1608 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
526 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
521 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
787 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
667 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
678 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
519 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
627 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
433 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
268 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
322 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
883 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10097 Morohashi
363 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1740 New Nelson (John Haig)
874 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
939 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
895 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2055 2001 Kanji
3i6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
2520.7 Four corner code
1-46-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f8b Unicode hex code