Jisho

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16 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
fuel, firewood, kindling
Kun:
たきぎまき
On:
シン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2182 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 薪炭 【シンタン】 wood and charcoal, fuel
  • 薪水 【シンスイ】 fuel and water, firewood and water, gathering firewood and drawing water, kitchen work, housework
  • 柴薪 【サイシン】 brushwood and firewood

Kun reading compounds

  • 薪 【まき】 piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs), kindling (twigs, branches, etc.), firewood
  • 薪入れ 【たきぎいれ】 wood basket, firewood bucket, log holder
  • 薪 【まき】 piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs), kindling (twigs, branches, etc.), firewood
  • 薪小屋 【まきごや】 woodshed

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xin1
Korean:
sin

Spanish

  • leña

Portuguese

  • combustível
  • lenha
  • acender fogo

French

  • combustible
  • bois de chauffage
  • petit bois
  • fuel
1445 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
2024 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4069 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1560 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1910 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2083 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1838 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
669 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3009 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1538 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2098 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1517 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
32149P Morohashi
2374 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5222 New Nelson (John Haig)
1503 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1620 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1848 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1954 2001 Kanji
3k13.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-13 SKIP code
4492.1 Four corner code
1-31-37 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
85aa Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
mountain
Parts:
Variants:
island
Kun:
しま
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
245 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 島 【トウ】 Island, insula, island, islet
  • 島国 【シマグニ】 island country
  • 千島列島 【チシマレットウ】 Kurile Islands
  • 列島 【レットウ】 archipelago, chain of islands

Kun reading compounds

  • 島 【しま】 island, one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.), one's turf
  • 島国 【しまぐに】 island country
  • 千島 【ちしま】 Kurile Islands
  • 広島 【ひろしま】 Hiroshima (city, prefecture)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dao3
Korean:
do

Spanish

  • isla

Portuguese

  • ilha

French

  • île
292 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
380 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
358 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
173 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
230 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
183 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
489 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1522 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
286 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
286 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
455 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
543 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4103 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2081 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2820 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1967 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8108 Morohashi
3310 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1476 New Nelson (John Haig)
1948 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2098 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
379 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
362 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
852 2001 Kanji
3o7.9 The Kanji Dictionary
3-7-3 SKIP code
4-10-4 SKIP code
2772.7 Four corner code
1-37-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5cf6 Unicode hex code

10 strokes (also 9)
Radical:
town (阝 right) 邑 (阝)
Parts:
county, district
Kun:
こおり
On:
グン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
965 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 郡 【グン】 district, county, district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryō period), commandery (in China)
  • 郡部 【グンブ】 rural districts, counties
  • 共産国家郡 【キョウサンコッカグン】 Communist bloc
  • 国郡 【コクグン】 provinces and districts

Kun reading compounds

  • 郡 【ぐん】 district, county, district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryō period), commandery (in China)
  • 郡司 【ぐんじ】 district governor (under the ritsuryō system)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jun4
Korean:
gun

Spanish

  • condado
  • distrito

Portuguese

  • condado
  • distrito
  • comarca

French

  • comté
  • arrondissement
384 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
491 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
467 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
797 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4764 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
480 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1828 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1146 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
193 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
193 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
552 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
758 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1858 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
984 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1333 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1860 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39436 Morohashi
1466 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6143 New Nelson (John Haig)
1843 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1986 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
541 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3544 2001 Kanji
2d7.12 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-3 SKIP code
1-7-2 SKIP code
1762.7 Four corner code
1-23-20 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
90e1 Unicode hex code