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

9 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
charcoal, coal
Kun:
すみ
On:
タン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
1307 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 炭素 【タンソ】 carbon (C)
  • 炭鉱 【タンコウ】 coal mine, (coal) pit, colliery, coal-mine shaft
  • 木炭 【モクタン】 charcoal
  • 活性炭 【カッセイタン】 activated charcoal, activated carbon

Kun reading compounds

  • 炭 【すみ】 charcoal, charred remains
  • 炭火 【すみび】 charcoal fire
  • 正炭 【しょうすみ】 first adding of charcoal to the fire (tea ceremony)
  • 竹炭 【たけすみ】 bamboo charcoal

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tan4
Korean:
tan

Spanish

  • carbón vegetal
  • carbón

Portuguese

  • carvão

French

  • charbon de bois
  • charbon
274 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
361 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
341 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1007 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1418 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
842 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
713 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1186 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1344 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1427 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
875 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1267 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2806 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1445 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1947 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
778 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18953 Morohashi
2257 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3413 New Nelson (John Haig)
771 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
833 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
337 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1262 2001 Kanji
3o6.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-6 SKIP code
3-5-4 SKIP code
2228.9 Four corner code
1-35-26 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
70ad Unicode hex code