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蘇

19 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
艾 杰 田 禾 魚
Variants:
蘓
be resuscitated, revived, perilla, shiso
Kun:
よみがえ.る
On:
ソ、 ス
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
1968 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 蘇 【ソ】 Soviet Union
  • 酥 【ソ】 so (condensed milk product eaten in ancient Japan)
  • 日ソ 【ニッソ】 Japan and the Soviet Union, Japanese-Soviet
  • 中ソ 【チュウソ】 China and the Soviet Union, Soviet-Chinese, Sino-Soviet
  • 蘇芳 【スオウ】 sappanwood (Caesalpinia sappan), sappanwood dye (red in colour), layered colour (light brown on the front, dark red beneath)
  • 蘇格蘭 【スコットランド】 Scotland

Kun reading compounds

  • 蘇る 【よみがえる】 to be resurrected, to be resuscitated, to be rehabilitated, to be revived, to be refreshed, to be restored, to be recalled (e.g. memories), to be brought back

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
su1
Korean:
so

Spanish

  • revivir
  • resucitar
  • rehabilitar
  • planta aromática

Portuguese

French

4097 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2841 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3032 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2115 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
32427X Morohashi
5252 New Nelson (John Haig)
2380 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2463 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3k16.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-16 SKIP code
2-4-16 SKIP code
4439.4 Four corner code
1-33-41 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8607 Unicode hex code

我

7 strokes
Radical:
spear, halberd 戈
Parts:
亅 手 戈
ego, I, selfish, our, oneself
Kun:
われ、 わ、 わ.が-、 わが-
On:
ガ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
829 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 我 【ガ】 obstinacy, atman, the self, the ego
  • 我慢 【ガマン】 endurance, patience, perseverance, bearing (with something), self-control, self-restraint
  • 無我 【ムガ】 selflessness, self-effacement, self-renunciation, anatta, anatman, doctrine that states that humans do not possess souls
  • 小我 【ショウガ】 the self, the ego

Kun reading compounds

  • 我 【われ】 I, me, oneself, you, prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
  • 我々 【われわれ】 we
  • 人は人、我は我 【ひとはひと、われはわれ】 live and let live, you do you and I'll do me, people are people; I am myself
  • 我 【われ】 I, me, oneself, you, prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
  • 我が 【わが】 my, our, one's own

Readings

Japanese names:
あ、 あが、 か
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wo3
Korean:
a

Spanish

  • yo
  • uno mismo
  • ego

Portuguese

  • ego
  • Eu
  • egoísta
  • nosso
  • a si próprio

French

  • ego
  • je
  • moi
  • égoïste
  • notre
  • soi-même
745 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
833 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
817 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1392 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
200 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
719 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1329 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
545 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1302 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1381 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1164 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
837 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4362 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2208 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2971 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
647 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11545 Morohashi
3548 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2028 New Nelson (John Haig)
640 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
690 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
380 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
848 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2259 2001 Kanji
0a7.10 The Kanji Dictionary
4-7-3 SKIP code
4-7-4 SKIP code
2355.0 Four corner code
1-18-70 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6211 Unicode hex code

堅

12 strokes
Radical:
earth 土
Parts:
又 土 臣
strict, hard, solid, tough, tight, reliable
Kun:
かた.い、 -がた.い
On:
ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1049 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 堅 【ケン】 strength, solidity, firmness, armour, armor
  • 堅持 【ケンジ】 holding on to, sticking to
  • 中堅 【チュウケン】 nucleus, backbone, mainstay, key figure, medium-level, mid-level, middle-ranking, midsize, main body (of troops), crack troops, select troops, center field, centre field, center fielder, centre fielder, athlete competing in the middle-number match in a team competition, i.e. second in 3-on-3, third in 5-on-5 (kendo, judo, etc.)
  • 米利堅 【メリケン】 America, American, fist

Kun reading compounds

  • 硬い 【かたい】 hard, solid, tough, stiff, tight, wooden, unpolished (e.g. writing), strong, firm (not viscous or easily moved), safe, steady, honest, steadfast, obstinate, stubborn, bookish, formal, stuffy
  • 堅い商売 【かたいしょうばい】 sound business

Readings

Japanese names:
きん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian1
Korean:
gyeon

Spanish

  • duro
  • sólido
  • firme
  • apretado
  • estricto

Portuguese

  • de confiança
  • apertado
  • duro
  • sólido
  • firme
  • estrito

French

  • tenace
  • dur
  • strict
  • solide
  • ferme
  • fiable
1217 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
914 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1096 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
995 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1155 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1796 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1289 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1363 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1228 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
356 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3502 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1805 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2457 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
861 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5210 Morohashi
2823 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1038 New Nelson (John Haig)
853 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
917 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1513 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3472 2001 Kanji
3b9.13 The Kanji Dictionary
2-9-3 SKIP code
2-8-3 SKIP code
7710.4 Four corner code
1-23-88 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5805 Unicode hex code

塩

13 strokes
Radical:
earth 土
Parts:
一 ノ 人 口 土 皿 乞
Variants:
鹽
salt
Kun:
しお
On:
エン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
1148 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 塩 【エン】 salt (e.g. sodium chloride, calcium sulfate, etc.), chloride
  • 塩化 【エンカ】 chloridation, salification, chloride
  • 減塩 【ゲンエン】 reduction of salt, sodium restriction
  • 岩塩 【ガンエン】 halite, rock salt

Kun reading compounds

  • 塩 【しお】 salt, common salt, table salt, sodium chloride, hardship, toil, trouble, saltiness, cold, unwelcoming, indifferent
  • 塩田 【えんでん】 saltpan, field for drying salt
  • 岩塩 【がんえん】 halite, rock salt
  • 手塩 【てしお】 table salt, small plate

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yan2
Korean:
yeom

Spanish

  • sal

Portuguese

  • Sal

French

  • sel
354 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
451 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
428 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1058 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1125 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
730 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
439 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1846 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1101 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1152 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
924 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
385 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
774 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
456 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
578 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1470 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5382 Morohashi
631 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1075 New Nelson (John Haig)
1458 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1568 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
603 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1474 2001 Kanji
3b10.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-10 SKIP code
4811.7 Four corner code
1-17-86 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5869 Unicode hex code

媛

12 strokes
Radical:
woman, female 女
Parts:
ノ 又 女 爪
beautiful woman, princess
Kun:
ひめ
On:
エン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1735 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 才媛 【サイエン】 literary woman, talented woman

Kun reading compounds

  • 姫 【ひめ】 young lady of noble birth, princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.), girl, small, cute, lesser (in names of species), prostitute
  • 愛媛 【えひめ】 Ehime (prefecture)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yuan4, yuan2
Korean:
weon

Spanish

  • mujer bella
  • princesa

Portuguese

French

  • belle femme
  • princesse
1828 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1238 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1868 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2047 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1883 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
688 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
413 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
519 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1969 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6516X Morohashi
1244 New Nelson (John Haig)
1950 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2100 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3e9.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
4244.7 Four corner code
1-41-18 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5a9b Unicode hex code