Jisho

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19 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
orchid, Holland
On:
ラン
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1886 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 蘭 【ラン】 orchid, Netherlands, Holland
  • 蘭学 【ランガク】 rangaku, study of Western knowledge through the Dutch language during the Edo period
  • 第希蘭 【テヘラン】 Tehran (Iran)
  • 伊蘭 【イラン】 Iran
  • 蘭 【ラン】 orchid, Netherlands, Holland
  • 蘭 【ラニ】 thoroughwort (species of boneset, Eupatorium fortunei)

Readings

Japanese names:
か、 あららぎ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lan2
Korean:
ran

Spanish

  • orquídea
  • Holanda

Portuguese

French

  • Hollande
  • orchidée
4091 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1990 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2839 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2233 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3031 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1545 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2114 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1643 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
32477P Morohashi
2383 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5255 New Nelson (John Haig)
2363 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2449 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3k16.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-16 SKIP code
3-11-8 SKIP code
4422.7 Four corner code
1-45-86 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
862d Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
river 巛 (川, 巜)
Parts:
Variants:
state, province
Kun:
On:
シュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
386 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 州 【シュウ】 state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.), province (e.g. of Canada), county (e.g. of the UK), region (e.g. of Italy), canton, oblast, continent, province (of Japan), province (of ancient China), prefecture, department, dear
  • 州政府 【シュウセイフ】 state government
  • 広州 【コウシュウ】 Guangzhou (China), Canton
  • 沿海州 【エンカイシュウ】 Primorskaya Oblast (Russia)
  • 州 【ス】 sandbank, sandbar
  • 洲浜 【スハマ】 sandy beach, sandbar that projects into the ocean, particularly in a wavy form, designs and objects with a wavy pattern, sweet mochi cake
  • 白州 【シラス】 white sandbar, white sandbank, area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles, gravel separating a noh stage from the audience, court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand
  • 中州 【ナカス】 sandbank (in a river), sandbar

Kun reading compounds

  • 州 【す】 sandbank, sandbar
  • 洲浜 【すはま】 sandy beach, sandbar that projects into the ocean, particularly in a wavy form, designs and objects with a wavy pattern, sweet mochi cake
  • 白州 【しらす】 white sandbar, white sandbank, area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles, gravel separating a noh stage from the audience, court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand
  • 中州 【なかす】 sandbank (in a river), sandbar

Readings

Japanese names:
くに
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhou1
Korean:
ju

Spanish

  • estado
  • provincia
  • banco de arena

Portuguese

  • estado
  • província

French

  • province
  • état
424 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
320 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
304 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
542 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
99 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
445 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
490 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
224 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
195 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
195 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
553 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
549 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
64 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
39 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
40 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
130 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8678 Morohashi
57 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1529 New Nelson (John Haig)
128 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
135 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
271 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1254 2001 Kanji
2f4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-4 SKIP code
1-1-5 SKIP code
3200.0 Four corner code
1-29-03 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5dde Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 拉麺 【ラーメン】 ramen, Chinese-style noodles
  • 拉致 【ラチ】 taking captive, carrying away, kidnapping, kidnaping, abduction
  • 委内瑞拉 【ベネズエラ】 Venezuela

Kun reading compounds

  • 拉ぐ 【ひしぐ】 to crush, to squash, to overpower, to beat, to crush

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
la1, la2, la3
Korean:
rab

Spanish

Portuguese

French

1867 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1301 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
372 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
279 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
11946 Morohashi
2109 New Nelson (John Haig)
696 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3c5.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
5001.8 Four corner code
1-57-39 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
62c9 Unicode hex code

16 strokes
Radical:
wheat
Parts:
Variants:
noodles, wheat flour
Kun:
むぎこ
On:
メンベン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2331 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 麺 【メン】 noodles, flour
  • 麺子 【メンス】 noodles
  • 生麺 【ナマメン】 raw noodles, uncooked noodles, fresh noodles
  • 製麺 【セイメン】 noodle making

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mian4
Korean:
myeon

Spanish

  • tallarines
  • harina de trigo

Portuguese

French

5389 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2910 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1302 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
4112 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2828 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
47827X Morohashi
7038 New Nelson (John Haig)
2752 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2040 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4i17.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-7-9 SKIP code
3-11-9 SKIP code
4140.6 Four corner code
4124.6 Four corner code
1-44-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9eba Unicode hex code