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虹

9 strokes
Radical:
insect 虫
Parts:
工 虫
rainbow
Kun:
にじ
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2110 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 虹技 【コウギ】 Kogi Corporation
  • 虹霓 【コウゲイ】 rainbow
  • 副虹 【フクニジ】 secondary rainbow
  • 月虹 【ゲッコウ】 moonbow, lunar rainbow, whitish rainbow cast by moonlight, lunar bow, space rainbow

Kun reading compounds

  • 虹 【にじ】 rainbow
  • 虹色 【にじいろ】 rainbow-colored, rainbow-coloured
  • 夕虹 【ゆうにじ】 evening rainbow
  • 過剰虹 【かじょうにじ】 supernumerary rainbow

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hong2, jiang4
Korean:
hong, gang

Spanish

  • arco iris

Portuguese

French

  • arc-en-ciel
4118 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
882 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2235 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2045 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1637 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
863 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1180 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
526 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
32830 Morohashi
1285 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5279 New Nelson (John Haig)
520 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
559 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1672 2001 Kanji
6d3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-3 SKIP code
5111.0 Four corner code
1-38-90 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8679 Unicode hex code

翔

12 strokes
Radical:
feather 羽
Parts:
并 冫 羊 羽
soar, fly
Kun:
かけ.る、 と.ぶ
On:
ショウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1936 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 翔破 【ショウハ】 completing a flight
  • 飛翔 【ヒショウ】 flight, flying, soaring
  • 競翔 【キョウショウ】 flying race (between pigeons)

Kun reading compounds

  • 翔る 【かける】 to soar, to fly, to run, to dash
  • 飛ぶ 【とぶ】 to fly, to soar, to jump, to leap, to spring, to bound, to hop, to spatter, to scatter, to splash, to fly (e.g. of sparks), to hurry, to rush, to flee, to run off, to escape, to disappear, to vanish, to fade, to thin out, to break off, to come off, to fall off, to blow (of a fuse), to be sent out (of an order), to fly (of false rumours, catcalls, etc.), to come flying (of a punch, kick, etc.), to be missing (of a page, stitch, etc.), to skip, to jump (e.g. of a conversation)

Readings

Japanese names:
か
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiang2
Korean:
sang

Spanish

  • remontarse
  • elevarse
  • volar

Portuguese

French

3664 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2200 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1714 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
918 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1241 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
28689 Morohashi
1357 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4683 New Nelson (John Haig)
2933 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2940 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2o10.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-6 SKIP code
8752.0 Four corner code
1-70-38 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7fd4 Unicode hex code

覇

19 strokes
Radical:
west 西 (襾, 覀)
Parts:
月 西 革
Variants:
霸
hegemony, supremacy, leadership, champion
Kun:
はたがしら
On:
ハ、 ハク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1173 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 覇 【ハ】 supremacy (over a nation), hegemony, domination, leadership, championship, victory
  • 覇権 【ハケン】 hegemony
  • 制覇 【セイハ】 conquest, domination, supremacy, mastery, winning (a championship)
  • 初制覇 【ハツセイハ】 first victory

Readings

Japanese names:
はる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ba4
Korean:
pae, baeg

Spanish

  • hegemonía
  • supremacía
  • liderazgo

Portuguese

  • hegemonia
  • supremacia
  • liderança
  • campeão

French

  • hégémonie
  • suprématie
  • leadership
  • champion
1683 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1641 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4281 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1736 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1633 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1743 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1685 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1641 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3392 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1749 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2379 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1913 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
34790X Morohashi
2730 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5519 New Nelson (John Haig)
1895 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2043 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1921 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3246 2001 Kanji
4b15.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-13 SKIP code
2-6-12 SKIP code
1052.7 Four corner code
1-39-38 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8987 Unicode hex code

者

8 strokes
Radical:
old 老 (耂)
Parts:
老 日
Variants:
者
someone, person
Kun:
もの
On:
シャ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
38 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 者 【シャ】 person, -er, expert, geisha, prostitute
  • 芸者 【ゲイシャ】 geisha, professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
  • 加害者 【カガイシャ】 perpetrator, wrong-doer, aggressor, assailant, offender

Kun reading compounds

  • 者 【もの】 person
  • 者ども 【ものども】 you, people
  • 弱き者 【よわきもの】 weak person, the weak
  • 若い者 【わかいもの】 young person, young people, youth, youngsters, young employee, young manservant, young follower

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhe3
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • persona

Portuguese

  • alguém
  • pessoa

French

  • personne
  • quelqu'un
235 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
314 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
298 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
22 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3685 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
56 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
240 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
769 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.6 Japanese for Busy People
164 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
164 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
148 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1578 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3980 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2047 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2765 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1264 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28852 Morohashi
3211 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4698 New Nelson (John Haig)
1256 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1345 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
19 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
302 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1478 2001 Kanji
4c4.13 The Kanji Dictionary
3-4-4 SKIP code
4-8-2 SKIP code
2-4-4 SKIP code
4460.0 Four corner code
1-28-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8005 Unicode hex code