Jisho

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蚊

10 strokes
Radical:
insect 虫
Parts:
文 虫
Variants:
蟁
mosquito
Kun:
か
On:
ブン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2121 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 蚊帳 【カヤ】 mosquito net
  • 夜鷹 【ヨタカ】 grey nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus), nightjar (any bird of family Caprimulgidae), goatsucker, streetwalker, low class prostitute (Edo period), soba vendors who walk around at night, soba sold by these vendors
  • 【カナブン】 drone beetle (Pseudotorynorrhina japonica), scarab beetle

Kun reading compounds

  • 蚊 【か】 mosquito
  • 蚊帳 【かや】 mosquito net
  • マラリア蚊 【マラリアか】 malaria mosquito
  • 家蚊 【いえか】 house mosquito (genus Culex)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wen2
Korean:
mun

Spanish

  • mosquito

Portuguese

  • mosquito

French

  • moustique
1056 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1771 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4123 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1119 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1714 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1135 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1876 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2041 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1860 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1605 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1673 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
886 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1205 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1744 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
32849 Morohashi
1319 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5288 New Nelson (John Haig)
1728 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1864 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1387 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1666 2001 Kanji
6d4.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-4 SKIP code
5014.0 Four corner code
1-18-67 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
868a Unicode hex code

囁

21 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
口 耳
whisper, murmur
Kun:
ささや.く
On:
ショウ

Speed

Stroke order

Kun reading compounds

  • 囁く 【ささやく】 to whisper, to murmur, to rumor, to rumour

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nie4
Korean:
seob, nyeob

Spanish

Portuguese

French

1018 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4615 Morohashi
928 New Nelson (John Haig)
2157 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2279 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3d18.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-18 SKIP code
6104.1 Four corner code
1-51-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
56c1 Unicode hex code

声

7 strokes
Radical:
scholar, bachelor 士
Parts:
士 尸
Variants:
聲
voice
Kun:
こえ、 こわ-
On:
セイ、 ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
388 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 声楽 【セイガク】 vocal music
  • 声援 【セイエン】 (shout of) encouragement, cheering, rooting, support
  • 肉声 【ニクセイ】 natural voice (without a microphone)
  • 和声 【ワセイ】 harmony, concord, consonance
  • 声 【ショウ】 voice, sound, tone (of Chinese character), tone mark, stress (in pronunciation), intonation, accent
  • 声点 【ショウテン】 tone mark, mark placed in one of the four corners of a Chinese character to indicate the tone
  • 高声 【コウセイ】 loud voice, high-pitched voice
  • 上声 【ジョウショウ】 rising tone (in Chinese), (of a Japanese accent) having a high, flat tone

Kun reading compounds

  • 声 【こえ】 voice, singing (of a bird), chirping (of an insect), hoot, voice, opinion (as expressed in words), view, wish, attitude, will, sound, sense (of something's arrival), feeling, voice, voiced sound
  • 声かけ 【こえかけ】 saying something (to someone), greeting, approaching (someone)
  • 一声 【いっせい】 voice, cry, shout
  • 険しい声 【けわしいこえ】 sharp voice

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sheng1
Korean:
seong

Spanish

  • voz
  • fama
  • reputación
  • rumor

Portuguese

  • Voz

French

  • voix
97 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
170 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
153 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
467 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1066 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
226 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
146 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
465 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.14 Japanese for Busy People
746 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
759 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
619 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
396 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2724 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1393 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1880 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1914 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5645 Morohashi
2198 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
989 New Nelson (John Haig)
1896 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2044 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
299 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
147 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1460 2001 Kanji
3p4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
4027.7 Four corner code
1-32-28 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
58f0 Unicode hex code