Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
insect
Parts:
Variants:
lightning-bug, firefly
Kun:
ほたる
On:
ケイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2031 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 蛍光灯 【ケイコウトウ】 fluorescent lamp, fluorescent light, person who is slow to react, someone slow on the uptake
  • 蛍光 【ケイコウ】 fluorescence
  • 流蛍 【リュウケイ】 flying firefly

Kun reading compounds

  • 蛍 【ほたる】 firefly (Luciola cruciata), lightning bug, glowworm
  • 蛍藺 【ほたるい】 Scirpus hotarui (species of bulrush)
  • 海蛍 【うみほたる】 sea firefly (Vargula hilgendorfii), seed shrimp

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ying2
Korean:
hyeong

Spanish

  • luciérnaga

Portuguese

  • pirilampo
  • vaga-lume

French

  • ver luisant
  • luciole
1200 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1925 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1717 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1878 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2043 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1676 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1607 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3204 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1658 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2248 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
524 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
32983 Morohashi
2591 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5302 New Nelson (John Haig)
518 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
557 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1482 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3n8.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-6 SKIP code
2-3-8 SKIP code
9013.6 Four corner code
3213.6 Four corner code
1-23-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
86cd Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
crow, raven
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2042 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 烏克蘭 【ウクライナ】 Ukraine
  • 烏焉魯魚 【ウエンロギョ】 miswriting a word, using the wrong kanji to write a word
  • 屋烏 【オクウ】 crow perched on a roof
  • 愛及屋烏 【アイキュウオクウ】 infatuation, doting
  • 烏秋 【オウチュウ】 black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
  • 烏滸 【オコ】 foolish thing, stupid thing, absurdity

Kun reading compounds

  • 烏 【からす】 crow (Corvus spp.), raven
  • 烏河豚 【からす】 Chinese puffer (Takifugu chinensis)
  • 闇夜に烏 【やみよにからす】 something indistinct, a crow in a pitch-black night
  • 八咫の烏 【やたのからす】 Yatagarasu (mythical raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition), three-legged crow inhabiting the sun in Chinese mythology
  • 安んぞ 【いずくんぞ】 how, why

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wu1, wu4
Korean:
o

Spanish

  • cuervo

Portuguese

French

  • corneille
  • corbeau
229 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1256 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
4088 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2811 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1963 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18998 Morohashi
3421 New Nelson (John Haig)
1944 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2094 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4d6.5 The Kanji Dictionary
3-6-4 SKIP code
2732.7 Four corner code
1-17-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
70cf Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
shell
Parts:
burglar, rebel, traitor, robber
On:
ゾク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2045 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 賊 【ゾク】 thief, robber, burglar, rebel, insurgent, traitor
  • 賊害 【ゾクガイ】 harm, killing, destruction at the hands of rebels
  • 空賊 【クウゾク】 air pirate, air piracy
  • 流賊 【リュウゾク】 roving robber, marauder

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zei2, ze2
Korean:
jeog

Spanish

  • ladrón
  • rebelde
  • traidor

Portuguese

  • assaltante
  • rebelde
  • traidor
  • ladrão

French

  • bandit
  • rebelle
  • traitre
  • cambrioleur
  • voleur
1537 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1999 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4508 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1426 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1782 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1807 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1946 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1584 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1744 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1932 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1029 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1391 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
363 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36759 Morohashi
1530 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5801 New Nelson (John Haig)
357 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
381 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1669 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3959 2001 Kanji
7b6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-6 SKIP code
6385.0 Four corner code
1-34-17 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8cca Unicode hex code