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On reading compounds

  • 蛙声 【アセイ】 sound of frogs croaking
  • 蛙黽 【アボウ】 tree frog (toad)
  • 井蛙 【セイア】 frog in a well, someone with a narrow perspective

Kun reading compounds

  • 蛙 【かえる】 frog, kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
  • 蛙鮟鱇 【かえるあんこう】 frogfish (any fish of family Antennariidae, esp. the striated frogfish, Antennarius striatus)
  • 蛙の子は蛙 【かえるのこはかえる】 like father, like son, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, the child of a frog is a frog
  • 蛙 【かえる】 frog, kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
  • 蛙狩神事 【かわずがりしんじ】 frog hunting ritual
  • 井の中の蛙 【いのなかのかわず】 person who is ignorant of the real world, frog in a well

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wa1
Korean:
wa, wae

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4137 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1648 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1716 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
32997 Morohashi
5313 New Nelson (John Haig)
2693 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2732 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1672 2001 Kanji
6d6.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-6 SKIP code
5411.4 Four corner code
1-19-31 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
86d9 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
rejoice, take pleasure in
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
769 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 喜劇 【キゲキ】 comedy
  • 喜寿 【キジュ】 77th birthday
  • 歓喜 【カンキ】 delight, great joy
  • 悲喜 【ヒキ】 joys and sorrows

Kun reading compounds

  • 喜ぶ 【よろこぶ】 to be delighted, to be glad, to be pleased, to rejoice, to congratulate, to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.), to take kindly to, to do with pleasure, to do gladly, to be happy (to do)
  • 喜ばす 【よろこばす】 to delight, to please, to make (someone) happy, to give pleasure (to)

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 きゅ、 のぶ、 ゆき、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xi3
Korean:
heui

Spanish

  • alegría
  • júbilo
  • divertirse

Portuguese

  • Alegrar-se
  • ter prazer em

French

  • se réjouir
  • prendre plaisir à
370 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
473 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
450 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
770 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1115 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
564 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
416 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1709 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1143 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1196 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
253 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
294 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2889 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1488 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2008 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1457 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3957 Morohashi
2308 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
858 New Nelson (John Haig)
1445 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1553 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
582 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1477 2001 Kanji
3p9.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-9 SKIP code
4060.1 Four corner code
1-20-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
559c Unicode hex code

15 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
drama, play
On:
ゲキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
662 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 劇 【ゲキ】 drama, play, powerful drug
  • 劇画 【ゲキガ】 comic strip with dramatic story
  • 新劇 【シンゲキ】 shingeki, new drama (movement), form of Japanese theater developed towards the end of the Meiji period inspired by modern Western theater
  • 京劇 【キョウゲキ】 classical Chinese opera

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ju4
Korean:
geug

Spanish

  • drama
  • obra
  • teatro
  • violento
  • intenso

Portuguese

  • drama
  • jogo

French

  • théâtre
  • pièce (théâtre)
858 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
848 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
458 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
247 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1078 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
365 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
797 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
811 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1140 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
206 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2399 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1221 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1681 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2016 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2218 Morohashi
1904 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
517 New Nelson (John Haig)
1997 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2152 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
982 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1243 2001 Kanji
2f13.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-13-2 SKIP code
2220.0 Four corner code
1-23-64 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5287 Unicode hex code