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蜜

14 strokes
Radical:
insect 虫
Parts:
丶 ノ 宀 心 虫
honey, nectar, molasses
On:
ミツ、 ビツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2203 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 蜜 【ミツ】 nectar, honey, honeydew, treacle, molasses, sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
  • 蜜月 【ミツゲツ】 honeymoon, being in an intimate relationship, honeymoon (period)
  • 水蜜 【スイミツ】 white peach
  • 糖蜜 【トウミツ】 molasses, black treacle, (sugar) syrup

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mi4
Korean:
mil

Spanish

  • miel
  • néctar
  • melaza

Portuguese

French

  • miel
  • nectar
  • mélasse
1336 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
823 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2958 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2060 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
783 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
33143 Morohashi
5343 New Nelson (John Haig)
776 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
838 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3m11.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-11 SKIP code
3013.6 Four corner code
1-44-10 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
871c Unicode hex code

源

13 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
厂 小 汁 白
Variants:
厵
source, origin
Kun:
みなもと
On:
ゲン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
738 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 源 【ゲン】 source, origin
  • 源氏 【ゲンジ】 Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari), the Minamoto family
  • 震源 【シンゲン】 hypocentre (of an earthquake), hypocenter, focus
  • 財源 【ザイゲン】 source of funds, resources, finances

Kun reading compounds

  • 源 【みなもと】 source (of a river), fountainhead, source, origin, root
  • 河の源 【かわのみなもと】 fountainhead

Readings

Japanese names:
はら、 みな、 もと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yuan2
Korean:
weon

Spanish

  • fuente
  • origen

Portuguese

  • fonte
  • origem

French

  • source
  • origine
864 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
853 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
827 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2656 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
893 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1486 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1863 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
580 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
589 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
854 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1231 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
806 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
470 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
600 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
144 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17926 Morohashi
656 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3274 New Nelson (John Haig)
142 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
153 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
958 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
341 2001 Kanji
3a10.25 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-10 SKIP code
3119.6 Four corner code
1-24-27 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6e90 Unicode hex code

植

12 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
十 木 目
plant
Kun:
う.える、 う.わる
On:
ショク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
699 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 植物 【ショクブツ】 plant, vegetation
  • 植樹 【ショクジュ】 tree-planting
  • 写植 【シャショク】 phototypesetting
  • 拓殖 【タクショク】 colonization, colonisation, development, settlement, exploitation

Kun reading compounds

  • 植える 【うえる】 to plant, to grow, to raise, to insert, to transplant, to implant, to set (type), to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent), to instill (idea, value, etc.), to inculcate
  • 植わる 【うわる】 to be planted

Readings

Japanese names:
うえ、 え、 げ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi2
Korean:
sig, chi

Spanish

  • planta
  • plantar
  • crecer
  • ser plantado

Portuguese

  • planta

French

  • planter
435 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
337 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
321 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1013 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2303 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
438 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
637 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1902 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
424 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
430 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
678 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1102 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1247 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
677 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
903 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
209 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
15023 Morohashi
990 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2751 New Nelson (John Haig)
205 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
217 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
402 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1875 2001 Kanji
4a8.32 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-8 SKIP code
4491.6 Four corner code
1-31-02 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
690d Unicode hex code

物

8 strokes
Radical:
cow 牛 (牜)
Parts:
ノ 勹 牛 勿
thing, object, matter
Kun:
もの、 もの-
On:
ブツ、 モツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
215 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 物 【ブツ】 stock, products, goods (esp. stolen), loot, spoils, stuff
  • 物議 【ブツギ】 public discussion, public criticism, controversy
  • 異物 【イブツ】 foreign substance, foreign body, foreign contamination, foreign material, strange object, unusual object, dead body, corpse, remains
  • 遺物 【イブツ】 relic, remains, memento
  • 財物 【ザイブツ】 property
  • 幣物 【ヘイモツ】 Shinto offerings, present to a guest

Kun reading compounds

  • 物 【もの】 thing, object, article, stuff, substance, one's things, possessions, property, belongings, things, something, anything, everything, nothing, quality, reason, the way of things, used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc., used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense), used to indicate a general tendency, used to indicate something that should happen, item classified as ..., item related to ..., work in the genre of ..., cause of ..., cause for ..., somehow, somewhat, for some reason, really, truly
  • 物言い 【ものいい】 manner of speaking, verbal argument, objection, protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee), rumor, rumour
  • 先物 【さきもの】 futures, futures contract
  • 拾い物 【ひろいもの】 found article, thing picked up (e.g. in the street), (lucky) find, piece of good luck, windfall, bargain

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wu4
Korean:
mul

Spanish

  • cosa
  • objeto
  • materia

Portuguese

  • coisa
  • objeto
  • matéria

French

  • objet
  • chose
  • matière
313 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
410 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
387 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
126 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2857 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
74 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
214 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
611 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
79 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
79 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
321 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1290 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1084 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
587 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
777 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1059 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19959 Morohashi
874 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3538 New Nelson (John Haig)
1050 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1129 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
95 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
313 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2451 2001 Kanji
4g4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
2752.0 Four corner code
1-42-10 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7269 Unicode hex code