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蟹

19 strokes
Radical:
insect 虫
Parts:
刀 牛 虫 角
Variants:
蠏
crab
Kun:
かに
On:
カイ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2417 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 蟹行文字 【カイコウモンジ】 cross-wise writing, alphabet usually written horizontally

Kun reading compounds

  • 蟹 【かに】 crab
  • カニ歩き 【カニあるき】 walking like a crab
  • 月夜の蟹 【つきよのかに】 crab with little meat, crab of a moonlit night, something with no meat to it, something unsubstantial
  • 渡り蟹 【わたりがに】 swimming crab (Portunus trituberculatus), Japanese blue crab

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xie4
Korean:
hae

Spanish

  • cangrejo

Portuguese

French

4195 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2853 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3611 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2520 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
33668 Morohashi
5395 New Nelson (John Haig)
2682 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2722 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
6d13.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-13-6 SKIP code
2713.6 Four corner code
1-19-10 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
87f9 Unicode hex code

甲

5 strokes
Radical:
field 田
Parts:
｜ 日 田
armor, high (voice), A grade, first class, former, instep, carapace
Kun:
きのえ
On:
コウ、 カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1073 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 甲 【コウ】 carapace, shell, 1st in rank, grade A, instep, back of hand, the A party (e.g. in a contract), the first party, plaintiff (label in legal documents)
  • 甲状腺 【コウジョウセン】 thyroid (gland)
  • 装甲 【ソウコウ】 armoring, armouring, armor, armour
  • 亀甲 【キッコウ】 tortoise shell
  • 甲 【カン】 treble range (in Japanese music), high note
  • 甲板 【カンパン】 deck (of a ship)

Kun reading compounds

  • 甲 【きのえ】 first sign of the Chinese calendar
  • 甲戌 【きのえいぬ】 Wood Dog (11th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1934, 1994, 2054)

Readings

Japanese names:
かぶと、 き、 まさ、 まさる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jia3
Korean:
gab

Spanish

  • caparazón
  • armadura
  • voz alta
  • primero

Portuguese

  • armadura
  • alto (voz)
  • Um grau
  • umterior
  • peito do pé
  • carapaça

French

  • armure
  • carapace
  • haute (voix)
  • premier ordre
  • première classe
  • ancien
  • cou-de-pied
  • signe du 1er tronc céleste
1243 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1071 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
92 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1082 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1540 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
184 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
982 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1016 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1816 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1331 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4293 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2169 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2923 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1122 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21725 Morohashi
3481 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3725 New Nelson (John Haig)
1113 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1194 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1053 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3655 2001 Kanji
0a5.34 The Kanji Dictionary
4-5-1 SKIP code
6050.0 Four corner code
1-25-35 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7532 Unicode hex code

羅

19 strokes
Radical:
net 网 (罒, ⺲, 罓, ⺳)
Parts:
小 幺 買 糸 隹
gauze, thin silk, Rome, arrange, spread out
Kun:
うすもの
On:
ラ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1831 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 羅 【ラ】 Latin (language)
  • 薄物 【ウスモノ】 lightweight fabric or clothing, silk gauze, thin silk
  • 修羅 【シュラ】 Asura, demigod, anti-god, titan, demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology, fighting, carnage, conflict, strife, sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.), log slide, chute, flume
  • 甲羅 【コウラ】 shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.), carapace, plastron, (person's) back, years of experience

Kun reading compounds

  • 薄物 【うすもの】 lightweight fabric or clothing, silk gauze, thin silk

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
luo2, luo1
Korean:
ra

Spanish

  • compresa
  • gasa de seda
  • bien alineado
  • Roma

Portuguese

  • gaze
  • seda fina
  • Roma

French

  • gaze
  • soie fine
  • Rome
1887 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1762 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3654 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1656 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2937 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1860 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2017 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1672 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1469 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3244 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1679 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2278 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1354 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28397 Morohashi
2622 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4655 New Nelson (John Haig)
1342 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1442 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1919 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3675 2001 Kanji
5g14.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-14 SKIP code
6091.4 Four corner code
1-45-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7f85 Unicode hex code

似

7 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
丶 人 化
Variants:
佀
becoming, resemble, counterfeit, imitate, suitable
Kun:
に.る、 ひ.る
On:
ジ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
923 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 似我蜂 【ジガバチ】 red-banded sand wasp (Ammophila sabulosa), thread-waisted wasp (any wasp of family Sphecidae, incl. digger wasps and mud daubers)
  • 酷似 【コクジ】 resembling closely, being strikingly similar, bearing a strong likeness
  • 疑似 【ギジ】 pseudo, quasi, false, para-, mock, sham, suspected (case, e.g. of disease)

Kun reading compounds

  • 似る 【にる】 to resemble, to look like, to be like, to be alike, to be similar, to take after

Readings

Japanese names:
にた
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
si4, shi4
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • parecerse a
  • parecerse
  • ser similar

Portuguese

  • formação
  • lembra
  • falsificar
  • imitar
  • conveniente

French

  • ressembler
  • devenir
  • contrefaire
  • imiter
  • approprié
625 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
724 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
696 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1219 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
376 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
775 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
311 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
350 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1486 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1583 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1172 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
77 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
71 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
43 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
46 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1038 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
485 Morohashi
63 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
138 New Nelson (John Haig)
1029 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1106 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
669 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2162 2001 Kanji
2a5.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-5 SKIP code
2820.0 Four corner code
1-27-87 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f3c Unicode hex code

穴

5 strokes
Radical:
cave 穴
Parts:
儿 ハ 宀 穴
hole, aperture, slit, cave, den
Kun:
あな
On:
ケツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1366 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 穴 【ケツ】 ass, arse, buttocks, rear, end, acupuncture point, hole, notch
  • 穴隙 【ケツゲキ】 crevice, aperture
  • 横穴 【ヨコアナ】 cave, tunnel, tunnel tomb (Kofun period)
  • 経穴 【ケイケツ】 acupuncture point

Kun reading compounds

  • 穴 【あな】 hole, opening, orifice, perforation, pit, hollow, cavity, hole (e.g. in the ground), burrow, den, lair, holt, hole, deficit, shortage, (financial) hole, loss, gap (left by a missing employee, team member, etc.), vacancy, opening, flaw, fault, defect, weak point, hole (in a theory, plan, etc.), loophole, good place not many people know about, well-kept secret, upset victory (with a large payoff), long shot, dark horse, (partitioned) box (type of floor seating in a traditional Japanese theatre), hiding place, hideout
  • 穴埋め 【あなうめ】 filling (up) a hole, filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.), stopgap, filler (e.g. article), making up (for a loss, damage, etc.), covering (a deficit), compensation, cloze deletion (test format)
  • 風穴 【かざあな】 air hole, windhole, ventilator
  • 横穴 【よこあな】 cave, tunnel, tunnel tomb (Kofun period)

Readings

Japanese names:
けな、 しし、 な
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xue4, xue2
Korean:
hyeol

Spanish

  • agujero
  • hueco
  • cueva
  • lugar poco conocido
  • lugar escondido

Portuguese

  • buraco
  • orifício
  • brecha
  • caverna
  • gruta

French

  • trou
  • orifice
  • fente
  • grotte
  • tanière
860 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
849 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1201 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3313 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
984 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1595 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
158 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
899 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
921 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1122 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1450 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2682 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1366 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1852 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1326 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
25406 Morohashi
2159 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4187 New Nelson (John Haig)
1316 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1413 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
834 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
762 2001 Kanji
3m2.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-2 SKIP code
3080.2 Four corner code
1-23-74 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7a74 Unicode hex code

掘

11 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
｜ 尸 山 扎 凵
dig, delve, excavate
Kun:
ほ.る
On:
クツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1257 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 採掘 【サイクツ】 mining, digging, working (a mine)
  • 盗掘 【トウクツ】 illegal digging, illegal mining, grave robbing, tomb robbing

Kun reading compounds

  • 掘る 【ほる】 to dig, to excavate, to hollow, to delve into, to dig up (e.g. vegetables), (for two men) to have anal sex

Readings

Japanese names:
ぼり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jue2
Korean:
gul, gweol

Spanish

  • cavar
  • excavar
  • taladrar
  • hurgar en

Portuguese

  • cavar
  • cova
  • escavar

French

  • creuser
  • fouiller
  • déterrer
1189 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1276 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1943 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1265 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
576 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1803 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1941 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1259 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
897 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
601 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
364 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
454 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1070 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12264 Morohashi
496 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2204 New Nelson (John Haig)
1061 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1141 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1438 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1376 2001 Kanji
3c8.32 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
5707.2 Four corner code
1-23-01 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6398 Unicode hex code