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街

12 strokes
Radical:
go, do 行
Parts:
土 彳 行
boulevard, street, town
Kun:
まち
On:
ガイ、 カイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
891 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 街 【ガイ】 street, quarter, district, area
  • 街宣車 【ガイセンシャ】 sound truck (used for campaigning, advertising or propaganda), loudspeaker van, (right-wing) propaganda vehicle
  • ウォール街 【ウォールガイ】 Wall Street
  • 中華街 【チュウカガイ】 Chinatown
  • 街道 【カイドウ】 highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period), main road, highway (e.g. to success), path (to becoming ...), subdistrict (in China)
  • 街道筋 【カイドウスジ】 highway route (Edo period), main route

Kun reading compounds

  • 町 【まち】 town, block, neighbourhood, neighborhood, downtown, main street, street, road
  • 街角 【まちかど】 street corner
  • 眠らない街 【ねむらないまち】 city that never sleeps
  • 街々 【まちまち】 streets

Readings

Japanese names:
また
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jie1
Korean:
ga

Spanish

  • avenida
  • calle
  • ciudad

Portuguese

  • bulevar
  • rua
  • cidade

French

  • boulevard
  • rue
  • ville
461 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
819 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
790 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1626 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1181 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1721 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1570 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
186 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
186 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
371 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1615 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
702 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
421 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
528 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
899 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
34051 Morohashi
576 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1759 New Nelson (John Haig)
890 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
955 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
580 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2053 2001 Kanji
3i9.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
2122.1 Four corner code
2110.4 Four corner code
1-19-25 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8857 Unicode hex code

悪

11 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
一 ｜ 口 心
Variants:
惡
bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
Kun:
わる.い、 わる-、 あ.し、 にく.い、 -にく.い、 ああ、 いずくに、 いずくんぞ、 にく.む
On:
アク、 オ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
530 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 悪 【アク】 evil, wickedness, (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.), the bad guy
  • 悪質 【アクシツ】 malicious, vicious, malignant, underhanded, shoddy, inferior, poor-quality, second-rate
  • 害悪 【ガイアク】 harm, injury, evil (influence)
  • 改悪 【カイアク】 changing (something) for the worse, disimprovement, deterioration
  • 悪寒 【オカン】 chill, shakes, ague
  • 悪血 【アクチ】 impure blood
  • 自己嫌悪 【ジコケンオ】 self-hatred, self-abhorrence, self-loathing
  • 好悪 【コウオ】 likes and dislikes

Kun reading compounds

  • 悪い 【わるい】 bad, poor, undesirable, poor (quality), inferior, insufficient, evil, sinful, ugly, not beautiful, at fault, to blame, in the wrong, bad (at doing something), unprofitable, unbeneficial, sorry, (my) bad, unforgivable
  • 悪い行い 【わるいおこない】 bad deed, evil deed
  • 悪し 【あし】 bad, evil
  • 悪しからず 【あしからず】 don't get me wrong, but ..., I'm sorry
  • 難い 【にくい】 difficult to ..., hard to ...
  • 憎い 【にくい】 hateful, detestable, abominable, vexing, provoking, amazing, fantastic, admirable, lovely, wonderful
  • 安んぞ 【いずくんぞ】 how, why
  • 憎む 【にくむ】 to hate, to detest

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
e4, e3, wu4
Korean:
ag, o

Spanish

  • malo
  • incorrecto
  • equivocado
  • odio
  • mal

Portuguese

  • mal
  • ruim
  • falso
  • mau
  • errado

French

  • mauvais
  • vice
  • vaurien
  • faux
  • mal
152 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
241 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
222 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
504 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
62 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
804 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
175 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1483A Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.14 Japanese for Busy People
304 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
304 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
114 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
785 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3413 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1758 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2393 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1828 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10717 Morohashi
2745 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1873 New Nelson (John Haig)
1810 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1951 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
295 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
369 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3258 2001 Kanji
4k7.17 The Kanji Dictionary
2-7-4 SKIP code
1033.1 Four corner code
1-16-13 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
60aa Unicode hex code

夢

13 strokes
Radical:
evening, sunset 夕
Parts:
冖 夕 艾 買
Variants:
梦 夣
dream, vision, illusion
Kun:
ゆめ、 ゆめ.みる、 くら.い
On:
ム、 ボウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
943 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 夢中 【ムチュウ】 absorbed in, immersed in, crazy about, obsessed with, devoted to, forgetting oneself, daze, trance, ecstasy, delirium, within a dream, while dreaming
  • 夢想 【ムソウ】 dream, vision, reverie
  • 同床異夢 【ドウショウイム】 cohabiting but living in different worlds
  • 怪夢 【カイム】 strange dream

Kun reading compounds

  • 夢 【ゆめ】 dream
  • 夢にも 【ゆめにも】 (not) in the slightest, (not) at all
  • 初夢 【はつゆめ】 first dream of the New year (believed to foretell one's luck), dream on the night of setsubun
  • 逆夢 【さかゆめ】 a dream which is contradicted by reality
  • 夢見る 【ゆめみる】 to dream (of)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
meng4
Korean:
mong

Spanish

  • sueño
  • visión
  • ilusión

Portuguese

  • sonho
  • visão
  • ilusão

French

  • rêve
  • vision
  • illusion
816 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1844 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
969 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4028 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1425 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
444 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1990 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
811 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
830 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
800 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
407 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2939 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1510 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2046 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
311 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5801P Morohashi
2336 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1131 New Nelson (John Haig)
305 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
327 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
783 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1960 2001 Kanji
3k10.14 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-10 SKIP code
2-8-5 SKIP code
4420.7 Four corner code
1-44-20 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5922 Unicode hex code

最

12 strokes
Radical:
say 曰
Parts:
一 又 日 耳
Variants:
冣
utmost, most, extreme
Kun:
もっと.も、 つま
On:
サイ、 シュ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
82 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 最 【サイ】 the most, the extreme, prime, conspicuous
  • 最悪 【サイアク】 worst, horrible, horrid, awful, terrible, in the worst case, if worst comes to worst

Kun reading compounds

  • 最も 【もっとも】 most, extremely
  • 最も近い共通祖先 【もっともちかいきょうつうそせん】 most recent common ancestor

Readings

Japanese names:
も
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zui4
Korean:
choe

Spanish

  • prefijo para superlativo
  • más
  • sumamente
  • extremadamente

Portuguese

  • Capacidade máxima
  • maior
  • extremo

French

  • le plus
  • ultra-
  • extrême
402 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
510 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
484 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
121 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2146 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
291 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
612 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1742 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.11 Japanese for Busy People
263 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
263 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
439 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1000 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3120 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1599 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2181 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
829 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14301 Morohashi
2472 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2492 New Nelson (John Haig)
821 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
884 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
99 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
587 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3867 2001 Kanji
4c8.10 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-8 SKIP code
6014.7 Four corner code
1-26-39 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6700 Unicode hex code

後

9 strokes
Radical:
step 彳
Parts:
夂 幺 彳
behind, back, later
Kun:
のち、 うし.ろ、 うしろ、 あと、 おく.れる
On:
ゴ、 コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
26 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 後 【ゴ】 after
  • 後日 【ゴジツ】 in the future, another day, later
  • 越後 【エチゴ】 Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
  • 終了後 【シュウリョウゴ】 after the end (of something), post-
  • 後援 【コウエン】 support, backing
  • 後遺症 【コウイショウ】 prognostic symptoms, after-effect, sequela
  • 向後 【コウゴ】 hereafter
  • 先後 【センゴ】 before and after, earlier and later, order, sequence, occurring almost simultaneously, inversion (of order), black and white

Kun reading compounds

  • 後 【のち】 later, afterwards, future, after one's death, descendant
  • 後々 【のちのち】 future, distant future
  • 後々 【のちのち】 future, distant future
  • この後 【このあと】 after this, henceforth, henceforward, from now on
  • 後ろ 【うしろ】 back, behind, rear
  • 後ろ姿 【うしろすがた】 (a person's) appearance from behind, person as seen from behind, back view, retreating figure
  • 後ろ 【うしろ】 back, behind, rear
  • 後ろ姿 【うしろすがた】 (a person's) appearance from behind, person as seen from behind, back view, retreating figure
  • 後 【あと】 behind, rear, after, later, remainder, the rest, more (e.g. five more minutes), left, also, in addition, descendant, successor, heir, after one's death, past, previous
  • 後押し 【あとおし】 pushing, support, backing, supporter, backer, pushing from behind (a cart, etc.), pusher
  • 亡き後 【なきあと】 after one's death
  • 後々 【あとあと】 future, distant future
  • 遅れる 【おくれる】 to be late, to be delayed, to fall behind schedule, to be overdue, to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.), to lag behind, to be behind (the times), to be bereaved of, to be preceded by (someone) in death, to be slow (of a clock or watch)

Readings

Japanese names:
こし、 し、 しい、 しり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hou4
Korean:
hu

Spanish

  • después
  • atrás
  • detrás
  • retrasarse

Portuguese

  • atrás
  • costas
  • mais tarde

French

  • après
  • derrière
  • plus tard
208 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
123 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
111 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
45 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1610 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
276 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
53 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1300 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.11 Japanese for Busy People
48 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
48 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
30 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
625 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
431 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
267 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
321 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1391 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10098 Morohashi
361 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1742 New Nelson (John Haig)
1379 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1479 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
48 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
174 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2067 2001 Kanji
3i6.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
2224.7 Four corner code
1-24-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f8c Unicode hex code

反

4 strokes
Radical:
right hand 又
Parts:
厂 又
anti-
Kun:
そ.る、 そ.らす、 かえ.す、 かえ.る、 -かえ.る
On:
ハン、 ホン、 タン、 ホ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
191 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 反 【ハン】 anti-, antithesis, fanqie, traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
  • 反映 【ハンエイ】 reflection (of light), reflection (of society, attitudes, etc.), application (of an update, changes, etc.), taking effect
  • 離反 【リハン】 estrangement, alienation, disaffection, desertion, defection, breakaway
  • 造反 【ゾウハン】 rebellion
  • 反故 【ホゴ】 wastepaper, scrap paper
  • 謀反 【ムホン】 rebellion, revolt, insurrection, treason
  • 反 【タン】 variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width), for kimonos: at least 10 m in length, for haori: at least 7.27 m in length, for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length, 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres), six ken (10.91 m)
  • 反物 【タンモノ】 fabric, cloth, textiles, drapery, dry-goods, piece goods, measure of kimono material
  • 減反 【ゲンタン】 reduction (of crop size), reduction of acreage (under cultivation)
  • 一反 【イッタン】 one-tenth hectare
  • 反故 【ホゴ】 wastepaper, scrap paper
  • 反古籠 【ホグカゴ】 wastebasket

Kun reading compounds

  • 反る 【そる】 to warp, to curve, to arch, to bend, to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
  • 反らす 【そらす】 to bend, to warp, to curve
  • 返す 【かえす】 to return (something), to restore, to put back, to turn over, to turn upside down, to overturn, to pay back, to retaliate, to reciprocate, to respond (with), to retort, to reply, to say back, to do ... back (e.g. speak back, throw back), to do again, to do repeatedly
  • 返る 【かえる】 to return, to come back, to go back, to turn over, to become extremely, to become completely

Readings

Japanese names:
そり、 た
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fan3
Korean:
ban, beon

Spanish

  • anti-
  • opuesto
  • devolver
  • reflejar
  • curvarse

Portuguese

  • anti-

French

  • anti-
492 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
393 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
371 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
183 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
817 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
342 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
391 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
69 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.19 Japanese for Busy People
324 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
324 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
362 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
267 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3663 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1869 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2549 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
730 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3127 Morohashi
2945 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
674 New Nelson (John Haig)
722 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
779 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
146 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
244 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3367 2001 Kanji
2p2.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-2 SKIP code
4-4-1 SKIP code
7124.7 Four corner code
1-40-31 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
53cd Unicode hex code

撃

15 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
几 又 手 殳 車
Variants:
擊
beat, attack, defeat, conquer
Kun:
う.つ
On:
ゲキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
473 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 撃墜 【ゲキツイ】 shooting down (aircraft)
  • 撃沈 【ゲキチン】 (attacking and) sinking (a ship), sending (a ship) to the bottom
  • 銃撃 【ジュウゲキ】 shooting, gunning (down)
  • 追撃 【ツイゲキ】 pursuit (of a fleeing enemy), chase, follow-up attack

Kun reading compounds

  • 撃つ 【うつ】 to shoot (a gun, person, etc.), to fire
  • 討つ 【うつ】 to attack, to destroy, to defeat, to conquer, to avenge

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji1
Korean:
gyeog

Spanish

  • batida
  • ataque
  • derrota
  • conquista
  • batir
  • atacar
  • derrotar
  • conquistar
  • disparar

Portuguese

  • batida
  • ataque
  • derrota
  • conquista

French

  • battre
  • attaquer
  • vaincre
  • conquérir
1209 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
433 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1986 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
997 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1381 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1016 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1054 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1041 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
851 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3552 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1831 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2492 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
716 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12674P Morohashi
2863 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2265 New Nelson (John Haig)
709 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
766 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
407 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1767 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1547 2001 Kanji
3c11.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-11-4 SKIP code
5750.2 Four corner code
1-23-66 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6483 Unicode hex code