Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
bean
Parts:
beans, pea, midget
Kun:
まめまめ-
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N1
1422 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 豆腐 【トウフ】 tofu, bean curd, beancurd
  • 豆乳 【トウニュウ】 soy milk
  • 緑豆 【リョクトウ】 mung bean (Vigna radiata), green gram
  • 菜豆 【サイトウ】 haricot, kidney bean
  • 豆打 【ズンダ】 mashed boiled green soybeans
  • 小豆 【アズキ】 adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
  • 大豆 【ダイズ】 soya bean (Glycine max), soybean, soy

Kun reading compounds

  • 豆 【まめ】 legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses), bean, pea, soya bean (Glycine max), soybean, soy, female genitalia (esp. the clitoris), kidney, small, miniature, baby, midget, small-scale, child
  • 豆知識 【まめちしき】 trivia, snippet of knowledge
  • 枝豆 【えだまめ】 edamame (green soybeans)
  • ライ豆 【ライまめ】 lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus), butter bean

Readings

Japanese names:
ど、 ま
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dou4
Korean:
du

Spanish

  • legumbres
  • habichuelas
  • prefijo diminutivo

Portuguese

  • feijões
  • ervilha
  • nanico

French

  • haricot
  • pois
  • infime
379 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1640 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
988 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4465 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1044 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1773 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
438 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
958 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
988 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
471 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1715 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2442 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1235 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1700 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1452 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36245 Morohashi
1943 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5735 New Nelson (John Haig)
1440 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1548 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
288 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3073 2001 Kanji
3d4.22 The Kanji Dictionary
2-1-6 SKIP code
1010.8 Four corner code
1-38-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8c46 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
ball, sphere
Kun:
たま
On:
キュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
302 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 球 【キュウ】 sphere, globe, ball, bulb, ball, sphere, counter for pitches
  • 球威 【キュウイ】 (pitcher's) stuff
  • 配球 【ハイキュウ】 combination of (varied) pitches, serves, etc.
  • 制球 【セイキュウ】 (pitcher's) control

Kun reading compounds

  • 玉 【たま】 ball, sphere, globe, orb, bead (of sweat, dew, etc.), drop, droplet, ball (in sports), pile (of noodles, etc.), bullet, bulb (i.e. a light bulb), lens (of glasses, etc.), bead (of an abacus), ball (i.e. a testicle), gem, jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively), pearl, female entertainer (e.g. a geisha), person (when commenting on their nature), character, item, funds or person used as part of a plot, egg, okonomiyaki, coin, precious, beautiful, excellent
  • 玉突き 【たまつき】 billiards, pool, serial collisions (of cars)
  • 電気の球 【でんきのたま】 electric (light) bulb
  • 目の玉 【めのたま】 eyeball

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qiu2
Korean:
gu

Spanish

  • pelota
  • esfera

Portuguese

  • bola
  • esfera

French

  • balle
  • sphère
188 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
275 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
257 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
379 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2941 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
845 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
736 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1359 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.7 Japanese for Busy People
726 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
739 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
935 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1319 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1219 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
658 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
880 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
944 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21011 Morohashi
969 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3643 New Nelson (John Haig)
935 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1005 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
370 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3142 2001 Kanji
4f7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-7 SKIP code
1313.2 Four corner code
1-21-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7403 Unicode hex code