Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
shell
Parts:
upright, chastity, constancy, righteousness
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1389 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 貞 【テイ】 firm adherence to one's principles, chastity (of a woman)
  • 貞潔 【テイケツ】 chastity, purity
  • シロウト童貞 【シロウトドウテイ】 man who has never had sex except with sex workers
  • 不貞 【フテイ】 unfaithfulness, infidelity, unchastity
  • 貞永 【ジョウエイ】 Jōei era (1232.4.2-1233.4.15)
  • 貞応 【ジョウオウ】 Jōō era (1222.4.13-1224.11.20)

Kun reading compounds

  • 貞はる 【さだはる】 to harp too long on a subject

Readings

Japanese names:
さざ、 ただし、 りょう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhen1
Korean:
jeong

Spanish

  • recto
  • justo
  • constante
  • casto

Portuguese

  • correto
  • casto
  • constância
  • retidão

French

  • intègre
  • chasteté
  • pureté
  • vertu
1615 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1318 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
803 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1238 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1776 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
982 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1681 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1796 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1764 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1721 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2586 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1321 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1792 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
55 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36658 Morohashi
2083 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5768 New Nelson (John Haig)
55 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
58 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1295 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1261 2001 Kanji
2m7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-7 SKIP code
2-7-2 SKIP code
2180.6 Four corner code
1-36-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8c9e Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
woman, female
Parts:
lady, woman, wife, bride
Kun:
よめ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
671 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 婦 【フ】 married woman, woman, lady
  • 婦女暴行 【フジョボウコウ】 sexual assault (of a woman), rape
  • 保健婦 【ホケンフ】 district health nurse, public health nurse
  • 老婦 【ロウフ】 old woman

Kun reading compounds

  • 嫁 【よめ】 bride, (one's) daughter-in-law, wife

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fu4
Korean:
bu

Spanish

  • señora
  • mujer
  • esposa

Portuguese

  • dama
  • mulher
  • esposa
  • noiva

French

  • femme mariée
  • épouse
  • dame
  • femme
707 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
800 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
779 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
481 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1237 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
313 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
454 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1603 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
316 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
316 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
597 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
448 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
565 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
343 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
426 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1159 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6432P Morohashi
469 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1243 New Nelson (John Haig)
1151 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1234 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
746 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1744 2001 Kanji
3e8.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
4742.7 Four corner code
1-41-56 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5a66 Unicode hex code