Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
shell
Parts:
Variants:
V.I.P., guest
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1677 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 賓客 【ヒンキャク】 guest of honour, guest of honor, privileged guest, visitor
  • 賓格 【ヒンカク】 objective case
  • 国賓 【コクヒン】 state guest
  • 来賓 【ライヒン】 guest, visitor, visitor's arrival

Kun reading compounds

  • 客賓 【まろうど】 visitor from afar, guest

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bin1
Korean:
bin

Spanish

  • invitado importante
  • cliente importante

Portuguese

  • V.I.P.
  • convidado especial

French

  • V.I.P
  • hôte
  • invité d'honneur
1744 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1761 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1339 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1732 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1783 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1852 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2008 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1662 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1739 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2982 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1524 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2077 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
195 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36788X Morohashi
2357 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1365 New Nelson (John Haig)
511 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
550 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1803 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
761 2001 Kanji
3m12.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-12 SKIP code
3080.6 Four corner code
1-41-48 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8cd3 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
eye
Parts:
Variants:
prefecture
Kun:
か.ける
On:
ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
140 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 県 【ケン】 prefecture (Japan), county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.), department (France), province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
  • 県営 【ケンエイ】 (under) prefectural management
  • 都道府県 【トドウフケン】 prefectures (of Japan), largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
  • 同県 【ドウケン】 the same prefecture, the said prefecture

Readings

Japanese names:
あがた、 がた
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xian4
Korean:
hyeon

Spanish

  • prefectura

Portuguese

  • Condado
  • prefeitura (região)

French

  • préfecture
  • département
203 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
291 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
273 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
195 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1362 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
381 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
226 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1252 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
194 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
194 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
336 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1380 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3269 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1687 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2294 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
126 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23210P Morohashi
2641 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3918 New Nelson (John Haig)
513 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
552 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
326 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1241 2001 Kanji
3n6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-3 SKIP code
3-4-5 SKIP code
2-5-4 SKIP code
2690.1 Four corner code
1-24-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
770c Unicode hex code