Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
cart, car
Parts:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1269 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 軟 【ナン】 soft
  • 軟化 【ナンカ】 softening, softening (of attitude), mollification, weakening (of the market), blanching (of vegetables; by depriving them of light)
  • 硬軟 【コウナン】 hardness and softness, hard line and moderate line
  • 軽軟 【ケイナン】 light and soft (of a wood)

Kun reading compounds

  • 柔らか 【やわらか】 soft, tender, pliant, supple, soft (colour, light, etc.), subdued, gentle (demeanour, voice, etc.), mild, informal, light, flexible (e.g. thinking)
  • 柔らかい 【やわらかい】 soft, tender, supple, flexible, limber, limp, gentle, mild, soft, mellow, light (topic, book, etc.), informal, flexible (thinking, mind, etc.), malleable, adaptable
  • 柔らかい 【やわらかい】 soft, tender, supple, flexible, limber, limp, gentle, mild, soft, mellow, light (topic, book, etc.), informal, flexible (thinking, mind, etc.), malleable, adaptable

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ruan3
Korean:
yeon

Spanish

  • suave
  • flojo
  • débil

Portuguese

  • macio

French

  • mou
1673 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1199 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4614 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1482 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
940 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1788 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1922 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1308 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1774 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1871 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
994 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1345 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
481 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38213 Morohashi
1479 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5947 New Nelson (John Haig)
470 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
509 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1489 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1562 2001 Kanji
7c4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-4 SKIP code
5708.2 Four corner code
1-38-80 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8edf Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
ticket
On:
ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
583 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 券 【ケン】 ticket, coupon, bond, certificate
  • 券売機 【ケンバイキ】 ticket machine, ticket-vending machine
  • 有価証券 【ユウカショウケン】 marketable securities, stocks and bonds
  • 旅行券 【リョコウケン】 travel voucher, travel coupon

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
quan4, xuan4
Korean:
gweon

Spanish

  • billete
  • pagaré
  • certificado

Portuguese

  • Bilhete

French

  • ticket
  • coupon
768 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
688 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
661 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
584 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
678 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
747 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
359 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
506 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
515 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
714 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
182 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3256 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1681 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2286 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1214 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1966X Morohashi
2630 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
473 New Nelson (John Haig)
1206 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1291 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
681 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1045 2001 Kanji
2f6.10 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-2 SKIP code
4-8-4 SKIP code
9022.7 Four corner code
1-23-84 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5238 Unicode hex code