Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
bitter
Parts:
spicy, bitter, hot, acrid
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1607 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 辛 【カノト】 8th in rank, eighth sign of the Chinese calendar
  • 辛抱 【シンボウ】 patience, endurance, perseverance
  • 細辛 【サイシン】 Siebold's wild ginger (esp. its dried root or rhizome, used as an antitussive and analgesic in traditional Chinese medicine)
  • 薄葉細辛 【ウスバサイシン】 Siebold's wild ginger (Asarum sieboldii)

Kun reading compounds

  • 辛い 【からい】 spicy, hot, salty, harsh (criticism), severe (punishment), strict, painful, bitter, difficult, tough
  • 辛い味 【からいあじ】 pungent taste
  • 辛い 【つらい】 painful, bitter, heart-breaking, difficult (emotionally), tough, difficult, hard (usu. of situations), cruel, harsh, cold
  • 辛い目に会う 【つらいめにあう】 to have a hard time of it
  • 辛 【かのと】 8th in rank, eighth sign of the Chinese calendar
  • 辛卯 【かのとう】 Metal Rabbit (28th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1951, 2011, 2071)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xin1
Korean:
sin

Spanish

  • amargo
  • duro
  • severo
  • salado
  • picante

Portuguese

  • picante
  • quente
  • amargo
  • temperado

French

  • épicé
  • amer
  • piquant
  • âcre
1432 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1628 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4646 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1312 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
944 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
493 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1487 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1584 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
344 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1784 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2531 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1287 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1755 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1510 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38630 Morohashi
2038 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5996 New Nelson (John Haig)
1496 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1612 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1144 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
455 2001 Kanji
5b2.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-5 SKIP code
2-5-2 SKIP code
0040.1 Four corner code
1-31-41 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8f9b Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
lid
Parts:
sign of the hog, 9-11PM, twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac
Kun:
On:
ガイカイ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 亥月 【ガイゲツ】 tenth month of the lunar calendar
  • 丁亥 【テイガイ】 Fire Boar (24th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1947, 2007, 2067)
  • 己亥 【ツチノトイ】 Earth Boar (36th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1959, 2019, 2079)

Kun reading compounds

  • 亥 【い】 the Boar (twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac), the Pig, hour of the Boar (around 10pm, 9-11pm, or 10pm to 12 midnight), north-northwest, tenth month of the lunar calendar
  • 亥年 【いどし】 year of the Boar, year of the Pig
  • 丁亥 【ていがい】 Fire Boar (24th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1947, 2007, 2067)
  • 己亥 【つちのとい】 Earth Boar (36th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1959, 2019, 2079)

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hai4
Korean:
hae

Spanish

  • signo del cerdo
  • doceavo signo del zodíaco

Portuguese

French

  • signe de la 12ème branche terrestre
  • signe du Porc (zodiaque)
  • 21 à 23 h
2055 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
287 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1916 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
519 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2008 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2505 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1269 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1735 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1533 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
292 Morohashi
2012 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
89 New Nelson (John Haig)
1519 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1637 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2j4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-4 SKIP code
0080.2 Four corner code
1-16-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4ea5 Unicode hex code