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

Speed

Stroke order

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

7 strokes
Radical:
wine, alcohol
Parts:
Variants:
west, bird, sign of the bird, 5-7PM, tenth sign of Chinese zodiac, sake radical (no. 164)
Kun:
とり
On:
ユウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2468 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 丁酉 【ヒノトトリ】 Fire Rooster (34th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1957, 2017, 2077)
  • 癸酉 【ミズノトトリ】 Water Rooster (10th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1933, 1993, 2053)

Kun reading compounds

  • 酉 【とり】 the Rooster (tenth sign of the Chinese zodiac), the Cock, the Chicken, the Bird, hour of the Rooster (around 6pm, 5-7pm, or 6-8pm), west, eight month of the lunar calendar
  • 酉年 【とりどし】 year of the Rooster, year of the Cock
  • 辛酉 【かのととり】 Metal Rooster (58th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1921, 1981, 2041)
  • 乙酉 【きのととり】 Wood Rooster (22nd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1945, 2005, 2065)

Readings

Japanese names:
なが、 みのる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
you3
Korean:
yu

Spanish

  • signo del pájaro
  • doceavo signo del zodiaco

Portuguese

French

  • signe de la 10ème branche terrestre
  • signe du Coq (zodiaque)
  • oiseau
  • Ouest (270°)
  • 17 à 19 h
  • radical saké (no. 164)
2053 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4775 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1989 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
526 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2254 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
4358 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2207 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2969 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1439 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39763 Morohashi
3544 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6157 New Nelson (John Haig)
1427 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1534 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
7e0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-7-1 SKIP code
1060.0 Four corner code
1-38-51 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9149 Unicode hex code