Jisho

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Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 無辜 【ムコ】 innocent, blameless, guiltless

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gu1
Korean:
go

Spanish

Portuguese

French

786 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
38636 Morohashi
5998 New Nelson (John Haig)
2k10.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-10 SKIP code
4040.1 Four corner code
1-77-67 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8f9c Unicode hex code

17 strokes
Radical:
bird
Parts:
large bird, wild goose, large, great, powerful, prosperous
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2111 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 洪恩 【コウオン】 great debt of gratitude, great obligation
  • 鴻雁 【コウガン】 wild geese, large geese and small geese

Kun reading compounds

  • 大鳥 【おおとり】 large bird, peng (giant bird said to transform from a fish), fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
  • 鴻 【ひしくい】 bean goose (Anser fabalis)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hong2
Korean:
hong

Spanish

  • pájaro grande
  • ganso salvaje

Portuguese

French

2722 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2614 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2275 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
977 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
542 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
710 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
46874 Morohashi
6963 New Nelson (John Haig)
2313 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2406 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3a14.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-14 SKIP code
3712.7 Four corner code
1-25-67 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9d3b Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
inscription, signature (of artisan)
On:
メイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1394 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 銘 【メイ】 inscription, epitaph, (manufacturer's) engraved signature, motto, maxim, precept
  • 銘柄 【メイガラ】 brand, make, description, trading name of stocks and securities
  • 座右銘 【ザユウメイ】 favourite motto, pet saying
  • 鐘銘 【ショウメイ】 inscription on a temple bell

Readings

Japanese names:
たか、 み、 め
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ming2
Korean:
myeong

Spanish

  • inscripción
  • firma de artesano

Portuguese

  • inscrição
  • assinatura (de artesão)

French

  • inscription (gravée)
  • signature (d'un artisan)
1847 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1182 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4852 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1731 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1848 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2155 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1552 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1654 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1600 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1822 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2158 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1135 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1536 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
281 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40385 Morohashi
1724 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6265 New Nelson (John Haig)
275 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
293 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1738 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2877 2001 Kanji
8a6.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-6 SKIP code
8716.0 Four corner code
1-44-35 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9298 Unicode hex code