Jisho

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遺

15 strokes (also 14)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
一 ｜ ハ 込 口 目 貝
bequeath, leave behind, reserve
Kun:
のこ.す
On:
イ、 ユイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
647 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 遺憾 【イカン】 regrettable, unsatisfactory, deplorable, lamentable
  • 遺影 【イエイ】 portrait of a deceased person
  • 拾遺 【シュウイ】 gleaning, gleanings
  • 古語拾遺 【コゴシュウイ】 Gleanings from Ancient Stories (Inbe no Hironari, 807 CE), historical record from the Inbe clan
  • 遺言 【ユイゴン】 will, testament, last request, dying wish
  • 遺骸 【イガイ】 remains, corpse, body

Kun reading compounds

  • 遺す 【のこす】 to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death), to bequeath

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yi2, wei4
Korean:
yu

Spanish

  • olvidar
  • dejar atrás
  • legar
  • dejar en herencia

Portuguese

  • legar
  • deixar para trás
  • reservar

French

  • léguer
  • laisser derrière
  • garder
739 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
827 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
808 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
780 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4745 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
656 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1821 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1172 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1230 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1179 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
719 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3928 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2023 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2731 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1788 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39134P Morohashi
3166 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6115 New Nelson (John Haig)
1772 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1909 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
981 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1661 2001 Kanji
2q12.4 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-12 SKIP code
3530.8 Four corner code
1-16-68 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
907a Unicode hex code

伝

6 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
二 化 厶
Variants:
傳
transmit, go along, walk along, follow, report, communicate, legend, tradition
Kun:
つた.わる、 つた.える、 つた.う、 つだ.う、 -づた.い、 つて
On:
デン、 テン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
416 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 伝 【デン】 legend, tradition, biography, life, method, way, horseback transportation and communication relay system used in ancient Japan
  • 伝記 【デンキ】 biography, life story
  • 駅伝 【エキデン】 long-distance relay race, stagecoach, post horse
  • 評伝 【ヒョウデン】 critical biography
  • 転手 【テンジュ】 tuning peg (on a biwa or shamisen)
  • 伝奏 【テンソウ】 delivering a message to the emperor

Kun reading compounds

  • 伝わる 【つたわる】 to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.), to travel, to circulate, to go around, to be passed around, to become known, to be handed down (from generation to generation), to be passed down, to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.), to be brought, to come, to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.), to be felt, to come across, to travel (of sound, electricity, etc.), to propagate, to be conducted, to be transmitted, to go along, to move along
  • 伝える 【つたえる】 to convey, to report, to transmit, to communicate, to tell, to impart, to propagate, to teach, to bequeath
  • 伝う 【つたう】 to go along, to walk along, to follow
  • 伝 【つて】 means of making contact, intermediary, go-between, connections, influence, pull, good offices
  • 伝言 【つてこと】 (verbal) message, word (from someone), rumour, rumor
  • 風のつて 【かぜのつて】 hearsay, rumor, grapevine

Readings

Japanese names:
つたえ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yun2
Korean:
jeon

Spanish

  • transmitir
  • tradición
  • ser transmitido
  • comunicar
  • seguir

Portuguese

  • transmitir
  • progredir
  • andar ao longo
  • seguir
  • relatório
  • comunicar
  • lenda
  • tradição

French

  • transmettre
  • côtoyer
  • suivre
  • rapporter
  • communiquer
  • légende
  • tradition
681 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
580 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
553 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
494 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
379 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
554 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
308 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
359 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.3 Japanese for Busy People
434 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
440 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
278 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
68 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
48 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
28 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
29 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
972 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
462P Morohashi
44 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
141 New Nelson (John Haig)
963 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1036 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
331 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
470 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2171 2001 Kanji
2a4.14 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-4 SKIP code
2123.1 Four corner code
1-37-33 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f1d Unicode hex code

子

3 strokes
Radical:
child, seed 子
Parts:
子
child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Kun:
こ、 -こ、 ね
On:
シ、 ス、 ツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
72 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 子 【シ】 child (esp. a boy), viscount, founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius), master, masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature), you, -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
  • 子宮 【シキュウ】 womb, uterus
  • 中性子 【チュウセイシ】 neutron
  • 精子 【セイシ】 sperm, spermatozoon
  • 主 【ス】 honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
  • 恵比寿 【エビス】 Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
  • 久留子 【クルス】 cross sign
  • 対子 【トイツ】 pair, eyes
  • 七対子 【チートイツ】 seven pairs, winning hand composed of seven pairs

Kun reading compounds

  • 子 【こ】 child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person, (one's) child, offspring, young woman, young (animal), offshoot, interest, new share, player who is not a dealer, young geisha, young prostitute, bird egg, -er (often of young women)
  • 子 【こう】 child, interest
  • 根っこ 【ねっこ】 root (of a plant), stump (of a tree), root (of a problem, etc.), base, foundation, origin, source
  • 江戸っ子 【えどっこ】 (true) Tokyoite, Edoite, Tokyo native, Edokko
  • 子 【ね】 the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am), north, eleventh month of the lunar calendar
  • 子忌み 【ねいみ】 collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
  • 庚子 【かのえね】 Metal Rat (37th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
  • 甲子 【きのえね】 Wood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)

Readings

Japanese names:
い、 き、 ぎ、 く、 け、 ねっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zi3, zi2, zi5
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • chiquillo
  • niño

Portuguese

  • criança

French

  • enfant
  • signe de la 1ère branche terrestre
  • signe du Rat (zodiaque)
  • 23 h à 01 h
  • Nord (0°)
31 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
40 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
25 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
56 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1264 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
61 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
43 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
38 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.18 Japanese for Busy People
103 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
103 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
69 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
455 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4196 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2125 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2872 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
96 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6930 Morohashi
3390 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1281 New Nelson (John Haig)
95 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
99 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
42 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
18 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3547 2001 Kanji
2c0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-1 SKIP code
4-2-1 SKIP code
1740.7 Four corner code
1-27-50 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5b50 Unicode hex code

組

11 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
一 小 幺 目 糸
association, braid, plait, construct, assemble, unite, cooperate, grapple
Kun:
く.む、 くみ、 -ぐみ
On:
ソ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
204 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 組閣 【ソカク】 formation of a cabinet
  • 組織 【ソシキ】 organization, organisation, formation, structure, construction, setup, constitution, system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.), tissue, texture (of a rock), weave (of a fabric)
  • 労組 【ロウソ】 labor union, labour union, trade union
  • 改組 【カイソ】 reorganization, reorganisation, reshuffle

Kun reading compounds

  • 組む 【くむ】 to cross (legs or arms), to link (arms), to put together, to construct, to assemble, to produce (e.g. TV program), to braid, to plait, to grapple, to wrestle, to unite, to join, to link up, to form an alliance, to set (e.g. type), to issue (e.g. money order)
  • 組 【くみ】 class (of students), group (of people), party, team, crew, lot, bunch, set, crime family, organized-crime syndicate, set (of items), assortment, deck (of cards), pack, typesetting, composition
  • 組合 【くみあい】 association, union, guild
  • 労組 【ろうそ】 labor union, labour union, trade union
  • 文字組み 【もじくみ】 character layout, typesetting

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zu3
Korean:
jo

Spanish

  • grupo
  • equipo
  • juntar
  • unir
  • agrupar

Portuguese

  • associação
  • trança
  • trançart
  • construir
  • montar
  • unir-se
  • cooperar
  • agarrar

French

  • association
  • tresse
  • natte
  • assembler
  • construire
  • unir
  • coopérer
  • se débattre avec
103 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
178 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
160 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
189 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3520 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
458 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
814 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1952 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
418 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
424 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
635 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1529 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1693 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
904 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1224 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1792 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27374 Morohashi
1337 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4470 New Nelson (John Haig)
1776 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1914 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
122 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
209 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2773 2001 Kanji
6a5.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-5 SKIP code
2791.0 Four corner code
1-33-40 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d44 Unicode hex code

換

12 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
儿 冂 勹 大 扎
Variants:
interchange, period, change, convert, replace, renew
Kun:
か.える、 -か.える、 か.わる
On:
カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
687 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 換金 【カンキン】 realization (of goods into money), conversion (into money), liquidation
  • 換気 【カンキ】 ventilation
  • 互換 【ゴカン】 interchange, transposition, compatible (e.g. PC)
  • 代換 【ダイカン】 hypallage

Kun reading compounds

  • 替える 【かえる】 to replace, to convert, to change, to exchange, to interchange, to renew, to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
  • 替わる 【かわる】 to succeed, to relieve, to replace, to take the place of, to substitute for, to take over for, to represent, to hand over (telephone), to be exchanged, to change (places with), to switch

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
huan4
Korean:
hwan

Spanish

  • cambio
  • intercambio
  • intercambiar
  • sustituir
  • reemplazar
  • ser intercambiado
  • ser convertido

Portuguese

  • trocar
  • turno
  • carga
  • mudar

French

  • échanger
  • remplacer
  • convertir
  • change
1105 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
846 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1964 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
957 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
580 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1586 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1693 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
749 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
913 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
716 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
429 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
537 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1052 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12358 Morohashi
587 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2233 New Nelson (John Haig)
1043 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1122 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1540 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1363 2001 Kanji
3c9.15 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
5703.4 Four corner code
1-20-25 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
63db Unicode hex code

作

7 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
一 ｜ ノ 化 乞
make, production, prepare, build
Kun:
つく.る、 つく.り、 -づく.り
On:
サク、 サ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
103 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 作 【サク】 work (e.g. of art), piece, production, harvest, crop, yield, cultivation, tillage, technique
  • 作柄 【サクガラ】 crop (conditions), harvest, yield, quality (of an artistic work)
  • 大作 【タイサク】 large-scale work, voluminous work, monumental work, great work, masterpiece
  • 遺作 【イサク】 posthumous works
  • 作 【サク】 work (e.g. of art), piece, production, harvest, crop, yield, cultivation, tillage, technique
  • 作業 【サギョウ】 work, operation, task
  • 所作 【ショサ】 conduct, behaviour, movements, gesture, one's carriage, performance (on stage, etc.), dance, acting, dance (in kabuki), dance play
  • 安定操作 【アンテイソウサ】 stabilizing (stock) transaction

Kun reading compounds

  • 作る 【つくる】 to make, to produce, to manufacture, to build, to construct, to prepare (food), to brew (alcohol), to raise, to grow, to cultivate, to train, to till, to draw up (a document), to make out, to prepare, to write, to create (an artistic work, etc.), to compose, to coin (a phrase), to organize, to organise, to establish, to found, to have (a child), to make up (one's face, etc.), to fabricate (an excuse, etc.), to give a (false) appearance, to feign (a smile, etc.), to put on a show of emotion, to form (a line, etc.), to set (a record), to commit (a sin, etc.)
  • 作り 【つくり】 making, producing, manufacturing, building, construction, make, structure, appearance (attire, make-up, etc.), build, physique, sashimi, forced (smile, etc.)
  • 作り上げる 【つくりあげる】 to build up, to complete, to construct, to create, to put together, to make up, to fabricate, to invent, to cook up

Readings

Japanese names:
くり、 さか、 さっ、 づくり、 とも、 なお、 はぎ、 まさか
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zuo1, zuo4, zuo2
Korean:
jag, ja, ju

Spanish

  • hacer
  • construir
  • fabricar
  • conducta
  • comportamiento
  • crear

Portuguese

  • fazer
  • produção
  • preparar
  • construção

French

  • fabriquer
  • produire
  • construire
  • préparer
82 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
141 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
127 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
99 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
407 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
147 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
116 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
362 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.4 Japanese for Busy People
360 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
361 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
137 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
75 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
77 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
49 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
52 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1151 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
518 Morohashi
68 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
167 New Nelson (John Haig)
1142 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1224 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
120 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
144 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2154 2001 Kanji
2a5.10 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-5 SKIP code
2821.1 Four corner code
1-26-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f5c Unicode hex code

物

8 strokes
Radical:
cow 牛 (牜)
Parts:
ノ 勹 牛 勿
thing, object, matter
Kun:
もの、 もの-
On:
ブツ、 モツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
215 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 物 【ブツ】 stock, products, goods (esp. stolen), loot, spoils, stuff
  • 物議 【ブツギ】 public discussion, public criticism, controversy
  • 異物 【イブツ】 foreign substance, foreign body, foreign contamination, foreign material, strange object, unusual object, dead body, corpse, remains
  • 遺物 【イブツ】 relic, remains, memento
  • 財物 【ザイブツ】 property
  • 幣物 【ヘイモツ】 Shinto offerings, present to a guest

Kun reading compounds

  • 物 【もの】 thing, object, article, stuff, substance, one's things, possessions, property, belongings, things, something, anything, everything, nothing, quality, reason, the way of things, used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc., used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense), used to indicate a general tendency, used to indicate something that should happen, item classified as ..., item related to ..., work in the genre of ..., cause of ..., cause for ..., somehow, somewhat, for some reason, really, truly
  • 物言い 【ものいい】 manner of speaking, verbal argument, objection, protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee), rumor, rumour
  • 先物 【さきもの】 futures, futures contract
  • 拾い物 【ひろいもの】 found article, thing picked up (e.g. in the street), (lucky) find, piece of good luck, windfall, bargain

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wu4
Korean:
mul

Spanish

  • cosa
  • objeto
  • materia

Portuguese

  • coisa
  • objeto
  • matéria

French

  • objet
  • chose
  • matière
313 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
410 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
387 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
126 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2857 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
74 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
214 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
611 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
79 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
79 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
321 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1290 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1084 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
587 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
777 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1059 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19959 Morohashi
874 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3538 New Nelson (John Haig)
1050 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1129 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
95 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
313 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2451 2001 Kanji
4g4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
2752.0 Four corner code
1-42-10 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7269 Unicode hex code