Jisho

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11 strokes (also 10)
Radical:
town (阝 right) 邑 (阝)
Parts:
enclosure, quarters, fortification, red-light district
Kun:
くるわ
On:
カク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1670 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 廓 【クルワ】 district, quarter, enclosure, area enclosed by earthwork, red-light district, wide and empty
  • 廓清 【カクセイ】 purification, cleaning up, purging
  • 外郭 【ガイカク】 outer fence, outer enclosure, outer block, outline, contour
  • 遊郭 【ユウカク】 (licensed) red light district

Kun reading compounds

  • 廓 【くるわ】 district, quarter, enclosure, area enclosed by earthwork, red-light district, wide and empty
  • 郭言葉 【くるわことば】 sociolect or secret language used by prostitutes in red-light districts (Edo period), vulgar words used by prostitutes (Edo period)

Readings

Japanese names:
ひろ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guo1
Korean:
gwag

Spanish

  • cerco
  • recinto
  • fortificación

Portuguese

  • cercado
  • quarteirão
  • fortificação
  • bairro das prostitutas

French

  • enceinte
  • quartiers
  • fortifications
  • quartier chaud
1076 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1770 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4765 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1793 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1829 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1417 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1673 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1788 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1773 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
759 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2112 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1100 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1499 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1859 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39474 Morohashi
1678 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6144 New Nelson (John Haig)
1842 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1985 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1492 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
444 2001 Kanji
2d7.14 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-3 SKIP code
1-8-2 SKIP code
1-7-2 SKIP code
1-7-3 SKIP code
0742.7 Four corner code
1-19-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
90ed Unicode hex code

21 strokes
Radical:
foot 足 (⻊)
Parts:
Variants:
leap, dance, skip
Kun:
おど.る
On:
ヤク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
900 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 躍動 【ヤクドウ】 lively motion, throb
  • 躍進 【ヤクシン】 making rapid progress, making great advances, rush, dash, onslaught
  • 勇躍 【ユウヤク】 taking heart, being in high spirits
  • 時間跳躍 【ジカンチョウヤク】 time travel, leaping through time

Kun reading compounds

  • 躍る 【おどる】 to jump up, to spring up, to leap, to move around, to bounce up and down, to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement), to throb, to be messy (of handwriting), to be untidy

Readings

Japanese names:
おどり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yue4
Korean:
yag, jeog

Spanish

  • brincar
  • saltar
  • alzarse

Portuguese

  • saltar
  • dançar
  • pular

French

  • bond
  • danse
  • sautiller
1860 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
934 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4595 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1342 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1796 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1560 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1663 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1384 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1767 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2090 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1091 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1484 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1293 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
37955P Morohashi
1658 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5921 New Nelson (John Haig)
1285 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1379 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1939 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3775 2001 Kanji
7d14.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-14 SKIP code
6711.4 Four corner code
1-44-86 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8e8d Unicode hex code