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

16 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
lock, fetters, shackles
On:
ジョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1934 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 錠 【ジョウ】 lock, padlock, tablet, lozenge, pill
  • 錠剤 【ジョウザイ】 pill, lozenge, tablet
  • 糖衣錠 【トウイジョウ】 sugar-coated pill
  • 開錠 【カイジョウ】 unlocking

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ding4
Korean:
jeong

Spanish

  • cerradura
  • grilletes
  • píldora
  • pastilla

Portuguese

  • fechadura
  • cadeado
  • correntes

French

  • serrure
  • chaines
  • fers
1423 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
751 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4874 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1745 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1852 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1818 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1967 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1604 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1827 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2180 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1143 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1548 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
389 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40559 Morohashi
1737 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6293 New Nelson (John Haig)
383 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
409 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1859 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2870 2001 Kanji
8a8.12 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-8 SKIP code
8318.1 Four corner code
1-30-91 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9320 Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 煥発 【カンパツ】 brilliance

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
huan4
Korean:
hwan

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2777 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1876 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
19224 Morohashi
3448 New Nelson (John Haig)
4d9.10 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-9 SKIP code
9783.4 Four corner code
1-63-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7165 Unicode hex code