Jisho

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15 strokes (also 14)
Radical:
town (阝 right) 邑 (阝)
Parts:
an ancient Chinese province
On:
テイジョウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
1732 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 丁重 【テイチョウ】 polite, courteous, hospitable
  • 鄭氏政権 【テイシセイケン】 Kingdom of Tungning (Taiwan, 1661-1683), Koxinga dynasty

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zheng4
Korean:
jeong

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4774 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2379 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1670 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
39647X Morohashi
1888 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6155 New Nelson (John Haig)
2425 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2503 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2d12.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-12-3 SKIP code
1-12-2 SKIP code
7712.7 Four corner code
8742.7 Four corner code
1-37-02 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
912d Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
dark, profound
Parts:
mysterious, occultness, black, deep, profound
Kun:
くろくろ.い
On:
ゲン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1409 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 玄米 【ゲンマイ】 unpolished rice, unmilled rice, brown rice
  • 玄関 【ゲンカン】 entrance, front door, entryway, entranceway, entry hall, vestibule, porch, foyer, mud room
  • 幽玄 【ユウゲン】 mysterious profundity, quiet beauty, the subtle and profound, yūgen

Kun reading compounds

  • 玄人 【くろうと】 expert, professional, master, connoisseur, woman in the nightlife business, demimondaine, geisha and prostitutes
  • 玄人気質 【くろうとかたぎ】 professionalism, the temperament of a professional

Readings

Japanese names:
けん、 はる、 はるか
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xuan2
Korean:
hyeon

Spanish

  • misterioso
  • oculto
  • oscuro
  • negro

Portuguese

  • misterioso
  • oculto

French

  • mystérieux
  • occulte
  • sombre
1227 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1514 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2918 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1113 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1533 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
522 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1225 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1289 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1276 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1311 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2485 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1256 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1722 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1395 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
20814 Morohashi
1991 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3616 New Nelson (John Haig)
1383 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1484 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1051 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
471 2001 Kanji
2j3.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-3 SKIP code
0073.2 Four corner code
1-24-28 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7384 Unicode hex code