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酵

14 strokes
Radical:
wine, alcohol 酉
Parts:
子 老 酉
fermentation
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1862 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 酵素 【コウソ】 enzyme
  • 酵母 【コウボ】 yeast, leaven
  • 並行複発酵 【ヘイコウフクハッコウ】 multiple parallel fermentation (esp. in sake brewing)
  • 精密発酵 【セイミツハッコウ】 precision fermentation (use of microbial hosts, such as bacteria and yeast, to produce specific biomolecules)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jiao4, xiao4
Korean:
hyo

Spanish

  • fermento
  • fermentación

Portuguese

  • fermentação

French

  • fermentation
1265 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1602 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4787 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1589 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1836 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1866 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2026 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1595 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1795 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1966 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1047 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1413 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1442 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39868 Morohashi
1561 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6175 New Nelson (John Haig)
1430 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1538 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1734 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3247 2001 Kanji
7e6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-7 SKIP code
1-7-6 SKIP code
1464.7 Four corner code
1-25-58 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9175 Unicode hex code

素

10 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
二 亠 土 小 幺 糸
elementary, principle, naked, uncovered
Kun:
もと
On:
ソ、 ス
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
660 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 素 【ソ】 plain, white silk, prime
  • 素案 【ソアン】 rough plan, draft
  • 栄養素 【エイヨウソ】 nutrient
  • 酵素 【コウソ】 enzyme
  • 素 【ス】 one's nature, one's feelings, oneself, plain, unadorned, undecorated, unadulterated, au naturel, mere, poor, exceedingly
  • 素顔 【スガオ】 face with no make-up, unpainted face, true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.), real face, true picture, real nature, sober face, sobriety
  • 空素 【カラス】 dealt hand containing only 1-point cards (scoring combination)
  • 鉤素 【ハリス】 snell (fishing), leader, trace, cast

Kun reading compounds

  • 元 【もと】 origin, source, beginning, basis, base, foundation, root, cause, (raw) material, ingredient, base, mix (e.g. for a cake), (soup) stock, (one's) side, capital, principal, cost price, root (of a plant), (tree) trunk, part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand), first three lines of a waka, counter for plants or trees, counter for falcons (in falconry)
  • 元より 【もとより】 from the beginning, from the first, all along, originally, of course, not to mention ..., not only ... but also ..., to say nothing of ...
  • 味の素 【あじのもと】 Ajinomoto, brand name of monosodium glutamate (MSG)
  • 味の素 【あじのもと】 Ajinomoto Co. Inc.

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
su4
Korean:
so

Spanish

  • materia prima
  • elemental
  • normal
  • usual

Portuguese

  • elementar
  • princípio
  • descoberto
  • nu

French

  • élément
  • principe
  • nu
  • découvert
658 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
759 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
737 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
717 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3511 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
797 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1623 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1707 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
271 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
271 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
636 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1506 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3108 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1590 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2171 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1546 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27300 Morohashi
2458 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4456 New Nelson (John Haig)
1532 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1652 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
500 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
716 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1441 2001 Kanji
6a4.12 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-6 SKIP code
5090.3 Four corner code
1-33-39 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d20 Unicode hex code

風

9 strokes
Radical:
wind 風
Parts:
ノ 几 虫 風
Variants:
凮 飌
wind, air, style, manner
Kun:
かぜ、 かざ-
On:
フウ、 フ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
558 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 風 【フウ】 method, manner, way, style, appearance, air, tendency, folk song (genre of the Shi Jing), wind (one of the five elements)
  • 風格 【フウカク】 personality, style, appearance
  • 逆風 【ギャクフウ】 headwind, adverse wind
  • 作風 【サクフウ】 style (of a work, author, artist, etc.), characteristics
  • 風 【フウ】 method, manner, way, style, appearance, air, tendency, folk song (genre of the Shi Jing), wind (one of the five elements)
  • 振り 【フリ】 swing, shake, wave, swinging, appearance, behaviour, pretence (pretense), show, pretending (to), going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction, move (dance), postures, lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question), lead up, unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman's garment, counter for swords, blades, etc., not wearing underwear or pants
  • 中風 【チュウフウ】 palsy, paralysis
  • 破風 【ハフ】 gable

Kun reading compounds

  • 風 【かぜ】 wind, breeze, draught, draft, manner, behaviour, behavior, cold, influenza
  • 風邪 【かぜ】 (common) cold, influenza, flu, ague, inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
  • 涼風 【りょうふう】 cool breeze, refreshing breeze
  • 西風 【にしかぜ】 west wind

Readings

Japanese names:
い、 え
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
feng1
Korean:
pung

Spanish

  • viento
  • aire
  • hábito
  • estilo
  • conducta

Portuguese

  • vento
  • ar
  • estilo
  • maneira

French

  • vent
  • air
  • style
  • manière
132 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
217 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
198 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
246 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5148 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
134 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
278 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
986 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.2 Japanese for Busy People
29 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
29 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
465 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
171 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3730 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1908 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2591 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
530 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
43756 Morohashi
3007 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6663 New Nelson (John Haig)
524 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
563 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
316 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
187 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3656 2001 Kanji
2s7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-7 SKIP code
7721.0 Four corner code
1-41-87 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
98a8 Unicode hex code

呂

7 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
ノ 口
spine, backbone
Kun:
せぼね
On:
ロ、 リョ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2055 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 蝋色漆 【ロイロウルシ】 black lacquer
  • 呂律 【ロレツ】 articulation
  • 大呂 【タイリョ】 second note of the ancient Chinese chromatic scale (approx. D sharp), twelfth lunar month
  • 仲呂 【チュウリョ】 (in China) 6th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G), fourth lunar month
  • 呂 【リョ】 bass range (in Japanese music), six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale, Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)
  • 呂旋 【リョセン】 Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: so, la, ti, do, re, mi, fa), similar to Mixolydian mode
  • 大呂 【タイリョ】 second note of the ancient Chinese chromatic scale (approx. D sharp), twelfth lunar month
  • 仲呂 【チュウリョ】 (in China) 6th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G), fourth lunar month

Readings

Japanese names:
とも、 なが
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lu:3
Korean:
ryeo

Spanish

  • columna vertebral
  • espinazo

Portuguese

French

  • colonne vertébrale
  • épine dorsale
  • grand bâtiment
1509 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
891 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1997 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
459 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2036 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1396 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2713 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1385 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1872 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
24 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3386 Morohashi
2187 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
728 New Nelson (John Haig)
24 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
24 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3d4.16 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
4-7-1 SKIP code
6060.0 Four corner code
1-47-04 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5442 Unicode hex code