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醜

17 strokes
Radical:
wine, alcohol 酉
Parts:
儿 匕 厶 田 酉 鬼
ugly, unclean, shame, bad looking
Kun:
みにく.い、 しこ
On:
シュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2074 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 醜 【シュウ】 ugliness, shame, disgrace
  • 醜女 【シュウジョ】 homely woman, plain-looking woman, female demon
  • 老醜 【ロウシュウ】 ugliness of old age
  • 美醜 【ビシュウ】 beauty or ugliness, personal appearance, looks

Kun reading compounds

  • 醜い 【みにくい】 ugly, unattractive, bad-looking, unsightly, unseemly, disgraceful, shameful, dishonorable
  • みにくいアヒルの子 【みにくいあひるのこ】 ugly duckling
  • 醜 【しこ】 ugly, repulsive, detestable, contemptible, unworthy, insignificant, humble, strong and frightening thing
  • 醜女 【しゅうじょ】 homely woman, plain-looking woman, female demon

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chou3
Korean:
chu

Spanish

  • feo
  • mal aspecto
  • innoble
  • vergüenza

Portuguese

  • sujo
  • feio
  • vergonha
  • má aparência

French

  • laid
  • malpropre
  • hideux
  • honteux
1359 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1969 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4798 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1703 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1839 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1527 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1628 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1755 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1798 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2058 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1082 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1469 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2039 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39969 Morohashi
1629 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6189 New Nelson (John Haig)
2020 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2176 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1890 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3257 2001 Kanji
7e10.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-10 SKIP code
1661.3 Four corner code
1-29-25 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
919c Unicode hex code

女

3 strokes
Radical:
woman, female 女
Parts:
女
woman, female
Kun:
おんな、 め
On:
ジョ、 ニョ、 ニョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
151 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 女 【ジョ】 woman, girl, daughter, Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), feminine noun
  • 女王 【ジョオウ】 queen, female champion
  • 処女 【ショジョ】 virgin (usu. female), maiden, virgin (e.g. forest), unspoiled by human activity, debut, maiden (e.g. voyage)
  • 一女 【イチジョ】 one daughter, eldest daughter, first-born daughter
  • 女王 【ジョオウ】 queen, female champion
  • 女房 【ニョウボウ】 wife (esp. one's own wife), court lady, female court attache, woman who served at the imperial palace, woman (esp. as a love interest)
  • 老若男女 【ロウニャクナンニョ】 men and women of all ages
  • 天女 【テンニョ】 heavenly nymph, celestial maiden, beautiful and kind woman
  • 女房 【ニョウボウ】 wife (esp. one's own wife), court lady, female court attache, woman who served at the imperial palace, woman (esp. as a love interest)
  • 女官 【ジョカン】 court lady, lady-in-waiting

Kun reading compounds

  • 女 【おんな】 woman, female, female lover, girlfriend, mistress, (someone's) woman
  • 女形 【おんながた】 onnagata, male actor in female kabuki roles, female partner (in a relationship)
  • 醜女 【しゅうじょ】 homely woman, plain-looking woman, female demon
  • 囲い女 【かこいおんな】 mistress
  • 雌 【め】 female, smaller (of the two), weaker, woman, wife
  • 女神 【めがみ】 goddess, female deity
  • 早乙女 【さおとめ】 young female rice planter, young girl
  • 醜女 【しゅうじょ】 homely woman, plain-looking woman, female demon

Readings

Japanese names:
おな、 た、 つき、 な
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nu:3, ru3
Korean:
nyeo, yeo

Spanish

  • femenino
  • mujer

Portuguese

  • mulher
  • fêmea

French

  • femme
  • féminin
32 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
41 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
35 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
178 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1185 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
62 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
42 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
114 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
102 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
102 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
68 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
423 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4226 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2135 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2884 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
99 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6036 Morohashi
3418 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1173 New Nelson (John Haig)
98 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
102 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
60 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
19 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1769 2001 Kanji
3e0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-4 SKIP code
4040.0 Four corner code
1-29-87 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5973 Unicode hex code

肖

7 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
尚 月
resemblance
Kun:
あやか.る
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1889 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 肖像 【ショウゾウ】 portrait, likeness, picture
  • 肖像画 【ショウゾウガ】 portrait
  • 不肖 【フショウ】 unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.), I, me, incompetent, unskilled, inexperienced, foolish, unfortunate, unlucky

Kun reading compounds

  • 肖る 【あやかる】 to share (someone's) good luck, to follow (someone's) example, to enjoy the same benefits (of someone or something), to capitalize (on the popularity of something), to be named after

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiao4, xiao1
Korean:
cho, so

Spanish

  • imitar
  • copiar
  • parecido

Portuguese

  • semelhança

French

  • ressemblance
  • portrait
1391 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1712 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1360 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1672 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1665 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
451 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
844 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
863 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1811 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1012 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2733 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1399 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1887 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
115 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29263P Morohashi
2205 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4760 New Nelson (John Haig)
114 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
119 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1119 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1046 2001 Kanji
3n4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
3-5-2 SKIP code
9022.7 Four corner code
1-30-51 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8096 Unicode hex code

像

14 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
一 化 勹 口 豕
statue, picture, image, figure, portrait
On:
ゾウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
856 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 像 【ゾウ】 image, figure, statue, picture, portrait, figure, form, shape, appearance, image
  • 像主 【ゾウシュ】 subject (of a portrait or bust), a person posing for a portrait or bust, (historically) patron, someone who commissions a Buddhist temple or work of art
  • 実像 【ジツゾウ】 real image, real form, real-life image, true picture, actual conditions, actual circumstances
  • 将来像 【ショウライゾウ】 vision of the future

Readings

Japanese names:
かた
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiang4
Korean:
sang

Spanish

  • estatua
  • imagen
  • figura

Portuguese

  • estátua
  • gravura
  • imagem
  • figura
  • retrato

French

  • statue
  • image
  • figure
  • portrait
  • représentation
664 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
762 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
740 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
906 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
540 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
524 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
334 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2061 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
740 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
753 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
940 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
133 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
187 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
123 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
144 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1996 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1084 Morohashi
166 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
308 New Nelson (John Haig)
1977 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2131 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
796 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2151 2001 Kanji
2a12.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-12 SKIP code
2723.2 Four corner code
1-33-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
50cf Unicode hex code