Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
广
Variants:
mineral, ore
Kun:
あらがね
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
1376 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 鉱区 【コウク】 mining area, mine lot
  • 鉱業 【コウギョウ】 mining industry
  • 廃坑 【ハイコウ】 closure of a mine, abandoned mine, disused mine
  • 採鉱 【サイコウ】 mining

Kun reading compounds

  • 粗金 【あらがね】 ore

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kuang4
Korean:
gwang

Spanish

  • mineral

Portuguese

  • mineral
  • minerar

French

  • minéral
  • minerai
610 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
700 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
674 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1029 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4843 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
532 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
977 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2153 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1604 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1711 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
876 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1813 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2145 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1124 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1525 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
749 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40340P Morohashi
1709 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6252 New Nelson (John Haig)
741 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
802 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
774 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2871 2001 Kanji
8a5.15 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-5 SKIP code
8013.2 Four corner code
1-25-59 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9271 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
pillar, post, cylinder, support
Kun:
はしら
On:
チュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
1119 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 柱 【チュウ】 bridge (of a koto, etc.), cylinder, prism
  • 柱穴 【チュウケツ】 posthole (archaeology)
  • 支柱 【シチュウ】 prop, stay, support, brace, fulcrum
  • 氷柱 【ツララ】 icicle, ice pillar (for cooling a room), ice

Kun reading compounds

  • 柱 【はしら】 pillar, post, support, prop, mainstay, counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
  • 柱穴 【ちゅうけつ】 posthole (archaeology)
  • 杖柱 【つえはしら】 person upon whom one relies
  • 心の柱 【しんのはしら】 central pillar of a pagoda

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhu4
Korean:
ju

Spanish

  • pilar
  • columna
  • poste

Portuguese

  • pilar
  • poste
  • cilindro
  • apoio

French

  • poteau
  • cylindre
  • support
278 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
366 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
345 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1385 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2236 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
826 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
629 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
854 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
598 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
608 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
990 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1084 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1109 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
603 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
797 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
274 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14660 Morohashi
896 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2631 New Nelson (John Haig)
268 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
286 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
338 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1872 2001 Kanji
4a5.12 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-5 SKIP code
4091.4 Four corner code
1-35-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
67f1 Unicode hex code