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鍵

17 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
廴 聿 金
key
Kun:
かぎ
On:
ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2029 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 鍵 【ケン】 key (on a piano, organ, etc.)
  • 鍵盤 【ケンバン】 keyboard (of a piano, typewriter, etc.)
  • 打鍵 【ダケン】 keystroke
  • 黒鍵 【コッケン】 black key (on a piano, organ, etc.)

Kun reading compounds

  • 鍵 【かぎ】 key, lock, key (to a problem, success, etc.), clue
  • 鍵垢 【かぎアカ】 private account (on social media, esp. Twitter), account that can only be viewed by approved followers
  • 公開鍵 【こうかいかぎ】 public key
  • 暗号鍵 【あんごうかぎ】 cryptographic key, encryption key

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian4
Korean:
geon

Spanish

  • llave
  • tecla (piano
  • órgano
  • etc.)

Portuguese

French

1824 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4894 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2652 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
915 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2203 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1565 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
40654 Morohashi
1753 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6317 New Nelson (John Haig)
2761 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
418 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
8a8.18 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-9 SKIP code
1-8-8 SKIP code
8514.0 Four corner code
1-24-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9375 Unicode hex code

谷

7 strokes
Radical:
valley 谷
Parts:
个 ハ 口 谷
valley
Kun:
たに、 きわ.まる
On:
コク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
508 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 谷底平野 【コクテイヘイヤ】 valley plain
  • 渓谷 【ケイコク】 valley (with a river running through it), gorge, ravine, canyon
  • 盤谷 【バンコク】 Bangkok (Thailand)

Kun reading compounds

  • 谷 【たに】 valley
  • 谷間 【たにま】 valley, ravine, gorge, chasm, cleavage (of breasts), part or place that has been left behind, blind spot, bottom (of society), (economic) trough, gap (in activity, one's work, etc.), lull, opening
  • 死の谷 【しのたに】 valley of death (barrier between product development and commercialization stages)
  • 気圧の谷 【きあつのたに】 low pressure trough
  • 極まる 【きわまる】 to reach an extreme, to reach a limit, to terminate, to come to an end, extremely, to be stuck, to be in a dilemma, to be at a loss, to be decided, to be settled

Readings

Japanese names:
がい、 がえ、 がや、 せ、 たり、 たん、 や
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gu3, yu4
Korean:
gog, yog

Spanish

  • valle

Portuguese

  • vale

French

  • vallée
78 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
135 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
122 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
249 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4458 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
528 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
914 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
449 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
653 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
664 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
458 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1714 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2536 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1290 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1758 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
796 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36182 Morohashi
2043 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5730 New Nelson (John Haig)
788 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
851 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
143 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2077 2001 Kanji
2o5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-5 SKIP code
8060.8 Four corner code
1-35-11 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8c37 Unicode hex code

崎

11 strokes
Radical:
mountain 山
Parts:
一 ｜ 口 大 山
Variants:
埼 碕 嵜
promontory, cape, spit
Kun:
さき、 さい、 みさき
On:
キ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
533 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 崎崖 【キガイ】 steepness of a mountain
  • 崎嶇 【キク】 steep (mountain), precipitous, hard (life), difficult, troubled
  • 川崎 【カワサキ】 Kawasaki (city)
  • 長崎 【ナガサキ】 Nagasaki (city, prefecture)

Kun reading compounds

  • 崎 【さき】 small peninsula, cape, promontory, headland
  • 川崎 【かわさき】 Kawasaki (city)
  • 長崎 【ながさき】 Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
  • 岬 【みさき】 cape (on coast)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi2
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • promontorio
  • cabo
  • espita

Portuguese

  • promontorio
  • cabo
  • ponta

French

  • promontoire
  • cap
  • pointe
1297 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
457 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1426 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1898 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1243 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1592 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1362 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1447 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1293 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
545 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
569 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
345 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
428 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
785 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8169 Morohashi
472 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1485 New Nelson (John Haig)
778 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
840 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1424 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1249 2001 Kanji
3o8.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
2472.1 Four corner code
1-26-74 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5d0e Unicode hex code

潤

15 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
汁 王 門
Variants:
wet, be watered, profit by, receive benefits, favor, charm, steep
Kun:
うるお.う、 うるお.す、 うる.む
On:
ジュン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1644 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 潤滑油 【ジュンカツユ】 lubricating oil, lubricant, lube, person or thing that makes things run smoothly, facilitator
  • 潤色 【ジュンショク】 rhetorical flourishes
  • 豊潤 【ホウジュン】 abundant, rich, ripe, mellow
  • 芳醇 【ホウジュン】 mellow (flavor or fragrance, esp. alcohol), rich, full-bodied, superior

Kun reading compounds

  • 潤う 【うるおう】 to become moist, to be moistened, to become damp, to get wet, to profit (from), to benefit, to become prosperous, to flourish, to be made rich, to be refreshed (of one's mind), to be enriched (of one's heart)
  • 潤す 【うるおす】 to moisten, to wet, to profit, to enrich, to benefit
  • 潤む 【うるむ】 to be wet (with tears), to be moist, to get dim, to become blurred, to get cloudy, to get muddy, to be bleared, to become tear-choked

Readings

Japanese names:
めぐみ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
run4
Korean:
yun

Spanish

  • humedad
  • provecho
  • encanto
  • humedecer
  • sacar provecho

Portuguese

  • molhado
  • molhar-se
  • lucrar
  • receber benefícios
  • favorecer
  • charme
  • embeber

French

  • mouillé
  • être arrosé
  • profit
  • bénéfice
  • favoriser
  • charmer
  • tremper
1379 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1597 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2700 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1256 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1503 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2277 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1203 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1266 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1509 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1250 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
918 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
518 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
676 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1641 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18255 Morohashi
742 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3334 New Nelson (John Haig)
1627 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1755 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1777 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
372 2001 Kanji
3a12.20 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-12 SKIP code
3712.0 Four corner code
1-29-65 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6f64 Unicode hex code

一

1 strokes
Radical:
one 一
Parts:
一
Variants:
弌
one, one radical (no.1)
Kun:
ひと-、 ひと.つ
On:
イチ、 イツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
2 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 一 【イチ】 one, 1, best, first, foremost, beginning, start, a (single), one (of many), ace, bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
  • 一位 【イチイ】 first place, first rank, units position (of a number)
  • 十一 【ジュウイチ】 eleven, 11, jack
  • １対１ 【イチタイイチ】 one-to-one, one-on-one
  • 一 【イツ】 one, same (mind, path, etc.)
  • 一に 【イツニ】 solely, entirely, only, or
  • 均一 【キンイツ】 uniformity, equality
  • 画一 【カクイツ】 uniformity, standardization, standardisation

Kun reading compounds

  • 一つ 【ひとつ】 one, for one thing, only, (not) even, just (e.g. "just try it"), some kind of, one type of
  • 一つ一つ 【ひとつひとつ】 one-by-one, separately, in detail

Readings

Japanese names:
かず、 い、 いっ、 いる、 かつ、 かづ、 てん、 はじめ、 ひ、 ひとつ、 まこと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yi1
Korean:
il

Spanish

  • uno
  • 1

Portuguese

  • um

French

  • un
  • radical un (no. 1)
1 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
1 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
4 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
3 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
2 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4148 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2105 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2850 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1 Morohashi
3341 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1 New Nelson (John Haig)
1 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3072 2001 Kanji
0a1.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-1-4 SKIP code
1000.0 Four corner code
1-16-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e00 Unicode hex code

郎

9 strokes (also 8)
Radical:
town (阝 right) 邑 (阝)
Parts:
邦 艮
Variants:
郒
son, counter for sons
Kun:
おとこ
On:
ロウ、 リョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
569 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 郎 【ロウ】 nth son, lang, official title in ancient China, man, young man, my husband, my lover, nth child (male and female)
  • 郎君 【ロウクン】 young man, boy, son (of one's master, employer, etc.), husband, (male) lover, dear, darling
  • 新郎 【シンロウ】 bridegroom
  • 女郎 【ジョロウ】 prostitute (esp. Edo period)

Readings

Japanese names:
いら、 お、 とう、 もん、 ろ、 ろお
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lang2, lang4
Korean:
rang

Spanish

  • hombre
  • hijo
  • sirviente

Portuguese

  • filho
  • sufixo para contagem de filhos

French

  • fils (enfant)
  • compteur de fils
1936 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
237 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4762 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
955 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1827 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1145 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
980 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1014 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
546 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
757 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1641 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
867 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1184 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1868 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39405P Morohashi
1289 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6138 New Nelson (John Haig)
1851 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1995 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
264 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1300 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
844 2001 Kanji
2d6.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-3 SKIP code
1-6-2 SKIP code
3772.7 Four corner code
1-47-26 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
90ce Unicode hex code