Jisho

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閃

10 strokes
Radical:
gate 門
Parts:
人 門
flash, brandish
Kun:
ひらめ.く、 ひらめ.き、 うかが.う
On:
セン
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

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On reading compounds

  • 閃亜鉛鉱 【センアエンコウ】 sphalerite, zinc blende
  • 閃ウラン鉱 【センウランコウ】 uraninite
  • 一閃 【イッセン】 flash (of light), glint
  • 電光一閃 【デンコウイッセン】 flash of lightning

Kun reading compounds

  • 閃く 【ひらめく】 to flash (e.g. lightning), to flicker, to glitter, to sparkle, to gleam, to flutter (e.g. flag), to wave, to undulate, to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea), to come to one suddenly
  • 閃き 【ひらめき】 flair, flash, insight, flash (of inspiration, wit, etc.), waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shan3
Korean:
seom

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4942 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4114 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2830 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
41214 Morohashi
6383 New Nelson (John Haig)
2774 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2796 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
8e2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-8-2 SKIP code
7780.7 Four corner code
1-33-14 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9583 Unicode hex code

亮

9 strokes
Radical:
lid 亠
Parts:
亠 儿 冖 口
clear, help
Kun:
あきらか
On:
リョウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1821 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 諒闇 【リョウアン】 court mourning (for the late emperor or empress), national mourning
  • 亮月 【リョウゲツ】 bright moonlight
  • 嚠喨 【リュウリョウ】 clear and resounding (as a voice or musical instrument)

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 すけ、 まこと、 あきら、 よし、 きょう、 たすく、 ふさ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
liang4
Korean:
ryang

Spanish

  • claro
  • luminoso
  • ayudar
  • verdad

Portuguese

French

302 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1993 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
911 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2010 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2571 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1313 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1784 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
304 Morohashi
2071 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
95 New Nelson (John Haig)
2920 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2928 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2j7.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-7 SKIP code
0021.7 Four corner code
0021.2 Four corner code
1-46-28 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4eae Unicode hex code

的

8 strokes
Radical:
white 白
Parts:
丶 勹 白
bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending
Kun:
まと
On:
テキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
105 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 的 【テキ】 -ical, -ive, -al, -ic, -y, -like, -ish, -sort of, -kind of, (something) like, along the lines of, -wise, in terms of, for, from the viewpoint of, from a ... standpoint, as far as ... is concerned, Mr., Ms., Mrs.
  • 的確 【テキカク】 accurate, precise, exact, appropriate, apt, right
  • 公的 【コウテキ】 public, official
  • 人為的 【ジンイテキ】 artificial, unnatural, human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster), man-made

Kun reading compounds

  • 的 【まと】 mark, target, object, subject, focus, point (e.g. of argument)
  • 的外れ 【まとはずれ】 off the mark, off base, misdirected, irrelevant
  • 憧れの的 【あこがれのまと】 object of adoration, longing
  • 小的 【こまと】 small mark, small target

Readings

Japanese names:
いくは、 ゆくは
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
de5, di2, di4
Korean:
jeog

Spanish

  • objetivo
  • propósito
  • sufijo para formar adjetivos

Portuguese

  • Centro do alvo
  • marca
  • alvo
  • objeto

French

  • cible
  • but
  • objectif
  • terminaison d'adjectif
478 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
578 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
551 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
39 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3097 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
372 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
753 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
635 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.20 Japanese for Busy People
210 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
210 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
380 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1364 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1444 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
767 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1040 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
69 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
22692 Morohashi
1125 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3867 New Nelson (John Haig)
69 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
73 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
7 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
511 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
852 2001 Kanji
4c4.12 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-3 SKIP code
2762.0 Four corner code
1-37-10 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7684 Unicode hex code

星

9 strokes
Radical:
sun, day 日
Parts:
日 生
Variants:
皨
star, spot, dot, mark
Kun:
ほし、 -ぼし
On:
セイ、 ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
844 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 星 【セイ】 Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), Singapore
  • 星座 【セイザ】 constellation, astrological sign, star sign, zodiac sign
  • 新星 【シンセイ】 nova, new face, new star
  • 小惑星 【ショウワクセイ】 asteroid
  • 客星 【カクセイ】 celestial body seen only for a short time (e.g. comet)
  • 七星 【シチセイ】 the Big Dipper (asterism), the Plough, the Plow

Kun reading compounds

  • 星 【ほし】 star (usu. excluding the Sun), planet (usu. excluding Earth), heavenly body, star (glyph, symbol, shape), asterisk, star (actor, player, etc.), dot, spot, fleck, bullseye, perp, perpetrator, culprit, offender, suspect, one's star (that determines one's fate), one's fortune, point, score, star point (intersection marked with a dot), hoshi, (pyrotechnic) star
  • 星空 【ほしぞら】 starry sky
  • 四三の星 【しそうのほし】 the Big Dipper (asterism), the Plough, the Plow
  • 希望の星 【きぼうのほし】 ray of light, ray of hope, promising talent

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xing1
Korean:
seong

Spanish

  • estrella
  • punto pequeño
  • resultado de un juego

Portuguese

  • estrela
  • ponto
  • marca

French

  • étoile
  • point
  • marque
264 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
171 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
154 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
877 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2121 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
838 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
599 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
946 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
730 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
743 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
463 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
973 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3089 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1577 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2156 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1570 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13837 Morohashi
2435 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2452 New Nelson (John Haig)
1556 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1676 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
181 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3872 2001 Kanji
4c5.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-5 SKIP code
6010.4 Four corner code
1-32-17 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
661f Unicode hex code