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阿

8 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
一 亅 口 阡
Variants:
Africa, flatter, fawn upon, corner, nook, recess
Kun:
おもね.る、 くま
On:
ア、 オ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1126 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 阿 【ア】 first Sanskrit alphabet letter, Africa, Awa (old province of Japan), prefixed to names to show intimacy
  • 阿呆 【アホ】 fool, idiot, simpleton
  • 南ア 【ナンア】 South Africa
  • 阿蘭陀 【オランダ】 Netherlands, Holland
  • お亀 【オカメ】 homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks), plain woman, soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.
  • 加加阿 【カカオ】 cacao tree (Theobroma cacao), cocoa tree

Kun reading compounds

  • 阿る 【おもねる】 to flatter, to play up (to), to curry favor (with), to fawn (on), to cater (to)
  • 隈 【くま】 corner, nook, recess, shade, shadow, dark area, dark circles (under the eyes), dark rings, bend (in a road, river, etc.), shading, gradation, kumadori, style of kabuki makeup used for violent roles

Readings

Japanese names:
ほとり、 あず、 あわ、 おか、 きた、 な
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
a1, e1, a5, a2, a4
Korean:
a, og

Spanish

  • A fonética
  • África
  • meandro
  • adular
  • halagar

Portuguese

French

  • flatter
  • flagorner
  • Afrique
  • coin
  • recoin
1515 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4985 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
569 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2258 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
408 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
256 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
305 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1304 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41599 Morohashi
346 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6435 New Nelson (John Haig)
1295 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1391 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2d5.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
7122.0 Four corner code
1-16-04 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
963f Unicode hex code

南

9 strokes
Radical:
ten, complete 十
Parts:
并 冂 十 干
south
Kun:
みなみ
On:
ナン、 ナ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
341 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 南 【ナン】 south wind tile, winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles
  • 南海 【ナンカイ】 southern sea
  • 東南 【トウナン】 south-east
  • 西南 【セイナン】 south-west
  • 南 【ナン】 south wind tile, winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles
  • 南海 【ナンカイ】 southern sea

Kun reading compounds

  • 南 【みなみ】 south
  • 南アフリカ 【みなみアフリカ】 South Africa
  • 東南 【とうなん】 south-east
  • 西南 【せいなん】 south-west

Readings

Japanese names:
なみ、 は、 みな、 みまみ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nan2, na1
Korean:
nam

Spanish

  • Sur

Portuguese

  • sul

French

  • sud
124 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
208 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
190 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
205 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
778 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
157 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
29 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
912 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.20 Japanese for Busy People
74 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
74 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
41 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
247 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2584 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1320 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1791 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1627 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2750 Morohashi
2082 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
619 New Nelson (John Haig)
1613 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1740 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
401 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
186 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1553 2001 Kanji
2k7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-7 SKIP code
3-4-5 SKIP code
4022.7 Four corner code
1-38-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5357 Unicode hex code

惟

11 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
忙 隹
consider, reflect, think
Kun:
おも.んみる、 これ、 おも.うに
On:
イ、 ユイ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2246 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 惟神 【カンナガラ】 as a god, as was done in the age of the gods
  • 思惟 【シイ】 thought, thinking, contemplation, consideration, using wisdom to get to the bottom of things, focusing one's mind, deep contemplation, concentrated thought, deliberating, pondering, reflecting
  • 思惟 【シイ】 thought, thinking, contemplation, consideration, using wisdom to get to the bottom of things, focusing one's mind, deep contemplation, concentrated thought, deliberating, pondering, reflecting

Kun reading compounds

  • 思い見る 【おもいみる】 to reflect carefully
  • 此れ 【これ】 this, this one, this person, now, this point (in time), here, used to stress the subject of a sentence, I, me
  • 思うに 【おもうに】 presumably, conceivably, in my opinion, in my view, I think (that), upon thought, upon reflection

Readings

Japanese names:
ただ、 よし、 のぶ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wei2
Korean:
yu

Spanish

  • este
  • simplemente
  • solamente
  • considerar
  • meditar
  • pensar
  • reflexionar

Portuguese

French

1709 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1290 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2073 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
582 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
352 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
438 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
10820 Morohashi
481 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1890 New Nelson (John Haig)
2276 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2375 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4k8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
9001.4 Four corner code
1-16-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
60df Unicode hex code

幾

12 strokes
Radical:
short, tiny 幺
Parts:
丶 ノ 幺 戈
how many, how much, how far, how long, some, several
Kun:
いく-、 いく.つ、 いく.ら
On:
キ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
1725 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 幾何学 【キカガク】 geometry
  • 幾何 【キカ】 geometry
  • 庶幾 【ショキ】 desire, hope
  • 丁幾 【チンキ】 tincture

Kun reading compounds

  • 幾つ 【いくつ】 how many, how old
  • 幾つか 【いくつか】 (a) few, some, several
  • 幾ら 【いくら】 how much, something over, and something, -odd, however (much), no matter how
  • 幾らか 【いくらか】 some, (a) little, somewhat, to some extent, in part

Readings

Japanese names:
い、 く
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji3, ji1
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • cuántos
  • algunos

Portuguese

  • quantos
  • quanto
  • quão longe
  • quanto tempo

French

  • combien
  • quel
  • quelques
1129 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1646 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1496 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
996 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1257 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2597 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
877 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
897 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
408 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
580 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4403 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2229 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2999 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1393 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9208 Morohashi
3582 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1601 New Nelson (John Haig)
1381 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1481 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
464 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1526 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2759 2001 Kanji
4n8.4 The Kanji Dictionary
4-12-4 SKIP code
2245.3 Four corner code
2225.3 Four corner code
1-20-86 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e7e Unicode hex code