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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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Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 阿 【ア】 first Sanskrit alphabet letter, Africa, Awa (old province of Japan), prefixed to names to show intimacy
  • 【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

叔

8 strokes
Radical:
right hand 又
Parts:
卜 又 小
uncle, youth
On:
シュク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1950 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 叔母 【オバ】 aunt
  • 叔父 【オジ】 uncle
  • 伯叔 【ハクシュク】 brothers, one's father's brothers

Readings

Japanese names:
よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu1, shu2
Korean:
sug

Spanish

  • tío
  • tía

Portuguese

  • tio
  • juventude

French

  • oncle
  • tante
  • frère ou soeur cadets des parents
1367 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1994 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
861 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1445 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1121 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
649 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1667 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1782 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1766 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
271 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1622 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
852 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1168 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
725 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3154 Morohashi
1272 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
677 New Nelson (John Haig)
718 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
775 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1158 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1267 2001 Kanji
2h6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-2 SKIP code
2794.0 Four corner code
1-29-39 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
53d4 Unicode hex code