Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
Variants:
Africa, flatter, fawn upon, corner, nook, recess
Kun:
おもね.るくま
On:
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

17 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
cedar, sandalwood, spindle tree
Kun:
まゆみ
On:
ダンタン
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2291 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 旦那 【ダンナ】 master (of a house, shop, etc.), husband, sir, boss, master, governor, patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess, sugar daddy, alms, almsgiving, almsgiver
  • 檀越 【ダンオツ】 alms-giver, person who donates to a monk or a temple, dana-pati
  • 仏壇 【ブツダン】 Buddhist (household) altar
  • 阿檀 【アダン】 umbrella tree (Pandanus odorifer), fragrant screw pine, kewda
  • 黒檀 【コクタン】 ebony
  • 紫檀 【シタン】 rosewood, red sandalwood

Kun reading compounds

  • 小檀 【こまゆみ】 spindle tree (Euonymus alatus f. ciliatodentatus)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tan2
Korean:
dan

Spanish

  • árbol de la familia del cedro

Portuguese

French

2386 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2623 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2128 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1385 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
743 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1003 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
15632 Morohashi
2895 New Nelson (John Haig)
2525 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2585 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4a13.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-13 SKIP code
4091.6 Four corner code
1-35-41 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6a80 Unicode hex code