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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
  • 【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

毘

9 strokes
Radical:
compare, compete 比
Parts:
比 田
help, assist
Kun:
たす.ける
On:
ヒ、 ビ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

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  • 毘沙門天 【ビシャモンテン】 Vaisravana (guardian god of Buddhism)
  • 毘盧遮那 【ビルシャナ】 Vairocana (Buddha who symbolizes the entirety of the phenomenological world)
  • 荼毘 【ダビ】 cremation

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pi2
Korean:
bi

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2997 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1195 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3169 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2217 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
16753 Morohashi
3011 New Nelson (John Haig)
5f4.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-4 SKIP code
6071.1 Four corner code
6011.1 Four corner code
1-40-91 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6bd8 Unicode hex code

羅

19 strokes
Radical:
net 网 (罒, ⺲, 罓, ⺳)
Parts:
小 幺 買 糸 隹
gauze, thin silk, Rome, arrange, spread out
Kun:
うすもの
On:
ラ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1831 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 羅 【ラ】 Latin (language)
  • 薄物 【ウスモノ】 lightweight fabric or clothing, silk gauze, thin silk
  • 修羅 【シュラ】 Asura, demigod, anti-god, titan, demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology, fighting, carnage, conflict, strife, sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.), log slide, chute, flume
  • 甲羅 【コウラ】 shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.), carapace, plastron, (person's) back, years of experience

Kun reading compounds

  • 薄物 【うすもの】 lightweight fabric or clothing, silk gauze, thin silk

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
luo2, luo1
Korean:
ra

Spanish

  • compresa
  • gasa de seda
  • bien alineado
  • Roma

Portuguese

  • gaze
  • seda fina
  • Roma

French

  • gaze
  • soie fine
  • Rome
1887 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1762 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3654 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1656 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2937 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1860 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2017 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1672 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1469 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3244 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1679 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2278 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1354 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28397 Morohashi
2622 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4655 New Nelson (John Haig)
1342 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1442 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1919 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3675 2001 Kanji
5g14.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-14 SKIP code
6091.4 Four corner code
1-45-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7f85 Unicode hex code

吽

7 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
｜ 二 口 牛
Variants:
呍
bark, growl
Kun:
ほえ.る
On:
コウ、 ウン、 イン、 オン、 グ

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  • 吽形 【ウンギョウ】 closed-mouthed form (statue with closed mouth, symbolizing the "um" half of "aum")
  • 阿吽 【アウン】 Om, Aun, syllable representing the primordial trinity of Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma, inspiration and expiration, respiration, alpha and omega

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ou2, hong1
Korean:
hu, eum, u

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3378 Morohashi
727 New Nelson (John Haig)
3d4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-4 SKIP code
6500.0 Four corner code
1-50-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
543d Unicode hex code

欠

4 strokes
Radical:
lack, yawn 欠
Parts:
人 勹 欠
Variants:
缺 缼
lack, gap, fail, yawning radical (no. 76)
Kun:
か.ける、 か.く
On:
ケツ、 ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
860 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 欠 【ケツ】 lack, deficiency, vacancy, absence, non-attendance
  • 欠員 【ケツイン】 vacant position, vacancy, opening, unfilled position
  • 補欠 【ホケツ】 filling a vacancy, supplementation, substitute, deputy, alternate, spare
  • 出欠 【シュッケツ】 attendance or absence
  • 欠缺 【ケンケツ】 lacuna, gap where something is lacked
  • 欠缺利札 【ケンケツリサツ】 invalid coupon
  • 阿毘羅吽欠 【アビラウンケン】 a-bi-ra-un-ken (mantra directed to Vairocana)

Kun reading compounds

  • 欠ける 【かける】 to chip, to be chipped, to break (off), to be damaged, to be missing (from a set, team, etc.), to be absent, to become lost, to be lacking (in), to be short (of), to be deficient, to be wanting (in), to wane (of the moon), to go into eclipse
  • 欠く 【かく】 to chip, to nick, to break, to crack, to lack
  • 欠くことができない 【かくことができない】 indispensable, essential, necessary

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qian4
Korean:
heum, gam, gyeol

Spanish

  • falta
  • carestía
  • romperse
  • agrietarse
  • faltar
  • carecer

Portuguese

  • falta
  • intervalo
  • falha

French

  • manquer
  • lacune
  • rater
  • radical bâillement (no. 76)
597 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
496 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
471 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
968 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2412 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
713 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
647 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
383 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
384 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
659 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1119 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2481 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1255 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1721 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
477 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
15991 Morohashi
1987 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2928 New Nelson (John Haig)
466 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
505 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
442 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2562 2001 Kanji
4j0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-2 SKIP code
4-4-4 SKIP code
2780.2 Four corner code
1-23-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6b20 Unicode hex code