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

10 strokes
Radical:
feather
Parts:
venerable old man
Kun:
おきな
On:
オウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2064 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 翁 【オキナ】 old man, venerable gentleman, venerable, old, father
  • 翁媼 【オウオウ】 old man and old woman, elderly man and elderly woman
  • 阿翁 【アオウ】 father-in-law (of a woman), grandfather
  • 白頭翁 【ハクトウオウ】 windflower, anemone, white-haired old man, grey starling (gray)

Kun reading compounds

  • 翁 【おきな】 old man, venerable gentleman, venerable, old, father
  • 翁恵比須 【おきなえびす】 Beyrich's slit shell (species of sea snail, Pleurotomaria beyrichii)

Readings

Japanese names:
お、 おな
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
weng1
Korean:
ong

Spanish

  • anciano

Portuguese

  • velho venerável

French

  • vénérable vieillard
1037 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
2004 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
596 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1594 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1430 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1930 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2115 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1940 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1571 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2611 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1335 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1809 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
794 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28635P Morohashi
2108 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4677 New Nelson (John Haig)
786 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
849 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1382 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2053 2001 Kanji
2o8.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-8 SKIP code
2-4-6 SKIP code
8012.7 Four corner code
1-18-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7fc1 Unicode hex code