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

Speed

Stroke order

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

7 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
lotus, Mt Fuji
On:
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2238 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 芙蓉 【フヨウ】 cotton rose (Hibiscus mutabilis), Confederate rose, dixie rosemallow, lotus blossom
  • 芙蓉峰 【フヨウホウ】 Mount Fuji

Readings

Japanese names:
はす
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fu2
Korean:
bu

Spanish

  • loto

Portuguese

French

474 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2211 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2737 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1402 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1891 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
30694X Morohashi
2208 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4966 New Nelson (John Haig)
2361 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2447 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3k4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
4453.0 Four corner code
1-41-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8299 Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 芙蓉 【フヨウ】 cotton rose (Hibiscus mutabilis), Confederate rose, dixie rosemallow, lotus blossom
  • 阿芙蓉 【アフヨウ】 poppy

Readings

Japanese names:
はす、 よ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
rong2
Korean:
yong

Spanish

  • loto

Portuguese

French

1983 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2226 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2944 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1513 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2051 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
31648X Morohashi
2337 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5135 New Nelson (John Haig)
2362 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2448 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3k10.20 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-10 SKIP code
2-6-7 SKIP code
4460.8 Four corner code
1-45-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
84c9 Unicode hex code