Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
small bird
Parts:
falcon
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2224 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 鷹隼 【ヨウシュン】 hawk and falcon

Kun reading compounds

  • 隼 【はやぶさ】 falcon (esp. the peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus)
  • ハヤブサ科 【ハヤブサか】 Falconidae (family of birds of prey)
  • 稚児隼 【ちごはやぶさ】 northern hobby (Falco subbuteo)
  • 白隼 【しろはやぶさ】 gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)

Readings

Japanese names:
はや
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhun3, sun3
Korean:
jun

Spanish

  • halcón

Portuguese

French

1230 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2259 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3427 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1766 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2404 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
41943 Morohashi
2756 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6493 New Nelson (John Haig)
2879 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2891 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
8c2.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-2 SKIP code
2040.1 Four corner code
1-40-27 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
96bc Unicode hex code

24 strokes
Radical:
bird
Parts:
广
hawk
Kun:
たか
On:
ヨウオウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1676 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 鷹隼 【ヨウシュン】 hawk and falcon
  • 鷹揚 【オウヨウ】 large-hearted, generous, liberal, open-handed, magnanimous, easygoing, placid, composed, cool, collected
  • 放鷹 【ホウヨウ】 falconry, hawking
  • 鷹揚 【オウヨウ】 large-hearted, generous, liberal, open-handed, magnanimous, easygoing, placid, composed, cool, collected

Kun reading compounds

  • 鷹 【たか】 hawk, falcon
  • 鷹匠 【たかじょう】 falconer, hawker
  • 大鷹 【おおたか】 northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis), female hawk (or falcon), falconry (using a northern goshawk)
  • 小鷹 【こたか】 small hawk or falcon (used for hunting), falconry (using small hawks or falcons)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ying1
Korean:
eung

Spanish

  • halcón

Portuguese

French

1808 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1544 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2995 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2278 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3955 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2036 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2748 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
47377 Morohashi
3189 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
7007 New Nelson (John Haig)
2237 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2344 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3q21.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-21 SKIP code
0022.7 Four corner code
1-34-75 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9df9 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
cave
Parts:
empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
304 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 空 【クウ】 empty air, sky, shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon), emptiness, air force, fruitlessness, meaninglessness, void (one of the five elements), empty (e.g. set)
  • 空域 【クウイキ】 airspace
  • 領空 【リョウクウ】 territorial airspace
  • 防空 【ボウクウ】 air defense, air defence

Kun reading compounds

  • 空 【そら】 sky, the air, the heavens, weather, far-off place, distant place, state of mind, feeling, (from) memory, (by) heart, falsehood, lie, somehow, vaguely, fake
  • 空模様 【そらもよう】 look of the sky, weather
  • 定めなき空 【さだめなきそら】 changeable weather
  • 晴れた空 【はれたそら】 clear sky, cloudless sky
  • 開く 【あく】 to open (e.g. doors), to open (e.g. business, etc.), to be empty, to be vacant, to be available, to be free, to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.), to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.), to come to an end, to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.), to have a hole, to form a gap, to have an interval (between events)
  • 空き 【あき】 space, room, gap, emptiness, vacancy, opening, empty seat, free time, time to spare, disuse, unused thing
  • 空き缶 【あきかん】 empty can
  • 開ける 【あける】 to open (a door, etc.), to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package), to unlock, to open (for business, etc.), to empty, to remove, to make space, to make room, to move out, to clear out, to be away from (e.g. one's house), to leave (temporarily), to dawn, to grow light, to end (of a period, season), to begin (of the New Year), to leave (one's schedule) open, to make time (for), to make (a hole), to open up (a hole)
  • 空 【から】 emptiness, being empty, not carrying anything, unburdened, empty-handed, dishonoured (bill, promise, etc.), false, no-show (reservation), put-on (cheeriness, courage, etc.), empty (compliments), insincere
  • 空手 【からて】 karate, being empty-handed, having nothing in one's hands
  • もぬけの殻 【もぬけのから】 completely empty (of a residence, etc.), vacant, deserted, body from which the soul has left, corpse, shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
  • 空く 【すく】 to become less crowded, to thin out, to get empty, to be hungry
  • 空かす 【すかす】 to feel hungry, to get hungry
  • 虚しい 【むなしい】 empty, void, vacant, vain, fruitless, futile, ineffective, lifeless

Readings

Japanese names:
うつ、 き、 く
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kong1, kong4
Korean:
gong

Spanish

  • cielo
  • atmósfera
  • vacío
  • vacante
  • quedarse vacío
  • vaciar

Portuguese

  • esvaziar
  • ceú
  • desocupado
  • vazio
  • vácuo

French

  • vide
  • ciel
  • vacant
  • creux
65 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
66 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
15 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
233 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3317 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
184 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
77 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
723 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.17 Japanese for Busy People
140 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
140 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
461 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1452 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2767 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1418 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1913 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1327 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
25415 Morohashi
2227 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4192 New Nelson (John Haig)
1317 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1414 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
304 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
73 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
772 2001 Kanji
3m5.12 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
2-5-3 SKIP code
3010.1 Four corner code
1-22-85 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7a7a Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
mother, do not 毋 (母, ⺟)
Parts:
mother
Kun:
はは
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
570 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 母国 【ボコク】 one's home country, one's homeland
  • 母校 【ボコウ】 alma mater
  • 養父母 【ヨウフボ】 adoptive parents
  • 空母 【クウボ】 aircraft carrier

Kun reading compounds

  • 母 【はは】 mother
  • 母親 【ははおや】 mother
  • 必要は発明の母 【ひつようははつめいのはは】 necessity is the mother of invention
  • 失敗は成功の母 【しっぱいはせいこうのはは】 failure is the mother of success
  • 母屋 【もや】 purlin (structural beam in a roof), purline, main building (of a manor), central room (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
  • 母屋桁 【もやげた】 purlin (structural beam in a roof), purline
  • 雲母 【うんも】 mica, isinglass
  • 乳母 【うば】 wet nurse, nursing mother

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mu3
Korean:
mo

Spanish

  • madre
  • base
  • cimientos

Portuguese

  • mãe
  • materno

French

  • maman
  • mère
137 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
222 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
203 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
554 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2466 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
89 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
65 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
326 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.7 Japanese for Busy People
112 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
112 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
74 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1143 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4287 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2165 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2917 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
102 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16723 Morohashi
3475 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3005 New Nelson (John Haig)
101 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
105 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
317 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
114 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3647 2001 Kanji
0a5.36 The Kanji Dictionary
4-5-1 SKIP code
7750.0 Four corner code
1-42-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6bcd Unicode hex code