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雌

14 strokes
Radical:
small bird 隹
Parts:
匕 止 隹
feminine, female
Kun:
め-、 めす、 めん
On:
シ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1951 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 雌雄 【シユウ】 male and female (animals), the two sexes, victory and defeat, strengths and weaknesses
  • 雌花 【メバナ】 female flower, pistillate flower

Kun reading compounds

  • 雌 【めす】 female (animal, plant)
  • メス犬 【メスいぬ】 bitch, female dog
  • 雌 【めす】 female (animal, plant)
  • 雌鳥 【めんどり】 female bird, hen (female chicken)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ci2, ci1
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • hembra
  • femenino

Portuguese

  • feminino
  • fêmea

French

  • femelle
1323 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1959 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2435 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1586 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1886 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1388 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1477 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1639 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1854 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1337 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
724 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
971 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
570 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41998X Morohashi
1055 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6506 New Nelson (John Haig)
563 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
605 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1741 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1275 2001 Kanji
8c6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-10 SKIP code
1-5-8 SKIP code
1-6-8 SKIP code
1-3-10 SKIP code
2011.4 Four corner code
1-27-83 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
96cc Unicode hex code

万

3 strokes
Radical:
one 一
Parts:
一 ｜ ノ
Variants:
萬
ten thousand, 10,000
Kun:
よろず
On:
マン、 バン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
375 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 万 【マン】 10,000, ten thousand, myriad, everything, all, various
  • 万一 【マンイチ】 (unlikely event of) emergency, the worst(-case scenario), 10000 to 1, (if) by some chance, by some possibility, in the unlikely event that
  • 億万 【オクマン】 millions and millions
  • 永万 【エイマン】 Eiman era (1165.6.5-1166.8.27)
  • 万 【バン】 completely, absolutely, totally
  • 万一 【マンイチ】 (unlikely event of) emergency, the worst(-case scenario), 10000 to 1, (if) by some chance, by some possibility, in the unlikely event that
  • 千万 【センバン】 exceedingly, extremely, very many, indeed
  • 奇怪千万 【キカイセンバン】 very strange (mysterious, weird), bizarre, monstrous, outrageous

Kun reading compounds

  • 万 【まん】 10,000, ten thousand, myriad, everything, all, various
  • 万年 【まんねん】 ten thousand years, eternity, perennial, perpetual
  • 八百万 【やおよろず】 myriad, countless things
  • ５００万 【ごひゃくまん】 5,000,000, five million, many

Readings

Japanese names:
かず、 ま、 ゆる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wan4, mo4
Korean:
man, mug

Spanish

  • diez mil
  • muchos

Portuguese

  • dez mil

French

  • myriade
  • 10000
320 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
227 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
392 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
96 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
7 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
84 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
43 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
16 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
16 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
13 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
8 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3653 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1865 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2542 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
64 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10 Morohashi
2936 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
7 New Nelson (John Haig)
64 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
68 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
215 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
86 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3145 2001 Kanji
0a3.8 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-1 SKIP code
4-3-1 SKIP code
1022.7 Four corner code
1-43-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e07 Unicode hex code

年

6 strokes
Radical:
pestle 干
Parts:
一 ノ 干 乞
Variants:
秊
year, counter for years
Kun:
とし
On:
ネン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
6 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 年 【ネン】 year, counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school), period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
  • 年会 【ネンカイ】 conference, annual convention
  • 往年 【オウネン】 years gone by, earlier years, former years, the past
  • 平年 【ヘイネン】 non-leap year, average year (for rainfall, temperature, etc.), normal year

Kun reading compounds

  • 年 【とし】 year, age, years, past one's prime, old age
  • 年明け 【としあけ】 beginning of the year, early in the New Year
  • いい年 【いいとし】 mature age, advanced age, maturity, age when one is old enough to know better
  • 御年 【おんとし】 age (esp. advanced)

Readings

Japanese names:
ね
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nian2
Korean:
nyeon

Spanish

  • año
  • edad

Portuguese

  • Ano

French

  • année
  • compteur d'années
126 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
20 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
64 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
3 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
188 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
64 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
51 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
342 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
45 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
45 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
24 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
574 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2528 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1284 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1752 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1045 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9168 Morohashi
2035 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1593 New Nelson (John Haig)
1036 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1114 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
13 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
51 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2355 2001 Kanji
0a6.16 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-4 SKIP code
4-6-3 SKIP code
8050.0 Four corner code
1-39-15 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e74 Unicode hex code

草

9 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
十 艾 日
grass, weeds, herbs, pasture, write, draft
Kun:
くさ、 くさ-、 -ぐさ
On:
ソウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N3
967 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 草 【ソウ】 draft, rough copy, highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters), grass style
  • 壮 【ソウ】 vibrancy, strength, bravery, manliness, one's prime (around age 30; esp. of a man), counter for cones or sticks of moxa burned on the skin (in moxibustion)
  • 除草 【ジョソウ】 weeding
  • 起草 【キソウ】 drafting (e.g. a bill), drawing up

Kun reading compounds

  • 草 【くさ】 grass, weed, herb, thatch, ninja, marijuana, cannabis, not genuine, substandard, LOL, haha
  • 草刈り 【くさかり】 mowing, mower
  • 水草 【みずくさ】 water plant, aquatic plant, waterweed, hydrophyte
  • 若草 【わかくさ】 green grass, young (fresh) grass

Readings

Japanese names:
そ、 や
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cao3
Korean:
cho

Spanish

  • hierba
  • planta

Portuguese

  • grama
  • erva daninha
  • ervas
  • pasto
  • escrever
  • esboçar

French

  • herbe
  • mauvaise herbe
  • plantes
  • pâturage
  • écrire
  • ébauche
106 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
57 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
162 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
705 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3939 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
118 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
865 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
934 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
249 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
249 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
567 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
652 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2813 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1450 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1953 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
229 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30945P Morohashi
2263 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5032 New Nelson (John Haig)
224 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
238 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
77 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1955 2001 Kanji
3k6.13 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-6 SKIP code
4440.6 Four corner code
1-33-80 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8349 Unicode hex code