Jisho

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14 strokes
Radical:
small bird
Parts:
feminine, female
Kun:
め-めすめん
On:
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

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

11 strokes
Radical:
pig
Parts:
Variants:
pork, pig
Kun:
ぶた
On:
トン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1864 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 豚 【トン】 pig, pork
  • 豚肉 【ブタニク】 pork
  • 養豚 【ヨウトン】 pig-keeping, pig farming
  • 焼きとん 【ヤキトン】 yakiton, grilled pork on skewers

Kun reading compounds

  • 豚 【ぶた】 pig (Sus scrofa domesticus), pork, fatso, fatty
  • 豚肉 【ぶたにく】 pork
  • 野生豚 【やせいぶた】 feral pig
  • 萌え豚 【もえぶた】 anime freak, person overly interested in female anime and video game characters

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tun2
Korean:
don

Spanish

  • cochino
  • cerdo

Portuguese

  • Carne de porco
  • porco

French

  • porc
  • cochon
1670 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1557 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3772 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1738 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1774 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
796 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
810 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1089 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1717 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1228 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
666 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
889 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
544 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36352 Morohashi
976 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5743 New Nelson (John Haig)
538 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
577 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1486 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3951 2001 Kanji
4b7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-7 SKIP code
7123.2 Four corner code
1-38-58 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8c5a Unicode hex code