Jisho

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On reading compounds

  • 霍乱 【カクラン】 sunstroke, heatstroke

Readings

Japanese names:
つる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
huo4
Korean:
gwag

Spanish

Portuguese

French

42321 Morohashi
6533 New Nelson (John Haig)
8d8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-8 SKIP code
1021.4 Four corner code
1-80-25 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
970d Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
legs
Parts:
beginning, former time, origin
Kun:
もと
On:
ゲンガン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
192 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 元 【ゲン】 unknown (e.g. in an equation), element (of a set), yuan (monetary unit of China), New Taiwan dollar, Yuan dynasty (of China; 1271-1368), Yüan dynasty, Mongol dynasty
  • 原価 【ゲンカ】 cost price
  • 中元 【チュウゲン】 15th day of the 7th lunar month, (last day of) Bon lantern festival, mid-year gift, summer gift, Bon Festival gifts
  • 抗原 【コウゲン】 antigen
  • 元祖 【ガンソ】 originator, pioneer, inventor, founder, progenitor, primogenitor, founder of a family line
  • 元日 【ガンジツ】 New Year's Day

Kun reading compounds

  • 元 【もと】 origin, source, beginning, basis, base, foundation, root, cause, (raw) material, ingredient, base, mix (e.g. for a cake), (soup) stock, (one's) side, capital, principal, cost price, root (of a plant), (tree) trunk, part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand), first three lines of a waka, counter for plants or trees, counter for falcons (in falconry)
  • 元 【もと】 former, ex-, past, one-time, earlier times, the past, previous state, formerly, previously, originally, before
  • 家元 【いえもと】 head of a school (of music, dance), head family of a school
  • 胸元 【むなもと】 breast, chest, pit of the stomach, solar plexus, epigastrium

Readings

Japanese names:
ちか、 はじめ、 はる、 ゆき、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yuan2
Korean:
weon

Spanish

  • comienzo
  • principio
  • origen
  • jefe

Portuguese

  • começo
  • tempo anterior
  • origem

French

  • commencement
  • origine
  • ancien temps
68 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
117 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
106 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
328 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
275 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
106 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
121 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
60 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.10 Japanese for Busy People
137 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
137 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
245 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
141 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2428 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1226 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1690 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
59 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1340 Morohashi
1929 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
343 New Nelson (John Haig)
59 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
63 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
408 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
89 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3057 2001 Kanji
0a4.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-1-3 SKIP code
1021.1 Four corner code
1-24-21 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5143 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
field
Parts:
armor, high (voice), A grade, first class, former, instep, carapace
Kun:
きのえ
On:
コウカン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1073 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 甲 【コウ】 carapace, shell, 1st in rank, grade A, instep, back of hand, the A party (e.g. in a contract), the first party, plaintiff (label in legal documents)
  • 甲状腺 【コウジョウセン】 thyroid (gland)
  • 装甲 【ソウコウ】 armoring, armouring, armor, armour
  • 亀甲 【キッコウ】 tortoise shell
  • 甲 【カン】 treble range (in Japanese music), high note
  • 甲板 【カンパン】 deck (of a ship)

Kun reading compounds

  • 甲 【きのえ】 first sign of the Chinese calendar
  • 甲戌 【きのえいぬ】 Wood Dog (11th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1934, 1994, 2054)

Readings

Japanese names:
かぶと、 き、 まさ、 まさる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jia3
Korean:
gab

Spanish

  • caparazón
  • armadura
  • voz alta
  • primero

Portuguese

  • armadura
  • alto (voz)
  • Um grau
  • umterior
  • peito do pé
  • carapaça

French

  • armure
  • carapace
  • haute (voix)
  • premier ordre
  • première classe
  • ancien
  • cou-de-pied
  • signe du 1er tronc céleste
1243 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1071 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
92 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1082 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1540 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
184 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
982 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1016 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1816 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1331 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4293 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2169 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2923 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1122 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21725 Morohashi
3481 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3725 New Nelson (John Haig)
1113 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1194 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1053 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3655 2001 Kanji
0a5.34 The Kanji Dictionary
4-5-1 SKIP code
6050.0 Four corner code
1-25-35 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7532 Unicode hex code