Jisho

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17 strokes
Radical:
rain
Parts:
frost
Kun:
しも
On:
ソウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2151 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 霜害 【ソウガイ】 frost damage
  • 霜剣 【ソウケン】 cold sharp sword, blade of ice
  • 星霜 【セイソウ】 years, time
  • 幾星霜 【イクセイソウ】 many months and years

Kun reading compounds

  • 霜 【しも】 frost, white hair, grey hair, gray hair
  • 霜降り 【しもふり】 speckled with white, salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.), marbling (of beef), (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water, formation of frost
  • 秋霜 【しゅうそう】 autumn frost, fall frost, harshness, strictness, rigour, white hair, grey hair, sharp sword
  • 朝霜 【あさしも】 morning frost

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shuang1
Korean:
sang

Spanish

  • escarcha
  • blanco
  • tiempo

Portuguese

  • geada

French

  • gel
  • givre
1529 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1630 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5064 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1352 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1892 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2694 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
948 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
978 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1689 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1868 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3491 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1801 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2451 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
433 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
42363 Morohashi
2815 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6542 New Nelson (John Haig)
426 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
455 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1888 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3179 2001 Kanji
8d9.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-9 SKIP code
1096.1 Four corner code
1096.3 Four corner code
1-33-90 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
971c Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
Variants:
flower
Kun:
はな
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
578 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 花形 【ハナガタ】 floral pattern, flourish, ornament, star (actor, player, etc.)
  • 花園 【ハナゾノ】 flower garden
  • 献花 【ケンカ】 flower offering, floral tribute, laying flowers
  • 紅花 【ベニバナ】 safflower (Carthamus tinctorius), dyer's safflower
  • 花かご 【ハナカゴ】 flower basket, flower basket (or plate) used for flower-scattering rituals
  • 花瓶 【ケビョウ】 vase used to hold flower offerings (often made of gilded copper)
  • 天花 【テンゲ】 flowers that bloom in the heavens, paper flowers scattered before the Buddha's image

Kun reading compounds

  • 花 【はな】 flower, blossom, bloom, petal, cherry blossom, beauty, blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms), ikebana, hanafuda, (the) best, glorious, lovely
  • 花形 【はながた】 floral pattern, flourish, ornament, star (actor, player, etc.)
  • 菜の花 【なのはな】 rape blossoms, rapeseed flowers
  • 紅花 【べにばな】 safflower (Carthamus tinctorius), dyer's safflower

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hua1
Korean:
hwa

Spanish

  • flor

Portuguese

  • flor

French

  • fleur
43 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
70 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
9 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
551 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3909 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
328 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
81 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
481 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.18 Japanese for Busy People
255 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
255 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
314 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
641 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2740 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1405 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1894 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1018 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30734P Morohashi
2211 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4980 New Nelson (John Haig)
1009 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1084 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
69 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1956 2001 Kanji
3k4.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
4421.4 Four corner code
1-18-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
82b1 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
house on cliff 广
Parts:
广
store, shop
Kun:
みせたな
On:
テン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
378 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 店 【テン】 store, shop, restaurant
  • 店員 【テンイン】 employee (of a store), shop assistant, clerk, salesperson
  • 酒店 【サカダナ】 liquor store, off-licence, bottle shop, hotel (in China)
  • 同店 【ドウテン】 the same store, the same shop

Kun reading compounds

  • 店 【みせ】 store, shop, establishment, restaurant
  • 店先 【みせさき】 storefront, shopfront
  • 酒店 【さかだな】 liquor store, off-licence, bottle shop, hotel (in China)
  • 茶店 【さてん】 tea house
  • 店 【たな】 merchant's home, rented home, store, shop
  • 店子 【たなこ】 tenant (esp. in contrast to a landlord), renter
  • お店 【おたな】 merchant's home (esp. used by apprentices, etc.), (your) rental home

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dian4
Korean:
jeom

Spanish

  • tienda
  • establecimiento

Portuguese

  • loja
  • comércio

French

  • magasin
  • échoppe
284 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
195 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
178 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
211 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1509 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
235 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
52 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2.4 Japanese for Busy People
168 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
168 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
55 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
586 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3828 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1962 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2657 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
595 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9267 Morohashi
3085 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1613 New Nelson (John Haig)
588 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
632 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
163 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
577 2001 Kanji
3q5.4 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-5 SKIP code
0026.1 Four corner code
1-37-25 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e97 Unicode hex code