Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
blue 青 (靑)
Parts:
blue, green
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
589 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 青果 【セイカ】 fruits and vegetables, produce
  • 青雲 【セイウン】 blue sky, erudition, detachment from the world, high rank
  • 回青 【カイセイ】 Mohammedan blue (pigment used in porcelain painting)
  • 黛青 【タイセイ】 blackish blue
  • 青面金剛 【ショウメンコンゴウ】 Shōmen Kongō, Blue-Faced Vajra, blue-skinned deity depicted with two, four or six arms; originally associated with esoteric Buddhism, thought to bring sickness; revered as part of kōshin-machi beliefs during the Edo period
  • 青龍 【セイリョウ】 blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology), Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
  • 緑青 【ロクショウ】 verdigris, green rust, copper rust
  • 花緑青 【ハナロクショウ】 Paris green, emerald green

Kun reading compounds

  • 青 【あお】 blue, azure, green, green light (traffic), black (horse coat color), blue 5-point card, immature, unripe, young
  • 青梅 【あおうめ】 unripe plum
  • プロシア青 【プロシアあお】 Prussian blue
  • 深青 【ふかあお】 dark blue, deep blue, navy blue
  • 青い 【あおい】 blue, azure, green, pale (facial color), gray, grey, unripe, inexperienced
  • 青色 【あおいろ】 blue

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qing1
Korean:
cheong

Spanish

  • azul
  • verde
  • pálido

Portuguese

  • verde
  • azul
  • imaturo
  • verde-claro

French

  • bleu
  • vert
36 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
52 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
43 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
390 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5076 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
331 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
273 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
700 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.2 Japanese for Busy People
208 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
208 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
47 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1871 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3084 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1573 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2152 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1548 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
42564P Morohashi
2430 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6557 New Nelson (John Haig)
1534 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1654 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
393 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
74 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1446 2001 Kanji
4b4.10 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-4 SKIP code
5022.7 Four corner code
1-32-36 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9752 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
breath, respiration, son, interest (on money), nuture, rest, coming to an end
Kun:
いき
On:
ソク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
882 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 息 【ソク】 son, interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)
  • 息 【ソク】 son
  • 鼻息 【ハナイキ】 nasal breathing, breathing through one's nose, person's pleasure, excitement
  • 終息 【シュウソク】 cessation, (coming to an) end

Kun reading compounds

  • 息 【いき】 breath, breathing, concord, harmony, rapport, steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.), (water) vapor, vapour
  • 息切れ 【いきぎれ】 shortness of breath, panting, puffing, running out of steam (of the economy, a project, etc.), losing momentum, loss of efficiency
  • 鼻息 【はないき】 nasal breathing, breathing through one's nose, person's pleasure, excitement
  • 寝息 【ねいき】 breathing of a sleeping person

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xi1, xi2
Korean:
sig

Spanish

  • respiración
  • aliento
  • hijo
  • interés (en dinero)
  • tono

Portuguese

  • hálito
  • respiração
  • filho
  • juros

French

  • respirer
  • fils
  • intérêts (prêt)
454 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
351 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
332 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
872 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3844 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
628 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
539 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1224 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1242 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1308 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1118 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
782 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3278 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1693 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2301 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
617 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10601 Morohashi
2647 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1850 New Nelson (John Haig)
610 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
657 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
359 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
858 2001 Kanji
4k6.17 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-4 SKIP code
2633.0 Four corner code
1-34-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
606f Unicode hex code