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青

8 strokes
Radical:
blue 青 (靑)
Parts:
二 亠 土 月 青
blue, green
Kun:
あお、 あお-、 あお.い
On:
セイ、 ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
589 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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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:
お
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

木

4 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
木
tree, wood
Kun:
き、 こ-
On:
ボク、 モク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
317 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 木刀 【ボクトウ】 wooden sword
  • 木偶 【デク】 wooden doll, wooden figure, puppet, blockhead, good-for-nothing, fool
  • 土木 【ドボク】 engineering works, civil engineering, public works
  • 名木 【メイボク】 old tree of historical interest, excellent wood, precious woods, choice wood
  • 木 【モク】 Thursday, wood (first of the five elements)
  • 木材 【モクザイ】 lumber, timber, wood
  • 水木 【スイモク】 Wednesday and Thursday
  • 火水木 【カスイモク】 Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

Kun reading compounds

  • 木 【き】 tree, shrub, bush, wood, timber, wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
  • 木々 【きぎ】 (many) trees, every tree, all kinds of trees
  • 本木 【もとき】 original stock
  • 青木 【あおき】 Japanese laurel (Aucuba japonica), spotted laurel, lush, green tree

Readings

Japanese names:
ぐ、 も、 もと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mu4
Korean:
mog, mo

Spanish

  • árbol
  • madera

Portuguese

  • árvore
  • madeira

French

  • arbre
  • bois (matière)
15 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
17 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
69 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
148 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2170 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
17 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
60 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
109 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
22 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
22 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
20 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1045 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4261 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2149 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2901 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
199 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14415 Morohashi
3450 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2531 New Nelson (John Haig)
195 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
207 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
255 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
36 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1864 2001 Kanji
4a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-3 SKIP code
4090.0 Four corner code
1-44-58 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6728 Unicode hex code

廣

15 strokes
Radical:
house on cliff 广
Parts:
ハ 广 田 黄
Variants:
広
broad, wide, spacious
Kun:
ひろ.い、 ひろ.まる、 ひろ.める、 ひろ.がる、 ひろ.げる
On:
コウ
Jinmeiyō variant of a jōyō kanji, used in names
2487 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 広告 【コウコク】 advertisement, advertising, announcement, notice
  • 広州 【コウシュウ】 Guangzhou (China), Canton

Kun reading compounds

  • 広い 【ひろい】 spacious, vast, wide

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guang3, an1
Korean:
gwang

Spanish

Portuguese

French

1535 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2416 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3942 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2741 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
9493 Morohashi
3177 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1640 New Nelson (John Haig)
3q2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-12 SKIP code
0028.6 Four corner code
1-55-02 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5ee3 Unicode hex code

彰

14 strokes
Radical:
bristle, beard 彡
Parts:
十 彡 日 立 音
patent, clear
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1310 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 彰義隊 【ショウギタイ】 Shōgitai (group of former Tokugawa retainers opposed to the Meiji government and fought in the battle of Ueno)
  • 彰徳 【ショウトク】 public praise, making another's virtues well-known
  • 顕彰 【ケンショウ】 honouring (publicly), honoring, making someone's good deeds or achievements well-known
  • 表彰 【ヒョウショウ】 (official) commendation, public recognition (of someone's achievements, good deeds, etc.), awarding, honouring

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 あきら
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhang1
Korean:
chang

Spanish

  • patente
  • claro
  • manifiesto
  • aclarar
  • desvelar

Portuguese

  • patente
  • clarear

French

  • patent
  • clair
1410 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1338 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1593 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1386 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1275 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2174 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1827 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1976 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1620 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
618 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2337 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1203 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1647 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1731 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10015 Morohashi
1860 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1721 New Nelson (John Haig)
1715 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1851 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1701 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
460 2001 Kanji
3j11.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-11-3 SKIP code
0242.2 Four corner code
1-30-20 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f70 Unicode hex code