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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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  • 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

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  • 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

琴

12 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
一 个 王
Variants:
珡 琹
harp, koto
Kun:
こと
On:
キン、 ゴン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1591 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 琴 【キン】 qin (7-stringed Chinese zither), guqin
  • 琴曲 【キンキョク】 koto music
  • 奚琴 【ケイキン】 xiqin (2-stringed Chinese musical instrument)
  • 携琴 【ケイキン】 sihu (4-stringed Chinese musical instrument played with a bow)
  • 和琴 【ワゴン】 wagon, yamatogoto, six-stringed native Japanese zither

Kun reading compounds

  • 琴 【こと】 koto (13-stringed Japanese zither), stringed instrument, zheng (Chinese zither), guzheng
  • 琴座 【ことざ】 Lyra (constellation), the Lyre
  • 箏の琴 【そうのこと】 koto
  • 琵琶の琴 【びわのこと】 biwa (4 or 5-stringed Oriental lute)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qin2
Korean:
geum

Spanish

  • koto
  • arpa japonesa

Portuguese

  • harpa
  • koto (mus.)

French

  • koto
  • harpe
1178 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1486 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2949 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1393 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1536 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1778 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1251 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1319 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1906 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1322 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3455 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1778 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2422 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1605 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21079 Morohashi
2781 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3654 New Nelson (John Haig)
1591 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1717 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1566 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3160 2001 Kanji
4f8.11 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-4 SKIP code
1120.7 Four corner code
1-22-55 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7434 Unicode hex code

美

9 strokes
Radical:
sheep 羊 (⺶)
Parts:
并 大 王 羊
beauty, beautiful
Kun:
うつく.しい
On:
ビ、 ミ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
462 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 美 【ビ】 beauty
  • 美意識 【ビイシキ】 sense of beauty, aesthetic sense
  • 華美 【カビ】 splendor, splendour, gorgeousness, pomp, magnificence, showiness, gaudiness, extravagance, luxury
  • 造形美 【ゾウケイビ】 beauty of form (oft. used of nature), beauty of a sculpted shape
  • 御 【ミ】 august, beautiful
  • 見事 【ミゴト】 splendid, magnificent, excellent, fine, superb, beautiful, admirable, utter (esp. defeat), total, complete, something worth seeing, sight, spectacle
  • 水野亜美 【ミズノアミ】 Ami Mizuno (Sailor Moon character)
  • 伊邪那美 【イザナミ】 Izanami (Shinto goddess)

Kun reading compounds

  • 美しい 【うつくしい】 beautiful, pretty, lovely, sweet, pure (heart, friendship, etc.)

Readings

Japanese names:
はる、 よし、 よしみ、 り
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mei3
Korean:
mi

Spanish

  • belleza
  • bello

Portuguese

  • beleza
  • bela

French

  • beauté
  • beau, belle
308 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
398 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
376 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
289 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3658 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
268 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
833 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
923 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.19 Japanese for Busy People
401 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
405 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
673 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1566 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2817 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1451 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1955 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
554 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28435 Morohashi
2264 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4660 New Nelson (John Haig)
548 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
587 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
339 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
343 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
963 2001 Kanji
2o7.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-6 SKIP code
4-9-4 SKIP code
2-6-3 SKIP code
8043.1 Four corner code
1-40-94 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7f8e Unicode hex code

漫

14 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
又 汁 日 買
Variants:
熳
cartoon, involuntarily, unrestrained, in spite of oneself, corrupt
Kun:
みだり.に、 そぞ.ろ
On:
マン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1408 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 漫画家 【マンガカ】 cartoonist, comic book artist, manga artist, manga author, mangaka
  • 漫画 【マンガ】 cartoon, comic, comic strip, manga
  • 海漫 【カイマン】 ocean, large sea
  • 浪漫 【ロウマン】 romance (e.g. Arthurian romances), heroic tale, (nigh) impossible dream, adventurous spirit, great undertaking, epic adventure, (full-length) novel, romance, love affair, romanticism

Kun reading compounds

  • 妄りに 【みだりに】 without authority, without reason, unnecessarily, recklessly, indiscriminately, arbitrarily
  • 漫ろ 【そぞろ】 restless, on edge (and unable to concentrate), distracted, for some reason
  • そぞろ歩き 【そぞろあるき】 slow, relaxed walk, stroll

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
man4, man2
Korean:
man

Spanish

  • involuntariamente
  • relajado
  • flojo

Portuguese

  • desenho animado
  • involuntariamente
  • no interesse de a si próprio
  • corrompido

French

  • manga
  • imprécis
  • involontaire
  • à contre-coeur
  • corrompre
1838 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1350 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2683 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1389 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1497 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1411 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1500 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
652 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1246 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
858 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
494 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
633 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
838 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18166 Morohashi
700 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3308 New Nelson (John Haig)
830 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
893 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1715 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
367 2001 Kanji
3a11.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-11 SKIP code
3614.7 Four corner code
1-44-01 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6f2b Unicode hex code

画

8 strokes
Radical:
field 田
Parts:
一 凵 田
Variants:
畫
brush-stroke, picture
Kun:
えが.く、 かく.する、 かぎ.る、 はかりごと、 はか.る
On:
ガ、 カク、 エ、 カイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
199 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 絵 【エ】 picture, drawing, painting, sketch, image (TV, film, etc.), picture, footage
  • 画家 【ガカ】 painter, artist
  • 洋画 【ヨウガ】 Western painting, Western film, Western movie
  • 邦画 【ホウガ】 Japanese film, Japanese painting
  • 画 【カク】 stroke (of a kanji)
  • 描く 【エガク】 to draw, to paint, to sketch, to depict, to describe, to picture in one's mind, to imagine, to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)
  • 参画 【サンカク】 taking part (in planning), participation
  • 家族計画 【カゾクケイカク】 family planning
  • 絵 【エ】 picture, drawing, painting, sketch, image (TV, film, etc.), picture, footage
  • 描く 【エガク】 to draw, to paint, to sketch, to depict, to describe, to picture in one's mind, to imagine, to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)
  • 似顔絵 【ニガオエ】 portrait, likeness, sketch (of a face)
  • 影絵 【カゲエ】 shadow picture, silhouette, shadowgraph

Kun reading compounds

  • 描く 【えがく】 to draw, to paint, to sketch, to depict, to describe, to picture in one's mind, to imagine, to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)
  • 画する 【かくする】 to draw (a line), to demarcate, to mark, to divide, to map out, to plan

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hua4
Korean:
hwa, hoeg

Spanish

  • dibujo
  • trazo
  • puntuar
  • interrumpir

Portuguese

  • gravura

French

  • trait de plume
  • dessin
  • écran
  • compteur de traits de kanji
167 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
91 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
85 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
150 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
50 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
477 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
222 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
991 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.14 Japanese for Busy People
343 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
343 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
235 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
176 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3723 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1904 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2586 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1178 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21739P Morohashi
3000 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3733 New Nelson (John Haig)
1170 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1254 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
176 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
155 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3175 2001 Kanji
0a8.7 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-6 SKIP code
1077.2 Four corner code
1-18-72 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
753b Unicode hex code

家

10 strokes
Radical:
roof 宀
Parts:
宀 豕
house, home, family, professional, expert, performer
Kun:
いえ、 や、 うち
On:
カ、 ケ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
133 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 家 【カ】 -ist, -er
  • 家屋 【カオク】 house, building
  • 研究家 【ケンキュウカ】 researcher, student (of)
  • 活動家 【カツドウカ】 activist
  • 家 【ケ】 house, family
  • 家来 【ケライ】 retainer, retinue, servant
  • 本家 【ホンケ】 head house (family), birthplace, originator
  • 公家 【クゲ】 court noble, nobility, kuge, Imperial Court

Kun reading compounds

  • 家 【いえ】 house, residence, dwelling, family, household, lineage, family name
  • 家主 【やぬし】 landlord, landlady, house owner, home owner, head of the household
  • 本家 【ほんけ】 head house (family), birthplace, originator
  • 小家 【こいえ】 small and simple home
  • 屋 【や】 shop, store, restaurant, someone who sells (something) or works as (something), someone with a (certain) personality trait, house, roof
  • 家内 【かない】 (my) wife, inside the home, one's family
  • 長屋 【ながや】 tenement house, row house
  • 本家 【ほんけ】 head house (family), birthplace, originator
  • 家 【うち】 one's house, one's home, one's family, one's household, house
  • 内 【うち】 inside, within, while (e.g. one is young), during, within (e.g. a day), in the course of, among, amongst, (out) of, between, in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.), amidst, with (e.g. success), within oneself, one's feelings, inner thoughts, we, our company, our organization, one's home, one's family, my spouse, my husband, my wife, signed on behalf of (husband's name) by his wife, I, me, imperial palace grounds, emperor
  • お家 【おうち】 your home, your family, their home, their family, (my) home

Readings

Japanese names:
あり、 え、 く、 つか、 べ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jia1, gu1
Korean:
ga

Spanish

  • casa
  • hogar
  • especialista

Portuguese

  • casa
  • lar

French

  • maison
53 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
89 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
83 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
81 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1311 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
151 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
158 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1185 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.8 Japanese for Busy People
165 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
165 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
52 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
480 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2827 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1458 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1963 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
547 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7169 Morohashi
2273 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1337 New Nelson (John Haig)
541 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
580 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
46 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
189 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
751 2001 Kanji
3m7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-7 SKIP code
3023.2 Four corner code
1-18-40 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5bb6 Unicode hex code