Jisho

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非

8 strokes
Radical:
wrong 非
Parts:
非
un-, mistake, negative, injustice, non-
Kun:
あら.ず
On:
ヒ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
472 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 非 【ヒ】 fault, error, mistake, going poorly, being disadvantageous, being unfavorable, un-, non-, an-
  • 非行 【ヒコウ】 delinquency, misconduct
  • 是非是非 【ゼヒゼヒ】 certainly, by all means
  • 理非 【リヒ】 right and wrong

Kun reading compounds

  • 非ず 【あらず】 not, does not exist
  • 非ずんば 【あらずんば】 if not, unless

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fei1
Korean:
bi

Spanish

  • negativo
  • equivocado
  • culpar
  • agravar
  • in-

Portuguese

  • Prefixo negativo in-
  • erro
  • negativa
  • injustiça

French

  • in-
  • non-
  • négatif
  • faute
  • injustice
  • condamner
698 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
794 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
773 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
491 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5080 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
353 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1001 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
498 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
507 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
707 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1873 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1101 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
598 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
790 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1647 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
42585 Morohashi
889 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6563 New Nelson (John Haig)
1632 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1760 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
222 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
693 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1254 2001 Kanji
0a8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
1111.1 Four corner code
1-40-83 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
975e Unicode hex code

核

10 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
丶 ノ 亠 人 木
nucleus, core, kernel
On:
カク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
475 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 核 【カク】 stone (of a fruit), pit, pip, core (of an organization, team, etc.), nucleus, heart, nuclear weapons, nucleus (of an atom), nucleus (of a cell), condensation nucleus, (planetary) core, ring (in a cyclic compound), kernel, core, nucleus (of a cultured pearl)
  • 核家族 【カクカゾク】 nuclear family
  • 中核 【チュウカク】 kernel, core, nucleus, center, centre
  • 放射性同位核 【ホウシャセイドウイカク】 radioisotope

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
he2, hu2
Korean:
haeg

Spanish

  • semilla
  • núcleo
  • centro
  • meollo

Portuguese

  • núcleo
  • centro
  • cerne

French

  • noyau
  • nucléaire
  • coeur
1074 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
577 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2254 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1608 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1430 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1212 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1275 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
986 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1089 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1162 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
628 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
836 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1534 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14743 Morohashi
927 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2660 New Nelson (John Haig)
1520 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1638 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1348 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1862 2001 Kanji
4a6.22 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
4098.2 Four corner code
1-19-43 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6838 Unicode hex code

兵

7 strokes
Radical:
eight 八
Parts:
一 ハ 斤
soldier, private, troops, army, warfare, strategy, tactics
Kun:
つわもの
On:
ヘイ、 ヒョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
522 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 兵 【ヘイ】 (common) soldier, rank and file, army, troops, warfare, strategy
  • 兵員 【ヘイイン】 military strength, military personnel
  • 伏兵 【フクヘイ】 ambush, troops in ambush, unexpected opposition, unexpected obstacle
  • 工兵 【コウヘイ】 combat engineer, military engineer, combat engineering, military engineering
  • 兵 【ヒョウ】 pawn
  • 兵法 【ヘイホウ】 art of war, strategy, tactics
  • 小兵 【コヒョウ】 small build, small stature
  • 大兵 【ダイヒョウ】 great stature, large build

Kun reading compounds

  • 兵 【つわもの】 soldier, warrior, person of courage, strong person, very capable person, master (in a field)
  • 古強者 【ふるつわもの】 feudal warrior, samurai, old soldier, veteran, old hand

Readings

Japanese names:
へ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bing1
Korean:
byeong

Spanish

  • soldado
  • marinero
  • tropa

Portuguese

  • soldado
  • particular
  • tropas
  • exército
  • guerra
  • estratégia
  • tática

French

  • soldat
  • simple soldat
  • troupes
  • armée
  • guerre
  • stratégie
  • tactique
712 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
606 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
578 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
447 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
201 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
396 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
343 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
499 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
784 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
798 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
994 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
155 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3158 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1621 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2207 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1343 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1462 Morohashi
2551 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
374 New Nelson (John Haig)
1331 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1429 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
243 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
489 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2661 2001 Kanji
2o5.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-2 SKIP code
7280.1 Four corner code
1-42-28 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5175 Unicode hex code

器

15 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
口 大
Variants:
噐
utensil, vessel, receptacle, implement, instrument, ability, container, tool, set
Kun:
うつわ
On:
キ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
525 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 器 【キ】 device, instrument, vessel, container, ability, capacity, calibre, caliber
  • 機械 【キカイ】 machine, mechanism, instrument, appliance, apparatus
  • 呼吸器 【コキュウキ】 respiratory organs
  • 化学兵器 【カガクヘイキ】 chemical weapon

Kun reading compounds

  • 器 【うつわ】 bowl, vessel, container, ability, capacity, calibre, caliber
  • 器物 【きぶつ】 receptacle, container, vessel, utensil, implement, furniture, personal property, calibre, talent, ability
  • 横綱の器 【よこづなのうつわ】 mental characteristics expected of a grand champion

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi4
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • utensilio
  • vasija
  • receptáculo
  • envase
  • caldera

Portuguese

  • utensilio
  • vasol
  • receptaculo
  • implementar
  • instrumento
  • capacidade
  • recipiente
  • ferramenta
  • conjunto

French

  • ustensile
  • récipient
  • instrument
  • appareil
  • capacité
  • outil
  • service (de table)
372 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
475 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
452 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
483 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
994 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
398 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
419 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2378 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
527 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
536 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
682 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
334 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3367 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1742 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2368 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
122 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4349P Morohashi
2713 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
898 New Nelson (John Haig)
121 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
127 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
624 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3777 2001 Kanji
3d12.13 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-9 SKIP code
4-15-1 SKIP code
6666.3 Four corner code
1-20-79 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5668 Unicode hex code

地

6 strokes
Radical:
earth 土
Parts:
土 也
ground, earth
On:
チ、 ジ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
40 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 地 【チ】 earth, ground, land, soil, place, territory, bottom (of a package, book, etc.), earth (one of the five elements)
  • 地位 【チイ】 (social) position, status, standing, position (in a company, organization, etc.), post, rank
  • 奥地 【オクチ】 interior, backwoods, hinterland, back regions
  • 対地 【タイチ】 ground to ground
  • 地 【ジ】 ground, land, earth, soil, the region in question, the local area, skin, texture, fabric, material, weave, base, background, one's true nature, narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story), real life, actuality, captured territory, noh chorus, accompaniment music (in Japanese dance), basic phrase (in Japanese music; usu. repetitive), base part (of multiple shamisens)
  • 地合い 【ジアイ】 texture (cloth, fabric, paper), market tone, undertone, balance between the position of white and black stones
  • 下地 【シタジ】 groundwork, foundation, inclination, aptitude, elementary knowledge (of), grounding (in), undercoat, first coat, soy sauce
  • 築地 【ツイジ】 mud wall with a roof, roofed mud wall

Readings

Japanese names:
どま
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
di4, de5
Korean:
ji

Spanish

  • suelo
  • tierra
  • terreno
  • posición

Portuguese

  • terra
  • chão

French

  • sol
  • terre
111 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
184 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
167 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
40 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1056 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
143 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
143 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
241 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
118 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
118 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
146 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
367 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
236 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
152 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
181 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
521 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4890 Morohashi
204 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
976 New Nelson (John Haig)
515 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
554 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
45 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
130 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1456 2001 Kanji
3b3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-3 SKIP code
4411.2 Four corner code
1-35-47 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5730 Unicode hex code

帯

10 strokes
Radical:
turban, scarf 巾
Parts:
一 ｜ 冖 巾
Variants:
帶
sash, belt, obi, zone, region
Kun:
お.びる、 おび
On:
タイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
746 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 帯 【タイ】 band (e.g. conduction, valence), belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)
  • 帯状疱疹 【タイジョウホウシン】 shingles, herpes zoster
  • 付帯 【フタイ】 incidental, ancillary, accessory, secondary, collateral
  • 亜熱帯 【アネッタイ】 subtropics

Kun reading compounds

  • 帯びる 【おびる】 to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.), to carry, to bear, to be entrusted with (a mission), to be charged with, to take on, to have (a quality, property, etc.), to have a trace of, to be tinged with
  • 帯 【おび】 obi (kimono sash), obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product), band, belt, strip, cingulum, radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
  • 帯びる 【おびる】 to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.), to carry, to bear, to be entrusted with (a mission), to be charged with, to take on, to have (a quality, property, etc.), to have a trace of, to be tinged with
  • 単帯 【ひとえおび】 unlined sash
  • 赤帯 【あかおび】 red sash, red belt

Readings

Japanese names:
たて
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dai4
Korean:
dae

Spanish

  • faja
  • cinturón
  • zona
  • región
  • llevar
  • transportar
  • ceñirse

Portuguese

  • Faixa
  • cinto
  • obi
  • zona
  • região

French

  • ceinture
  • écharpe
  • obi
  • zone
  • région
669 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
566 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
539 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
718 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1474 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
614 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
498 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1192 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
963 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
994 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1065 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
565 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3191 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1648 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2237 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
422 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8929 Morohashi
2582 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1563 New Nelson (John Haig)
415 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
444 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
552 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1944 2001 Kanji
3f7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-5 SKIP code
2-4-5 SKIP code
4422.7 Four corner code
1-34-51 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e2f Unicode hex code

条

7 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
夂 木 攵
Variants:
條
article, clause, counter for articles, clauses, paragraphs, etc., twig, item, stripe, streak
Kun:
えだ、 すじ
On:
ジョウ、 チョウ、 デキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
363 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 条 【ジョウ】 article (in a document), clause, section, provision, counter for lines, stripes, streaks, rays, etc., although, though, since, as, because, inasmuch as, jō, north-south division of an imperial city consisting of west-east streets and their corresponding wards (in the jō-bō system)
  • 条件 【ジョウケン】 condition, term, requirement, qualification, prerequisite
  • 別状 【ベツジョウ】 something unusual, something wrong, mishap, accident, serious condition (e.g. after an injury), different situation
  • 言い条 【イイジョウ】 one's say, one's point, although, though

Kun reading compounds

  • 筋 【すじ】 muscle, tendon, sinew, vein, artery, fiber, fibre, string, line, stripe, streak, reason, logic, plot, storyline, lineage, descent, school (e.g. of scholarship or arts), aptitude, talent, source (of information, etc.), circle, channel, well-informed person (in a transaction), logical move (in go, shogi, etc.), ninth vertical line, seam on a helmet, gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.), social position, status, on (a river, road, etc.), along, counter for long thin things, counter for roads or blocks when giving directions, street (in Osaka), (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency)
  • 条海豚 【すじいるか】 striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tiao2
Korean:
jo

Spanish

  • artículo
  • cláusula
  • tratado

Portuguese

  • artigo
  • cláusula
  • item
  • listra
  • camada

French

  • article
  • clause
  • bande
  • rai (lumière)
  • filet (fumée)
  • brindille
  • petite chose longue
817 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
738 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
716 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
391 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1164 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
452 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
621 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
457 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
564 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
573 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
750 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1050 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2726 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1395 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1882 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
304 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14486 Morohashi
2200 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2563 New Nelson (John Haig)
298 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
319 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
213 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
671 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2564 2001 Kanji
4i4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
4-7-1 SKIP code
2790.4 Four corner code
1-30-82 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6761 Unicode hex code

約

9 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
丶 勹 小 幺 糸
promise, approximately, shrink
Kun:
つづ.まる、 つづ.める、 つづま.やか
On:
ヤク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
94 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 約 【ヤク】 approximately, about, promise, appointment, engagement, shortening, reduction, simplification, contraction (in phonetics)
  • 約束 【ヤクソク】 promise, agreement, arrangement, one's word, contract, pact, appointment, engagement, date, convention, rule, destiny, fate
  • 締約 【テイヤク】 conclusion of a treaty
  • 成約 【セイヤク】 conclusion of a contract

Kun reading compounds

  • 約まる 【つづまる】 to compress, to shrink
  • 約める 【つづめる】 to abridge, to shorten, to economize
  • 約やか 【つづまやか】 concise, brief, humble, frugal, modest, discrete

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yue1, yao1
Korean:
yag, yo

Spanish

  • promesa
  • aproximadamente
  • encogerse
  • economizar

Portuguese

  • promessa
  • aproximadamente
  • recuar

French

  • environ
  • promettre
  • abréger
  • raccourcir
726 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
621 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
591 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
137 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3499 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
451 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
808 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2.12 Japanese for Busy People
211 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
211 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
381 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1516 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1632 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
860 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1177 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1374 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27242X Morohashi
1280 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4440 New Nelson (John Haig)
1362 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1462 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
258 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
534 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2752 2001 Kanji
6a3.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-3 SKIP code
2792.0 Four corner code
1-44-83 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d04 Unicode hex code