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韓

18 strokes
Radical:
tanned leather 韋
Parts:
十 口 日 韋
Korea
Kun:
から、 いげた
On:
カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
445 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 韓 【カン】 Republic of Korea, South Korea, Han (ancient Chinese state)
  • 韓国 【カンコク】 South Korea, Republic of Korea, Korean Empire (1897-1910)
  • 日韓 【ニッカン】 Japan and South Korea, Japanese-Korean
  • 在韓 【ザイカン】 resident in South Korea, situated in South Korea

Kun reading compounds

  • 唐 【から】 China (sometimes also used in ref. to Korea or other foreign countries)
  • 唐国 【からくに】 China, Korea

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
han2
Korean:
han

Spanish

  • antigua región de China
  • Corea

Portuguese

French

  • Corée
685 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5107 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2741 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1250 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2218 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1575 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1662 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
43159 Morohashi
1757 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6602 New Nelson (John Haig)
1647 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1776 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1555 2001 Kanji
4c14.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-10 SKIP code
4445.6 Four corner code
1-20-58 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
97d3 Unicode hex code

国

8 strokes
Radical:
enclosure 囗
Parts:
丶 囗 王
Variants:
國 圀
country
Kun:
くに
On:
コク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
3 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 国益 【コクエキ】 national interest
  • 国営 【コクエイ】 government management, state management
  • 最恵国 【サイケイコク】 most favored nation, most favoured nation, MFN
  • 異国 【イコク】 foreign country

Kun reading compounds

  • 国 【くに】 country, state, region, national government, central government, home (i.e. hometown, home country), province (of Japan), land, earth
  • 国人 【こくじん】 indigenous person, inhabitant of a country, local, native, local lords and samurai, daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
  • お国 【おくに】 your native country, your hometown, my home country (i.e. Japan), countryside, country, daimyo's territory (Edo period)
  • 現国 【うつしくに】 world of mankind, this world

Readings

Japanese names:
くな、 こ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guo2
Korean:
gug

Spanish

  • país

Portuguese

  • País
  • terra
  • nação

French

  • pays
79 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
136 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
123 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
8 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1037 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
111 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
36 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
745 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.11 Japanese for Busy People
40 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
40 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
151 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
344 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3831 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1964 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2659 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
588 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4752 Morohashi
3087 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
950 New Nelson (John Haig)
581 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
624 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
158 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3172 2001 Kanji
3s5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-5 SKIP code
6010.3 Four corner code
1-25-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
56fd Unicode hex code

光

6 strokes
Radical:
legs 儿
Parts:
一 儿 尚
Variants:
灮 炗
ray, light
Kun:
ひか.る、 ひかり
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
527 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 光学 【コウガク】 optics
  • 光栄 【コウエイ】 honour, honor, glory, privilege
  • 脚光 【キャッコウ】 footlight, limelight
  • 発光 【ハッコウ】 emission (of light), radiation (of light), luminescence

Kun reading compounds

  • 光る 【ひかる】 to shine, to glitter, to be bright
  • 光る棒 【ひかるぼう】 glowstick, neon light stick
  • 光 【ひかり】 light, illumination, ray, beam, gleam, glow, happiness, hope, influence, power, vision, eyesight, optical fiber, optical fibre
  • 光り輝く 【ひかりかがやく】 to shine, to glitter
  • 越光 【こしひかり】 Koshihikari (variety of rice)
  • 柔らかな光 【やわらかなひかり】 soft light

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 あきら、 こお、 てる、 ひこ、 み、 みつ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guang1
Korean:
gwang

Spanish

  • rayo
  • luz
  • paisaje
  • honor
  • brillar
  • brillo

Portuguese

  • raio
  • luz

French

  • rayon
  • lumière
72 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
129 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
116 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
417 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1358 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
217 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
123 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
281 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
138 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
138 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
464 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
143 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3043 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1550 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2121 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
120 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1350 Morohashi
2391 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
349 New Nelson (John Haig)
119 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
125 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
345 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
121 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1057 2001 Kanji
3n3.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-2 SKIP code
2-3-3 SKIP code
9021.1 Four corner code
1-24-87 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5149 Unicode hex code

復

12 strokes
Radical:
step 彳
Parts:
一 ノ 人 夂 彳 日 乞
restore, return to, revert, resume
Kun:
また
On:
フク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
438 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 復旧 【フッキュウ】 restoration, restitution, rehabilitation
  • 復員 【フクイン】 demobilization, demobilisation, repatriation
  • 重複 【チョウフク】 duplication, repetition, overlapping, redundancy, restoration
  • 障害回復 【ショウガイカイフク】 fault recovery

Kun reading compounds

  • 又 【また】 again, once more, once again, another time, some other time, also, too, as well, likewise, on the other hand, while, and, in addition, besides, moreover, furthermore, or, otherwise, really, how, (what, why) on earth, indirect
  • 又々 【またまた】 once again, yet again, (there you go) again

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fu4
Korean:
bog, bu

Spanish

  • volver
  • regresar
  • repetir
  • tomar represalias

Portuguese

  • restaurar
  • retornar
  • reverter
  • recomeçar

French

  • retourner
  • restaurer
  • reprendre
710 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
803 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
782 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
585 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1627 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
588 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
525 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1571 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
917 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
939 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
521 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
634 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
701 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
420 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
527 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
884 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10183 Morohashi
575 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1760 New Nelson (John Haig)
875 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
940 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
766 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2067 2001 Kanji
3i9.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
2824.7 Four corner code
1-41-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5fa9 Unicode hex code

軍

9 strokes
Radical:
cart, car 車
Parts:
冖 車
army, force, troops, war, battle
Kun:
いくさ
On:
グン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
189 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 軍 【グン】 army, armed forces, troops, military authorities, team, group, troupe
  • 軍医 【グンイ】 military physician or surgeon
  • 両軍 【リョウグン】 both armies, both teams, both sides
  • 従軍 【ジュウグン】 military service, serving in a war, taking part in a campaign

Kun reading compounds

  • 戦 【いくさ】 war, battle, campaign, fight, troops, forces
  • 軍神 【ぐんしん】 god of war, war hero (who died in battle)
  • 海兵遠征軍 【かいへいえんせいいくさ】 Marine Expeditionary Force (US)
  • 大軍 【おおいくさ】 great war, great battle

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jun1
Korean:
gun

Spanish

  • ejército
  • tropas

Portuguese

  • exército
  • força
  • tropas
  • guerra
  • batalha

French

  • armée
  • forces
  • troupes
  • guerriers
  • bataille
593 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
490 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
466 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
193 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
628 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
100 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
938 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
906 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
438 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
444 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
778 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1771 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2582 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1318 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1789 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
307 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38179 Morohashi
2080 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5943 New Nelson (John Haig)
301 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
323 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
36 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
522 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3655 2001 Kanji
2i7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-7 SKIP code
3750.6 Four corner code
1-23-19 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8ecd Unicode hex code