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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

貿

12 strokes
Radical:
shell 貝
Parts:
ハ 刀 厶 目 貝
trade, exchange
On:
ボウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
652 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 貿易 【ボウエキ】 (foreign) trade, (international) commerce, importing and exporting
  • 貿易赤字 【ボウエキアカジ】 trade deficit
  • 内貿 【ナイボウ】 domestic commerce, internal trade

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mao4
Korean:
mu

Spanish

  • comercio
  • intercambio

Portuguese

  • comercializar
  • trocar

French

  • commerce
  • négoce
  • échanges
719 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
813 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
792 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1037 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4499 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
871 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
926 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
760 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
773 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
433 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1733 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3214 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1665 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2255 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1436 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36721 Morohashi
2601 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5788 New Nelson (John Haig)
1424 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1529 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
768 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2661 2001 Kanji
7b5.8 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-7 SKIP code
7780.6 Four corner code
1-43-39 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8cbf Unicode hex code

易

8 strokes
Radical:
sun, day 日
Parts:
ノ 勹 日 勿
easy, ready to, simple, fortune-telling, divination
Kun:
やさ.しい、 やす.い
On:
エキ、 イ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
571 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 易 【エキ】 type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks, The Book of Changes, Yijing, I Ching
  • 易学 【エキガク】 study of divination
  • 改易 【カイエキ】 change of rank
  • 加工交易 【カコウコウエキ】 processing trade (importing all or part of raw and auxiliary materials, parts, components, accessories, and packaging materials in bond from a foreign company, and re-exporting the finished products after processing or assembly for distribution and sale by that foreign company)
  • 易 【イ】 easiness
  • 易々 【イイ】 easy, simple, plain
  • 簡易 【カンイ】 simplicity, convenience, easiness, quasi-
  • 難易 【ナンイ】 (relative) difficulty

Kun reading compounds

  • 易しい 【やさしい】 easy, plain, simple
  • やさしい日本語 【やさしいにほんご】 easy Japanese (that is easily understood by non-native speakers, children, etc.)
  • 易い 【やすい】 easy, likely to ..., have a tendency to ..., easy to ...

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yi4
Korean:
yeog, i

Spanish

  • fácil
  • simple
  • cambio
  • intercambio
  • adivinación
  • sencillo

Portuguese

  • Fácil
  • ler a sorte
  • pronto para
  • simples
  • advinhação

French

  • facile
  • prêt-à-...
  • simple
  • voyance
  • divination
  • commerce
545 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
647 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
618 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
810 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2107 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
824 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
597 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
714 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
759 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
772 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
434 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
967 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3064 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1561 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2135 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1060 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13814 Morohashi
2411 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2432 New Nelson (John Haig)
1051 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1130 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
383 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
676 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3851 2001 Kanji
4c4.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-4 SKIP code
6022.7 Four corner code
1-16-55 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6613 Unicode hex code

協

8 strokes
Radical:
ten, complete 十
Parts:
力 十
co-, cooperation
On:
キョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
121 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 協議 【キョウギ】 conference, consultation, discussion, negotiation
  • 協会 【キョウカイ】 association, society, organization, organisation
  • 農協 【ノウキョウ】 agricultural cooperative
  • 経協 【ケイキョウ】 management association, management conference, management institute

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xie2
Korean:
hyeob

Spanish

  • cooperación
  • colaboración

Portuguese

  • co-
  • cooperação

French

  • coopération
  • co-
377 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
485 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
461 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
209 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
774 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
572 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
381 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
548 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
234 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
234 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
444 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
244 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
103 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
70 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
74 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
881 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2742 Morohashi
93 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
617 New Nelson (John Haig)
872 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
937 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
193 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
501 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1445 2001 Kanji
2k6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-6 SKIP code
4402.7 Four corner code
1-22-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5354 Unicode hex code

会

6 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
二 个 厶
Variants:
會
meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Kun:
あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる
On:
カイ、 エ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
4 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 会 【カイ】 meeting, assembly, party, gathering, conference, athletic meet, society, association, club
  • 会員 【カイイン】 member, the membership
  • 例会 【レイカイ】 regular meeting
  • 際会 【サイカイ】 meeting, facing, confronting
  • 会 【エ】 gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.)
  • 会釈 【エシャク】 slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude), nod, salutation, consideration, thoughtfulness
  • 法会 【ホウエ】 Buddhist service (e.g. memorial service)
  • 御斎会 【ゴサイエ】 imperial event at which high monks recited the Golden Light Sutra to pray for national security and good harvests (held annually at the palace from the 8th to the 14th of the first lunar month, between the Nara and Muromachi periods)

Kun reading compounds

  • 会う 【あう】 to meet, to encounter, to see, to have an accident, to have a bad experience
  • 逢うは別れの始め 【あうはわかれのはじめ】 we meet only to part, meeting is the first step to parting
  • 会わせる 【あわせる】 to make (someone) to meet, to let (someone) meet, to expose to, to subject to

Readings

Japanese names:
あい、 い
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hui4, kuai4
Korean:
hoe, goe, gwal

Spanish

  • asociación
  • reunión
  • encontrarse con
  • reunirse

Portuguese

  • encontro
  • reunião
  • festa
  • associação
  • entrevista
  • une

French

  • réunion
  • rencontre
  • meeting
  • parti
  • association
  • entrevue
  • rejoindre
54 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
93 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
87 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
12 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
381 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
116 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
454 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
158 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
158 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
59 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
47 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2512 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1275 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1741 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
759 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
460 Morohashi
2020 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
143 New Nelson (John Haig)
752 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
814 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
16 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
119 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2871 2001 Kanji
2a4.19 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-4 SKIP code
2-3-3 SKIP code
8073.1 Four corner code
1-18-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f1a Unicode hex code