Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
eat, food 食 (飠)
Parts:
hungry, starve
Kun:
う.える
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1659 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 飢餓 【キガ】 starvation, famine, hunger
  • 飢饉 【キキン】 famine, crop failure, chronic shortage (e.g. of water)

Kun reading compounds

  • 飢える 【うえる】 to starve, to be famished, to be hungry, to be starved of (e.g. love), to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge), to be hungry for

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji1
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • hambre
  • tener hambre

Portuguese

  • faminto
  • morrer de fome

French

  • faim
  • famine
1127 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1947 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5155 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1717 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1903 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1304 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1383 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1346 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1902 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2101 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1093 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1490 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1487 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
44023P Morohashi
1668 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6675 New Nelson (John Haig)
1475 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1585 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1404 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2857 2001 Kanji
8b2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-2 SKIP code
8771.0 Four corner code
1-21-18 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
98e2 Unicode hex code

15 strokes
Radical:
eat, food 食 (飠)
Parts:
starve, hungry, thirst
Kun:
う.える
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1754 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 餓死 【ガシ】 (death from) starvation, starving to death
  • 餓鬼 【ガキ】 brat, kid, urchin, little devil, preta, hungry ghost

Kun reading compounds

  • 飢える 【うえる】 to starve, to be famished, to be hungry, to be starved of (e.g. love), to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge), to be hungry for

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
e4
Korean:
a

Spanish

  • hambre
  • estar hambriento

Portuguese

  • Morrer de fome
  • com fome
  • sede

French

  • famine
  • faim
  • soif
1058 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1948 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5171 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1580 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1908 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1303 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1382 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1347 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1908 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2176 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1141 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1546 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1488 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
44168P Morohashi
1734 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6697 New Nelson (John Haig)
1476 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1586 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1816 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2859 2001 Kanji
8b7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-7 SKIP code
8375.0 Four corner code
1-18-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9913 Unicode hex code

17 strokes
Radical:
sickness
Parts:
heal, cure
On:
リョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
600 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 療養 【リョウヨウ】 recuperation, medical treatment
  • 療法 【リョウホウ】 therapy, treatment, remedy, cure
  • 早期治療 【ソウキチリョウ】 early treatment
  • 加療 【カリョウ】 medical treatment

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
liao2
Korean:
ryo

Spanish

  • curar
  • cicatrizar
  • sanar

Portuguese

  • cura
  • curar

French

  • soins
  • traitement
1911 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
837 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3078 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1705 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
751 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1322 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1404 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1362 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1357 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4078 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2067 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2803 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1725 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
22500 Morohashi
3288 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3842 New Nelson (John Haig)
1709 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1845 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1876 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
541 2001 Kanji
5i12.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-5-12 SKIP code
0019.6 Four corner code
1-46-37 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7642 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
method, law, rule, principle, model, system
Kun:
のり
On:
ホウハッホッフラン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
100 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 法 【ホウ】 law, act, principle, method, mood, dharma, law
  • 法案 【ホウアン】 bill (law), measure
  • 航法 【コウホウ】 sailing, navigation
  • 会社更生法 【カイシャコウセイホウ】 Corporate Rehabilitation Law
  • 法被 【ハッピ】 happi coat, happy coat, workman's livery coat, traditional Japanese straight-sleeved coat
  • 法度 【ハット】 ban, prohibition, taboo, something forbidden, law, ordinance (esp. in the middle ages)
  • 法師 【ホウシ】 Buddhist priest, bonze, layman dressed like a priest, person
  • 法華経 【ホケキョウ】 Lotus Sutra

Kun reading compounds

  • 法 【のり】 rule, law, regulation, model, pattern, teachings of Buddha, Buddhist doctrine, transverse measurement, measurement across, side-slope, slope
  • 法の筵 【のりのむしろ】 preaching place
  • 内法 【うちのり】 inside measure
  • 外法 【そとのり】 outside measurements

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fa3, fa4
Korean:
beob

Spanish

  • método
  • ley
  • doctrina

Portuguese

  • método
  • lei
  • regra
  • princípio
  • modelo
  • sistema

French

  • méthode
  • loi
  • règle
  • principe
  • modèle
  • système
513 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
612 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
584 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
145 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2535 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
213 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
676 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
824 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
123 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
123 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
518 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1181 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
391 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
248 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
295 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
758 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17290 Morohashi
333 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3107 New Nelson (John Haig)
751 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
813 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
100 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
516 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
371 2001 Kanji
3a5.20 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
3413.1 Four corner code
1-43-01 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6cd5 Unicode hex code