Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
eat, food 食 (飠)
Parts:
meal, boiled rice
Kun:
めし
On:
ハン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N4
1046 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 飯店 【ハンテン】 Chinese restaurant
  • 飯切 【ハンギリ】 flat-bottomed wooden bowl for preparing sushi rice
  • 米飯 【ベイハン】 cooked rice
  • 赤飯 【セキハン】 red rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions

Kun reading compounds

  • 飯 【めし】 cooked rice, meal, food, one's living, livelihood
  • 飯売女 【めしうりおんな】 maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period)
  • 握り飯 【にぎりめし】 onigiri, rice ball
  • 冷や飯 【ひやめし】 cold rice, hanger-on, dependent, disgraced former actor

Readings

Japanese names:
い、 いい、 いり、 え
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fan4
Korean:
ban

Spanish

  • comida
  • arroz cocido

Portuguese

  • refeição
  • arroz cozido

French

  • repas
  • riz bouilli
696 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
594 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
565 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1083 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5158 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
768 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
279 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1964 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.12 Japanese for Busy People
325 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
325 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
604 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1904 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2126 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1110 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1509 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1485 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
44064P Morohashi
1691 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6679 New Nelson (John Haig)
1473 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1583 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
597 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2867 2001 Kanji
8b4.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-4 SKIP code
8174.7 Four corner code
1-40-51 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
98ef Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
field
Parts:
rice field, rice paddy
Kun:
On:
デン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
90 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 田畑 【タハタ】 fields (of rice and other crops)
  • 田園 【デンエン】 the country, countryside, rural districts, cultivated land, fields
  • 桑田 【ソウデン】 mulberry plantation
  • 水田 【スイデン】 (water-filled) paddy field

Kun reading compounds

  • 田 【た】 rice field
  • 田植え 【たうえ】 rice planting
  • 新田 【しんでん】 new rice field, newly developed rice field, wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)
  • 塩田 【えんでん】 saltpan, field for drying salt

Readings

Japanese names:
いなか、 おか、 たん、 で、 とう、 や
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tian2
Korean:
jeon

Spanish

  • campo de arroz
  • arrozal

Portuguese

  • campo de arroz
  • arroz sem beneficiar

French

  • rizière
40 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
60 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
59 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
24 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2994 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
52 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
220 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
189 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.18 Japanese for Busy People
35 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
35 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
103 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1330 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3775 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1925 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2617 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
14 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21723 Morohashi
3041 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3727 New Nelson (John Haig)
14 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
14 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
61 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
45 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3676 2001 Kanji
5f0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-2 SKIP code
4-5-1 SKIP code
6040.0 Four corner code
1-37-36 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7530 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
horse
Parts:
horse
Kun:
うまうま-
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
639 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 馬車 【バシャ】 coach (horse-drawn), carriage, wagon, cart
  • 馬券 【バケン】 betting ticket, betting slip
  • 白馬 【ハクバ】 white horse, unrefined sake
  • 騎馬 【キバ】 horse riding, horseback riding, horseback rider

Kun reading compounds

  • 馬 【うま】 horse, horse racing, promoted bishop, knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
  • 馬車 【ばしゃ】 coach (horse-drawn), carriage, wagon, cart
  • 白馬 【はくば】 white horse, unrefined sake
  • 竹馬 【たけうま】 stilts (for walking), hobby horse
  • 馬克 【マルク】 mark (currency)
  • 馬尼剌 【マニラ】 Manila (Philippines)
  • 白馬 【はくば】 white horse, unrefined sake
  • 竹馬 【たけうま】 stilts (for walking), hobby horse

Readings

Japanese names:
た、 ばん、 め、 も
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ma3
Korean:
ma

Spanish

  • caballo

Portuguese

  • Cavalo

French

  • cheval
127 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
210 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
191 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
512 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5191 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
142 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1015 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1257 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
283 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
283 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
484 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1912 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4086 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2073 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2809 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1997 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
44572 Morohashi
3296 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6725 New Nelson (John Haig)
1978 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2132 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
199 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3450 2001 Kanji
10a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-6-4 SKIP code
4-10-1 SKIP code
7132.7 Four corner code
1-39-47 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
99ac Unicode hex code

3 strokes
Radical:
slash 丿
Parts:
of, this
Kun:
これゆくこの
On:
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1318 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 之繞 【シンニョウ】 kanji "road" or "advance" radical (radical 162)
  • 之繞を掛ける 【シンニュウヲカケル】 to exaggerate

Kun reading compounds

  • 乃 【の】 's, of, belonging to
  • 之字運動 【のじうんどう】 zig-zag motion (esp. warship)
  • 此れ 【これ】 this, this one, this person, now, this point (in time), here, used to stress the subject of a sentence, I, me
  • これ等 【これら】 these

Readings

Japanese names:
ゆき、 いたる、 あき、 つな、 ゆみ、 くに、 のぶ、 ひさ、 ひで
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi1
Korean:
ji

Spanish

  • esto
  • de (partícula posesiva)

Portuguese

French

  • de
  • ceci
  • avancer (radical shinnyuu)
697 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
280 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1942 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
24 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2004 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
4228 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2137 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2886 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1222 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
125 Morohashi
3420 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
48 New Nelson (John Haig)
1214 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1299 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
670 2001 Kanji
0a2.9 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-4 SKIP code
4-4-4 SKIP code
4-2-4 SKIP code
3030.7 Four corner code
1-39-23 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e4b Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
jammed in, shellfish, mediate, concern oneself with
On:
カイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
617 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 貝 【カイ】 shellfish, seashell, shell
  • 介護 【カイゴ】 nursing, care, caregiving, caring
  • 魚介 【ギョカイ】 marine products, seafood, fish and shellfish
  • 無媒介 【ムバイカイ】 immediacy

Readings

Japanese names:
すけ、 ゆき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jie4
Korean:
gae

Spanish

  • intervención
  • ayuda
  • mediación
  • cosa aburrida

Portuguese

  • comprimir em
  • marisco
  • meio
  • interessa a si próprio com

French

  • immixtion
  • coquillage
  • intervention
  • intermédiaire
  • s'occuper de
1059 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
666 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
347 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
941 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
299 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
66 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
453 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
460 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
695 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
44 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2463 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1245 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1711 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
256 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
359 Morohashi
1967 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
108 New Nelson (John Haig)
250 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
265 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1020 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2854 2001 Kanji
2a2.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-2 SKIP code
8022.0 Four corner code
1-18-80 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4ecb Unicode hex code