Jisho

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16 strokes
Radical:
eat, food 食 (飠)
Parts:
Variants:
building, mansion, large building, palace
Kun:
やかたたて
On:
カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
613 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 館 【カン】 (large) building, public building, hall
  • 館長 【カンチョウ】 superintendent, director, curator, chief librarian
  • 在外公館 【ザイガイコウカン】 diplomatic mission, overseas diplomatic establishment
  • 公館 【コウカン】 official residence

Kun reading compounds

  • 館 【やかた】 mansion, palace, manor house, castle, nobleman, noblewoman, dignitary, cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
  • 夏館 【なつやかた】 villa arranged appropriately for summer, mansion arranged appropriately for summer
  • 恐怖の館 【きょうふのやかた】 house of horrors
  • 館 【やかた】 mansion, palace, manor house, castle, nobleman, noblewoman, dignitary, cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)

Readings

Japanese names:
たち
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guan3
Korean:
gwan

Spanish

  • edificio
  • mansión

Portuguese

  • edifício
  • mansão
  • edifício grande
  • palácio

French

  • bâtiment
  • grand bâtiment
  • résidence
  • palais
366 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
266 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
247 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
319 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5174 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
319 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
280 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2761 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.12 Japanese for Busy People
327 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
327 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
330 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1909 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2196 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1150 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1562 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1490 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
44237P Morohashi
1748 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6701 New Nelson (John Haig)
1478 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1589 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
436 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2877 2001 Kanji
8b8.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-8 SKIP code
8377.7 Four corner code
1-20-59 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9928 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
pottery, porcelain
Kun:
すえ
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1680 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 陶芸 【トウゲイ】 ceramic art, ceramics
  • 陶器 【トウキ】 pottery, earthenware, ceramics, (soft-paste) porcelain, china
  • 製陶 【セイトウ】 porcelain manufacturing
  • 作陶 【サクトウ】 porcelain making, ceramics making, pottery making

Kun reading compounds

  • 陶 【すえ】 pottery, earthenware, ceramics, porcelain
  • 須恵器 【すえき】 Sue ware (type of unglazed pottery made from the middle of the Kofun era through the Heian era)

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tao2, yao2
Korean:
do, yo

Spanish

  • alfarería
  • porcelana
  • diversión

Portuguese

  • cerâmica
  • porcelana

French

  • poterie
  • porcelaine
1650 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1596 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5003 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1481 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1875 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1565 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1650 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1763 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1526 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
738 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
662 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
402 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
499 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1985 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41705 Morohashi
546 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6459 New Nelson (John Haig)
1966 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2117 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1498 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3652 2001 Kanji
2d8.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
7722.0 Four corner code
1-38-11 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9676 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
eye
Parts:
Variants:
prefecture
Kun:
か.ける
On:
ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
140 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 県 【ケン】 prefecture (Japan), county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.), department (France), province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
  • 県営 【ケンエイ】 (under) prefectural management
  • 都道府県 【トドウフケン】 prefectures (of Japan), largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
  • 同県 【ドウケン】 the same prefecture, the said prefecture

Readings

Japanese names:
あがた、 がた
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xian4
Korean:
hyeon

Spanish

  • prefectura

Portuguese

  • Condado
  • prefeitura (região)

French

  • préfecture
  • département
203 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
291 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
273 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
195 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1362 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
381 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
226 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1252 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
194 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
194 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
336 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1380 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3269 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1687 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2294 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
126 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23210P Morohashi
2641 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3918 New Nelson (John Haig)
513 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
552 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
326 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1241 2001 Kanji
3n6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-3 SKIP code
3-4-5 SKIP code
2-5-4 SKIP code
2690.1 Four corner code
1-24-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
770c Unicode hex code