Jisho

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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

Stroke order

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

鹿

11 strokes
Radical:
deer 鹿
Parts:
广 鹿
deer
Kun:
しか
On:
ロク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
957 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 鹿 【シカ】 deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon), cervid
  • 鹿砦 【ロクサイ】 abatis
  • 白鹿 【ハクロク】 white deer
  • 神鹿 【シンロク】 deer raised upon the grounds of a shrine (who serve as messengers of the gods)

Kun reading compounds

  • 鹿 【しか】 deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon), cervid
  • 鹿猪 【しかいのしし】 babirusa (Babyrousa babyrussa)
  • 牡鹿 【おじか】 buck (male deer)
  • 赤鹿 【あかしか】 red deer (Cervus elaphus)
  • 鹿 【しか】 deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon), cervid
  • 鹿 【かのしし】 venison, deer
  • 牡鹿 【おじか】 buck (male deer)
  • 赤鹿 【あかしか】 red deer (Cervus elaphus)

Readings

Japanese names:
しし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lu4
Korean:
rog

Spanish

  • venado
  • ciervo

Portuguese

French

  • cerf
1141 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5375 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1999 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1823 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2279 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2038 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3879 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1996 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2695 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2018 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
47586 Morohashi
3126 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
7017 New Nelson (John Haig)
1999 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2154 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
556 2001 Kanji
3q8.5 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-8 SKIP code
0021.2 Four corner code
0021.1 Four corner code
1-28-15 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9e7f Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
Variants:
flower
Kun:
はな
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
578 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 花形 【ハナガタ】 floral pattern, flourish, ornament, star (actor, player, etc.)
  • 花園 【ハナゾノ】 flower garden
  • 献花 【ケンカ】 flower offering, floral tribute, laying flowers
  • 紅花 【ベニバナ】 safflower (Carthamus tinctorius), dyer's safflower
  • 花かご 【ハナカゴ】 flower basket, flower basket (or plate) used for flower-scattering rituals
  • 花瓶 【ケビョウ】 vase used to hold flower offerings (often made of gilded copper)
  • 天花 【テンゲ】 flowers that bloom in the heavens, paper flowers scattered before the Buddha's image

Kun reading compounds

  • 花 【はな】 flower, blossom, bloom, petal, cherry blossom, beauty, blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms), ikebana, hanafuda, (the) best, glorious, lovely
  • 花形 【はながた】 floral pattern, flourish, ornament, star (actor, player, etc.)
  • 菜の花 【なのはな】 rape blossoms, rapeseed flowers
  • 紅花 【べにばな】 safflower (Carthamus tinctorius), dyer's safflower

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hua1
Korean:
hwa

Spanish

  • flor

Portuguese

  • flor

French

  • fleur
43 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
70 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
9 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
551 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3909 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
328 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
81 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
481 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.18 Japanese for Busy People
255 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
255 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
314 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
641 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2740 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1405 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1894 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1018 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30734P Morohashi
2211 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4980 New Nelson (John Haig)
1009 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1084 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
69 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1956 2001 Kanji
3k4.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
4421.4 Four corner code
1-18-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
82b1 Unicode hex code