Jisho

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18 strokes
Radical:
horse
Parts:
equestrian, riding on horses, counter for equestrians
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1696 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 騎 【キ】 counter for horsemen
  • 騎士 【キシ】 (medieval) knight, samurai on horseback
  • 一騎 【イッキ】 one horseman
  • 与力 【ヨリキ】 police sergeant (Edo period), low-ranking samurai who assisted daimyo or prominent military commanders (Muromachi period)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi2, ji4
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • jinete
  • montar a caballo
  • contador para jinetes

Portuguese

  • cavaleiro
  • equitação
  • sufixo para contagem de cavalos

French

  • cavalier
  • monter à cheval
  • compteur de cavaliers
1133 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1734 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5222 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1174 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1911 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2762 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1881 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2047 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1874 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1919 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2307 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1193 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1629 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2000 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
44817 Morohashi
1834 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6761 New Nelson (John Haig)
1981 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2135 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1912 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3449 2001 Kanji
10a8.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-10-8 SKIP code
7432.1 Four corner code
1-21-19 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9a0e Unicode hex code

西

6 strokes
Radical:
west 西 (襾, 覀)
Parts:
西
Variants:
west, Spain
Kun:
にし
On:
セイサイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
259 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 西 【セイ】 Spain
  • 西欧 【セイオウ】 Western Europe, the West, the Occident, Europe
  • 南西 【ナンセイ】 southwest
  • 北北西 【ホクホクセイ】 north-northwest
  • 西方 【セイホウ】 western direction, Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise), western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
  • 西遊 【セイユウ】 westward trip, trip to the West
  • 西瓜 【スイカ】 watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
  • 西班牙 【スペイン】 Spain

Kun reading compounds

  • 西 【にし】 west
  • 西方 【せいほう】 western direction, Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise), western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
  • 南西 【なんせい】 southwest
  • 京都外大西 【きょうとがいだいにし】 Kyoto Gaidainishi

Readings

Japanese names:
いり、 ひし、 むら
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xi1
Korean:
seo

Spanish

  • Oeste
  • España

Portuguese

  • oeste
  • Espanha

French

  • Ouest
  • Espagne
96 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
169 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
152 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
167 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4273 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
28 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
83 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
336 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.20 Japanese for Busy People
72 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
72 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
40 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1638 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4333 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2193 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2951 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1616 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
34763 Morohashi
3520 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5514 New Nelson (John Haig)
1602 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1728 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
198 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
128 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3275 2001 Kanji
0a6.20 The Kanji Dictionary
4-6-1 SKIP code
1060.0 Four corner code
1-32-30 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
897f Unicode hex code

18 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
clan, enclosure
On:
ハン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1896 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 藩 【ハン】 han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods), feudal domain, fief, province
  • 藩主 【ハンシュ】 feudal lord, daimyo
  • 大藩 【タイハン】 large feudal domain, large fiefdom
  • 廃藩 【ハイハン】 abolition of the han system (1871)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fan2, fan1
Korean:
beon

Spanish

  • clan feudal japonés de la era Edo

Portuguese

  • clã
  • cerca

French

  • clan
  • fief
  • domaine
1721 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1566 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4089 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1549 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1709 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2771 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1382 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1470 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1890 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
673 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3022 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1541 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2106 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1931 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
32346P Morohashi
2379 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5242 New Nelson (John Haig)
1912 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2061 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1904 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1976 2001 Kanji
3k15.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-15 SKIP code
4416.9 Four corner code
1-40-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
85e9 Unicode hex code