Jisho

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18 strokes
Radical:
horse
Parts:
Variants:
boisterous, make noise, clamor, disturb, excite
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1069 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 騒然 【ソウゼン】 noisy, confused, uproarious
  • 騒音 【ソウオン】 noise, din
  • 狂躁 【キョウソウ】 mania, wild excitement
  • 鼓譟 【コソウ】 motivating the troops on the battlefield with war drums and war cries, making an uproar

Kun reading compounds

  • 騒ぐ 【さわぐ】 to make noise, to make racket, to be noisy, to rustle, to swoosh, to make merry, to clamor, to clamour, to make a fuss, to kick up a fuss, to lose one's cool, to panic, to act flustered, to feel tense, to be uneasy, to be excited
  • 騒がしい 【さわがしい】 noisy, boisterous, turbulent (era, etc.), troubled

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sao1
Korean:
so

Spanish

  • bullicio
  • tumulto
  • clamor
  • hacer ruido
  • hacer bulla
  • agitarse

Portuguese

  • vociferante
  • barulhento
  • clamor
  • perturbar
  • excitar

French

  • tapage
  • faire du bruit
  • clameur
  • émeute
  • exciter
  • déranger
1530 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
987 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5221 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1093 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1912 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
875 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
895 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
794 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1921 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2308 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1194 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1630 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2004 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
44834P Morohashi
1835 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6760 New Nelson (John Haig)
1985 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2139 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1913 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3471 2001 Kanji
10a8.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-10-8 SKIP code
7733.6 Four corner code
1-33-91 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9a12 Unicode hex code

15 strokes
Radical:
rain
Parts:
Variants:
spirits, soul
Kun:
たま
On:
レイリョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1458 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 霊 【レイ】 soul, spirit, departed soul, ghost
  • 霊園 【レイエン】 (garden) cemetery, park-style cemetery, memorial park
  • 心霊 【シンレイ】 spirit (e.g. human spirit), soul, spirit, ghost, ethereal being
  • 英霊 【エイレイ】 spirits of war dead, person of great ability, soul of a talented person
  • 霊 【リョウ】 vengeful spirit, revengeful ghost
  • 霊異 【レイイ】 miracle, wonder, wondrous thing
  • 怨霊 【オンリョウ】 revengeful ghost, apparition
  • 新精霊 【アラショウリョウ】 spirit of someone on the first Obon after their death

Kun reading compounds

  • 魂 【たましい】 soul, spirit
  • 魂送り 【たまおくり】 sending off the spirits of the dead

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ling2
Korean:
ryeong

Spanish

  • espíritu
  • alma
  • dios

Portuguese

  • espíritos
  • alma
  • fantasmas

French

  • esprits
  • âmes
1923 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1361 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5056 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1299 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1891 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2390 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1168 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1225 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1688 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1867 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3480 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1793 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2442 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1808 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
42309P Morohashi
2805 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6532 New Nelson (John Haig)
1791 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1930 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1815 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3174 2001 Kanji
8d7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-7 SKIP code
1010.2 Four corner code
1-46-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
970a Unicode hex code