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Kun reading compounds

  • 髭 【ひげ】 moustache, mustache, beard, whiskers, sideburns, whiskers (on a cat, etc.), feelers (on an insect, etc.), (chin) tuft, shadow (on a candlestick chart)
  • ひげ結晶 【ひげけっしょう】 (crystal) whisker
  • 濃いヒゲ 【こいヒゲ】 dense beard, thick beard
  • 無精ひげ 【ぶしょうひげ】 stubble, unshaven face, beard one has because one is too lazy to shave, 5-o'clock shadow

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zi1
Korean:
ja

Spanish

Portuguese

French

5262 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2697 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
45399X Morohashi
6812 New Nelson (John Haig)
2047 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2205 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3j13.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-10-6 SKIP code
7211.1 Four corner code
1-41-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9aed Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
field
Parts:
Variants:
male
Kun:
おとこ
On:
ダンナン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
240 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 男 【ダン】 masculine noun, son, baron, man, male
  • 男子 【ダンシ】 boy, man, male
  • 既男 【キダン】 married man
  • 公侯伯子男 【コウコウハクシダン】 duke, marquis, count, viscount and baron (five ranks of nobility in Japan; 1869-1947)
  • 男 【ナン】 son
  • 男女 【ダンジョ】 men and women, man and woman, both sexes, both genders
  • 一男 【イチナン】 boy, eldest son
  • 次男 【ジナン】 second son

Kun reading compounds

  • 男 【おとこ】 man, male, fellow, guy, chap, bloke, male lover, boyfriend, man, manliness, manly honor, manly honour, manly reputation
  • 男の子 【おとこのこ】 boy, son, baby boy, young man
  • 年男 【としおとこ】 man born in a year with the same Chinese zodiac sign as the current year
  • 山男 【やまおとこ】 giant, woodsman, alpinist
  • 雄 【お】 male, manly, brave, heroic, larger (of the two), greater, man, husband
  • 男 【おとこ】 man, male, fellow, guy, chap, bloke, male lover, boyfriend, man, manliness, manly honor, manly honour, manly reputation
  • 愛上男 【あいうえお】 skilled male lover
  • 毒男 【どくお】 lonely heart, male virgin, loser, geek

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nan2
Korean:
nam

Spanish

  • masculino
  • hombre

Portuguese

  • masculino

French

  • homme
  • mâle
109 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
42 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
54 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
228 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2996 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
63 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
72 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
495 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
101 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
101 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
67 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1334 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3147 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1613 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2199 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
867 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21730 Morohashi
2542 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3731 New Nelson (John Haig)
859 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
923 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
203 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
66 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3645 2001 Kanji
5f2.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-2 SKIP code
6042.7 Four corner code
1-35-43 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7537 Unicode hex code

17 strokes
Radical:
claw 爪 (爫)
Parts:
baron, peerage, court rank
On:
シャク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 爵 【シャク】 jue (ancient 3-legged Chinese wine pitcher, usu. made of bronze), peerage (hereditary title bestowed by the emperor)
  • 爵位 【シャクイ】 peerage, court rank
  • 伯爵 【ハクシャク】 count, earl
  • 侯爵 【コウシャク】 marquis, marquess

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jue2
Korean:
jag

Spanish

  • linaje
  • título nobiliario

Portuguese

  • barão
  • nobreza
  • posição na nobreza

French

  • baron
  • pairie
  • rang à la cour
1344 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
2021 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2830 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1875 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2779 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1923 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2105 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1875 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1285 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3143 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1611 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2197 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1475 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19710P Morohashi
2524 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3514 New Nelson (John Haig)
1463 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1573 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1873 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2048 2001 Kanji
5g12.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-13 SKIP code
2-9-8 SKIP code
2-1-16 SKIP code
2074.6 Four corner code
1-28-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7235 Unicode hex code