Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
ghost, demon
Parts:
ghost, devil
Kun:
おにおに-
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1557 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 鬼 【オニ】 ogre, demon, oni, spirit of a deceased person, ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.), it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.), Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), very, extremely, super-
  • 鬼神 【キシン】 fierce god
  • 債鬼 【サイキ】 cruel creditor, bill collector
  • 豪鬼 【ゴウキ】 Akuma (Street Fighter)

Kun reading compounds

  • 鬼 【おに】 ogre, demon, oni, spirit of a deceased person, ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.), it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.), Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), very, extremely, super-
  • 鬼神 【きしん】 fierce god
  • 青鬼 【あおおに】 (horned) blue demon, blue ogre
  • 赤鬼 【あかおに】 red-horned demon, red ogre

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gui3
Korean:
gwi

Spanish

  • fantasma
  • demonio
  • ogro

Portuguese

  • fantasma
  • diabo
  • demônio

French

  • démon
  • monstre
1128 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1207 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5276 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1226 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1916 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1527 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1523 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1624 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1752 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1926 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3291 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1702 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2313 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2038 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
45758 Morohashi
2657 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6833 New Nelson (John Haig)
2019 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2175 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1405 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
857 2001 Kanji
5f5.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-4 SKIP code
2621.3 Four corner code
1-21-20 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9b3c Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:

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On reading compounds

  • 金 【キン】 gold (metal), gold (color), gold (medal), first place (prize), something of great value, something golden (e.g. silence), money, gold coin, sum (of money), Friday, karat (measure of purity of gold), carat, metal (fourth phase of Wu Xing), Jin dynasty (of China; 1115-1234), Chin dynasty, Jurchen dynasty, gold general, testicles
  • 金色 【キンイロ】 gold (colour, color)
  • 集金 【シュウキン】 money collection
  • 納金 【ノウキン】 payment
  • 金色 【キンイロ】 gold (colour, color)
  • 金剛 【コンゴウ】 vajra (indestructible substance), diamond, adamantine, thunderbolt, Indra's weapon, Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth
  • 鬱金 【ウコン】 turmeric (Curcuma domestica)
  • 葛鬱金 【クズウコン】 arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea)
  • 漉油 【コシアブラ】 Acanthopanax sciadophylloides (species of flowering plant related to the aralias)

Kun reading compounds

  • 金 【かね】 money, metal
  • 金持ち 【かねもち】 rich person
  • 細かい金 【こまかいかね】 small change
  • 汚れた金 【よごれたかね】 dirty money

Readings

Japanese names:
かん、 きむ、 こ、 この、 ん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jin1
Korean:
gim, geum

Spanish

  • oro
  • dinero
  • metal

Portuguese

  • ouro

French

  • or
16 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
18 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
14 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
59 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4815 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
18 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
94 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
664 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
23 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
23 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
21 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1808 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2552 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1302 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1771 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
275 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40152 Morohashi
2057 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6211 New Nelson (John Haig)
269 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
287 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
79 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
72 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2872 2001 Kanji
8a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-6 SKIP code
8010.9 Four corner code
1-22-66 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
91d1 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
rod, stick, cane, pole, club, line
On:
ボウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1455 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 棒 【ボウ】 pole, rod, stick, baton, line, dash, spoken monotonously
  • 棒状 【ボウジョウ】 cylinder or rod-shaped
  • 用心棒 【ヨウジンボウ】 bodyguard, bouncer, (security) guard, bar (on a door), bolt, stick or pole used for self-defence
  • 指揮棒 【シキボウ】 conductor's stick, conductor's baton

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bang4
Korean:
bong, bang

Spanish

  • barra
  • vara
  • bastón
  • palo
  • sin variación
  • invariable

Portuguese

  • vara
  • pau
  • poste
  • bastão
  • ramo

French

  • bâton
  • baguette
  • canne
  • barre
  • perche
  • massue
  • ligne
987 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
975 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1424 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2302 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1121 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
636 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1623 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1543 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1645 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
988 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1105 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1237 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
671 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
894 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1589 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14929 Morohashi
983 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2750 New Nelson (John Haig)
1575 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1697 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
956 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1855 2001 Kanji
4a8.20 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-8 SKIP code
4595.3 Four corner code
1-43-32 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
68d2 Unicode hex code