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鮫

17 strokes
Radical:
fish 魚
Parts:
亠 杰 父 田 魚
shark
Kun:
さめ、 みずち
On:
コウ
2244 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Kun reading compounds

  • 鮫 【さめ】 shark
  • 鮫皮 【さめがわ】 shagreen (from a shark or stingray), sharkskin, shark leather
  • 藪雨 【やぶさめ】 Asian stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jiao1
Korean:
gyo

Spanish

  • tiburón

Portuguese

French

5294 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2672 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2354 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
46127 Morohashi
6863 New Nelson (John Haig)
2821 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2836 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
11a6.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-11-6 SKIP code
2034.8 Four corner code
1-27-13 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9bab Unicode hex code

肌

6 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
几 月
texture, skin, body, grain
Kun:
はだ
On:
キ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1559 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 肌骨 【キコツ】 skin and bones
  • 肌膚 【キフ】 skin
  • 雪肌 【ユキハダ】 snow's surface, lily-white skin, fair skin
  • 美肌 【ビハダ】 beautiful skin

Kun reading compounds

  • 肌 【はだ】 skin, body (in the context of intimate bodily contact), surface, grain (e.g. of wood), texture, disposition, temperament, character, type
  • 肌色 【はだいろ】 flesh colour (of a Japanese person), flesh color, pale orange, (one's) skin color, skin colour, skin tone
  • 素肌 【すはだ】 bare skin, naked skin
  • 地肌 【じはだ】 texture, grain, one's skin (lacking makeup, etc.), natural skin, bare skin, scalp, surface of the earth, bare ground, surface of a sword blade

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji1
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • textura
  • piel
  • cuero
  • cutis

Portuguese

  • textura
  • pele
  • corpo
  • granulação

French

  • épiderme
  • texture
  • grain
  • corps
1704 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1130 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3726 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1890 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
840 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1306 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1385 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1345 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1021 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1021 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
553 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
731 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
66 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29242 Morohashi
827 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4755 New Nelson (John Haig)
66 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
70 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1079 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3957 2001 Kanji
4b2.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-2 SKIP code
7721.0 Four corner code
1-40-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
808c Unicode hex code

男

7 strokes
Radical:
field 田
Parts:
力 田
Variants:
侽
male
Kun:
おとこ、 お
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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  • 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:
み
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

桃

10 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
儿 冫 木
peach
Kun:
もも
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1784 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 桃花 【トウカ】 peach blossom
  • 桃源 【トウゲン】 earthly paradise, Shangri-la
  • 寿星桃 【ジュセイトウ】 Prunus persica var. densa (Chinese variety of peach)
  • 黄桃 【オウトウ】 yellow peach

Kun reading compounds

  • 桃 【もも】 peach (Prunus persica)
  • 桃色 【ももいろ】 pink (colour, color), peach
  • 椿桃 【つばいもも】 nectarine
  • 苔桃 【こけもも】 lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea), cowberry

Readings

Japanese names:
み、 もの
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tao2
Korean:
do

Spanish

  • melocotonero
  • melocotón

Portuguese

  • pêssegueiro

French

  • pêche (fruit)
1646 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1642 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2255 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1428 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1432 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1104 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1567 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1670 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
971 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1095 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1174 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
636 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
848 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
241 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14757 Morohashi
936 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2663 New Nelson (John Haig)
236 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
251 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1353 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1857 2001 Kanji
4a6.10 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
4291.3 Four corner code
1-37-77 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6843 Unicode hex code

尻

5 strokes
Radical:
corpse 尸
Parts:
九 尸
buttocks, hips, butt, rear
Kun:
しり
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
1692 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 後輪 【コウリン】 rear wheel, cantle
  • 尻座 【コウザ】 crouching

Kun reading compounds

  • 尻 【しり】 buttocks, behind, rump, bottom, hips, undersurface, bottom, last place, end, consequence
  • 尻尾 【しっぽ】 tail (of an animal), tail end, tip
  • 道の後 【みちのしり】 the part of a province furthest from the capital
  • 美尻 【びしり】 beautiful buttocks

Readings

Japanese names:
がみ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kao1
Korean:
go

Spanish

  • asentaderas
  • trasero
  • culo
  • parte trasera

Portuguese

French

1704 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1379 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1884 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
176 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2029 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3766 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2610 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
7634 Morohashi
3032 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1407 New Nelson (John Haig)
2220 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1134 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3757 2001 Kanji
3r2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-2 SKIP code
7721.7 Four corner code
1-31-12 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c3b Unicode hex code

女

3 strokes
Radical:
woman, female 女
Parts:
女
woman, female
Kun:
おんな、 め
On:
ジョ、 ニョ、 ニョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
151 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 女 【ジョ】 woman, girl, daughter, Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), feminine noun
  • 女王 【ジョオウ】 queen, female champion
  • 処女 【ショジョ】 virgin (usu. female), maiden, virgin (e.g. forest), unspoiled by human activity, debut, maiden (e.g. voyage)
  • 一女 【イチジョ】 one daughter, eldest daughter, first-born daughter
  • 女王 【ジョオウ】 queen, female champion
  • 女房 【ニョウボウ】 wife (esp. one's own wife), court lady, female court attache, woman who served at the imperial palace, woman (esp. as a love interest)
  • 老若男女 【ロウニャクナンニョ】 men and women of all ages
  • 天女 【テンニョ】 heavenly nymph, celestial maiden, beautiful and kind woman
  • 女房 【ニョウボウ】 wife (esp. one's own wife), court lady, female court attache, woman who served at the imperial palace, woman (esp. as a love interest)
  • 女官 【ジョカン】 court lady, lady-in-waiting

Kun reading compounds

  • 女 【おんな】 woman, female, female lover, girlfriend, mistress, (someone's) woman
  • 女形 【おんながた】 onnagata, male actor in female kabuki roles, female partner (in a relationship)
  • 醜女 【しゅうじょ】 homely woman, plain-looking woman, female demon
  • 囲い女 【かこいおんな】 mistress
  • 雌 【め】 female, smaller (of the two), weaker, woman, wife
  • 女神 【めがみ】 goddess, female deity
  • 早乙女 【さおとめ】 young female rice planter, young girl
  • 醜女 【しゅうじょ】 homely woman, plain-looking woman, female demon

Readings

Japanese names:
おな、 た、 つき、 な
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nu:3, ru3
Korean:
nyeo, yeo

Spanish

  • femenino
  • mujer

Portuguese

  • mulher
  • fêmea

French

  • femme
  • féminin
32 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
41 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
35 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
178 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1185 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
62 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
42 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
114 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
102 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
102 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
68 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
423 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4226 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2135 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2884 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
99 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6036 Morohashi
3418 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1173 New Nelson (John Haig)
98 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
102 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
60 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
19 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1769 2001 Kanji
3e0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-4 SKIP code
4040.0 Four corner code
1-29-87 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5973 Unicode hex code