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  • 養鰻 【ヨウマン】 eel farming, eel culture

Kun reading compounds

  • 鰻 【うなぎ】 eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
  • 鰻裂き包丁 【うなぎさきほうちょう】 eel knife
  • 大鰻 【おおうなぎ】 giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata), marbled eel
  • 電気ウナギ 【でんきウナギ】 electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
man2
Korean:
man

Spanish

Portuguese

French

5326 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
46443 Morohashi
6914 New Nelson (John Haig)
2811 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2826 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
11a11.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-11-11 SKIP code
2634.7 Four corner code
1-17-23 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9c3b Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
clothes 衣 (衤)
Parts:
split, rend, tear
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1041 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 裂孔ヘルニア 【レツコウヘルニア】 hiatal hernia, hiatus hernia
  • 裂肉歯 【レツニクシ】 carnassial, carnassial tooth
  • 核分裂 【カクブンレツ】 nuclear fission, karyokinesis (division of a cell nucleus during mitosis or meiosis)
  • 炸裂 【サクレツ】 violent explosion, bursting

Kun reading compounds

  • 裂く 【さく】 to tear, to rip up, to cut up, to cleave, to cut open (esp. the abdomen), to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers), to spare (time, money, etc.), to use part of something, to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
  • 裂ける 【さける】 to split, to tear, to burst, to be separated, to be divided

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lie4, lie3
Korean:
ryeol

Spanish

  • hendidura
  • escisión
  • desgarramiento
  • hender
  • rasgar
  • desgarrar
  • desgarrarse
  • agrietarse

Portuguese

  • partir
  • arrancar
  • lágrimas

French

  • fente
  • déchirer
  • arracher
1930 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1332 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4233 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1277 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1728 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1330 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1413 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1371 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1626 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3331 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1727 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2347 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
821 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
34260 Morohashi
2687 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5453 New Nelson (John Haig)
813 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
876 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1581 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3165 2001 Kanji
5e6.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-6 SKIP code
1273.2 Four corner code
1-46-86 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
88c2 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
wrap, embrace
Parts:
wrap, pack up, cover, conceal
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
954 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 包 【ホウ】 counter for packaged goods (esp. powdered medicine)
  • 包囲 【ホウイ】 siege, encirclement, envelopment, surrounding, besiegement
  • 内包 【ナイホウ】 connotation, comprehension, intension, inclusion, containment within
  • 閉包 【ヘイホウ】 closure

Kun reading compounds

  • 包む 【つつむ】 to wrap up, to pack, to bundle, to do up, to cover, to envelop, to shroud, to engulf, to conceal (a feeling), to hide, to give (money in an envelope; as a wedding gift, funeral offering, etc.)
  • 包む 【くるむ】 to wrap up (in), to roll up (in), to tuck (up)

Readings

Japanese names:
お、 かね
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bao1
Korean:
po

Spanish

  • envolver
  • empaquetar
  • cubrir

Portuguese

  • movimentar
  • embrulhar
  • capa
  • esconde

French

  • emballer
  • envelopper
  • recouvrir
  • cacher
511 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
611 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
583 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1112 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
176 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
369 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
377 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
218 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
804 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
819 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1013 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
230 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3684 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1880 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2560 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
536 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2506P Morohashi
2966 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
572 New Nelson (John Haig)
530 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
569 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
456 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2556 2001 Kanji
0a5.9 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-3 SKIP code
4-5-2 SKIP code
2771.2 Four corner code
1-42-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5305 Unicode hex code

2 strokes
Radical:
one
Parts:
street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign
Kun:
ひのと
On:
チョウテイチントウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N1
1312 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 丁 【チョウ】 counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars
  • 丁 【チョウ】 counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding), counter for blocks of tofu, counter for servings in a restaurant, even number, chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m)
  • 一丁 【イッチョウ】 one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style), one block of tofu, one serving (in a restaurant), one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar), one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m), one game, one task, well then, right
  • 柳刃包丁 【ヤナギバボウチョウ】 kitchen knife for sashimi
  • 丁 【テイ】 fourth rank, fourth class, fourth party (in a contract, etc.), fourth sign of the Chinese calendar, Denmark
  • 丁寧 【テイネイ】 polite, courteous, civil, careful, close, thorough, conscientious
  • 装丁 【ソウテイ】 binding (of a book), design (of a book cover)
  • 正丁 【セイテイ】 man in good health between 21 and 60 years of age to whom applied various corvee and taxes (under the ritsuryō system)
  • 丁幾 【チンキ】 tincture
  • 亜爾然丁 【アルゼンチン】 Argentina
  • 丁々 【トウトウ】 with a chopping sound (of an axe), with a thump (when hammering a post into the ground)
  • 丁々 【トウトウ】 with a chopping sound (of an axe), with a thump (when hammering a post into the ground)
  • 丁 【チョウ】 counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars
  • 丁 【チョウ】 counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding), counter for blocks of tofu, counter for servings in a restaurant, even number, chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m)

Kun reading compounds

  • 丁 【てい】 fourth rank, fourth class, fourth party (in a contract, etc.), fourth sign of the Chinese calendar, Denmark
  • 丁亥 【ていがい】 Fire Boar (24th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1947, 2007, 2067)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ding1, zheng1
Korean:
jeong

Spanish

  • barrio
  • distrito
  • hoja

Portuguese

  • rua
  • departamento
  • cidade
  • sufixo para contagem de para armas
  • ferramentas
  • folhas ou bolos de alguma coisa
  • número par
  • 4º sign

French

  • pâté de maison
  • tranche d'aliment
  • exactitude
  • soin extrême
  • quatrième
  • signe du 4è tronc céleste
473 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
367 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
346 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
794 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
166 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1024 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
8 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
184 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
184 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
550 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4155 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2106 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2851 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
92 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2 Morohashi
3348 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2 New Nelson (John Haig)
91 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
95 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
241 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3153 2001 Kanji
0a2.4 The Kanji Dictionary
4-2-1 SKIP code
1020.0 Four corner code
1-35-90 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e01 Unicode hex code