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鳥

11 strokes
Radical:
bird 鳥
Parts:
杰 鳥
bird, chicken
Kun:
とり
On:
チョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
1043 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 鶏肉 【トリニク】 chicken meat, fowl, poultry, bird meat
  • 鳥獣 【チョウジュウ】 birds and wild animals, wildlife
  • 海鳥 【ウミドリ】 sea bird
  • 愛鳥 【アイチョウ】 pet bird

Kun reading compounds

  • 鳥 【とり】 bird, bird meat (esp. chicken meat), fowl, poultry
  • 鳥居 【とりい】 torii (Shinto shrine archway)
  • 焼き鳥 【やきとり】 yakitori, chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer, grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow), failing to win a single hand during a half-game
  • 花鶏 【あとり】 brambling (bird) (Fringilla montifringilla)

Readings

Japanese names:
か、 と、 とっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
niao3
Korean:
jo

Spanish

  • pájaro
  • ave

Portuguese

  • Pássaro
  • sufixo para nomes de pássaros.

French

  • oiseau
  • poulet
117 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
190 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
174 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
932 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5340 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
182 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
283 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1521 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.14 Japanese for Busy People
285 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
285 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
486 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1934 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4105 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2083 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2822 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1960 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
46634 Morohashi
3312 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6931 New Nelson (John Haig)
1941 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2091 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
210 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
850 2001 Kanji
11b0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-7-4 SKIP code
4-11-4 SKIP code
2732.7 Four corner code
1-36-27 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9ce5 Unicode hex code

嶋

14 strokes
Radical:
mountain 山
Parts:
山 杰 鳥
Variants:
島 嶌 嶹
island
Kun:
しま
On:
トウ
Jinmeiyō variant of a jōyō kanji, used in names
1633 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Kun reading compounds

  • 島 【しま】 island, one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.), one's turf

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dao3
Korean:
do

Spanish

Portuguese

French

1434 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2279A Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
840 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
621 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
8434 Morohashi
682 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1503 New Nelson (John Haig)
2976 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2982 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3o7.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-11 SKIP code
2772.7 Four corner code
1-37-72 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5d8b Unicode hex code

和

8 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
口 禾
Variants:
龢
harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan
Kun:
やわ.らぐ、 やわ.らげる、 なご.む、 なご.やか、 あ.える
On:
ワ、 オ、 カ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
124 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 和 【ワ】 sum, harmony, peace, Japan, Japanese-style
  • 和歌 【ワカ】 waka, classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
  • 講和 【コウワ】 reconciliation (between warring nations), (making of) peace
  • 英和 【エイワ】 English-Japanese, English-Japanese dictionary
  • 阿蘭陀 【オランダ】 Netherlands, Holland
  • 和尚 【オショウ】 priestly teacher, preceptor, monk (esp. the head monk of a temple), priest, head priest, second highest priestly rank in Buddhism, master (of one's art, trade, etc.)
  • 和声 【ワセイ】 harmony, concord, consonance
  • 和尚 【オショウ】 priestly teacher, preceptor, monk (esp. the head monk of a temple), priest, head priest, second highest priestly rank in Buddhism, master (of one's art, trade, etc.)
  • 諧和 【カイワ】 gentle mutual affection, harmony, harmony

Kun reading compounds

  • 和らぐ 【やわらぐ】 to soften, to calm down, to be eased, to be mitigated, to subside, to abate
  • 和らげる 【やわらげる】 to soften, to moderate, to relieve
  • 和む 【なごむ】 to be softened, to calm down
  • 和やか 【なごやか】 mild, calm, gentle, quiet, congenial, amicable, amiable, friendly, genial, harmonious, peaceful
  • 和える 【あえる】 to dress (vegetables, salad, etc.)

Readings

Japanese names:
あい、 いず、 かず、 かつ、 かつり、 かづ、 たけ、 ち、 とも、 な、 にぎ、 まさ、 やす、 よし、 より、 わだこ、 わっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
he2, he4, huo2, huo4, huo5, hai1, he5
Korean:
hwa

Spanish

  • armonía
  • paz
  • estilo japonés
  • suavizar
  • calmar
  • tranquilo
  • armonioso

Portuguese

  • harmonia
  • estilo Japonês
  • paz
  • amaciar
  • Japão

French

  • harmonie
  • style japonais
  • paix
  • adoucir
  • Japon
338 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
440 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
416 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
151 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3268 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
277 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
412 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
638 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.5 Japanese for Busy People
124 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
124 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
352 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
326 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1450 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
769 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1044 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
906 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3490 Morohashi
1130 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
770 New Nelson (John Haig)
897 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
963 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
85 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
318 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2277 2001 Kanji
5d3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-3 SKIP code
2690.0 Four corner code
1-47-34 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
548c Unicode hex code

彦

9 strokes
Radical:
bristle, beard 彡
Parts:
亠 并 厂 彡 立
lad, boy (ancient)
Kun:
ひこ
On:
ゲン
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1117 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 諸彦 【ショゲン】 many accomplished persons
  • 俊彦 【シュンゲン】 gifted man, accomplished man

Kun reading compounds

  • 彦 【ひこ】 boy
  • 彦星 【ひこぼし】 Altair (star in the constellation Aquila), Alpha Aquilae
  • 猿田彦 【さるたひこ】 Sarutahiko (deity)
  • 長髄彦 【ながすねひこ】 Nagasunehiko, legendary clan leader who opposed Emperor Jimmu's unification of Japan and was subsequently killed by the deity Nigihayahi

Readings

Japanese names:
よし、 こ、 ひろ、 やす
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yan4
Korean:
eon

Spanish

  • hombre bello
  • muchacho

Portuguese

French

  • bonhomme
  • écho (phon.)
1076 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3347 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1931 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1007 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2067 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
4085 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2072 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2808 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1732 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9981 Morohashi
3295 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1714 New Nelson (John Haig)
1716 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1852 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
460 2001 Kanji
5b4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
3-6-3 SKIP code
2-4-5 SKIP code
2-2-7 SKIP code
0022.2 Four corner code
1-41-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f66 Unicode hex code