Jisho

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14 strokes
Radical:
bird
Parts:
male mythical bird
On:
ホウフウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2163 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 鳳 【ホウ】 feng (male Chinese firebird)
  • ほうれん草 【ホウレンソウ】 spinach (Spinacia oleracea)
  • 白鳳 【ハクホウ】 white Chinese phoenix, white Chinese firebird

Readings

Japanese names:
おおとり、 ふげ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
feng4
Korean:
bong

Spanish

  • pájaro mítico

Portuguese

French

662 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2233 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2274 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3749 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1914 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2601 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
46671 Morohashi
6937 New Nelson (John Haig)
2142 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2268 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2s12.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-12 SKIP code
7721.0 Four corner code
1-43-17 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9cf3 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
table
Parts:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 凰 【オウ】 huang (female Chinese firebird)
  • 鳳凰 【ホウオウ】 Chinese firebird, Chinese phoenix

Kun reading compounds

  • 大鳥 【おおとり】 large bird, peng (giant bird said to transform from a fish), fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
huang2
Korean:
hwang

Spanish

Portuguese

French

660 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3738 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2595 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1784 Morohashi
439 New Nelson (John Haig)
2s9.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-9 SKIP code
7721.0 Four corner code
1-49-64 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
51f0 Unicode hex code

16 strokes
Radical:
go, do
Parts:
Variants:
defense, protection
On:
エイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
400 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 衛星 【エイセイ】 (natural) satellite, moon, (artificial) satellite
  • 衛生 【エイセイ】 hygiene, sanitation, health
  • 自衛 【ジエイ】 self-defense, self-defence
  • 専守防衛 【センシュボウエイ】 nonaggressive defense (policy) (defence)
  • 衛星 【エイセイ】 (natural) satellite, moon, (artificial) satellite
  • 衛生 【エイセイ】 hygiene, sanitation, health
  • 近衛 【コノエ】 Imperial Guards
  • 兵衛 【ヒョウエ】 middle palace guard (ritsuryō system)

Readings

Japanese names:
もり、 い、 まもる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wei4
Korean:
wi

Spanish

  • defensa
  • protección
  • guardián

Portuguese

  • defesa
  • proteção

French

  • défense
  • protection
551 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
646 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
617 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
394 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1639 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
686 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1722 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2452 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
815 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
834 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
780 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1617 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
938 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
526 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
686 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1661 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
34073 Morohashi
760 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1776 New Nelson (John Haig)
1646 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1775 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
287 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
813 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2053 2001 Kanji
3i13.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-13 SKIP code
2122.1 Four corner code
2150.6 Four corner code
1-17-50 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
885b Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
see
Parts:
Variants:
inspection, regard as, see, look at
Kun:
み.る
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
362 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 視 【シ】 viewing as ..., seeing as ..., treating as ..., regarding as ...
  • 視界 【シカイ】 field of vision, visibility, view, visual field, (one's) ken
  • 検視 【ケンシ】 examination of a body to determine if a crime has been committed, investigation (e.g. of a crime scene)
  • 警視 【ケイシ】 police superintendent

Kun reading compounds

  • 見る 【みる】 to see, to look, to watch, to view, to observe, to examine, to look over, to assess, to check, to judge, to look after, to attend to, to take care of, to keep an eye on, to experience, to meet with (misfortune, success, etc.), to try ..., to have a go at ..., to give ... a try, to see (that) ..., to find (that) ...

Readings

Japanese names:
とも、 み
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi4
Korean:
si

Spanish

  • inspeccionar
  • mirar con cuidado
  • considerar

Portuguese

  • inspeção
  • avaliar
  • ver
  • olhar

French

  • inspection
  • point de vue
  • voir
  • regarder
798 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
889 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
878 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
502 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3248 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
794 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1737 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1348 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
606 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
616 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
806 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1645 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1223 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
662 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
884 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1102 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
34827P Morohashi
972 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5525 New Nelson (John Haig)
1093 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1174 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
922 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
657 2001 Kanji
4e7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-7 SKIP code
3621.0 Four corner code
1-27-75 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8996 Unicode hex code