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鳴

14 strokes
Radical:
bird 鳥
Parts:
口 杰 鳥
chirp, cry, bark, sound, ring, echo, honk
Kun:
な.く、 な.る、 な.らす
On:
メイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
1279 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 鳴管 【メイカン】 syrinx (part of a bird), lower larynx
  • 鳴禽 【メイキン】 songbird, oscine
  • 百家争鳴 【ヒャッカソウメイ】 let a hundred schools of thought contend
  • 蛙鳴 【アメイ】 frog calling

Kun reading compounds

  • 鳴く 【なく】 to make sound (of an animal), to call, to cry, to whine, to sing, to chirp, to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
  • 鳴く蝉よりも鳴かぬ蛍が身を焦がす 【なくせみよりもなかぬほたるがみをこがす】 empty vessels make the most noise, the silent firefly burns with more passion than the crying cicada
  • 鳴る 【なる】 to sound, to ring, to resound, to echo, to roar, to rumble
  • 鳴門 【なると】 strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow, whirlpool, maelstrom, kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern, cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern, Naruto (city in Tokushima), Naruto Strait, Naruto wakame
  • 鳴らす 【ならす】 to ring, to sound, to chime, to beat, to snort (nose), to snap (fingers), to crack (joints), to be popular, to be esteemed, to be reputed, to state, to insist, to complain, to fart (loudly)

Readings

Japanese names:
なり、 なる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ming2
Korean:
myeong

Spanish

  • emitir sonido (animal)
  • sonido
  • sonar
  • hacer sonar

Portuguese

  • gorjeio
  • choro
  • latido
  • som
  • argola
  • eco
  • buzina

French

  • gazouiller
  • crier
  • aboyer
  • pousser son cri (animal)
  • sonner
  • écho
  • cacarder
321 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
229 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
209 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1186 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
983 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
864 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1019 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2065 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
925 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
948 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
487 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1935 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
831 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
481 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
616 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1961 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
46672 Morohashi
674 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6939 New Nelson (John Haig)
1942 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2092 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
235 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3750 2001 Kanji
3d11.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-11 SKIP code
6702.7 Four corner code
1-44-36 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9cf4 Unicode hex code

蝉

15 strokes (also 10)
Radical:
insect 虫
Parts:
十 尚 田 虫
cicada
Kun:
せみ
On:
セン、 ゼン

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On reading compounds

  • 蝉声 【センセイ】 cicada singing
  • 秋蝉 【アキゼミ】 cicadas that sing when autumn comes
  • 寒蝉 【カンゼミ】 cicadas which sing in late autumn
  • 寒蝉 【カンゼミ】 cicadas which sing in late autumn

Kun reading compounds

  • 蝉 【せみ】 cicada, locust, small-sized pulley
  • 蝉海老 【せみえび】 blunt slipper lobster (species of shovel-nosed lobster, Scyllarides squammosus)
  • 空蝉 【うつせみ】 one's present existence, this mortal frame, this world, this life, temporal things, cast-off cicada shell, cicada
  • 秋の蝉 【あきのせみ】 cicadas that sing when autumn comes, cicadas that sing even in autumn

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chan2
Korean:
seon

Spanish

  • cigarra

Portuguese

French

4190 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1774 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
33616 Morohashi
5349 New Nelson (John Haig)
2692 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2731 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
6d12.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-9 SKIP code
1-6-12 SKIP code
5615.6 Four corner code
1-32-70 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8749 Unicode hex code

蛍

11 strokes
Radical:
insect 虫
Parts:
冖 尚 虫
Variants:
螢
lightning-bug, firefly
Kun:
ほたる
On:
ケイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2031 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 蛍光灯 【ケイコウトウ】 fluorescent lamp, fluorescent light, person who is slow to react, someone slow on the uptake
  • 蛍光 【ケイコウ】 fluorescence
  • 流蛍 【リュウケイ】 flying firefly

Kun reading compounds

  • 蛍 【ほたる】 firefly (Luciola cruciata), lightning bug, glowworm
  • 蛍藺 【ほたるい】 Scirpus hotarui (species of bulrush)
  • 海蛍 【うみほたる】 sea firefly (Vargula hilgendorfii), seed shrimp

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ying2
Korean:
hyeong

Spanish

  • luciérnaga

Portuguese

  • pirilampo
  • vaga-lume

French

  • ver luisant
  • luciole
1200 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1925 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1717 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1878 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2043 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1676 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1607 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3204 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1658 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2248 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
524 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
32983 Morohashi
2591 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5302 New Nelson (John Haig)
518 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
557 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1482 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3n8.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-6 SKIP code
2-3-8 SKIP code
9013.6 Four corner code
3213.6 Four corner code
1-23-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
86cd Unicode hex code

身

7 strokes
Radical:
body 身
Parts:
身
somebody, person, one's station in life
Kun:
み
On:
シン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
320 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 心身 【シンシン】 mind and body
  • 身障者 【シンショウシャ】 (physically) disabled person, person with a physical disability
  • 終身 【シュウシン】 lifelong, lifetime, for life, life
  • 等身 【トウシン】 body proportions

Kun reading compounds

  • 身 【み】 one's body, one's person, oneself, one's appearance, one's place (in society, etc.), one's position, main part, meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.), wood (as opposed to bark), blade (as opposed to its handle), container (as opposed to its lid)
  • 身動き 【みうごき】 movement (of one's body), moving about, stirring, acting freely, doing as one pleases
  • 肩身 【かたみ】 shoulders, body, honour, honor, prestige, face
  • 細身 【ほそみ】 narrow, thin (sized), slender

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shen1, juan1
Korean:
sin

Spanish

  • cuerpo
  • uno mismo
  • posición

Portuguese

  • alguém
  • pessoa
  • fase da vida

French

  • individu
  • personne
  • situation sociale
255 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
339 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
323 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
331 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4601 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
791 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
937 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
546 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
59 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
59 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
394 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1768 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4368 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2213 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2977 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1256 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38034 Morohashi
3553 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5928 New Nelson (John Haig)
1248 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1337 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
174 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
285 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
847 2001 Kanji
0a7.5 The Kanji Dictionary
4-7-3 SKIP code
4-7-4 SKIP code
2740.0 Four corner code
1-31-40 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8eab Unicode hex code

焦

12 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
杰 隹
char, hurry, impatient, irritate, burn, scorch, singe
Kun:
こ.げる、 こ.がす、 こ.がれる、 あせ.る、 じ.れる、 じ.らす
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
973 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 焦点 【ショウテン】 focus, focal point, focus (of attention, a discussion, etc.), point at issue, central point, focus
  • 焦燥 【ショウソウ】 impatience, irritation, frustration, fretfulness
  • 合焦 【ガッショウ】 being in focus, bringing into focus
  • 中焦 【チュウショウ】 middle jiao (in traditional Chinese medicine), middle burner

Kun reading compounds

  • 焦げる 【こげる】 to burn, to scorch, to char, to singe
  • 焦がす 【こがす】 to burn, to scorch, to singe, to char
  • 焦がれる 【こがれる】 to yearn for, to be in love with
  • 焦る 【あせる】 to be in a hurry, to be impatient, to be anxious (to do), to fret, to get a fright, to panic, to get flustered, to be startled
  • 焦れる 【じれる】 to get impatient, to become irritated, to fret, to chafe
  • 焦らす 【じらす】 to tease, to irritate, to tantalize, to keep (someone) in suspense

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jiao1
Korean:
cho

Spanish

  • carbonizar
  • chamuscar
  • quemar
  • impacientarse
  • carbonizarse
  • chamuscarse
  • quemarse

Portuguese

  • apressar
  • impaciente
  • irritar
  • queimadura
  • assadura
  • danificar

French

  • carboniser
  • roussir
  • brûler
  • impatient
  • pressé
  • foyer (lentille)
1404 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1202 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5029 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1606 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1516 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
999 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1036 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1385 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1278 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3444 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1771 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2412 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
564 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19119 Morohashi
2770 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3436 New Nelson (John Haig)
557 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
599 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1564 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2440 2001 Kanji
8c4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-4 SKIP code
2033.1 Four corner code
1-30-39 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7126 Unicode hex code