Jisho

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鶏

19 strokes
Radical:
bird 鳥
Parts:
二 人 土 大 杰 爪 鳥
Variants:
鷄 雞
chicken
Kun:
にわとり、 とり
On:
ケイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1901 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 鶏肉 【トリニク】 chicken meat, fowl, poultry, bird meat
  • 鶏卵 【ケイラン】 hen's egg
  • 養鶏 【ヨウケイ】 poultry raising, poultry farming, chicken farming
  • 成鶏 【セイケイ】 adult chicken, mature fowl

Kun reading compounds

  • 鶏 【にわとり】 chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus), domestic chicken, chicken meat
  • 鶏小屋 【にわとりごや】 henhouse, chicken coop
  • 鳥 【とり】 bird, bird meat (esp. chicken meat), fowl, poultry
  • 鶏 【にわとり】 chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus), domestic chicken, chicken meat
  • 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

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji1
Korean:
gye

Spanish

  • pollo
  • gallo
  • ave de corral

Portuguese

  • Frango
  • galinha

French

  • poule
1206 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1669 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5359 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1548 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1922 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2821 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
926 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
949 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1863 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1936 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2221 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1158 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1577 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1966 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
47074P Morohashi
1768 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6980 New Nelson (John Haig)
1947 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2097 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1928 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2050 2001 Kanji
11b8.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-11 SKIP code
2752.7 Four corner code
1-23-60 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9d8f Unicode hex code

冠

9 strokes
Radical:
cover 冖
Parts:
儿 冖 寸 元
crown, best, peerless
Kun:
かんむり
On:
カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1503 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 冠 【カンムリ】 traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers, crown, diadem, coronet, top kanji radical, first verse of a haikai, etc., best, peerless, first, name, title, named sponsorship of a program, event, team, etc., counter for titles
  • 冠婚葬祭 【カンコンソウサイ】 important ceremonial occasions in family relationships
  • 宝冠 【ホウカン】 diadem, jeweled crown
  • 月桂冠 【ゲッケイカン】 laurel wreath

Kun reading compounds

  • 冠 【かんむり】 traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers, crown, diadem, coronet, top kanji radical, first verse of a haikai, etc., best, peerless, first, name, title, named sponsorship of a program, event, team, etc., counter for titles
  • 冠海雀 【かんむりうみすずめ】 Japanese murrelet (Synthliboramphus wumizusume), crested murrelet
  • 初冠 【ういこうぶり】 crowning a boy for the first time at a coming-of-age ceremony, noh cap with a rolled or drooping tail (indicative of nobility)
  • 老冠 【おいかんむり】 kanji "old" radical at top

Readings

Japanese names:
か、 かっぷ、 まさる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guan1, guan4
Korean:
gwan

Spanish

  • corona
  • sin par
  • sin igual

Portuguese

  • coroa
  • melhor
  • inigualável

French

  • couronne
  • le meilleur
  • inégalable
1097 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1548 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
627 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1170 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1081 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
905 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1615 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1723 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1656 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
165 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2583 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1319 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1790 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
310 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1580 Morohashi
2081 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
401 New Nelson (John Haig)
304 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
326 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1232 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3657 2001 Kanji
2i7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-7 SKIP code
3721.4 Four corner code
1-20-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
51a0 Unicode hex code

海

9 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
汁 毋 母 乞
sea, ocean
Kun:
うみ
On:
カイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
200 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 海運 【カイウン】 maritime transport, shipping
  • 海域 【カイイキ】 area of ocean
  • 公海 【コウカイ】 high seas, international waters
  • 内海 【ナイカイ】 inland sea, inlet, gulf, bay, lake

Kun reading compounds

  • 海 【うみ】 sea, ocean, waters
  • 海辺 【うみべ】 beach, seashore, seaside, coast
  • 内海 【ないかい】 inland sea, inlet, gulf, bay, lake
  • 血の海 【ちのうみ】 sea of blood, pool of blood

Readings

Japanese names:
あ、 あま、 うな、 うん、 え、 か、 た、 ひろ、 ひろし、 ぶ、 まち、 まま、 み、 め、 わたる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hai3
Korean:
hae

Spanish

  • mar
  • océano
  • playa

Portuguese

  • oceano
  • mar

French

  • mer
  • océan
55 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
94 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
88 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
158 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2553 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
99 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
211 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1071 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.14 Japanese for Busy People
117 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
117 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
454 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1184 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
459 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
284 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
344 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
471 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17450 Morohashi
384 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3133 New Nelson (John Haig)
461 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
500 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
206 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
171 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
347 2001 Kanji
3a6.20 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
3815.7 Four corner code
1-19-04 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6d77 Unicode hex code

苔

8 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
厶 口 艾
moss, lichen
Kun:
こけ、 こけら
On:
タイ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 苔状 【タイジョウ】 mossy
  • 苔癬 【タイセン】 lichen
  • 青苔 【セイタイ】 green moss
  • 掃苔 【ソウタイ】 visit to a family grave (esp. during the Bon festival), removal of moss from a tombstone

Kun reading compounds

  • 苔 【こけ】 moss, short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
  • コケ植物 【コケしょくぶつ】 bryophyte (any of three groups of non-vascular land plants, incl. mosses, hornworts and liverworts)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tai2, tai1
Korean:
tae

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3921 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
929 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2792 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1935 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
30778X Morohashi
5001 New Nelson (John Haig)
2356 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2443 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3k5.27 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
2-4-5 SKIP code
4460.3 Four corner code
1-34-61 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
82d4 Unicode hex code