Jisho

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鹿

11 strokes
Radical:
deer 鹿
Parts:
广 比 鹿
deer
Kun:
しか、 か
On:
ロク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
957 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 鹿 【シカ】 deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon), cervid
  • 鹿砦 【ロクサイ】 abatis
  • 白鹿 【ハクロク】 white deer
  • 神鹿 【シンロク】 deer raised upon the grounds of a shrine (who serve as messengers of the gods)

Kun reading compounds

  • 鹿 【しか】 deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon), cervid
  • 鹿猪 【しかいのしし】 babirusa (Babyrousa babyrussa)
  • 牡鹿 【おじか】 buck (male deer)
  • 赤鹿 【あかしか】 red deer (Cervus elaphus)
  • 鹿 【しか】 deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon), cervid
  • 鹿 【かのしし】 venison, deer
  • 牡鹿 【おじか】 buck (male deer)
  • 赤鹿 【あかしか】 red deer (Cervus elaphus)

Readings

Japanese names:
しし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lu4
Korean:
rog

Spanish

  • venado
  • ciervo

Portuguese

French

  • cerf
1141 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5375 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1999 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1823 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2279 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2038 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3879 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1996 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2695 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2018 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
47586 Morohashi
3126 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
7017 New Nelson (John Haig)
1999 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2154 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
556 2001 Kanji
3q8.5 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-8 SKIP code
0021.2 Four corner code
0021.1 Four corner code
1-28-15 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9e7f Unicode hex code

洞

9 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
一 冂 口 汁
den, cave, excavation
Kun:
ほら
On:
ドウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1618 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 洞 【ドウ】 sinus, cavity, antrum, neighborhood (administrative division in North Korea)
  • 洞察 【ドウサツ】 discernment, insight
  • 空洞 【クウドウ】 cavity, hollow, cave, cavern, hollow
  • 風洞 【フウドウ】 wind tunnel

Kun reading compounds

  • 洞 【ほら】 hollow, cavity, hole, cave
  • 洞穴 【ほらあな】 cave, cavern, den, grotto

Readings

Japanese names:
とう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dong4
Korean:
dong, tong

Spanish

  • cavidad
  • hueco
  • excavación
  • prever

Portuguese

  • gruta
  • caverna
  • escavação

French

  • antre
  • grotte
  • excavation
1661 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1756 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2546 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1468 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
821 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1301 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1380 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1844 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1191 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
455 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
280 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
340 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
183 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17386 Morohashi
380 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3125 New Nelson (John Haig)
181 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
193 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1276 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
349 2001 Kanji
3a6.25 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
3712.0 Four corner code
1-38-22 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6d1e Unicode hex code

駅

14 strokes
Radical:
horse 馬
Parts:
丶 尸 杰 馬
Variants:
驛
station
On:
エキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
724 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 駅 【エキ】 railway station, train station, staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan), counter for railway stations and bus stations
  • 駅員 【エキイン】 (train) station attendant, station employee, station staff
  • 宿駅 【シュクエキ】 relay station, post station, stage
  • 終着駅 【シュウチャクエキ】 terminal station

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yi4
Korean:
yeog

Spanish

  • estación

Portuguese

  • estação

French

  • gare
158 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
253 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
233 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
384 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5199 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
189 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
101 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2172 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.12 Japanese for Busy People
284 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
284 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
56 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1915 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2292 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1184 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1618 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2003 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
44633P Morohashi
1822 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6735 New Nelson (John Haig)
1984 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2138 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
426 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3462 2001 Kanji
10a4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-10-4 SKIP code
7738.7 Four corner code
1-17-56 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
99c5 Unicode hex code

光

6 strokes
Radical:
legs 儿
Parts:
一 儿 尚
Variants:
灮 炗
ray, light
Kun:
ひか.る、 ひかり
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
527 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 光学 【コウガク】 optics
  • 光栄 【コウエイ】 honour, honor, glory, privilege
  • 脚光 【キャッコウ】 footlight, limelight
  • 発光 【ハッコウ】 emission (of light), radiation (of light), luminescence

Kun reading compounds

  • 光る 【ひかる】 to shine, to glitter, to be bright
  • 光る棒 【ひかるぼう】 glowstick, neon light stick
  • 光 【ひかり】 light, illumination, ray, beam, gleam, glow, happiness, hope, influence, power, vision, eyesight, optical fiber, optical fibre
  • 光り輝く 【ひかりかがやく】 to shine, to glitter
  • 越光 【こしひかり】 Koshihikari (variety of rice)
  • 柔らかな光 【やわらかなひかり】 soft light

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 あきら、 こお、 てる、 ひこ、 み、 みつ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guang1
Korean:
gwang

Spanish

  • rayo
  • luz
  • paisaje
  • honor
  • brillar
  • brillo

Portuguese

  • raio
  • luz

French

  • rayon
  • lumière
72 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
129 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
116 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
417 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1358 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
217 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
123 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
281 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
138 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
138 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
464 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
143 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3043 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1550 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2121 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
120 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1350 Morohashi
2391 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
349 New Nelson (John Haig)
119 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
125 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
345 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
121 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1057 2001 Kanji
3n3.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-2 SKIP code
2-3-3 SKIP code
9021.1 Four corner code
1-24-87 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5149 Unicode hex code

州

6 strokes
Radical:
river 巛 (川, 巜)
Parts:
｜ 丶 川
Variants:
state, province
Kun:
す
On:
シュウ、 ス
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
386 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 州 【シュウ】 state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.), province (e.g. of Canada), county (e.g. of the UK), region (e.g. of Italy), canton, oblast, continent, province (of Japan), province (of ancient China), prefecture, department, dear
  • 州政府 【シュウセイフ】 state government
  • 広州 【コウシュウ】 Guangzhou (China), Canton
  • 沿海州 【エンカイシュウ】 Primorskaya Oblast (Russia)
  • 州 【ス】 sandbank, sandbar
  • 洲浜 【スハマ】 sandy beach, sandbar that projects into the ocean, particularly in a wavy form, designs and objects with a wavy pattern, sweet mochi cake
  • 白州 【シラス】 white sandbar, white sandbank, area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles, gravel separating a noh stage from the audience, court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand
  • 中州 【ナカス】 sandbank (in a river), sandbar

Kun reading compounds

  • 州 【す】 sandbank, sandbar
  • 洲浜 【すはま】 sandy beach, sandbar that projects into the ocean, particularly in a wavy form, designs and objects with a wavy pattern, sweet mochi cake
  • 白州 【しらす】 white sandbar, white sandbank, area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles, gravel separating a noh stage from the audience, court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand
  • 中州 【なかす】 sandbank (in a river), sandbar

Readings

Japanese names:
くに
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhou1
Korean:
ju

Spanish

  • estado
  • provincia
  • banco de arena

Portuguese

  • estado
  • província

French

  • province
  • état
424 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
320 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
304 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
542 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
99 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
445 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
490 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
224 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
195 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
195 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
553 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
549 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
64 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
39 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
40 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
130 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8678 Morohashi
57 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1529 New Nelson (John Haig)
128 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
135 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
271 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1254 2001 Kanji
2f4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-4 SKIP code
1-1-5 SKIP code
3200.0 Four corner code
1-29-03 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5dde Unicode hex code

広

5 strokes
Radical:
house on cliff 广
Parts:
厶 广
Variants:
廣
wide, broad, spacious
Kun:
ひろ.い、 ひろ.まる、 ひろ.める、 ひろ.がる、 ひろ.げる
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
263 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 広告 【コウコク】 advertisement, advertising, announcement, notice
  • 広域 【コウイキ】 wide area, wide view (of a digitally displayed map), zoomed-out view
  • 曠々 【コウコウ】 extensive, spacious

Kun reading compounds

  • 広い 【ひろい】 spacious, vast, wide
  • 広い支持 【ひろいしじ】 broad support, wide-ranging support
  • 広まる 【ひろまる】 to spread, to be propagated
  • 広める 【ひろめる】 to spread, to propagate, to popularize, to disseminate, to broaden, to extend, to widen, to enlarge
  • 広がる 【ひろがる】 to spread (out), to extend, to stretch, to reach to, to get around, to fill (e.g. a space)
  • 広げる 【ひろげる】 to spread, to extend, to expand, to enlarge, to widen, to broaden, to unfold, to open, to unroll, to unwrap, to scatter about, to spread around, to make flourish, to cause to prosper

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guang3, an1
Korean:
gwang

Spanish

  • amplio
  • ancho
  • espacioso
  • ensancharse
  • ensanchar
  • extenderse
  • extender

Portuguese

  • largo
  • vasto
  • espaçoso

French

  • vaste
  • large
  • spacieux
211 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
127 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
114 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
311 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1499 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
303 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
164 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
316 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
694 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
707 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
113 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
581 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3769 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1921 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2613 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
747 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9224P Morohashi
3035 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1604 New Nelson (John Haig)
739 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
799 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
389 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
108 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
571 2001 Kanji
3q2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-2 SKIP code
0023.2 Four corner code
1-25-13 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e83 Unicode hex code

域

11 strokes
Radical:
earth 土
Parts:
口 土 戈
range, region, limits, stage, level
On:
イキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
396 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 域 【イキ】 region, limits, stage, level
  • 域外 【イキガイ】 outside the area
  • 空域 【クウイキ】 airspace
  • 聖域 【セイイキ】 sacred precincts, sanctuary, consecrated ground, holy ground, issue that is regarded as being off-limits, matter that is not up for discussion

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yu4
Korean:
yeog

Spanish

  • rango
  • región
  • límite

Portuguese

  • série
  • região
  • limites
  • estágio
  • nível

French

  • zone
  • champ
  • région
  • limites
  • stade
  • niveau
828 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
809 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
670 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1085 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1017 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
434 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1290A Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
970 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1002 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1072 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
376 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
559 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
341 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
421 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
362 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5158 Morohashi
465 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1030 New Nelson (John Haig)
356 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
380 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
919 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1459 2001 Kanji
3b8.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
4315.0 Four corner code
1-16-72 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
57df Unicode hex code

市

5 strokes
Radical:
turban, scarf 巾
Parts:
亠 巾
market, city, town
Kun:
いち
On:
シ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
42 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 市 【シ】 city
  • 市営 【シエイ】 (under) municipal management (transport, housing, etc.), city facility management
  • 同市 【ドウシ】 same city
  • 田園都市 【デンエントシ】 garden city

Kun reading compounds

  • 市 【いち】 market, fair
  • 市中 【しちゅう】 in the city, in the community
  • 骨董市 【こっとういち】 antique market, flea market
  • 草市 【くさいち】 flower market during Obon, fair of plants and flowers (as offerings)

Readings

Japanese names:
い、 ち
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi4
Korean:
si

Spanish

  • mercado
  • ciudad

Portuguese

  • mercado
  • cidade

French

  • marché
  • ville
  • cité
222 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
144 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
130 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
78 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
284 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
119 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
162 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
195 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.4 Japanese for Busy People
181 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
181 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
547 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
556 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2487 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1258 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1724 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
419 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8775 Morohashi
1993 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1549 New Nelson (John Haig)
412 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
440 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
305 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
109 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
444 2001 Kanji
2j3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-3 SKIP code
4-4-3 SKIP code
0022.7 Four corner code
1-27-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e02 Unicode hex code