Jisho

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24 strokes (also 23)
Radical:
deer 鹿
Parts:
广 鹿
Chinese unicorn, genius, giraffe, bright, shining
On:
リン
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1

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  • マサイ麒麟 【マサイキリン】 masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchii), maasai giraffe, Kilimanjaro giraffe
  • 木麒麟 【モッキリン】 Barbados shrub (Pereskia aculeata), Barbados gooseberry, leaf cactus, lemonvine

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lin2
Korean:
rin

Spanish

  • unicornio chino
  • genio
  • jirafa
  • brillante
  • resplandeciente

Portuguese

French

5383 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3000 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2280 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2376 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1215 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1669 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
47690 Morohashi
7028 New Nelson (John Haig)
2053 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2210 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
6b18.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-11-13 SKIP code
0925.9 Four corner code
1-46-59 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9e9f Unicode hex code

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On reading compounds

  • 遊撃 【ユウゲキ】 raid, military attack by a mobile unit, hit-and-run attack, search-and-kill mission, search-and-destroy mission, military action without a predetermined target, attacking the enemy or assisting allies as the opportunity arises, shortstop, short
  • 遊泳 【ユウエイ】 swimming, bathing, getting on in the world
  • 浮遊 【フユウ】 floating, drifting, suspension, wandering (about)
  • 回遊 【カイユウ】 excursion, round trip, seasonal migration (of fish, etc.)

Kun reading compounds

  • 泳ぐ 【およぐ】 to swim, to struggle through (a crowd), to make one's way through the world, to get along (in life), to totter, to lose one's balance

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
you2
Korean:
yu

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2620 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1574 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
750 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
17792 Morohashi
614 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3232 New Nelson (John Haig)
3a8.10 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
1-3-8 SKIP code
3814.7 Four corner code
1-62-66 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6e38 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
eye
Parts:
Variants:
prefecture
Kun:
か.ける
On:
ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
140 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 県 【ケン】 prefecture (Japan), county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.), department (France), province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
  • 県営 【ケンエイ】 (under) prefectural management
  • 都道府県 【トドウフケン】 prefectures (of Japan), largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
  • 同県 【ドウケン】 the same prefecture, the said prefecture

Readings

Japanese names:
あがた、 がた
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xian4
Korean:
hyeon

Spanish

  • prefectura

Portuguese

  • Condado
  • prefeitura (região)

French

  • préfecture
  • département
203 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
291 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
273 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
195 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1362 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
381 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
226 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1252 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
194 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
194 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
336 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1380 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3269 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1687 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2294 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
126 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23210P Morohashi
2641 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3918 New Nelson (John Haig)
513 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
552 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
326 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1241 2001 Kanji
3n6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-3 SKIP code
3-4-5 SKIP code
2-5-4 SKIP code
2690.1 Four corner code
1-24-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
770c Unicode hex code