Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
wheat
Parts:
Variants:
barley, wheat
Kun:
むぎ
On:
バク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
1615 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 麦芽 【バクガ】 malt
  • 麦価 【バクカ】 price of wheat
  • 精麦 【セイバク】 polished barley or wheat
  • 米麦 【ベイバク】 rice and barley, corn

Kun reading compounds

  • 麦 【むぎ】 wheat, barley, oat (oats)
  • 麦茶 【むぎちゃ】 barley tea
  • はだか麦 【はだかむぎ】 naked barley (Hordeum vulgare var. nudum)
  • 毒麦 【どくむぎ】 darnel (Lolium temulentum)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mai4
Korean:
maeg

Spanish

  • cebada
  • trigo

Portuguese

  • cevada
  • trigo

French

  • orge
  • blé
128 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
213 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
194 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1411 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5385 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
816 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1020 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
456 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
270 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
270 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
637 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
400 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3061 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1559 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2133 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1547 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
47718 Morohashi
2408 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
7030 New Nelson (John Haig)
1533 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1653 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
152 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1467 2001 Kanji
4i4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-3 SKIP code
5024.7 Four corner code
1-39-94 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9ea6 Unicode hex code

15 strokes
Radical:
roof
Parts:
dormitory, hostel, villa, tea pavillion
On:
リョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1705 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 寮 【リョウ】 hostel, dormitory, bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system), tea-ceremony room, villa
  • 寮生 【リョウセイ】 boarder, boarding student
  • 大炊寮 【オオイリョウ】 Bureau of the Imperial Palace Kitchens (under the ritsuryō system)
  • 女男性寮 【メオセイリョウ】 co-ed dormitory, mixed student accommodation

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
liao2
Korean:
ryo

Spanish

  • dormitorio
  • hostal
  • residencia
  • internado

Portuguese

  • dormitório
  • hospedaria
  • palacete
  • casa de chá

French

  • dortoir
  • foyer
  • pavillon
  • pavillon de thé
1910 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1462 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1340 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1459 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1219 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2364 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1323 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1405 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1183 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
498 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2984 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1526 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2079 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1724 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7325 Morohashi
2359 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1366 New Nelson (John Haig)
1708 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1844 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1754 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
741 2001 Kanji
3m12.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-12 SKIP code
3090.6 Four corner code
1-46-32 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5bee Unicode hex code

11 strokes (also 10)
Radical:
town (阝 right) 邑 (阝)
Parts:
home town, village, native place, district
Kun:
さと
On:
キョウゴウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1077 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 郷 【キョウ】 hometown, rural township (of China)
  • 郷愁 【キョウシュウ】 nostalgia, homesickness
  • 同郷 【ドウキョウ】 same village, same town, same province
  • 故郷 【コキョウ】 hometown, birthplace, native place, one's old home
  • 郷 【ゴウ】 countryside, country, 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)
  • 郷学 【ゴウガク】 village school (esp. in Edo-era Japan, and ancient Korea and China)
  • 水郷 【スイゴウ】 beautiful riverside location, lakeside district, canal district
  • 大西郷 【ダイサイゴウ】 the Great Saigo

Kun reading compounds

  • 里 【さと】 village, hamlet, countryside, country, home (of one's parents, etc.), hometown, one's origins, one's upbringing, one's past
  • 無何有の郷 【むかうのさと】 utopia, (natural) paradise
  • 第二の故郷 【だいにのこきょう】 one's second home, home away from home

Readings

Japanese names:
くに
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiang1
Korean:
hyang

Spanish

  • ciudad natal
  • pueblo
  • lugar donde hay algo especial

Portuguese

  • cidade natal
  • aldeia
  • lugar de nascimento
  • distrito

French

  • village natal
  • village
  • lieu de naissance
  • région
852 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
841 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1004 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4766 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1165 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1830 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2112 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
855 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
874 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1024 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
760 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
664 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
403 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
501 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1866 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39498P Morohashi
549 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6145 New Nelson (John Haig)
1849 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1993 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
920 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2744 2001 Kanji
2d8.14 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
1-3-7 SKIP code
2772.7 Four corner code
1-22-31 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
90f7 Unicode hex code