Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
yellow
Parts:
yellow
Kun:
こ-
On:
コウオウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
1240 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 黄色 【キイロ】 yellow, amber
  • 黄昏 【タソガレ】 dusk, twilight, twilight years, melancholia, melancholic nostalgia
  • 玄黄 【ゲンコウ】 black and yellow silk (offered to gods), heaven and earth
  • 天地玄黄 【テンチゲンコウ】 heaven is black and earth is yellow, heaven and earth
  • 黄金時代 【オウゴンジダイ】 golden age
  • 黄金 【オウゴン】 gold (Au), golden, prosperous, excellent, superb, money (esp. ōban coin), cash
  • 卵黄 【ランオウ】 egg yolk
  • 六フッ化硫黄 【ロクフッカイオウ】 sulfur hexafluoride, SF6

Kun reading compounds

  • 黄 【き】 yellow
  • 黄色 【きいろ】 yellow, amber
  • 海気 【かいき】 sea air, sea breeze, ocean and atmosphere, type of yarn-dyed silk goods

Readings

Japanese names:
うい、 れい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
huang2
Korean:
hwang

Spanish

  • amarillo

Portuguese

  • amarelo

French

  • jaune
214 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
133 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
120 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1063 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5399 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
469 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1021 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1499 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
780 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
794 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
993 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1939 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3116 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1596 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2177 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1766 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
47926P Morohashi
2468 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
7045 New Nelson (John Haig)
1750 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1887 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
203 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1961 2001 Kanji
3k8.16 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-7 SKIP code
2-9-2 SKIP code
2-3-8 SKIP code
4480.6 Four corner code
1-18-11 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9ec4 Unicode hex code

15 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
mellow, ripen, mature, acquire skill
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1415 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 熟練 【ジュクレン】 skill, expertise, experience, proficiency, mastery, dexterity
  • 熟知 【ジュクチ】 being familiar with, having a thorough knowledge of, being well-informed about
  • 半熟 【ハンジュク】 half-cooked, half-done, soft-boiled, half-ripe, unripe
  • 完熟 【カンジュク】 full ripeness, full maturity

Kun reading compounds

  • 熟れる 【うれる】 to ripen (fruit, grain, etc.), to become ripe

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shou2, shu2
Korean:
sug

Spanish

  • madurar
  • adquirir habilidad
  • pensar bien

Portuguese

  • maturar
  • amadurecer
  • amadurecimento
  • adquirir habilidade

French

  • mûrir
  • maturité
  • acquérir des capacités
905 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
894 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1517 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2795 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1508 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1519 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2406 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
687 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
700 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
864 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1282 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3558 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1836 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2498 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
316 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19332 Morohashi
2868 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3472 New Nelson (John Haig)
310 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
332 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
984 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
440 2001 Kanji
4d10.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-11-4 SKIP code
2-10-4 SKIP code
0533.1 Four corner code
0433.1 Four corner code
1-29-47 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
719f Unicode hex code