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

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 禹歩 【ウホ】 ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip, walking in large steps, walking with a disabled leg, someone with a disabled leg

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yu3
Korean:
u

Spanish

Portuguese

French

1015 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
24885X Morohashi
4118 New Nelson (John Haig)
0a9.14 The Kanji Dictionary
4-9-3 SKIP code
2042.7 Four corner code
2022.7 Four corner code
1-67-27 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
79b9 Unicode hex code

16 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
copper, tin
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2095 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 錫 【シャク】 bishop's staff, khakkhara
  • 錫杖 【シャクジョウ】 khakkhara (staff topped with metal rings traditionally carried by monks), pewter staff
  • 脱錫 【ダッシャク】 detinning, removal of tin and copper
  • 巡錫 【ジュンシャク】 preaching tour

Kun reading compounds

  • 錫 【すず】 tin (Sn)
  • 錫石 【すずいし】 cassiterite
  • 塩化錫 【えんかすず】 tin chloride
  • 酸化錫 【さんかすず】 stannous oxide (SnO), stannic oxide (SnO2)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xi2, xi1
Korean:
seog

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4873 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2524 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2189 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1557 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
40573 Morohashi
6292 New Nelson (John Haig)
2764 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2786 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
8a8.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-8 SKIP code
8612.7 Four corner code
1-28-66 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
932b Unicode hex code