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

14 strokes
Radical:
insect
Parts:
honey, nectar, molasses
On:
ミツビツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2203 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 蜜 【ミツ】 nectar, honey, honeydew, treacle, molasses, sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
  • 蜜月 【ミツゲツ】 honeymoon, being in an intimate relationship, honeymoon (period)
  • 水蜜 【スイミツ】 white peach
  • 糖蜜 【トウミツ】 molasses, black treacle, (sugar) syrup

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mi4
Korean:
mil

Spanish

  • miel
  • néctar
  • melaza

Portuguese

French

  • miel
  • nectar
  • mélasse
1336 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
823 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2958 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2060 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
783 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
33143 Morohashi
5343 New Nelson (John Haig)
776 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
838 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3m11.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-11 SKIP code
3013.6 Four corner code
1-44-10 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
871c Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 柑橘類 【カンキツルイ】 citrus fruits
  • 柑果 【カンカ】 hesperidium
  • 三宝柑 【サンボウカン】 sanbokan sour orange (Citrus sulcata)
  • 四季柑 【シキカン】 Calamansi (Citrus x microcarpa)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gan1
Korean:
gam

Spanish

  • mandarina
  • cítrico

Portuguese

French

2225 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
858 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1112 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
800 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
14619 Morohashi
2621 New Nelson (John Haig)
2482 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2546 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4a5.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-5 SKIP code
4497.0 Four corner code
1-20-27 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
67d1 Unicode hex code