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:
shell
Parts:
Variants:
V.I.P., guest
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1677 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 賓客 【ヒンキャク】 guest of honour, guest of honor, privileged guest, visitor
  • 賓格 【ヒンカク】 objective case
  • 国賓 【コクヒン】 state guest
  • 来賓 【ライヒン】 guest, visitor, visitor's arrival

Kun reading compounds

  • 客賓 【まろうど】 visitor from afar, guest

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bin1
Korean:
bin

Spanish

  • invitado importante
  • cliente importante

Portuguese

  • V.I.P.
  • convidado especial

French

  • V.I.P
  • hôte
  • invité d'honneur
1744 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1761 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1339 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1732 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1783 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1852 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2008 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1662 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1739 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2982 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1524 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2077 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
195 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36788X Morohashi
2357 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1365 New Nelson (John Haig)
511 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
550 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1803 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
761 2001 Kanji
3m12.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-12 SKIP code
3080.6 Four corner code
1-41-48 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8cd3 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
insect
Parts:
rainbow
Kun:
にじ
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2110 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 虹技 【コウギ】 Kogi Corporation
  • 虹霓 【コウゲイ】 rainbow
  • 副虹 【フクニジ】 secondary rainbow
  • 月虹 【ゲッコウ】 moonbow, lunar rainbow, whitish rainbow cast by moonlight, lunar bow, space rainbow

Kun reading compounds

  • 虹 【にじ】 rainbow
  • 虹色 【にじいろ】 rainbow-colored, rainbow-coloured
  • 夕虹 【ゆうにじ】 evening rainbow
  • 過剰虹 【かじょうにじ】 supernumerary rainbow

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hong2, jiang4
Korean:
hong, gang

Spanish

  • arco iris

Portuguese

French

  • arc-en-ciel
4118 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
882 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2235 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2045 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1637 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
863 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1180 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
526 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
32830 Morohashi
1285 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5279 New Nelson (John Haig)
520 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
559 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1672 2001 Kanji
6d3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-3 SKIP code
5111.0 Four corner code
1-38-90 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8679 Unicode hex code