Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
millet
Parts:
dark, black, many
Kun:
くろ.い
On:
レイ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2335 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 黎明 【レイメイ】 daybreak, dawn, gray of the morning (grey), dawn (of a new age)
  • 黎元 【レイゲン】 commoners, the masses
  • 萌黎 【ホウレイ】 the masses, common people
  • 黔黎 【ケンレイ】 commoners, peasantry, the masses
  • 黎族 【リーゾク】 Li (people)

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
li2
Korean:
ryeo

Spanish

  • oscuro
  • negro
  • muchos

Portuguese

French

2648 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2389 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2282 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3487 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1799 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2448 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
47994 Morohashi
7049 New Nelson (John Haig)
2935 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2942 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3a10.29 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-7 SKIP code
2713.2 Four corner code
1-83-53 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9ece Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
legs
Parts:
beginning, former time, origin
Kun:
もと
On:
ゲンガン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
192 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 元 【ゲン】 unknown (e.g. in an equation), element (of a set), yuan (monetary unit of China), New Taiwan dollar, Yuan dynasty (of China; 1271-1368), Yüan dynasty, Mongol dynasty
  • 原価 【ゲンカ】 cost price
  • 中元 【チュウゲン】 15th day of the 7th lunar month, (last day of) Bon lantern festival, mid-year gift, summer gift, Bon Festival gifts
  • 抗原 【コウゲン】 antigen
  • 元祖 【ガンソ】 originator, pioneer, inventor, founder, progenitor, primogenitor, founder of a family line
  • 元日 【ガンジツ】 New Year's Day

Kun reading compounds

  • 元 【もと】 origin, source, beginning, basis, base, foundation, root, cause, (raw) material, ingredient, base, mix (e.g. for a cake), (soup) stock, (one's) side, capital, principal, cost price, root (of a plant), (tree) trunk, part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand), first three lines of a waka, counter for plants or trees, counter for falcons (in falconry)
  • 元 【もと】 former, ex-, past, one-time, earlier times, the past, previous state, formerly, previously, originally, before
  • 家元 【いえもと】 head of a school (of music, dance), head family of a school
  • 胸元 【むなもと】 breast, chest, pit of the stomach, solar plexus, epigastrium

Readings

Japanese names:
ちか、 はじめ、 はる、 ゆき、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yuan2
Korean:
weon

Spanish

  • comienzo
  • principio
  • origen
  • jefe

Portuguese

  • começo
  • tempo anterior
  • origem

French

  • commencement
  • origine
  • ancien temps
68 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
117 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
106 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
328 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
275 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
106 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
121 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
60 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.10 Japanese for Busy People
137 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
137 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
245 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
141 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2428 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1226 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1690 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
59 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1340 Morohashi
1929 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
343 New Nelson (John Haig)
59 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
63 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
408 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
89 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3057 2001 Kanji
0a4.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-1-3 SKIP code
1021.1 Four corner code
1-24-21 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5143 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
deluge, flood, vast
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1778 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 洪 【コウ】 Hungary
  • 洪水 【コウズイ】 flood, flooding

Readings

Japanese names:
ほん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hong2
Korean:
hong

Spanish

  • corriente
  • diluvio
  • inundación

Portuguese

  • dilúvio
  • enchente
  • vasto

French

  • inondation
  • déluge
  • vaste
1252 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1918 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2544 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1833 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1470 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
811 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1435 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1525 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1396 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1186 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
461 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
286 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
346 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1817 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17402 Morohashi
386 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3123 New Nelson (John Haig)
1799 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1939 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1273 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
361 2001 Kanji
3a6.14 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
3418.1 Four corner code
1-25-31 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6d2a Unicode hex code