Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
black
Parts:
black
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
573 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 黒煙 【コクエン】 black smoke
  • 黒衣 【コクイ】 black clothes
  • 大黒 【ダイコク】 god of wealth, monk's wife
  • 二黒 【ジコク】 second of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Saturn and southwest)

Kun reading compounds

  • 黒 【くろ】 black, black stone, guilt, guilty person
  • 黒い 【くろい】 black, dark, blackish, sun-tanned (skin), suspicious, criminal, illicit, darkened and dirty, sooty, covered in dirt, evil, wicked, black-hearted, inauspicious, ill-boding, unlucky
  • 黒ずむ 【くろずむ】 to blacken, to darken
  • 黒い 【くろい】 black, dark, blackish, sun-tanned (skin), suspicious, criminal, illicit, darkened and dirty, sooty, covered in dirt, evil, wicked, black-hearted, inauspicious, ill-boding, unlucky
  • 黒色 【くろいろ】 black (colour, color)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hei1
Korean:
heug

Spanish

  • negro
  • maldad

Portuguese

  • preto

French

  • noir
80 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
137 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
124 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
317 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5403 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
286 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
284 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1486 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.14 Japanese for Busy People
206 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
206 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
45 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1940 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3406 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1754 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2388 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
176 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
48040 Morohashi
2740 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
7052 New Nelson (John Haig)
174 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
186 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
204 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3640 2001 Kanji
4d7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-7-4 SKIP code
6033.1 Four corner code
1-25-85 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9ed2 Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
Variants:
lead
Kun:
なまり
On:
エン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1710 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 鉛筆 【エンピツ】 pencil
  • 鉛管 【エンカン】 lead pipe
  • 黒鉛 【コクエン】 graphite
  • 硫化亜鉛 【リュウカアエン】 zinc sulfide (ZnS) (sulphide)

Kun reading compounds

  • 鉛 【なまり】 lead (Pb)
  • 鉛色 【なまりいろ】 lead colour, lead color
  • アジ化鉛 【アジかなまり】 lead azide
  • 一酸化鉛 【いっさんかなまり】 lead monoxide, lead(II) oxide

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qian1, yan2
Korean:
yeon

Spanish

  • plomo

Portuguese

  • primazia

French

  • plomb
1029 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1681 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4842 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1109 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1845 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1944 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1606 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1713 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1339 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1812 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2143 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1122 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1523 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
802 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40310 Morohashi
1707 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6251 New Nelson (John Haig)
794 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
857 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1680 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2877 2001 Kanji
8a5.14 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-5 SKIP code
8816.0 Four corner code
1-17-84 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
925b Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline, curtail, get hungry
Kun:
へ.るへ.らす
On:
ゲン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
261 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 減 【ゲン】 reduction, decrease, subtraction, reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryō codes)
  • 減員 【ゲンイン】 reduction of staff
  • 増減 【ゾウゲン】 increase and decrease, fluctuation
  • 軽減 【ケイゲン】 abatement, reduction

Kun reading compounds

  • 減る 【へる】 to decrease (in size or number), to diminish, to abate
  • 減るもんじゃない 【へるもんじゃない】 it's no big deal, it's nothing to fret about, it's not like it's the end of the world
  • 減らす 【へらす】 to abate, to decrease, to diminish, to shorten

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian3
Korean:
gam

Spanish

  • menguar
  • decrecer
  • disminuir
  • resta
  • acortar

Portuguese

  • definhar
  • decréscimo
  • reduzir
  • decadência
  • encurtar
  • obter
  • com fome

French

  • diminuer
  • réduire
  • décliner
  • décroître
  • avoir faim
775 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
693 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
667 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
533 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2637 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
610 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
694 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
715 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
728 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
430 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1219 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
733 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
436 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
548 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
372 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17759 Morohashi
601 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3249 New Nelson (John Haig)
366 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
391 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
753 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
359 2001 Kanji
3a9.37 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
3315.0 Four corner code
1-24-26 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6e1b Unicode hex code

10 strokes (also 9)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
Variants:
quick, fast
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
576 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 速 【ソク】 gear, speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
  • 速度 【ソクド】 speed, velocity, pace, rate, velocity
  • 失速 【シッソク】 stall, downturn, slowdown, slump, weakening, decline
  • 快速 【カイソク】 high speed, rapidity, rapid-service train (not as fast as express), rapid train

Kun reading compounds

  • 早い 【はやい】 fast, quick, rapid, swift, speedy, brisk, prompt, early, soon, earlier than usual, premature, too soon, too early, easy, simple, quick, fast, as soon as ..., the moment ..., the instant ...
  • 早める 【はやめる】 to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours), to advance, to hasten (e.g. one's death), to expedite, to precipitate, to quicken (e.g. one's step), to speed up, to accelerate
  • 速やか 【すみやか】 quick, speedy, prompt, rapid, swift

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
su4
Korean:
sog

Spanish

  • rápido
  • veloz
  • darse prisa
  • velocidad

Portuguese

  • rápido
  • apressar

French

  • vite
  • rapide
453 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
352 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
534 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
659 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4700 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
848 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
958 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1237 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
502 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
511 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
383 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
693 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3851 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1978 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2674 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1685 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38897P Morohashi
3105 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6060 New Nelson (John Haig)
1669 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1799 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
360 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1564 2001 Kanji
2q7.4 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-7 SKIP code
3530.9 Four corner code
1-34-14 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
901f Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
ice
Parts:
cool, cold (beer, person), chill
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
667 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 冷 【レイ】 refrigerator, cold, cool, cold sake
  • 冷夏 【レイカ】 cool summer, cold summer, cooler-than-normal summer
  • 寒冷 【カンレイ】 cold, coldness, chilliness
  • 空冷 【クウレイ】 air cooling

Kun reading compounds

  • 冷たい 【つめたい】 cold (to the touch), chilly, icy, freezing, (emotionally) cold, coldhearted, unfeeling, indifferent, unfriendly, distant
  • 冷たい暗黒物質 【つめたいあんこくぶっしつ】 cold dark matter
  • 冷える 【ひえる】 to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator), to get chilly, to cool down
  • 冷や 【ひや】 cold water, cold sake, cold, cool, chilled, unheated
  • 冷やす 【ひやす】 to cool (from room temperature), to chill, to refrigerate, to calm down, to cool off, to regain one's composure, to relax, to be frightened (at), to be scared (of)
  • お冷 【おひや】 cold (drinking) water, (glass of) cold water, cold boiled rice
  • 冷ややか 【ひややか】 cold, chilly, cool, cold (attitude, stare, etc.), frigid, indifferent, distant, surly, curt, composed, cool, calm
  • 冷やす 【ひやす】 to cool (from room temperature), to chill, to refrigerate, to calm down, to cool off, to regain one's composure, to relax, to be frightened (at), to be scared (of)
  • 冷やかす 【ひやかす】 to banter, to make fun of, to jeer at, to cool, to refrigerate, to window-shop, to look at without buying
  • 冷める 【さめる】 to cool down, to get cold, to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.), to subside, to dampen, to fade, to wane, to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.), to be composed
  • 冷ます 【さます】 to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature), to let cool, to dampen, to throw a damper on, to spoil

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
leng3
Korean:
raeng

Spanish

  • frío
  • enfriar
  • enfriarse
  • helarse
  • helar

Portuguese

  • fresco
  • frio (cerveja
  • pessoa)
  • calafrio

French

  • froid
  • fraîche (bière)
  • froide (personne)
  • refroidir
535 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
634 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
604 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
607 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
642 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
792 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
348 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
349 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
832 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
851 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
662 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
166 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
88 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
57 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
61 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1416 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1622 Morohashi
80 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
419 New Nelson (John Haig)
1404 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1506 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
493 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
344 2001 Kanji
2b5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-5 SKIP code
3812.7 Four corner code
1-46-68 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
51b7 Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
kneel
Parts:
Variants:
instead, on the contrary, rather, step back, withdraw, retreat
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
959 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 焼却 【ショウキャク】 incineration, destroy by fire
  • 償却 【ショウキャク】 repayment, redemption, depreciation, amortization, amortisation

Kun reading compounds

  • 却って 【かえって】 on the contrary, rather, instead, all the more
  • 退ける 【しりぞける】 to refuse, to reject, to turn down, to dismiss, to repel, to repulse, to drive away, to beat off, to defeat, to make (someone) leave, to send away, to turn away, to force (someone) to leave their post, to oust, to remove, to expel

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
que4
Korean:
gag

Spanish

  • retirarse
  • echarse atrás
  • rechazar

Portuguese

  • ao invés
  • ao contrário
  • melhor

French

  • au lieu de
  • au contraire
  • plutôt
1145 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1252 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
808 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1680 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1114 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1783 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1915 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1616 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
252 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1436 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
761 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1034 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1407 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2856 Morohashi
1118 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
631 New Nelson (John Haig)
1395 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1497 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1101 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1444 2001 Kanji
2e5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-2 SKIP code
4772.0 Four corner code
1-21-49 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5374 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
Variants:
hearth, furnace, kiln, reactor
Kun:
いろり
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1359 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 炉 【ロ】 hearth, fireplace, furnace, kiln
  • 炉心 【ロシン】 nuclear reactor core
  • 原子炉 【ゲンシロ】 atomic reactor, nuclear reactor
  • 高炉 【コウロ】 blast furnace

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lu2
Korean:
ro

Spanish

  • chimenea
  • horno
  • fundición

Portuguese

  • lareira
  • forno
  • fornalha
  • reator

French

  • fournaise
  • foyer
  • four
  • réacteur
1934 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1414 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2750 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1726 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1511 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1790 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1926 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1802 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1266 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1079 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
583 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
772 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1089 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18902X Morohashi
869 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3403 New Nelson (John Haig)
1080 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1161 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1209 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1160 2001 Kanji
4d4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
1-1-7 SKIP code
9387.7 Four corner code
9382.7 Four corner code
1-47-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7089 Unicode hex code