Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
drum
Parts:
Variants:
drum, beat, rouse, muster
Kun:
つづみ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1795 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 鼓舞 【コブ】 encouragement, inspiration, rousing, stirring up, raising (e.g. morale)
  • 鼓動 【コドウ】 beat, palpitation, pulsation, throbbing
  • 大太鼓 【オオダイコ】 large drum, bass drum
  • 御太鼓 【オタイコ】 very common way of tying a woman's kimono sash

Kun reading compounds

  • 鼓 【つづみ】 hand drum
  • 舌鼓 【したつづみ】 smacking one's lips (over food)
  • 大鼓 【おおつづみ】 large hand drum

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gu3
Korean:
go

Spanish

  • golpeo
  • tambor
  • animar

Portuguese

  • tambor
  • batida
  • despertar
  • inspeção (militar)

French

  • tambour
  • battement
  • encourager
  • appel (armée)
1234 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1836 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5415 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1064 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1926 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1959 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1147 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1200 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1827 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1944 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2241 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1168 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1589 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1456 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
48330 Morohashi
1786 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
7076 New Nelson (John Haig)
1444 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1552 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1692 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1467 2001 Kanji
3p10.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-9-4 SKIP code
4414.7 Four corner code
1-24-61 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9f13 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
bamboo 竹 (⺮)
Parts:
flute, clarinet, pipe, whistle, bagpipe, piccolo
Kun:
ふえ
On:
テキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N1
1928 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 笛子 【テキシ】 dizi, Chinese bamboo transverse flute
  • 警笛 【ケイテキ】 horn, alarm, whistle, foghorn
  • 横笛 【ヨコブエ】 transverse flute (e.g. a fife)

Kun reading compounds

  • 笛 【ふえ】 flute, fife, pipe, recorder, flageolet, shakuhachi, clarinet, whistle
  • 笛吹き 【ふえふき】 flute player, flutist, flautist, piper
  • 鷺笛 【さぎふえ】 longspine snipefish (Macroramphosus scolopax), common bellowsfish, snipe-fish, snipefish, spine trumpet fish, trumpetfish
  • 笙の笛 【しょうのふえ】 shō (Japanese free reed musical instrument)

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
di2
Korean:
jeog

Spanish

  • flauta

Portuguese

  • flauta
  • clarinete
  • assobio
  • gaita de foles
  • flautim

French

  • flûte
  • clarinette
  • sifflet
  • pipeau
  • cornemuse
  • piccolo
373 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1624 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1692 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3382 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1306 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1602 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1471 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1471 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1568 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1681 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1474 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3303 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1710 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2323 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1120 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
25917 Morohashi
2664 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4268 New Nelson (John Haig)
1111 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1192 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
382 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2376 2001 Kanji
6f5.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-5 SKIP code
8860.3 Four corner code
1-37-11 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7b1b Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
regiment, party, company, squad
On:
タイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
605 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 隊 【タイ】 party, group, crew, team, body, company (of troops), corps, unit, squad
  • 隊員 【タイイン】 troops, group members, team members
  • 陸上自衛隊 【リクジョウジエイタイ】 Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, JGSDF
  • 航空自衛隊 【コウクウジエイタイ】 Japan Air Self-Defense Force, JASDF

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dui4
Korean:
dae

Spanish

  • grupo
  • partido
  • banda

Portuguese

  • regimento
  • partido
  • companhia
  • esesquadrão

French

  • régiment
  • compagnie
  • brigade
  • groupe
462 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
567 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
540 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
470 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5010 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
366 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1877 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
795 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
809 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
779 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
746 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
762 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
452 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
570 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1315 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41750X Morohashi
625 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6468 New Nelson (John Haig)
1306 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1403 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
225 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
593 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3651 2001 Kanji
2d9.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
7823.2 Four corner code
1-34-66 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
968a Unicode hex code