Jisho

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17 strokes
Radical:
even, uniformly
Parts:
Variants:

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 羅漢斎 【ラカンサイ】 Buddha's delight (vegetarian dish)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhai1
Korean:
jae, ja

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2669 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
48565 Morohashi
2148 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
7085 New Nelson (John Haig)
2j9.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-15 SKIP code
0022.3 Four corner code
1-67-23 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9f4b Unicode hex code

18 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
wisteria
Kun:
ふじ
On:
トウドウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
291 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 藤黄 【トウオウ】 gamboge
  • 藤花 【トウカ】 wisteria flower

Kun reading compounds

  • 藤 【ふじ】 wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda), wistaria
  • 藤色 【ふじいろ】 light purple
  • 草藤 【くさふじ】 tufted vetch (Vicia cracca), cow vetch
  • 野田藤 【のだふじ】 Japanese wisteria (Wisteria floribunda)

Readings

Japanese names:
ぞう、 と、 ふじゅ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
teng2
Korean:
deung

Spanish

  • glicina (planta)

Portuguese

French

  • glycine
206 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4090 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1975 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2773 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2231 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2087 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3025 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1544 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2109 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1218 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
32340P Morohashi
2382 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5241 New Nelson (John Haig)
1210 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1295 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
432 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1942 2001 Kanji
3k15.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-15 SKIP code
4423.2 Four corner code
1-38-03 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
85e4 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
bristle, beard
Parts:
coloring, paint, makeup
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1251 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 彩色 【サイシキ】 colouring, coloring, colouration, coloration, painting
  • 彩雲 【サイウン】 iridescent clouds, glowing clouds
  • 油彩 【ユサイ】 oil painting
  • 光彩 【コウサイ】 brilliance, splendour, splendor, lustre, luster

Kun reading compounds

  • 彩る 【いろどる】 to colour, to color, to paint, to apply make-up, to decorate, to garnish, to adorn, to add flair

Readings

Japanese names:
あや、 さ、 さえ、 つや
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cai3
Korean:
chae

Spanish

  • color
  • coloración
  • colorido
  • colorear

Portuguese

  • colorindo
  • pintura
  • maquilagem

French

  • colorer
  • peindre
  • maquillage
1290 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1341 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1590 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1660 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1273 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1413 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
932 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
959 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1619 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
616 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2115 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1103 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1502 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1730 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9992X Morohashi
1681 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1718 New Nelson (John Haig)
1714 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1850 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1429 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2060 2001 Kanji
3j8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-3 SKIP code
2292.2 Four corner code
1-26-44 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f69 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
go slowly
Parts:
Variants:
summer
Kun:
なつ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
659 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 夏 【カ】 Xia dynasty (of China; c. 2070-1600 BCE; possibly mythological), Hsia dynasty
  • 夏季 【カキ】 summer season
  • 初夏 【ショカ】 early summer, fourth month of the lunar calendar
  • 盛夏 【セイカ】 midsummer, height of summer
  • 夏 【ゲ】 summer (on the lunisolar calendar: 16th day of the 4th month to the 15th day of the 7th month)
  • 夏至 【ゲシ】 summer solstice
  • 一夏 【イチゲ】 one summer (during which a monk attends a summer retreat)
  • 半夏 【ハンゲ】 crow dipper (Pinellia tuber), 11th day after the summer solstice, last seed-sowing and rice-planting day

Kun reading compounds

  • 夏 【なつ】 summer
  • 夏季 【かき】 summer season
  • 初夏 【しょか】 early summer, fourth month of the lunar calendar
  • 常夏 【とこなつ】 everlasting summer

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xia4, jia3
Korean:
ha

Spanish

  • verano

Portuguese

  • verão

French

  • été
52 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
88 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
82 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
580 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
58 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
163 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
148 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1161 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.10 Japanese for Busy People
461 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
469 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
97 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
402 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2619 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1339 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1815 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
302 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5720 Morohashi
2113 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1120 New Nelson (John Haig)
296 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
317 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
188 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3167 2001 Kanji
4i7.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-8 SKIP code
2-7-3 SKIP code
1024.7 Four corner code
1040.7 Four corner code
1-18-38 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
590f Unicode hex code