6 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 1st grade
JLPT exam level N4

character, letter, word, section of village

Kun'yomi
  • section of village
  • Chinese courtesy name (name formerly given to adult Chinese men, used in place of their given name in formal situations) ②nickname ③section of a village
  • -な
On'yomi
  • character (esp. kanji) ②handwriting ③the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")

Main Radical

(KanXi) (Nelson)

Reading Commonality

100.0%

Character Breakdown

character, letter, word
ジ あざ あざな (1st, N4)
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン メン (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM
こ シ ス (1st, N5)
complete, finish
リョウ さとる (8th, N2)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)

Common Words

letter (of alphabet) ②writing
literally ②literal
cross (for crucifixion)
uppercase letter ②large character ③the (kanji) character "dai" meaning "big" ④huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on August 16 each year
mouth shaped like a kana "he" character
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References

Unicode hex code 5B57
JIS X 0208 1-27-90
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1281
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1285
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2172
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2696
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1374
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1860
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 185
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 197
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 612
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 121
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 6942
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 28
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 110
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 110
Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 86
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 156
Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. 78
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 57
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 528
AJLT Japanese For Busy People vols I-III 2.17
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 457
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 188
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3m2.1
Four corner code 3040.7
De Roo Code 747