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角: angle | role

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角 jiǎo

noun | measure word | radical 148
: angle; corner
: horn; horn-shaped
: unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan

角 jué


: role (theater)
: to compete
: ancient three legged wine vessel
: third note of pentatonic scale

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角 | かど kado

noun
: corner (e.g. desk, pavement)
: edge

角 | つの tsuno

noun
: horn

角 | すみ sumi

noun | noun suffix
: corner; nook; recess
: (Noun) (Obscure term) downstage right (on a noh stage)

角す | かくす kakusu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to compare (e.g. in a competition)

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角 | かく kaku

noun | noun suffix
: angle
: square (or cube)
: bishop (shogi)
: third degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale)
: Chinese “horn” constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
: jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

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June 15, 2016
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子: child; 1st terrestrial branch

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子 zi

noun suffix

子 zǐ

noun | radical 39
: son; offspring; child; seed; egg
: small thing
: 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat
: Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位

Kun Reading

子 | こ ko

noun | noun suffix
: child
: young (animal)
: young woman; young geisha
: offshoot
: interest
: (Abbreviation) new shares
: (Archaism) bird egg; (Noun suffix) (after a noun or -masu stem) -er (often of young women)

子 | ね ne

noun | noun suffix
: first sign of Chinese zodiac (The Rat, 11pm-1am, north, November)

子 OR 実 | み mi

noun
: fruit; nut
: seed
: (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.
: content; substance

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子 | し shi

noun
: child (esp. a boy)
: viscount
: (Honorific or respectful language) master (founder of a school of thought, esp. Confucius)
: philosophy (branch of Chinese literature); non-Confucian Hundred Schools of Thought writings
: (Archaism) you (of one’s equals); (Noun suffix) -er (i.e. a man who spends all his time doing…)

子 OR 主 | す su

suffix
: honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name

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April 20, 2016
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門: gate; door; house

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門 [门] mén

noun | measure word | radical 169
: gate; door; gateway; doorway; opening
: valve; switch; way to do something; knack
: family; house; (religious) sect
: school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy)
: measure word for large guns; measure word for lessons, subjects, branches of technology
: (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)

Kun Reading

門 OR 戸 | と to

noun
: (Archaism) entrance (to a home)
: (Archaism) narrows

門 | かど kado

noun
: gate

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門 | もん mon

noun | noun suffix
: gate
: branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master
: (biological) division
: (Counter) counter for cannons

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March 10, 2016
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鬥 | 斗: to fight | peck

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鬥 [斗] dòu

radical 191
: to fight; to struggle
: to condemn; to censure; to contend
: to put together; coming together

斗 dǒu

radical 68
: dry measure for grain equal to ten 升 or one-tenth of a 石
: decaliter; peck; cup or dipper shaped object
: old variant of 陡; abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星

鬦 [斗] dòu

radical 68 | radical 191
: variant 鬥 | 鬭 dou4
: Japanese variant 鬥 | 鬪 dou4

Kun Reading

鬥構え | とうがまえ tougamae

radical 191
: kanji “fighting” radical

闘う OR 戦う | たたかう tatakau

godan verb with u ending | intransitive verb
: to fight; to battle; to combat; to struggle against; to wage war; to engage in contest

闘い | たたかい tatakai

noun
: battle; fight; struggle; conflict

闘わす | たたかわす tatakawasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to compete; to vie; to contend
2: to make fight against another (person, animal); to pit against; to set against
3: to debate; to argue

斗 | ます masu

noun
: measuring container; measure
: box (seating at a theater, etc.)
: square on a grid; cell of a grid
: square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)

斗 | とます tomasu

noun
: kanji radical 68 at right

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トウ tou

noun

斗 | と to


: (Obsolete term) to (measure of volume, approx. 18 liters)
: square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)
: Chinese “Dipper” constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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March 9, 2016
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虎: tiger

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虍 hū

radical 141
: stripes of a tiger
: “tiger” radical in Chinese characters

虎 hǔ

noun
: tiger

Kun Reading

虎 | とら tora

noun
: tiger (Panthera tigris)
: (Colloquialism) drunk person

虎冠 | とらかんむり torakanmuri

noun
: kanji “tiger” radical

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虍部 | コ ko


: Radical 141 meaning “tiger” is 1 of 29 Kangxi radicals

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February 24, 2016
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草: grass

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艸 [艹] cǎo

noun | radical 140
: grass

草 cǎo

noun | radical 140
: grass; straw
: manuscript; draft (of a document)
: careless; rough

肏 cào

variant of 草
expletive
: to fuck (vulgar)

Kun Reading

草 | くさ kusa

noun
: grass; weed; herb; thatch
: (Archaism) ninja
: not genuine; substandard

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草 | そう sou

noun
: (Abbreviation) draft; rough copy
: cursive script; “grass” kanji

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February 22, 2016
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絲: silk; fine thread

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絲 [丝] sī

noun
: silk; thread
: trace
: a bit
: a unit of weight (0.0005 gram)

Historical Variant

糹[纟] sī

radical 120
: silk

Kun Reading

糸 | いと ito

noun | noun suffix
: thread; yarn; string

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糸 | し shi

noun
: thread
: one ten-thousandth; 0.001 percent (one-ten-thousandth of a wari)

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February 9, 2016
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