Entry
  1. Noun

    sexagenary cycle; 60-term cycle of 12 zodiac animals combined with 5 elements in the traditional Chinese calendar; currently used in Japan for years, historically also for days

  2. 12-year Chinese zodiac

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

dry, parch, ebb, recede, interfere, intercede

Kun
ほ.すほ.し--ぼ.しひ.る
On
カン
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1349 of 2500
Radical
dry
WaniKani
Level 17

Built from

Used in names as

ほし

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
4-3-1SKIP code
2k1.1The Kanji Dictionary
1040.0Four corner code
3155deroo
5e72Unicode hex code
1-20-19JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1492Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1589New Nelson (John Haig)
3379New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4187Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2116Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2863Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1648Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1777Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1179A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
26Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1542Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
9165Morohashi
825A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
584Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
593Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
502Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
840henshall3
826Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
506Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
572Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1663Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
gan1, gan4Pinyin reading
gan, gangKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
17WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

branch, support, sustain, branch radical (no. 65)

Kun
ささ.えるつか.えるか.う
On
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N3
Frequency
159 of 2500
Radical
branch
WaniKani
Level 8

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-2-2SKIP code
2k2.1The Kanji Dictionary
4040.7Four corner code
1467deroo
652fUnicode hex code
1-27-57JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2039Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2324New Nelson (John Haig)
1979New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2473Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1251Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1717Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
711Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
768Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
302A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
63Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
115Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
13061Morohashi
691A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
318Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
318Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
621sakade
583Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
717henshall3
642Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
185crowley
368Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.4busy_people
932Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
718Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhi1Pinyin reading
jiKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
8WaniKani level