Entry
  1. Noun

    beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; smoke signals

    昔彼らはのろしで通信していた。
    Back then, people communicated using smoke signals.
  2. starting shot; starting signal

Also written 烽火【のろし】狼烟【のろし】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

wolf

Kun
おおかみ
On
ロウ
Strokes
10
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Frequency
2129 of 2500
Radical
dog

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (15)
CodeReference
1-3-7SKIP code
3g7.3The Kanji Dictionary
4323.2Four corner code
72fcUnicode hex code
1-47-21JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2888Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3579New Nelson (John Haig)
541Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
407Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2339Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2428Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1303Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
20432Morohashi
lang2Pinyin reading
rangKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

smoke

Kun
けむ.るけむりけむ.い
On
エン
Strokes
13
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N3
Frequency
1290 of 2500
Radical
fire
WaniKani
Level 18

Built from

Used in names as

たば

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-4-9, 1-1-12SKIP code
4d9.3The Kanji Dictionary
9181.4Four corner code
1172deroo
7159Unicode hex code
1-17-76JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2784Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3456New Nelson (John Haig)
1021New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1294Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
700Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
936Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1612Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1739Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1147A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
914Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
19203XMorohashi
1027A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
919Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
941Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
718Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1645Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1045Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1269Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1626Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yan1Pinyin reading
yeon, inKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
18WaniKani level