Entry
  1. Noun

    vigorous man; man in his prime

  2. activist for the Freedom and People's Rights Movement (Meiji period)

    Historical termsee 自由民権運動

  3. freelance political ruffian; hired intimidator (acting under the pretext of social justice)

    Dated term

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

robust, manhood, prosperity

Kun
さかん
On
ソウ
Strokes
6
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1657 of 2500
Radical
scholar
WaniKani
Level 50

Built from

Used in names as

つよし

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-3-3SKIP code
2b4.2The Kanji Dictionary
3411.0Four corner code
1272deroo
58eeUnicode hex code
1-33-52JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2837Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
974New Nelson (John Haig)
224New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
263Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
165Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
198Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
321Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
343Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1449A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
243Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1329Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
5642Morohashi
1514A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1326Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1409Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1174Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1068Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1445Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
394Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
327Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhuang4Pinyin reading
jangKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
50WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

gentleman, scholar, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)

Kun
さむらい
On
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N1
Frequency
526 of 2500
Radical
scholar
WaniKani
Level 13

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
4-3-2SKIP code
3p0.1The Kanji Dictionary
4010.0Four corner code
1472deroo
58ebUnicode hex code
1-27-46JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1160Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1117New Nelson (John Haig)
3405New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4213Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2129Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2877Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
319Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
341Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
301A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
41Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
59Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
5638Morohashi
494A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
572Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
581Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
410sakade
1173Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
521henshall3
441Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
386crowley
755Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
393Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
325Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shi4Pinyin reading
saKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
13WaniKani level