Entry
  1. Noun

    Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)

  2. Edo-period realm of the Ainu (as opposed to the Japanese) comprising most of Hokkaido

    see 和人地

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

3
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

shrimp, prawn, lobster

Kun
えび
On
Strokes
15
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Frequency
2501 of 2500
Radical
insect

Built from

Used in names as

えみ

Dictionary and index codes (15)
CodeReference
1-6-9SKIP code
6d9.4The Kanji Dictionary
5714.7Four corner code
8766Unicode hex code
1-18-60JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4172Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5364New Nelson (John Haig)
1773Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1279Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2689Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2728Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2313Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
33299Morohashi
xia1, ha2Pinyin reading
haKorean reading
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barbarian, savage, Ainu

Kun
えびすえみしころ.すたい.らげる
On
Strokes
6
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Frequency
2324 of 2500
Radical
big

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (15)
CodeReference
4-6-4SKIP code
0a6.24The Kanji Dictionary
5003.2Four corner code
5937Unicode hex code
1-16-48JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
182Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1143New Nelson (John Haig)
4349Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2962Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2881Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2893Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
535Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
5852Morohashi
yi2Pinyin reading
iKorean reading
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ground, earth

On
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
40 of 2500
Radical
earth
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Used in names as

どま

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-3-3SKIP code
3b3.1The Kanji Dictionary
4411.2Four corner code
1456deroo
5730Unicode hex code
1-35-47JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1056Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
976New Nelson (John Haig)
204New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
236Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
152Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
181Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
515Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
554Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
40A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
241Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
143Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
4890Morohashi
167A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
118Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
118Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
111sakade
143Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
184henshall3
130Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
45crowley
146Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.1busy_people
367Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
521Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
di4, de5Pinyin reading
jiKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level