Entry
  1. Noun

    gate guard (during the ritsuryō system); gate guardian

  2. young forced labour (ritsuryō system)

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

defense, protection

On
エイ
Strokes
16
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N1
Frequency
400 of 2500
Radical
go
WaniKani
Level 32

Built from

Used in names as

もりまもる

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-3-13SKIP code
3i13.3The Kanji Dictionary
2150.6, 2122.1Four corner code
2053deroo
885bUnicode hex code
1-17-50JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1639Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1776New Nelson (John Haig)
760New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
938Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
526Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
686Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1646Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1775Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
394A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2452Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
686Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
34073Morohashi
617A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
815Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
834Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
551sakade
1722Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
646henshall3
813Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
287crowley
780Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1617Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1661Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
wei4Pinyin reading
wiKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
32WaniKani 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