Entry
  1. Noun

    ground cherry (Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii); husk tomato; Chinese lantern plant

    Usually written using kana alone

  2. children's noisemaking toy

    Usually written using kana alone

Also written 鬼灯【ほおずき】鬼燈【ほおずき】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

acid, bitterness, sour, tart

Kun
す.い
On
サン
Strokes
14
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1218 of 2500
Radical
wine
WaniKani
Level 32

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
1-7-7SKIP code
7e7.2The Kanji Dictionary
1364.7Four corner code
3267deroo
9178Unicode hex code
1-27-32JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4789Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6177New Nelson (John Haig)
1563New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1968Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1049Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1415Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1437Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1545Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1027A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
819Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
39871Morohashi
689A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
516Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
525Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
618sakade
1838Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
715henshall3
791Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1420Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1797Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1449Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
suan1Pinyin reading
sanKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
32WaniKani level
漿
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

a drink

Kun
こんず
On
ショウ
Strokes
15
Radical
water

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (10)
CodeReference
2-11-4SKIP code
3a11.21The Kanji Dictionary
2723.2Four corner code
6f3fUnicode hex code
1-62-89JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2673Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3298New Nelson (John Haig)
18185Morohashi
jiang1, jiang4Pinyin reading
jangKorean reading