This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ア、オ、おもね.る、くま
Romaji: a, o, omone.ru, kuma
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Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: ほとり、あず、あわ、おか、きた、な
Romaji: hotori, azu, awa, oka, kita, na
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

Africa, flatter, fawn upon, corner, nook, recess

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  8
Radical Number:  170
Frequency:  1126
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  1-3-5
Korean Reading:  og
Chinese Reading:  a4
Unicode:  963f
JIS:  3024

Indexes

Halpern Index: 346
Nelson Index: 4985
New Nelson Index: 6435
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2d5.6
Four Corner Index: 7122.0
Gakken Index: 1515
Japanese Names Index: 569
Daikanwanjiten Index: 41599
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 11.0798
Remembering the kanji Index: 1295
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 256
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 305
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1304
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1391
Kodansha Kanji Index: 408

Words

(くま)
corner; nook; recess; a shadow; a shade
阿修羅 (あしゅら)
Asura (fighting demon)
阿弥陀如来 (あみだにょらい)
Amitabha Tathagata; Amithaba
阿弥陀堂 (あみだどう)
temple hall containing an enshrined image of Amitabha
阿呆 (あほう、あほ、アホ)
fool; simpleton; idiot
阿る (おもねる)
to flatter
阿弥陀 (あみだ)
Amitabha; ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner; wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
阿片 (あへん、アヘン)
opium
阿闍梨 (あじゃり、あざり)
high monk (esp. one of correct conduct who acts as a role model for his pupils); high priest; initiate (esp. as a formal rank in Tendai and Shingon); monk who conducts religious services
阿吽 (あうん、アウン)
Om; Aun; syllable representing the primordial trinity of Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma; inspiration and expiration; respiration; alpha and omega
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