Beautiful Kanji

134 Japanese kanji with a beautiful feel, with meanings, readings and cultural context.

love, affection, favourite

ai

13 strokes

dream, vision, illusion

mu

13 strokes

cherry

ou

10 strokes

icicle, ice, hail, freeze, congeal

hyou

5 strokes

month, moon

getsu

4 strokes

star, spot, dot, mark

sei

9 strokes

ray, light

kou

6 strokes

quiet

sei

14 strokes

harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan

wa

8 strokes

lotus

ren

13 strokes

part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100

bun

4 strokes

departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots

hatsu

9 strokes

section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine

bu

11 strokes

business, vocation, arts, performance

gyou

13 strokes

surface, table, chart, diagram

hyou

8 strokes
調

tune, tone, meter, key (music), writing style, prepare, exorcise, investigate, harmonize, mediate

chou

15 strokes

neck, counter for songs and poems

shu

9 strokes

idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking

i

13 strokes

sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)

bun

4 strokes

nonplussed, three (in documents), going, coming, visiting, visit, be defeated, die, be madly in love, participate, take part in

san

8 strokes

half, middle, odd number, semi-, part-

han

5 strokes

goods, refinement, dignity, article, counter for meal courses

hin

9 strokes

swamp, marsh, brilliance, grace

taku

7 strokes

bestow, participate in, give, award, impart, provide, cause, gift, godsend

yo

3 strokes

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