Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
sign 示 (礻)
Parts:
happiness, blessed, good fortune, auspicious
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2083 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 禎祥 【テイショウ】 good omen
  • 嘉禎 【カテイ】 Katei era (1235.9.19-1238.11.23)

Readings

Japanese names:
さだ、 ただし、 よし、 さち、 とも、 のり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhen1
Korean:
jeong

Spanish

  • felicidad
  • enhorabuena

Portuguese

French

3252 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1973 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1887 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2180 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1305 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
707 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
946 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
24767P Morohashi
1031 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4099 New Nelson (John Haig)
2603 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2649 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4e9.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-9 SKIP code
3128.6 Four corner code
1-36-87 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
798e Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
sign 示 (礻)
Parts:
Variants:
auspicious, happiness, blessedness, good omen, good fortune
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1273 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 祥 【ショウ】 omen (usu. good), (auspicious) sign, first two anniversaries of a person's death
  • 祥雲 【ショウウン】 auspicious cloud
  • 瑞祥 【ズイショウ】 auspicious sign, good omen
  • 清祥 【セイショウ】 happiness and health

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 さか、 さち、 ひろ、 まさ、 やす、 ゆき、 よし、 あきら、 さき、 さむ、 ただ、 なか、 なが
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiang2
Korean:
sang

Spanish

  • suerte
  • buen augurio

Portuguese

  • auspicioso
  • felicidade
  • bons auspícios

French

  • bon présage
  • prometteur
  • bonheur
1398 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1549 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3246 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1562 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1578 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1074 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1576 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1682 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1542 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1424 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1184 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
644 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
855 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1097 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24689P Morohashi
948 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4090 New Nelson (John Haig)
1088 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1169 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1373 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
655 2001 Kanji
4e6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
3825.1 Four corner code
1-30-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7965 Unicode hex code