Results, langage used by the harlots of the Yoshiwara red light district during the Edo period

Partial results:

子
常用１年JLPTN5

シSHI・スSU・ツTSU・こko・~こ ko・ねne

child; sign of the rat; 11PM-1AM; first sign of Chinese zodiac

Strokes:
3
Radical:
子 child
SKIP:
4-2-1
UTF:
5b50
JIS208:
27-50
Nanori:
いi・きki・ぎgi・くku・けke・ねっne
Hangul:
자 [ja]
Pinyin:
zǐ / zí / zi
Stroke order:
Example words:
子供【こどもkodomo】
child
女子【じょしjoshi】
woman; girl
子【こko】
child; / young (animal); / young woman; young geisha; / offshoot; / interest; / new shares; / player who is not a dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); / bird egg; / -er (often of young women)
男子【だんしdanshi】
youth; young man
様子【ようすyousu】
state; state of affairs; situation; circumstances; / appearance; look; aspect; / sign; indication
足
常用１年JLPTN4

ソクSOKU・あしashi・たりるta.riru・たるta.ru・たすta.su

leg; foot; be sufficient; counter for pairs of footwear

Strokes:
7
Radical:
足⻊ foot
SKIP:
2-3-4
UTF:
8db3
JIS208:
34-13
Nanori:
あa・あすasu・おすosu・たらしtarashi
Hangul:
족 [jog] ・ 주 [ju]
Pinyin:
zú / jù
Stroke order:
Example words:
足【あしashi】
foot; / leg; / gait; / pace; / bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; / means of transportation; / money; coin
不足【ふそくfusoku】
insufficiency; shortage; deficiency; lack; dearth
発足【ほっそくhossoku】
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
満足【まんぞくmanzoku】
satisfaction; contentment; complacency; / sufficient; enough; adequate; proper
足元【あしもとashimoto】
at one's feet; underfoot; one's step (as in "watch your step"); / gait; pace; step; / most recent; current; / you; thou
字
常用１年JLPTN4

ジJI・あざaza・あざなazana・~な na

character; letter; word; section of village

Strokes:
6
Radical:
子 child
SKIP:
2-3-2
UTF:
5b57
JIS208:
27-90
Hangul:
자 [ja]
Pinyin:
zì
Stroke order:
Example words:
赤字【あかじakaji】
(being in) the red; deficit; / red letter; red writing; / corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
数字【すうじsuuji】
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
黒字【くろじkuroji】
(being in) the black; surplus; / black letter
文字【もじmoji】
letter (of alphabet); character; / writing
字【あざaza】
section of village
赤
常用１年JLPTN4

セキSEKI・シャクSHAKU・あかaka・あか~aka ・あかいaka.i・あからむaka.ramu・あからめるaka.rameru

red

Strokes:
7
Radical:
赤 red
SKIP:
2-3-4
UTF:
8d64
JIS208:
32-54
Nanori:
あa・あこako・あまama
Hangul:
적 [jeog]
Pinyin:
chì
Stroke order:
Example words:
赤字【あかじakaji】
(being in) the red; deficit; / red letter; red writing; / corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
赤ちゃん【あかちゃんakachan】
baby; infant
赤松【あかまつakamatsu】
Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine
真っ赤【まっかmakka】
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); / downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
赤ん坊【あかんぼうakanbou】
baby; infant
分
常用２年

ブンBUN・フンFUN・ブBU・わけるwa.keru・わけwa.ke・わかれるwa.kareru・わかるwa.karu・わかつwa.katsu

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

Strokes:
4
Radical:
刀刂⺈ sword
SKIP:
2-2-2
UTF:
5206
JIS208:
42-12
Nanori:
いたita・わけwake
Hangul:
분 [bun]
Pinyin:
fēn / fèn
Stroke order:
Example words:
分野【ぶんやbun'ya】
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
部分【ぶぶんbubun】
portion; section; part
自分【じぶんjibun】
myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; / I; me; / you
十分【じゅうぶんjuubun】
enough; sufficient; plenty; adequate; satisfactory; / sufficiently; fully; thoroughly; well; perfectly; / division into ten
半分【はんぶんhanbun】
half
明
常用２年JLPTN4

メイMEI・ミョウMYOU・ミンMIN・あかりa.kari・あかるいaka.rui・あかるむaka.rumu・あからむaka.ramu・あきらかaki.raka・あけるa.keru・~あけ a.ke・あくa.ku・あくるa.kuru・あかすa.kasu

bright; light

➜
朙
Strokes:
8
Radical:
日 sun, day
SKIP:
1-4-4
UTF:
660e
JIS208:
44-32
Nanori:
あきらakira・あけake・あすasu・きらkira・けke・さやsaya・さやかsayaka・としtoshi・はるharu・みmi・めme
Hangul:
명 [myeong]
Pinyin:
míng
Stroke order:
Example words:
明らか【あきらかakiraka】
obvious; evident; clear; plain
説明【せつめいsetsumei】
explanation; exposition
声明【せいめいseimei】
declaration; statement; proclamation
不明【ふめいfumei】
unclear; obscure; indistinct; uncertain; ambiguous; / unknown; unidentified; / ignorance; lack of wisdom; lack of insight
明確【めいかくmeikaku】
clear; precise; definite; distinct
午
常用２年JLPTN5

ゴGO・うまuma

noon; sign of the horse; 11AM-1PM; seventh sign of Chinese zodiac

Strokes:
4
Radical:
十 ten
SKIP:
4-4-3
UTF:
5348
JIS208:
24-65
Hangul:
오 [o]
Pinyin:
wǔ
Stroke order:
Example words:
午後【ごごgogo】
afternoon; p.m.
午前【ごぜんgozen】
morning; a.m.
正午【しょうごshougo】
noon; mid-day
午【うまuma】
seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac (The Horse, 11am-1pm, south, May)
午前中【ごぜんちゅうgozenchuu】
in the morning; during the morning
道
常用２年JLPTN4

ドウDOU・トウTOU・みちmichi・いうiu

road-way; street; district; journey; course; moral; teachings

➜
噵 衜 衟
Strokes:
12 or 11
Radical:
⻌辵辶 walk
SKIP:
3-2-9
UTF:
9053
JIS208:
38-27
Nanori:
さsa・じji・どdo・みつmitsu・おさむosamu
Hangul:
도 [do]
Pinyin:
dào
Stroke order:
Example words:
道【みちmichi】
road; path; street; lane; passage; / route; way; / distance; journey; / road (e.g. to victory); course; / way (of living, proper conduct, etc.); moral principles; / teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma; / field (e.g. of medicine); subject; speciality; / means; way; method
報道【ほうどうhoudou】
information; report; journalism; news; / to report
北海道【ほっかいどうhokkaidou】
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
道路【どうろdouro】
road; highway
鉄道【てつどうtetsudou】
railroad; railway; rail transport
朝
常用２年JLPTN4

チョウCHOU・あさasa

morning; dynasty; regime; epoch; period; (North) Korea

Strokes:
12
Radical:
月⺝ moon, month, flesh
SKIP:
1-8-4
UTF:
671d
JIS208:
36-11
Nanori:
あa・あそaso・ささsasa・ちかchika・ともtomo
Hangul:
조 [jo]
Pinyin:
zhāo / cháo
Stroke order:
Example words:
北朝鮮【きたちょうせんkitachousen】
North Korea
朝鮮民主主義人民共和国【ちょうせんみんしゅしゅぎじんみんきょうわこくchousenminshushugijinminkyouwakoku】
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea); DPRK
朝鮮【ちょうせんchousen】
Korea
朝鮮半島【ちょうせんはんとうchousenhantou】
Korean peninsula
朝日【あさひasahi】
morning sun
光
常用２年JLPTN3

コウKOU・ひかるhika.ru・ひかりhikari

ray; light

➜
灮 炗
Strokes:
6
Radical:
儿 legs
SKIP:
2-3-3
UTF:
5149
JIS208:
24-87
Nanori:
あきaki・あきらakira・こおkoo・てるteru・ひこhiko・みmi・みつmitsu
Hangul:
광 [gwang]
Pinyin:
guāng
Stroke order:
Example words:
光【ひかりhikari】
light; / illumination; ray; beam; gleam; glow; / happiness; hope; / influence; power; / vision; eyesight
観光【かんこうkankou】
sightseeing
光景【こうけいkoukei】
scene; spectacle; sight; view
日光【にっこうnikkou】
sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams
脚光【きゃっこうkyakkou】
footlight; limelight
部
常用３年JLPTN3

ブBU・~べ be

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

➜
郶
Strokes:
11 or 10
Radical:
阝邑⻏ town
SKIP:
1-8-2
UTF:
90e8
JIS208:
41-84
Nanori:
とりtori・ふfu・ぺpe・まma
Hangul:
부 [bu]
Pinyin:
bù
Stroke order:
Example words:
部分【ぶぶんbubun】
portion; section; part
部長【ぶちょうbuchou】
head (chief, director) of a section or department; / head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
一部【いちぶichibu】
one part; one portion; one section; some; / one copy (e.g. of a document)
本部【ほんぶhonbu】
headquarters; head office; main office
幹部【かんぶkanbu】
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
相
常用３年JLPTN3

ソウSOU・ショウSHOU・あい~ai

inter-; mutual; together; each other; minister of state; councillor; aspect; phase; physiognomy

Strokes:
9
Radical:
目 eye
SKIP:
1-4-5
UTF:
76f8
JIS208:
33-74
Nanori:
あa・いi・おうou・さsa・さがsaga・すけsuke
Hangul:
상 [sang]
Pinyin:
xiāng / xiàng
Stroke order:
Example words:
外相【がいしょうgaishou】
Foreign Minister
首相【しゅしょうshushou】
Prime Minister; Chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); Premier
相手【あいてaite】
companion; partner; company; / other party; addressee; / opponent (sports, etc.)
相互【そうごsougo】
mutual; reciprocal
相談【そうだんsoudan】
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
員
常用３年JLPTN4

インIN

employee; member; number; the one in charge

Strokes:
10
Radical:
口 mouth
SKIP:
2-3-7
UTF:
54e1
JIS208:
16-87
Nanori:
いなina・かずkazu
Hangul:
원 [weon]
Pinyin:
yuán / yún / yùn
Stroke order:
Example words:
職員【しょくいんshokuin】
staff member; personnel
委員会【いいんかいiinkai】
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
会員【かいいんkaiin】
member; the membership
議員【ぎいんgiin】
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
委員【いいんiin】
committee member
代
常用３年JLPTN4

ダイDAI・タイTAI・かわるka.waru・かわるkawa.ru・かわりkawa.ri・かわりka.wari・~がわり gawa.ri・~がわり ga.wari・かえるka.eru・よyo・しろshiro

substitute; change; convert; replace; period; age; counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.; generation; charge; rate; fee

Strokes:
5
Radical:
人亻 human
SKIP:
1-2-3
UTF:
4ee3
JIS208:
34-69
Nanori:
すsu
Hangul:
대 [dae]
Pinyin:
dài
Stroke order:
Example words:
代表【だいひょうdaihyou】
representative; representation; delegation; type; example; model; / switchboard number; main number
時代【じだいjidai】
period; epoch; era; age; / the times; those days; / oldness; ancientness; antiquity; / antique; period piece
現代【げんだいgendai】
nowadays; modern era; modern times; present-day
世代【せだいsedai】
generation; the world; the age
交代【こうたいkoutai】
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.); taking turns
化
常用３年JLPTN3

カKA・ケKE・ばけるba.keru・ばかすba.kasu・ふけるfu.keru・けするke.suru

change; take the form of; influence; enchant; delude; -ization

Strokes:
4
Radical:
匕 spoon
SKIP:
1-2-2
UTF:
5316
JIS208:
18-29
Hangul:
화 [hwa]
Pinyin:
huà
Stroke order:
Example words:
文化【ぶんかbunka】
culture; civilization; civilisation; / Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
強化【きょうかkyouka】
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
変化【へんかhenka】
change; variation; alteration; mutation; transition; transformation; transfiguration; metamorphosis; / variety; diversity; / inflection; declension; conjugation; / sidestepping
悪化【あっかakka】
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
化学【かがくkagaku】
chemistry
期
常用３年JLPTN3

キKI・ゴGO

period; time; date; term

➜
朞
Strokes:
12
Radical:
月⺝ moon, month, flesh
SKIP:
1-8-4
UTF:
671f
JIS208:
20-92
Hangul:
기 [gi]
Pinyin:
jī / qī / qí
Stroke order:
Example words:
期間【きかんkikan】
period; term; interval
期待【きたいkitai】
expectation; anticipation; hope
時期【じきjiki】
time; season; period; phase; stage
長期【ちょうきchouki】
long-term
早期【そうきsouki】
early stage
区
常用３年JLPTN2

クKU・オウOU・コウKOU

ward; district

➜
區
Strokes:
4
Radical:
亡匸 hiding enclosure
SKIP:
3-2-2
UTF:
533a
JIS208:
22-72
Hangul:
구 [gu] ・ 우 [u]
Pinyin:
qū / ōu
Stroke order:
Example words:
地区【ちくchiku】
district; section; sector
小選挙区【しょうせんきょくshousenkyoku】
small electoral district; single-member constituency
区内【くないkunai】
in the ward or borough
区域【くいきkuiki】
limits; boundary; domain; zone; sphere; territory; / area (e.g. in programming languages)
区間【くかんkukan】
section (of track, etc.); segment; dimension; / interval
重
常用３年JLPTN4

ジュウJUU・チョウCHOU・えe・おもいomo.i・おもりomo.ri・おもなうomo.nau・かさねるkasa.neru・かさなるkasa.naru・おもomo

heavy; important; esteem; respect; heap up; pile up; nest of boxes; -fold

Strokes:
9
Radical:
里 village, mile
SKIP:
2-1-8
UTF:
91cd
JIS208:
29-37
Nanori:
さねsane・しげshige・しげるshigeru
Hangul:
중 [jung]
Pinyin:
zhòng / chóng
Stroke order:
Example words:
重要【じゅうようjuuyou】
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
重大【じゅうだいjuudai】
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
重点【じゅうてんjuuten】
important point; emphasis; stress; importance; priority; / iteration mark; / colon (punctuation)
重視【じゅうしjuushi】
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
貴重【きちょうkichou】
precious; valuable
研
常用３年JLPTN4

ケンKEN・とぐto.gu

polish; study of; sharpen

Strokes:
9
Radical:
石 stone
SKIP:
1-5-4
UTF:
7814
JIS208:
24-6
Nanori:
のりnori
Hangul:
연 [yeon]
Pinyin:
yán / yàn
Stroke order:
Example words:
研究【けんきゅうkenkyuu】
study; research; investigation
研究所【けんきゅうしょkenkyuusho】
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
研修【けんしゅうkenshuu】
training (esp. in-service); induction course
研究者【けんきゅうしゃkenkyuusha】
researcher
研究員【けんきゅういんkenkyuuin】
researcher; lab worker
着
常用３年JLPTN4

チャクCHAKU・ジャクJAKU・きるki.ru・~ぎ gi・きせるki.seru・~きせ ki.se・つくtsu.ku・つけるtsu.keru

don; arrive; wear; counter for suits of clothing

Strokes:
12
Radical:
羊⺶⺷ sheep
SKIP:
2-6-6
UTF:
7740
JIS208:
35-69
Hangul:
착 [chag]
Pinyin:
zháo / zhāo / zhe / zhuó
Stroke order:
Example words:
決着【けっちゃくketchaku】
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
着実【ちゃくじつchakujitsu】
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
落ち着いた【おちついたochitsuita】
calm; composed; cool; / settled; fixed; established; / unobtrusive; quiet; subdued; low-key (color)
着【ちゃくchaku】
counter for suits of clothing; / arriving at ...
癒着【ゆちゃくyuchaku】
adhesion; conglutination; / collusion; collusive relationship
申
常用３年JLPTN3

シンSHIN・もうすmou.su・もうし~mou.shi ・さるsaru

have the honor to; sign of the monkey; 3-5PM; ninth sign of Chinese zodiac

Strokes:
5
Radical:
田 field
SKIP:
4-5-3
UTF:
7533
JIS208:
31-29
Hangul:
신 [sin]
Pinyin:
shēn
Stroke order:
Example words:
申請【しんせいshinsei】
application; request; petition
答申【とうしんtoushin】
report; reply; findings
申し込み【もうしこみmoushikomi】
application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal; overture; challenge
申告【しんこくshinkoku】
report; return (e.g. tax); statement; declaration; notification; filing
申し立て【もうしたてmoushitate】
statement; account (of something); declaration; allegation
階
常用３年JLPTN2

カイKAI・きざはしkizahashi

storey; stair; counter for storeys of a building

➜
堦
Strokes:
12
Radical:
阝阜⻖ mound
SKIP:
1-2-9
UTF:
968e
JIS208:
19-12
Nanori:
しなshina・とto・はしhashi
Hangul:
계 [gye]
Pinyin:
jiē
Stroke order:
Example words:
段階【だんかいdankai】
grade; level; stage; class; phase; steps; order; gradation
二階【にかいnikai】
second floor; upstairs
一階【いっかいikkai】
one floor; first floor
階段【かいだんkaidan】
stairs; stairway; staircase
階級【かいきゅうkaikyuu】
(social) class; / rank; grade
他
常用３年JLPTN3

タTA・ほかhoka

other; another; the others

Strokes:
5
Radical:
人亻 human
SKIP:
1-2-3
UTF:
4ed6
JIS208:
34-30
Hangul:
타 [ta]
Pinyin:
tā
Stroke order:
Example words:
他【たta】
other (esp. people and abstract matters)
他人【たにんtanin】
another person; other people; others; / unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); / outsider; stranger
他国【たこくtakoku】
foreign country; other country; / another province; / strange land; alien land
他社【たしゃtasha】
another company; other company
他方【たほうtahou】
one (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way; one direction; the other direction; one side; the other side; one party; the other party; / on the other hand
具
常用３年JLPTN3

グGU・そなえるsona.eru・つぶさにtsubusa.ni

tool; utensil; means; possess; ingredients; counter for armor, suits, sets of furniture

Strokes:
8
Radical:
八ハ eight
SKIP:
2-5-3
UTF:
5177
JIS208:
22-81
Nanori:
ともtomo
Hangul:
구 [gu]
Pinyin:
jù
Stroke order:
Example words:
具体的【ぐたいてきgutaiteki】
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
具体【ぐたいgutai】
concrete; tangible; material
道具【どうぐdougu】
tool; implement; instrument; utensil; apparatus; device; / means; / furniture
具合【ぐあいguai】
condition; state; / health; state (of health); / way; manner; / circumstance; luck; / face; dignity; decency; propriety
家具【かぐkagu】
furniture
丁
常用３年JLPTN1

チョウCHOU・テイTEI・チンCHIN・トウTOU・チCHI・ひのとhinoto

street; ward; town; counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something; even number; 4th calendar sign

Strokes:
2
Radical:
一 one
SKIP:
4-2-1
UTF:
4e01
JIS208:
35-90
Hangul:
정 [jeong]
Pinyin:
dīng / zhēng
Stroke order:
Example words:
丁寧【ていねいteinei】
polite; courteous; civil; / careful; close; thorough; conscientious
包丁【ほうちょうhouchou】
kitchen knife; carving knife; / cooking; food
丁目【ちょうめchoume】
district of a town; city block (of irregular size)
丁重【ていちょうteichou】
polite; courteous; hospitable
八丁【はっちょうhatchou】
skillfulness
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