Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

2165 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: spot, blemish, speck, patches

Kunyomi: まだら

Onyomi: ハン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: script, literature

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ブチ spots, speckles, mottles

イカル Japanese grosbeak (Eophona personata)

スイハン water spot (e.g. dried on a dish after washing)

オウハン macula, macule, macula lutea, yellow spot

Kunyomi Examples

ぶち spots, speckles, mottles

入り ふいり variegated, spotted

胡麻 ごまふ black speckles, small black spots (like sprinkled sesame)

はくはん white spot, bright spot, facula, vitiligo, leukoderma, leukoma

まだら spots, speckles, mottles, speckled, spotted

海豚 まだらいるか pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata)

浅葱 あさぎまだら chestnut tiger butterfly (Parantica sita)

鹿の子 かのこまだら pattern of white spots, dapples