Jisho

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17 strokes
Radical:
stone
Parts:
seashore, beach
Kun:
いそ
On:
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1444 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Kun reading compounds

  • 磯 【いそ】 (rocky) beach, seashore
  • 磯辺 【いそべ】 seashore, beach, food wrapped in nori
  • 築磯 【つきいそ】 artificial reef
  • 荒磯 【あらいそ】 reefy coast, windswept and wave-beaten shore

Readings

Japanese names:
し、 そ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji1
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • playa rocosa

Portuguese

French

1518 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3221 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1920 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2916 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2177 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1587 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
839 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1147 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
24465 Morohashi
1242 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4049 New Nelson (John Haig)
2594 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2640 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3359 2001 Kanji
5a12.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-12 SKIP code
1265.3 Four corner code
1-16-75 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
78ef Unicode hex code

11 strokes (also 10)
Radical:
town (阝 right) 邑 (阝)
Parts:
Variants:
section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
Kun:
-べ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
36 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 部 【ブ】 department (in an organization, company, etc.), division, bureau, faculty, club (at a school, university, etc.), team, part, portion, region, area, category, class, division, section, heading, counter for copies of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.
  • 部位 【ブイ】 part (esp. of the body), region, site, cut (of meat)
  • 情報部 【ジョウホウブ】 information bureau, intelligence department
  • 首脳部 【シュノウブ】 executives, top management, governing body

Readings

Japanese names:
とり、 ふ、 ぺ、 ま
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bu4
Korean:
bu

Spanish

  • sección
  • departamento
  • parte
  • copia

Portuguese

  • seção
  • biro
  • departamento
  • classe
  • cópia
  • parte
  • porção
  • sufixo para contagem de jornais ou revistas

French

  • partie
  • bureau
  • service
  • classe
  • copie
  • section
  • portion
  • compteur de copies (presse)
504 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
407 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
384 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
37 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4767 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
282 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
969 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1418 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.5 Japanese for Busy People
86 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
86 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
53 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
762 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2111 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1099 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1498 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1862 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39460 Morohashi
1676 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6146 New Nelson (John Haig)
1845 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1988 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
52 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
386 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
444 2001 Kanji
2d8.15 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-3 SKIP code
1-8-2 SKIP code
0762.7 Four corner code
1-41-84 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
90e8 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
small, insignificant
Parts:
esteem, furthermore, still, yet
Kun:
なお
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1531 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 尚絅学院大学 【ショウケイガクインダイガク】 Shokei Gakuin University
  • 尚絅大学 【ショウケイダイガク】 Shokei University
  • 好尚 【コウショウ】 taste, fancy, fashion
  • 早尚 【ソウショウ】 prematurity

Kun reading compounds

  • 尚 【なお】 still, yet, more, still more, greater, further, as ..., like ..., furthermore, in addition, moreover, note that ...
  • 尚更 【なおさら】 still more, even more, all the more, still less, even less
  • 尚々 【なおなお】 all the more
  • 今なお 【いまなお】 still, even now

Readings

Japanese names:
たか、 たかし、 ないし、 なり、 ひさ、 ひさし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shang4
Korean:
sang

Spanish

  • respetar
  • estimar
  • desear
  • además
  • todavía
  • aún más

Portuguese

  • estima
  • além disso
  • ainda

French

  • de plus
  • en outre
  • encore
  • respecter
  • vénérer
1392 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1612 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1361 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1948 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1225 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
753 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1853 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2009 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1810 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
514 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2774 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1422 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1919 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
187 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7493P Morohashi
2233 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1395 New Nelson (John Haig)
184 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
196 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1165 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1049 2001 Kanji
3n5.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
3-5-3 SKIP code
9022.7 Four corner code
1-30-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c1a Unicode hex code

2 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
person
Kun:
ひと-り-と
On:
ジンニン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
5 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 人 【ジン】 -ian (e.g. Italian), -ite (e.g. Tokyoite), -er (e.g. performer, etc.), person working with ..., man, person, people
  • 人為 【ジンイ】 human work, human agency, art, artificiality
  • 米人 【ベイジン】 American person
  • 俳人 【ハイジン】 haiku poet
  • 人 【ニン】 counter for people
  • 人気 【ニンキ】 popularity, public favor, condition (e.g. market), tone, character, nature
  • 同人 【ドウジン】 same person, said person, the person in question, coterie, clique, fraternity, kindred spirits, comrade, colleague, dōjin, doujin, Japanese fans or hobbyists who produce their own magazines, manga, software, etc.
  • 代人 【ダイニン】 substitute, deputy, proxy, representative, agent

Kun reading compounds

  • 人 【ひと】 person, someone, somebody, human beings, mankind, man, people, humans, human (Homo sapiens), (other) people, others, character, personality, nature, capable person, competent person, suitable person, right person, adult, grown-up, I, me, one
  • 人一倍 【ひといちばい】 (much) more than others, exceedingly, extremely, unusually
  • 貴人 【きじん】 aristocrat, nobleman, dignitary, person of high rank
  • いい人 【いいひと】 good-natured person, good person, (one's) lover, boyfriend, girlfriend

Readings

Japanese names:
じ、 と、 ね、 ひこ、 ふみ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ren2
Korean:
in

Spanish

  • persona

Portuguese

  • pessoa

French

  • être humain
  • personne
30 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
39 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
39 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
9 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
339 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
14 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.5 Japanese for Busy People
1 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
15 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
42 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4175 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2111 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2857 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
960 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
344 Morohashi
3368 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
99 New Nelson (John Haig)
951 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1023 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
7 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1262 2001 Kanji
2a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-2-4 SKIP code
8000.0 Four corner code
1-31-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4eba Unicode hex code