Jisho

×

並

8 strokes
Radical:
one 一
Parts:
一 ｜ 二 并
Variants:
竝 傡
row, and, besides, as well as, line up, rank with, rival, equal
Kun:
な.み、 なみ、 なら.べる、 なら.ぶ、 なら.びに
On:
ヘイ、 ホウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
599 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 併用 【ヘイヨウ】 combined use, using together (with), using jointly, using at the same time
  • 並行 【ヘイコウ】 going side-by-side, going abreast, running concurrently, occurring at the same time, keeping pace with

Kun reading compounds

  • 並 【なみ】 average, medium, common, ordinary, mid-grade (item), regular grade, same level as, equal to, equivalent to, on par with, each (e.g. month), every, row of (teeth, houses, etc.), line of
  • 並木 【なみき】 roadside trees, row of trees
  • 足並み 【あしなみ】 pace, step
  • 軒並み 【のきなみ】 row of houses, every house, each house, every door, all, totally, altogether, across the board
  • 並 【なみ】 average, medium, common, ordinary, mid-grade (item), regular grade, same level as, equal to, equivalent to, on par with, each (e.g. month), every, row of (teeth, houses, etc.), line of
  • 並木 【なみき】 roadside trees, row of trees
  • 足並み 【あしなみ】 pace, step
  • 軒並み 【のきなみ】 row of houses, every house, each house, every door, all, totally, altogether, across the board
  • 並べる 【ならべる】 to line up, to set up, to arrange in a line, to enumerate, to itemize, to be equal (to), to compare well (with), to be as good (as)
  • 並ぶ 【ならぶ】 to line up, to stand in a line, to rival, to match, to equal
  • 並びに 【ならびに】 and (also), both ... and, as well as

Readings

Japanese names:
なび
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bing4
Korean:
byeong

Spanish

  • alinear
  • corriente
  • normal
  • ordinario
  • alinearse
  • estar alineado

Portuguese

  • fila
  • e
  • além disso
  • assim como
  • faz fila
  • classifica com
  • rival
  • igual

French

  • rangée
  • et
  • en outre
  • de plus
  • faire la queue
  • mettre en rang
  • rival
  • égal
977 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1775 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
716 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
589 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
998 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
287 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
765 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.6 Japanese for Busy People
1165 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1222 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
221 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
764 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2793 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1436 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1936 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1802 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
54 Morohashi
2246 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
24 New Nelson (John Haig)
1785 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1924 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
873 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
974 2001 Kanji
2o6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
2-2-6 SKIP code
8010.2 Four corner code
1-42-34 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e26 Unicode hex code

木

4 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
木
tree, wood
Kun:
き、 こ-
On:
ボク、 モク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
317 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 木刀 【ボクトウ】 wooden sword
  • 木偶 【デク】 wooden doll, wooden figure, puppet, blockhead, good-for-nothing, fool
  • 土木 【ドボク】 engineering works, civil engineering, public works
  • 名木 【メイボク】 old tree of historical interest, excellent wood, precious woods, choice wood
  • 木 【モク】 Thursday, wood (first of the five elements)
  • 木材 【モクザイ】 lumber, timber, wood
  • 水木 【スイモク】 Wednesday and Thursday
  • 火水木 【カスイモク】 Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

Kun reading compounds

  • 木 【き】 tree, shrub, bush, wood, timber, wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
  • 木々 【きぎ】 (many) trees, every tree, all kinds of trees
  • 本木 【もとき】 original stock
  • 青木 【あおき】 Japanese laurel (Aucuba japonica), spotted laurel, lush, green tree

Readings

Japanese names:
ぐ、 も、 もと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mu4
Korean:
mog, mo

Spanish

  • árbol
  • madera

Portuguese

  • árvore
  • madeira

French

  • arbre
  • bois (matière)
15 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
17 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
69 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
148 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2170 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
17 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
60 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
109 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
22 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
22 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
20 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1045 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4261 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2149 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2901 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
199 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14415 Morohashi
3450 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2531 New Nelson (John Haig)
195 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
207 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
255 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
36 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1864 2001 Kanji
4a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-3 SKIP code
4090.0 Four corner code
1-44-58 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6728 Unicode hex code

所

8 strokes
Radical:
door, house 戶 (户, 戸)
Parts:
一 尸 戸 斤
place, extent
Kun:
ところ、 -ところ、 どころ、 とこ
On:
ショ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
221 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 所 【ショ】 counter for places
  • 署員 【ショイン】 staff member, station employee, official
  • 高所 【コウショ】 high place, high ground, height, (high) altitude, elevation, broad (point of) view
  • 随所 【ズイショ】 everywhere, all over the place, here and there, at every turn

Kun reading compounds

  • 所 【ところ】 place, spot, scene, site, address, district, area, locality, one's house, point, aspect, side, facet, passage (in text), part, space, room, thing, matter, whereupon, as a result, about to, on the verge of, was just doing, was in the process of doing, have just done, just finished doing, approximately, around, about
  • 所が 【ところが】 even so, however, still, whereupon, even though, nevertheless, on the contrary, as a matter of fact, despite
  • 一所 【いっしょ】 one place, the same place, one person, together
  • 痛いところ 【いたいところ】 one's weak point, one's sore spot, raw nerve
  • 所か 【どころか】 far from, anything but, not at all ... but rather ..., not ..., on the contrary, ..., instead of, rather than, let alone, to say nothing of, not to mention, much less, not only ... (but also ...)
  • 所じゃない 【どころじゃない】 not the time for, not the place for, far from, anything but, ... is out of the question, ... isn't the word for it
  • 大所 【おおどころ】 wealthy family, important person, bigwig
  • 居所 【いどころ】 whereabouts, address, place of temporary residence
  • 所 【ところ】 place, spot, scene, site, address, district, area, locality, one's house, point, aspect, side, facet, passage (in text), part, space, room, thing, matter, whereupon, as a result, about to, on the verge of, was just doing, was in the process of doing, have just done, just finished doing, approximately, around, about
  • 所が 【ところが】 even so, however, still, whereupon, even though, nevertheless, on the contrary, as a matter of fact, despite
  • 早いとこ 【はやいとこ】 promptly, quickly
  • 僕んとこ 【ぼくんとこ】 at my place

Readings

Japanese names:
せ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
suo3
Korean:
so

Spanish

  • lugar

Portuguese

  • Lugar

French

  • lieu
246 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
328 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
312 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
107 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1821 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
137 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
177 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
600 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
153 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
153 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
149 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
843 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1056 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
568 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
752 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1137 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11715X Morohashi
851 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2054 New Nelson (John Haig)
1127 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1208 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
129 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
305 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3054 2001 Kanji
4m4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
3222.1 Four corner code
7222.1 Four corner code
1-29-74 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6240 Unicode hex code

沢

7 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
丶 尸 汁
Variants:
澤
swamp, marsh, brilliance, grace
Kun:
さわ、 うるお.い、 うるお.す、 つや
On:
タク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
296 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 沢 【タク】 blessing, grace, favour, favor, benefit
  • 沢山 【タクサン】 a lot, lots, plenty, many, a large number, much, a great deal, a good deal, enough, sufficient, enough, too many, too much
  • 沼沢 【ショウタク】 marsh, swamp, bog
  • 恵沢 【ケイタク】 blessing, pity, favor, favour, benefit

Kun reading compounds

  • 沢 【さわ】 mountain stream, valley, dale, wetlands, swamp, marsh
  • 沢地 【さわち】 marshy land

Readings

Japanese names:
おも、 さ、 さわん、 わさ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ze2
Korean:
taeg, seog

Spanish

  • pantano
  • brillo
  • beneficio
  • muchos

Portuguese

  • brejo

French

  • marais
  • ruisseau de montagne
  • abondance
1552 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
403 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2503 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
908 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1462 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
404 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
994 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1031 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1395 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1164 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
313 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
201 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
238 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1081 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17234 Morohashi
267 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3062 New Nelson (John Haig)
1072 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1153 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
442 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1137 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
362 2001 Kanji
3a4.18 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-4 SKIP code
3718.7 Four corner code
1-34-84 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6ca2 Unicode hex code

市

5 strokes
Radical:
turban, scarf 巾
Parts:
亠 巾
market, city, town
Kun:
いち
On:
シ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
42 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 市 【シ】 city
  • 市営 【シエイ】 (under) municipal management (transport, housing, etc.), city facility management
  • 同市 【ドウシ】 same city
  • 田園都市 【デンエントシ】 garden city

Kun reading compounds

  • 市 【いち】 market, fair
  • 市中 【しちゅう】 in the city, in the community
  • 骨董市 【こっとういち】 antique market, flea market
  • 草市 【くさいち】 flower market during Obon, fair of plants and flowers (as offerings)

Readings

Japanese names:
い、 ち
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi4
Korean:
si

Spanish

  • mercado
  • ciudad

Portuguese

  • mercado
  • cidade

French

  • marché
  • ville
  • cité
222 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
144 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
130 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
78 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
284 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
119 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
162 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
195 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.4 Japanese for Busy People
181 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
181 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
547 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
556 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2487 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1258 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1724 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
419 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8775 Morohashi
1993 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1549 New Nelson (John Haig)
412 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
440 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
305 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
109 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
444 2001 Kanji
2j3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-3 SKIP code
4-4-3 SKIP code
0022.7 Four corner code
1-27-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e02 Unicode hex code