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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  • 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

精

14 strokes
Radical:
rice 米
Parts:
二 亠 土 月 米 青
refined, ghost, fairy, energy, vitality, semen, excellence, purity, skill
Kun:
しら.げる、 くわ.しい
On:
セイ、 ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
752 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 精 【セイ】 spirit, sprite, nymph, energy, vigor (vigour), strength, fine details, semen
  • 精鋭 【セイエイ】 elite, best, pick, cream of the crop
  • 体外受精 【タイガイジュセイ】 in vitro fertilization, in vitro fertilisation, IVF
  • 受精 【ジュセイ】 fertilization, fertilisation, impregnation, pollination, insemination
  • 精霊 【ショウリョウ】 spirit of the deceased
  • 精進 【ショウジン】 concentration, diligence, devotion, asceticism, zeal in one's quest for enlightenment, adherence to a vegetarian diet
  • 無精 【ブショウ】 indolence, laziness, sloth
  • 水晶 【スイショウ】 (rock) crystal, high purity quartz

Kun reading compounds

  • 精げる 【しらげる】 to polish (rice), to refine, to purify
  • 詳しい 【くわしい】 detailed, full, minute, knowing very well, knowledgeable (about), well-acquainted (with), well-informed (about), familiar (with)

Readings

Japanese names:
きよ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jing1
Korean:
jeong

Spanish

  • refinar
  • purificar
  • preciso
  • detallado
  • vigor
  • energía
  • espíritu
  • esencia

Portuguese

  • refinado
  • fantasma
  • fada
  • energia
  • vitalidade
  • sêmen
  • excelência
  • pureza
  • habilidade

French

  • raffiné
  • fantôme
  • féérique
  • énergie
  • vitalité
  • sperme
  • excellence
  • pureté
  • habileté
647 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
748 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
725 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
672 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3480 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
457 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
806 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2131 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
659 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
670 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
877 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1500 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1729 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
924 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1248 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1549 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
26997P Morohashi
1366 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4411 New Nelson (John Haig)
1535 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1655 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
439 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
792 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1046 2001 Kanji
6b8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-8 SKIP code
9592.7 Four corner code
1-32-26 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7cbe Unicode hex code

密

11 strokes
Radical:
roof 宀
Parts:
丶 ノ 宀 山 心
secrecy, density (pop), minuteness, carefulness
Kun:
ひそ.か
On:
ミツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
815 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 密 【ミツ】 dense, thick, crowded, close (relationship), intimate, minute, fine, careful, secret, esoteric Buddhism, secret Buddhist teachings
  • 密度 【ミツド】 density
  • 濃密 【ノウミツ】 thick, dense, rich (as in taste or content), deep (colour), strong (smell, scent), crowded
  • 細密 【サイミツ】 detailed knowledge, finely detailed

Kun reading compounds

  • 密か 【ひそか】 secret, private, surreptitious
  • 密か事 【みそかごと】 secret, private matter, amorous affair, liaison

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mi4
Korean:
mil

Spanish

  • denso
  • concentrado
  • minucioso
  • preciso
  • en secreto

Portuguese

  • segredo
  • densidade
  • pormenor
  • cuidado

French

  • secret
  • densité (population)
  • minutieux
  • consciencieux
990 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
978 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
858 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1316 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1118 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1214 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1713 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
806 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
822 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1103 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
489 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2857 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1474 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1984 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
782 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7205 Morohashi
2292 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1343 New Nelson (John Haig)
775 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
837 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
933 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
776 2001 Kanji
3m8.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-8 SKIP code
3077.2 Four corner code
1-44-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5bc6 Unicode hex code

宝

8 strokes
Radical:
roof 宀
Parts:
丶 宀 王
Variants:
寶 寳 寚
treasure, wealth, valuables
Kun:
たから
On:
ホウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1139 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 宝飾 【ホウショク】 jewels and ornaments, jewelry, jewellery
  • 宝庫 【ホウコ】 treasury, treasure house, storehouse, repository, treasure trove, rich source (of)
  • 人間国宝 【ニンゲンコクホウ】 living national treasure
  • 至宝 【シホウ】 greatest treasure, most valuable asset, pride (of)

Kun reading compounds

  • 宝 【たから】 treasure
  • 宝くじ 【たからくじ】 lottery, lottery ticket
  • お宝 【おたから】 treasure, precious article, valuable possession, thing one treasures, picture of a treasure ship, money, cash
  • 正直は一生の宝 【しょうじきはいっしょうのたから】 honesty is the best policy

Readings

Japanese names:
ほ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bao3
Korean:
bo

Spanish

  • tesoro
  • bienes de valor

Portuguese

  • tesouro
  • riqueza
  • valores

French

  • trésor
  • richesses
  • objets de valeur
983 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
971 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
661 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1293 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
981 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
465 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
676 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
296 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
296 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
576 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
474 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2764 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1415 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1910 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
263 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7122 Morohashi
2224 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1320 New Nelson (John Haig)
257 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
273 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
874 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
772 2001 Kanji
3m5.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
3010.3 Four corner code
1-42-85 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5b9d Unicode hex code

石

5 strokes
Radical:
stone 石
Parts:
口 石
stone
Kun:
いし
On:
セキ、 シャク、 コク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N3
342 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 石 【セキ】 counter for jewels in a watch, counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
  • 石材 【セキザイ】 (building) stone
  • 一石 【イッセキ】 one game (of go)
  • 投石 【トウセキ】 stone throwing
  • 石神 【シャクジン】 stone which is worshipped, image of a god in stone
  • 石南花 【シャクナゲ】 rhododendron
  • 電磁石 【デンジシャク】 electromagnet
  • 界磁石 【カイジシャク】 field magnet
  • 石 【コク】 koku, traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres, measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
  • 石高 【コクダカ】 (crop) yield, stipend (orig. assessed on the basis of a crop), salary
  • 一石 【イッコク】 one koku (measure)

Kun reading compounds

  • 石 【いし】 stone, jewel, precious stone, flint (in a lighter), stone, stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.), calculus
  • 石垣 【いしがき】 stone wall
  • 墓石 【ぼせき】 tombstone, gravestone
  • 敷石 【しきいし】 paving stone, pavement

Readings

Japanese names:
いさ、 いす、 いわ、 し、 せっく、 と
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi2, dan4
Korean:
seog

Spanish

  • piedra

Portuguese

  • pedra

French

  • pierre
44 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
72 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
45 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
276 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3176 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
102 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
763 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
172 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
78 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
78 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
102 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1397 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3689 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1884 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2564 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
114 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24024 Morohashi
2971 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3985 New Nelson (John Haig)
113 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
118 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
347 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
44 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3377 2001 Kanji
5a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-3 SKIP code
1026.0 Four corner code
1060.0 Four corner code
1-32-48 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
77f3 Unicode hex code