Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
second 乛 (乙, ⺄, 乚)
Parts:
Variants:
tortoise, turtle
Kun:
かめ
On:
キュウキン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1353 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 亀裂 【キレツ】 crack, crevice, fissure, chap, rift
  • 亀甲 【キッコウ】 tortoise shell
  • 霊亀 【レイキ】 mysterious turtle (an omen of good luck), Reiki era (715.9.2-717.11.17)
  • 宝亀 【ホウキ】 Hōki era (770.10.1-781.1.1)

Kun reading compounds

  • 亀 【かめ】 tortoise, turtle, heavy drinker, turtle crest, turtle mon
  • 亀綾 【かめあや】 high-quality glossy white habutai silk, raw silk twill fabric with fine diamond pattern
  • お亀 【おかめ】 homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks), plain woman, soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.
  • 出歯亀 【でばかめ】 voyeur, Peeping Tom

Readings

Japanese names:
ひさ、 ひさし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gui1, jun1, qiu1
Korean:
gwi, gyun

Spanish

  • tortuga

Portuguese

French

  • tortue
1288 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5445 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1921 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1531 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2284 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1889 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2637 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1346 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1826 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
540 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
210 Morohashi
2128 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
62 New Nelson (John Haig)
534 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
573 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2n9.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-9 SKIP code
4-11-4 SKIP code
2771.6 Four corner code
1-21-21 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e80 Unicode hex code

23 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
Variants:
specimen, take warning from, learn from
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1391 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 鑑賞 【カンショウ】 appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
  • 監査 【カンサ】 inspection, audit, judgement, judgment
  • 印鑑 【インカン】 stamp, seal
  • 名鑑 【メイカン】 directory, list

Kun reading compounds

  • 鑑みる 【かんがみる】 to take into account, to bear in mind, to consider, to learn from, to take warning from
  • 鑑 【かがみ】 model, pattern, paragon, exemplar
  • 手鑑 【てかがみ】 collection of handwriting (usu. old), model, example
  • 武士の鑑 【ぶしのかがみ】 paragon of knighthood

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 あきら
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian4
Korean:
gam

Spanish

  • ejemplo
  • modelo
  • sello
  • discernir

Portuguese

  • espécime
  • se precaver
  • aprender o

French

  • échantillon
  • être mis en garde
  • apprendre de
1117 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1171 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4924 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1310 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1860 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2968 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1664 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1778 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1608 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1836 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2226 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1160 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1580 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1467 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40988 Morohashi
1773 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6361 New Nelson (John Haig)
1455 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1564 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1945 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2874 2001 Kanji
8a15.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-15 SKIP code
1-8-14 SKIP code
8811.7 Four corner code
1-20-53 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9451 Unicode hex code