Jisho

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5 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
66 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 代 【ダイ】 charge, cost, price, generation, age, (school) year, cohort, reign, era, a representative of, on behalf of, for (someone), switchboard number, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.), proxy application company, pronoun
  • 代官 【ダイカン】 local governor (Edo period), local magistrate, bailiff, deputy official (Middle Ages), acting administrator
  • 大時代 【オオジダイ】 old-fashioned, antiquated, anachronistic
  • 次代 【ジダイ】 the next era
  • 代謝 【タイシャ】 metabolism, renewal, regeneration, replacing the old with the new
  • 代赭 【タイシャ】 red ocher (ochre)
  • 永代 【エイタイ】 permanence, eternity
  • 希代 【キタイ】 uncommon, rare, extraordinary, matchless

Kun reading compounds

  • 替わる 【かわる】 to succeed, to relieve, to replace, to take the place of, to substitute for, to take over for, to represent, to hand over (telephone), to be exchanged, to change (places with), to switch
  • 代わる代わる 【かわるがわる】 alternately, by turns
  • 替わる 【かわる】 to succeed, to relieve, to replace, to take the place of, to substitute for, to take over for, to represent, to hand over (telephone), to be exchanged, to change (places with), to switch
  • 代わる代わる 【かわるがわる】 alternately, by turns
  • 代わり 【かわり】 substitute, replacement, substituting, replacing, stand-in, proxy, alternate, deputy, relief, successor, compensation, exchange, return, another helping, second helping, seconds, refill, upcoming program, upcoming programme
  • 変わり目 【かわりめ】 turning point, change, transition, turn (of the tide, century, etc.), point of difference
  • 代わり 【かわり】 substitute, replacement, substituting, replacing, stand-in, proxy, alternate, deputy, relief, successor, compensation, exchange, return, another helping, second helping, seconds, refill, upcoming program, upcoming programme
  • 変わり目 【かわりめ】 turning point, change, transition, turn (of the tide, century, etc.), point of difference
  • 替える 【かえる】 to replace, to convert, to change, to exchange, to interchange, to renew, to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
  • 世 【よ】 world, society, public, life, lifetime, age, era, period, epoch, generation, reign, rule, the times, world (of existence)
  • 代々 【よよ】 for generations, from generation to generation, generation after generation, through the ages
  • 千代 【ちよ】 thousand years, very long period, forever
  • 君が代 【きみがよ】 Imperial reign, Kimigayo (Japanese national anthem)
  • 代 【しろ】 substitution, material, price, margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.), area required for something, shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
  • 代物 【しろもの】 article, goods, product, fine thing, fellow, affair, stuff, prostitute, price, cost, money
  • 地代 【ちだい】 land rent
  • 阿代 【あしろ】 Ophidion asiro (species of cusk eel)

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dai4
Korean:
dae

Spanish

  • generación
  • reinado
  • sustituir
  • reemplazar
  • relevar

Portuguese

  • substituto
  • mudança
  • convertido
  • repor
  • período
  • idade
  • geração
  • carga
  • valor
  • taxa

French

  • substituer
  • changer
  • convertir
  • remplacer
  • période
  • âge
  • ère
  • génération
  • montant d'argent
  • taux
  • prix
  • redevance
463 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
358 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
338 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
68 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
364 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
85 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
111 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
125 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.10 Japanese for Busy People
256 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
256 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
413 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
61 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
34 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
18 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
18 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1014 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
386 Morohashi
30 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
125 New Nelson (John Haig)
1005 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1080 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
87 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
257 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2156 2001 Kanji
2a3.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-3 SKIP code
2324.0 Four corner code
1-34-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4ee3 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
tree, wood
Kun:
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

2 strokes
Radical:
eight
Parts:
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
Kun:
や.つやっ.つよう
On:
ハチハツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
92 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 八 【ハチ】 eight, 8
  • 8月 【ハチガツ】 August, eighth month of the lunar calendar
  • 十八 【ジュウハチ】 eighteen, 18
  • 尺八 【シャクハチ】 shakuhachi, end-blown fippleless bamboo flute, blow job, fellatio
  • 鳶尾 【イチハツ】 wall iris, roof iris, Iris tectorum, fleur-de-lis

Kun reading compounds

  • 八 【はち】 eight, 8
  • 八重 【やえ】 multilayered, doubled
  • 八つ 【やっつ】 eight, eight years of age, two o'clock (old time system)
  • 八つ当たり 【やつあたり】 venting one's anger (on someone or something), taking out one's anger on
  • 八つ 【やっつ】 eight, eight years of age, two o'clock (old time system)
  • 8日 【ようか】 8th day of the month, eight days

Readings

Japanese names:
な、 は、 はっ、 やち、 やつ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ba1, ba2
Korean:
pal

Spanish

  • ocho
  • 8

Portuguese

  • Oito

French

  • huit
  • radical huit (no. 12)
8 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
8 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
66 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
41 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
577 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
10 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
18 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
19 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
10 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
10 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
8 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
151 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3644 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1859 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2536 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
8 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1450 Morohashi
3 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
369 New Nelson (John Haig)
8 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
8 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
116 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
4 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2062 2001 Kanji
2o0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-1-1 SKIP code
8000.0 Four corner code
1-40-12 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
516b Unicode hex code

15 strokes
Radical:
turban, scarf
Parts:
flag
Kun:
はた
On:
マンハンバンホン
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
1948 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 八幡 【ハチマン】 Hachiman (God of War), Hachiman shrine, certainly
  • 南無八幡 【ナムハチマン】 O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy
  • 幡 【バン】 pataka (banner)
  • 黄幡 【オウバン】 Ōban, one of the eight gods of the traditional calendar
  • 幢幡 【ドウバン】 hanging-banner used as ornament in Buddhist temples

Kun reading compounds

  • 旗 【はた】 flag, pataka (banner), banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
  • 幢 【はたほこ】 long-handled Chinese spear bearing a small flag, banner, hanging

Readings

Japanese names:
は、 わた
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fan1
Korean:
beon

Spanish

  • bandera
  • estandarte
  • ondear

Portuguese

French

1159 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1489 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2261 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
891 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
656 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
9086 Morohashi
723 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1584 New Nelson (John Haig)
2232 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2339 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3f12.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-12 SKIP code
4226.9 Four corner code
1-40-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e61 Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
horse
Parts:
Variants:
station
On:
エキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
724 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 駅 【エキ】 railway station, train station, staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan), counter for railway stations and bus stations
  • 駅員 【エキイン】 (train) station attendant, station employee, station staff
  • 宿駅 【シュクエキ】 relay station, post station, stage
  • 終着駅 【シュウチャクエキ】 terminal station

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yi4
Korean:
yeog

Spanish

  • estación

Portuguese

  • estação

French

  • gare
158 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
253 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
233 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
384 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5199 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
189 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
101 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2172 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.12 Japanese for Busy People
284 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
284 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
56 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1915 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2292 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1184 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1618 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2003 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
44633P Morohashi
1822 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6735 New Nelson (John Haig)
1984 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2138 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
426 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3462 2001 Kanji
10a4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-10-4 SKIP code
7738.7 Four corner code
1-17-56 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
99c5 Unicode hex code