Jisho

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信

9 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
化 言
Variants:
訫
faith, truth, fidelity, trust
On:
シン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
208 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 信 【シン】 honesty, sincerity, fidelity, trust, reliance, confidence, (religious) faith, devotion, counter for received messages
  • 信金 【シンキン】 credit union
  • 配信 【ハイシン】 distribution (of information, news, etc.), broadcast, delivery, transmission, streaming (over the Internet)
  • 外信 【ガイシン】 external communication

Readings

Japanese names:
し、 しが、 しな、 しの、 しぶ、 とき、 のび、 のぶ、 まこと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xin4, shen1
Korean:
sin

Spanish

  • confianza
  • sinceridad
  • información
  • verdad

Portuguese

  • fé
  • verdade
  • fidelidade
  • confiança

French

  • foi
  • vérité
  • fidélité
  • confiance
  • communication
437 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
544 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
513 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
198 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
454 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
149 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
320 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
782 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
157 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
157 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
640 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
97 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
115 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
75 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
84 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
978 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
707 Morohashi
100 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
221 New Nelson (John Haig)
969 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1043 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
181 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
527 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2177 2001 Kanji
2a7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-7 SKIP code
2026.1 Four corner code
1-31-14 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4fe1 Unicode hex code

頼

16 strokes
Radical:
leaf 頁
Parts:
｜ ハ 口 木 目 貝 頁
trust, request
Kun:
たの.む、 たの.もしい、 たよ.る
On:
ライ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
708 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 頼信紙 【ライシンシ】 telegram form, telegram blank
  • 無頼 【ブライ】 villainous, rascally, knavish, independent, self-reliant
  • 市井無頼 【シセイブライ】 urban villain, street hoodlum

Kun reading compounds

  • 頼む 【たのむ】 to request, to beg, to ask, to call, to order, to reserve, to entrust to, to rely on, please, please do
  • 頼むから 【たのむから】 please!, I'm asking you, for heaven's sake
  • 頼もしい 【たのもしい】 reliable, dependable, trustworthy, reassuring, hopeful, promising
  • 頼る 【たよる】 to rely on, to depend on, to count on, to turn to (for help)

Readings

Japanese names:
よち、 より
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lai4
Korean:
roe

Spanish

  • solicitud
  • petición
  • solicitar
  • pedir
  • de confianza
  • confiar en
  • depender de

Portuguese

  • confiança
  • solicitação

French

  • confiance
  • demande
1889 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
706 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5129 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1172 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1009 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2506 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1512 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1613 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
572 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1890 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2041 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1075 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1458 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1681 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
43529P Morohashi
1615 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6635 New Nelson (John Haig)
1665 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1794 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1864 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1561 2001 Kanji
9a7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-9 SKIP code
5198.6 Four corner code
1-45-74 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
983c Unicode hex code

性

8 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
忙 生
sex, gender, nature
Kun:
さが
On:
セイ、 ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
104 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 性 【セイ】 nature (of a person), sex, gender, sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.), gender, -ty, -ity, -ness, -cy
  • 性格 【セイカク】 character (of a person), personality, disposition, nature, characteristics, nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
  • 耐性 【タイセイ】 resistance (e.g. to antibiotics), tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
  • 社会性 【シャカイセイ】 sociality
  • 性 【ショウ】 nature, disposition, temperament, character, quality, that which does not change according to external influences
  • 性根 【ショウネ】 nature, character, disposition
  • 冷え性 【ヒエショウ】 sensitivity to cold
  • 凝り性 【コリショウ】 tendency to become totally absorbed in something, monomania, perfectionism, fastidiousness, meticulousness, susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders

Kun reading compounds

  • 性 【さが】 one's nature, one's destiny, custom, tradition, habit, convention

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xing4
Korean:
seong

Spanish

  • sexo
  • género
  • naturaleza
  • temperamento

Portuguese

  • sexo
  • gênero
  • natureza

French

  • sexe
  • genre
  • nature
  • propriétés
645 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
745 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
723 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
199 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1666 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
280 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
535 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
564 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
98 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
98 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
421 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
811 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
357 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
222 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
266 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1572 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10478 Morohashi
299 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1822 New Nelson (John Haig)
1558 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1679 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
119 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
690 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1172 2001 Kanji
4k5.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
1-1-7 SKIP code
9501.0 Four corner code
1-32-13 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6027 Unicode hex code

工

3 strokes
Radical:
work 工
Parts:
工
craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
On:
コウ、 ク、 グ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
299 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 工 【コウ】 (factory) worker
  • 工員 【コウイン】 factory worker
  • 起工 【キコウ】 setting to work
  • 商工 【ショウコウ】 commerce and industry
  • 工夫 【クフウ】 devising (a way), contriving, inventing, thinking up, figuring out, coming up with, working out, device, design, idea, plan, invention, dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
  • 工面 【クメン】 contrivance, managing (to raise money), one's financial condition
  • 竹細工 【タケザイク】 bamboo work, bamboo ware
  • 寄せ木細工 【ヨセギザイク】 wooden mosaic work, parquetry, wooden mosaic (e.g. on a piece of furniture), marquetry, marqueterie
  • 具合 【グアイ】 condition, state, health, state (of health), way, manner, circumstance, luck, face, dignity, decency, propriety
  • 工面 【クメン】 contrivance, managing (to raise money), one's financial condition

Readings

Japanese names:
もく
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gong1
Korean:
gong

Spanish

  • construcción
  • fabricación
  • obrero

Portuguese

  • ofício
  • construção

French

  • ingénierie
  • industrie
  • construction
  • radical katakana E (no. 48)
71 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
125 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
113 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
169 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1451 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
77 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
161 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
39 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.16 Japanese for Busy People
139 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
139 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
379 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
550 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4190 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2118 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2866 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
76 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8714 Morohashi
3381 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1532 New Nelson (John Haig)
76 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
80 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
173 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
84 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3172 2001 Kanji
0a3.6 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-1 SKIP code
1010.0 Four corner code
1-25-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5de5 Unicode hex code

学

8 strokes
Radical:
child, seed 子
Parts:
冖 子 尚
Variants:
學 斈 斅
study, learning, science
Kun:
まな.ぶ
On:
ガク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
63 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 学 【ガク】 learning, scholarship, study, erudition, knowledge, education, study of ..., -ology, -ics
  • 学位 【ガクイ】 (academic) degree
  • 短期大学 【タンキダイガク】 junior college, vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution
  • 法医学 【ホウイガク】 forensic medicine, forensic pathology, medical jurisprudence, legal medicine

Kun reading compounds

  • 学ぶ 【まなぶ】 to learn, to study, to take lessons in

Readings

Japanese names:
たか、 のり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xue2
Korean:
hag

Spanish

  • estudio
  • aprendizaje
  • ciencia
  • estudiar

Portuguese

  • estudo
  • aprendizagem
  • ciência

French

  • étudier
  • apprendre
  • science
57 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
45 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
10 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
33 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1271 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
66 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
44 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
719 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.9 Japanese for Busy People
109 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
109 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
50 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
460 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3162 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1625 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2211 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
330 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6974 Morohashi
2555 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1294 New Nelson (John Haig)
324 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
346 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
15 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
71 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
947 2001 Kanji
3n4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-3 SKIP code
2-3-4 SKIP code
2-5-2 SKIP code
2-3-5 SKIP code
3240.7 Four corner code
9040.7 Four corner code
1-19-56 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5b66 Unicode hex code