Jisho

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借

10 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
二 化 廾 日
borrow, rent
Kun:
か.りる
On:
シャク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N4
932 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 借家 【シャクヤ】 rented house, house for rent
  • 借地 【シャクチ】 leased land
  • 賃借 【チンシャク】 renting, rental, hiring, leasing (from)
  • 賃貸借 【チンタイシャク】 renting, leasing

Kun reading compounds

  • 借りる 【かりる】 to borrow, to have a loan, to rent, to hire
  • 借りる時の地蔵顔、済す時の閻魔顔 【かりるときのじぞうがお、なすときのえんまがお】 people look friendly when they ask for a loan but not so much when they repay it, when borrowing (the money), the face of the (bodhisattva) Kshitigarbha; when returning it, the face of the (hell king) Yama

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jie4
Korean:
cha, jeog

Spanish

  • deuda
  • pedir prestado
  • alquilar

Portuguese

  • pedir emprestado
  • aluguel

French

  • emprunter
  • louer
420 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
530 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
502 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
996 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
490 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
471 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
119 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1032 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.19 Japanese for Busy People
766 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
780 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
182 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
106 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
137 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
91 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
104 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1194 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
781 Morohashi
122 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
259 New Nelson (John Haig)
1186 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1270 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
547 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2178 2001 Kanji
2a8.22 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-8 SKIP code
2426.1 Four corner code
1-28-58 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
501f Unicode hex code

金

8 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
个 ハ 并 王 金
gold
Kun:
かね、 かな-、 -がね
On:
キン、 コン、 ゴン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
53 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 金 【キン】 gold (metal), gold (color), gold (medal), first place (prize), something of great value, something golden (e.g. silence), money, gold coin, sum (of money), Friday, karat (measure of purity of gold), carat, metal (fourth phase of Wu Xing), Jin dynasty (of China; 1115-1234), Chin dynasty, Jurchen dynasty, gold general, testicles
  • 金色 【キンイロ】 gold (colour, color)
  • 集金 【シュウキン】 money collection
  • 納金 【ノウキン】 payment
  • 金色 【キンイロ】 gold (colour, color)
  • 金剛 【コンゴウ】 vajra (indestructible substance), diamond, adamantine, thunderbolt, Indra's weapon, Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth
  • 鬱金 【ウコン】 turmeric (Curcuma domestica)
  • 葛鬱金 【クズウコン】 arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea)
  • 漉油 【コシアブラ】 Acanthopanax sciadophylloides (species of flowering plant related to the aralias)

Kun reading compounds

  • 金 【かね】 money, metal
  • 金持ち 【かねもち】 rich person
  • 細かい金 【こまかいかね】 small change
  • 汚れた金 【よごれたかね】 dirty money

Readings

Japanese names:
かん、 きむ、 こ、 この、 ん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jin1
Korean:
gim, geum

Spanish

  • oro
  • dinero
  • metal

Portuguese

  • ouro

French

  • or
16 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
18 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
14 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
59 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4815 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
18 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
94 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
664 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
23 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
23 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
21 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1808 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2552 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1302 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1771 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
275 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40152 Morohashi
2057 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6211 New Nelson (John Haig)
269 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
287 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
79 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
72 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2872 2001 Kanji
8a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-6 SKIP code
8010.9 Four corner code
1-22-66 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
91d1 Unicode hex code

地

6 strokes
Radical:
earth 土
Parts:
土 也
ground, earth
On:
チ、 ジ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
40 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 地 【チ】 earth, ground, land, soil, place, territory, bottom (of a package, book, etc.), earth (one of the five elements)
  • 地位 【チイ】 (social) position, status, standing, position (in a company, organization, etc.), post, rank
  • 奥地 【オクチ】 interior, backwoods, hinterland, back regions
  • 対地 【タイチ】 ground to ground
  • 地 【ジ】 ground, land, earth, soil, the region in question, the local area, skin, texture, fabric, material, weave, base, background, one's true nature, narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story), real life, actuality, captured territory, noh chorus, accompaniment music (in Japanese dance), basic phrase (in Japanese music; usu. repetitive), base part (of multiple shamisens)
  • 地合い 【ジアイ】 texture (cloth, fabric, paper), market tone, undertone, balance between the position of white and black stones
  • 下地 【シタジ】 groundwork, foundation, inclination, aptitude, elementary knowledge (of), grounding (in), undercoat, first coat, soy sauce
  • 築地 【ツイジ】 mud wall with a roof, roofed mud wall

Readings

Japanese names:
どま
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
di4, de5
Korean:
ji

Spanish

  • suelo
  • tierra
  • terreno
  • posición

Portuguese

  • terra
  • chão

French

  • sol
  • terre
111 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
184 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
167 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
40 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1056 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
143 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
143 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
241 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
118 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
118 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
146 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
367 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
236 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
152 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
181 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
521 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4890 Morohashi
204 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
976 New Nelson (John Haig)
515 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
554 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
45 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
130 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1456 2001 Kanji
3b3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-3 SKIP code
4411.2 Four corner code
1-35-47 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5730 Unicode hex code

獄

14 strokes
Radical:
dog 犬 (犭)
Parts:
犯 犬 言
prison, jail
On:
ゴク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1529 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 獄 【ゴク】 jail, gaol, prison
  • 獄中 【ゴクチュウ】 during imprisonment, while in jail
  • 監獄 【カンゴク】 prison
  • 疑獄 【ギゴク】 bribery scandal, graft case

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yu4
Korean:
og

Spanish

  • prisión
  • cárcel

Portuguese

  • prisão
  • cadeia

French

  • prison
1274 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1644 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2906 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1219 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1530 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
884 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
905 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1518 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1309 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
872 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
501 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
644 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
344 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
20603 Morohashi
712 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3602 New Nelson (John Haig)
338 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
361 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1717 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2963 2001 Kanji
3g11.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-11 SKIP code
4323.4 Four corner code
1-25-86 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7344 Unicode hex code