Jisho

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前

9 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
一 并 刈 月
in front, before
Kun:
まえ、 -まえ
On:
ゼン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
27 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 前 【ゼン】 last (i.e. immediately preceding), previous, ex-, former, pre- (e.g. premodern), before, before, earlier
  • 前衛 【ゼンエイ】 advance guard, vanguard, avant-garde, forward (player)
  • 中前 【チュウゼン】 front of center field, front of centre field
  • 風前 【フウゼン】 where the wind blows

Kun reading compounds

  • 前 【まえ】 in front (of), before (e.g. a building), before, earlier, previously, prior, ago, (minutes) to (the hour), (the) front, frontal part, fore, head (e.g. of a line), forward, ahead, (in the) presence (of), in front (of someone), previous (e.g. page), prior (e.g. engagement), first (e.g. half), former (e.g. example), portion, helping, front (of one's body or clothing), breast (of a coat, kimono, etc.), privates, private parts, criminal record, previous conviction, (a) prior
  • 前売り 【まえうり】 advance sale, booking
  • 左前 【ひだりまえ】 wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead), going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy), being in a bad financial situation, front left, front and left, before and left
  • 出前 【でまえ】 home delivery (of food), outside catering

Readings

Japanese names:
さき、 さと、 まい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qian2
Korean:
jeon

Spanish

  • antes
  • delante de

Portuguese

  • em frente
  • antes

French

  • devant
  • avant
102 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
177 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
159 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
38 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
595 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
139 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
23 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
921 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
47 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
47 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
29 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
196 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2819 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1453 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1957 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
296 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2011X Morohashi
2266 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
490 New Nelson (John Haig)
290 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
309 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
53 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
182 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
943 2001 Kanji
2o7.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-6 SKIP code
2-2-7 SKIP code
8022.1 Four corner code
1-33-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
524d Unicode hex code

後

9 strokes
Radical:
step 彳
Parts:
夂 幺 彳
behind, back, later
Kun:
のち、 うし.ろ、 うしろ、 あと、 おく.れる
On:
ゴ、 コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
26 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 後 【ゴ】 after
  • 後日 【ゴジツ】 in the future, another day, later
  • 越後 【エチゴ】 Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
  • 終了後 【シュウリョウゴ】 after the end (of something), post-
  • 後援 【コウエン】 support, backing
  • 後遺症 【コウイショウ】 prognostic symptoms, after-effect, sequela
  • 向後 【コウゴ】 hereafter
  • 先後 【センゴ】 before and after, earlier and later, order, sequence, occurring almost simultaneously, inversion (of order), black and white

Kun reading compounds

  • 後 【のち】 later, afterwards, future, after one's death, descendant
  • 後々 【のちのち】 future, distant future
  • 後々 【のちのち】 future, distant future
  • この後 【このあと】 after this, henceforth, henceforward, from now on
  • 後ろ 【うしろ】 back, behind, rear
  • 後ろ姿 【うしろすがた】 (a person's) appearance from behind, person as seen from behind, back view, retreating figure
  • 後ろ 【うしろ】 back, behind, rear
  • 後ろ姿 【うしろすがた】 (a person's) appearance from behind, person as seen from behind, back view, retreating figure
  • 後 【あと】 behind, rear, after, later, remainder, the rest, more (e.g. five more minutes), left, also, in addition, descendant, successor, heir, after one's death, past, previous
  • 後押し 【あとおし】 pushing, backing, boosting, supporting, pushing from behind (a cart, etc.), pusher
  • 亡き後 【なきあと】 after one's death
  • 後々 【あとあと】 future, distant future
  • 遅れる 【おくれる】 to be late, to be delayed, to fall behind schedule, to be overdue, to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.), to lag behind, to be behind (the times), to be bereaved of, to be preceded by (someone) in death, to be slow (of a clock or watch)

Readings

Japanese names:
こし、 し、 しい、 しり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hou4
Korean:
hu

Spanish

  • después
  • atrás
  • detrás
  • retrasarse

Portuguese

  • atrás
  • costas
  • mais tarde

French

  • après
  • derrière
  • plus tard
208 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
123 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
111 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
45 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1610 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
276 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
53 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1300 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.11 Japanese for Busy People
48 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
48 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
30 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
625 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
431 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
267 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
321 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1391 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10098 Morohashi
361 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1742 New Nelson (John Haig)
1379 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1479 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
48 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
174 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2067 2001 Kanji
3i6.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
2224.7 Four corner code
1-24-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f8c Unicode hex code

即

7 strokes
Radical:
kneel 卩
Parts:
卩 艮
Variants:
皍 卽
instant, namely, as is, conform, agree, adapt
Kun:
つ.く、 つ.ける、 すなわ.ち
On:
ソク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1167 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 即 【ソク】 instantly, immediately, at once, equals, means, is, oneness (of two opposing things), inseparability
  • 即位 【ソクイ】 accession to the throne, enthronement
  • 相即 【ソウソク】 coming together and dissolving into oneness, being closely related, being inseparable
  • 即即 【ソクソク】 immediate sex (without taking a shower first)

Kun reading compounds

  • 就く 【つく】 to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.), to assume, to be hired, to be employed, to ascend (the throne), to accede, to start (on a journey), to commence, to depart, to study (under teacher), to be an apprentice
  • 就ける 【つける】 to install (a king, emperor, etc.), to appoint (to a post), to promote, to assign (to study under)
  • 即ち 【すなわち】 that is (to say), namely, i.e., precisely, exactly, just, nothing but, neither more nor less, (and) then

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji2
Korean:
jeug

Spanish

  • a la vez
  • sino
  • enseguida
  • es decir

Portuguese

  • instante
  • a saber
  • como está
  • comformar-se
  • concordar
  • adaptar-se

French

  • instantané
  • c'est-à-dire
  • en l'état
  • se conformer
  • être d'accord
  • être adapté
1534 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1052 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3886 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1678 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1113 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
648 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
463 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
471 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
700 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
253 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1439 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
763 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1036 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1474 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2855 Morohashi
1120 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
633 New Nelson (John Haig)
1462 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1572 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1102 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3844 2001 Kanji
2e5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-2 SKIP code
7772.0 Four corner code
1-34-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5373 Unicode hex code

因

6 strokes
Radical:
enclosure 囗
Parts:
囗 大
Variants:
囙
cause, factor, be associated with, depend on, be limited to
Kun:
よ.る、 ちな.む
On:
イン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
636 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 因 【イン】 cause, factor, hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions), the basis of one's argument (in hetuvidya)
  • 因縁 【インネン】 fate, destiny, connection, tie, bond, origin, pretext, justification, hetu and prataya (direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things)
  • 主因 【シュイン】 primary cause, main factor
  • 勝因 【ショウイン】 cause of victory, reason for (one's) success

Kun reading compounds

  • 依る 【よる】 to be due to, to be caused by, to depend on, to turn on, to be based on, to come from, to be based at (a location, an organization), to be headquartered at
  • よるところが大きい 【よるところがおおきい】 depending largely on, playing a large role in, due largely to
  • 因む 【ちなむ】 to be associated (with), to be connected (with)

Readings

Japanese names:
て
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yin1
Korean:
in

Spanish

  • causa
  • origen
  • depender de
  • contar con

Portuguese

  • causa
  • fator
  • seja associado com
  • contar com
  • ser limitado para

French

  • cause
  • facteur
  • associé à
  • dépendre de
  • limité à
548 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
643 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
614 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
646 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1026 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
462 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
420 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
311 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
554 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
563 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
406 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
337 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3792 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1936 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2629 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
590 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4693 Morohashi
3054 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
939 New Nelson (John Haig)
583 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
626 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
485 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
655 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1463 2001 Kanji
3s3.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-3 SKIP code
6043.0 Four corner code
1-16-88 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
56e0 Unicode hex code

果

8 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
｜ 木 田
fruit, reward, carry out, achieve, complete, end, finish, succeed
Kun:
は.たす、 はた.す、 -は.たす、 は.てる、 -は.てる、 は.て
On:
カ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
258 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 果 【カ】 phala (attained state, result), enlightenment (as the fruits of one's Buddhist practice), fruit, counter for pieces of fruit
  • 果敢 【カカン】 resolute, determined, bold
  • 青果 【セイカ】 fruits and vegetables, produce
  • 研究結果 【ケンキュウケッカ】 results of a scientific investigation, findings

Kun reading compounds

  • 果たす 【はたす】 to accomplish, to achieve, to carry out, to fulfill, to fulfil, to realize, to execute, to perform, to do, to do ... completely, to do ... entirely
  • 果たす 【はたす】 to accomplish, to achieve, to carry out, to fulfill, to fulfil, to realize, to execute, to perform, to do, to do ... completely, to do ... entirely
  • 果てる 【はてる】 to end, to be finished, to be exhausted, to die, to perish, to do utterly, to do completely
  • 果て 【はて】 the end, the extremity, the limit, the limits, the result
  • 果てしない 【はてしない】 endless, boundless, everlasting

Readings

Japanese names:
み
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guo3
Korean:
gwa

Spanish

  • fruto
  • resultado
  • llevar a cabo
  • finalizar

Portuguese

  • fruta
  • recompensa
  • levar a cabo
  • alcançar
  • completar
  • fim
  • bem-sucedido

French

  • fruit
  • récompense
  • remplir (tâche)
  • achever
  • compléter
  • finir
  • réussir
  • atteindre un but
560 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
454 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
627 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
277 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
107 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
375 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
625 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
770 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
487 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
496 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
502 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1052 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4377 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2217 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2982 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1130 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14556 Morohashi
3560 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2594 New Nelson (John Haig)
1121 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1202 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
250 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
496 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3664 2001 Kanji
0a8.8 The Kanji Dictionary
4-8-1 SKIP code
6090.4 Four corner code
1-18-44 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
679c Unicode hex code

誤

14 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
ハ 口 言
mistake, err, do wrong, mislead
Kun:
あやま.る、 -あやま.る
On:
ゴ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
1150 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 誤 【ゴ】 mistake, error
  • 誤解 【ゴカイ】 misunderstanding
  • 時代錯誤 【ジダイサクゴ】 anachronism
  • 錯誤 【サクゴ】 mistake, error, discrepancy, discrepancy between one's actions and intentions

Kun reading compounds

  • 誤る 【あやまる】 to make a mistake (in), to commit an error, to do incorrectly, to err, to be wrong, to be incorrect, to be false, to be mistaken, to mislead, to misguide, to lead astray

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wu4
Korean:
o

Spanish

  • error
  • equivocarse

Portuguese

  • erro
  • errar
  • fazer errado
  • enganar

French

  • erreur
  • faute
  • mal faire
  • induire en erreur
779 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
868 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
857 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1129 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4372 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
602 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
904 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
906 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
928 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
949 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1686 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1945 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1039 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1403 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1917 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35546P Morohashi
1542 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5626 New Nelson (John Haig)
1899 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2048 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
972 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3061 2001 Kanji
7a7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-7 SKIP code
1-7-8 SKIP code
0668.1 Four corner code
1-24-77 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8aa4 Unicode hex code

謬

18 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
个 冫 彡 羽 言
mistake
Kun:
あやま.る
On:
ビュウ、 ビョウ、 ミュウ

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 謬見 【ビュウケン】 fallacy
  • 謬説 【ビュウセツ】 fallacy, fallacious argument
  • 誤謬 【ゴビュウ】 mistake, error, fallacy
  • 自然主義的誤謬 【シゼンシュギテキゴビュウ】 naturalistic fallacy

Kun reading compounds

  • 誤る 【あやまる】 to make a mistake (in), to commit an error, to do incorrectly, to err, to be wrong, to be incorrect, to be false, to be mistaken, to mislead, to misguide, to lead astray

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
miu4
Korean:
ryu, mu

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4431 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2060 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
35872X Morohashi
1631 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5695 New Nelson (John Haig)
2720 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2752 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
7a11.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-11 SKIP code
0762.2 Four corner code
1-41-21 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8b2c Unicode hex code