Jisho

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5 strokes
Radical:
power, force
Parts:
add, addition, increase, join, include, Canada
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
130 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 加 【カ】 addition, Canada
  • 加圧 【カアツ】 increasing pressure
  • 添加 【テンカ】 addition, annexing
  • 倍加 【バイカ】 doubling, marked increase, multiplying, redoubling

Kun reading compounds

  • 加える 【くわえる】 to add, to add up, to sum up, to append, to annex, to increase, to gather (e.g. speed), to pick up, to include, to count in, to let join, to inflict (damage), to deal, to give
  • 加わる 【くわわる】 to be added to, to be appended, to join in (e.g. a group of friends), to participate, to increase (e.g. heat), to gain in (e.g. influence), to grow, to gather (speed), to be applied (e.g. heat, pressure), to be exerted

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jia1
Korean:
ga

Spanish

  • agregar
  • añadir
  • incrementar
  • Canadá
  • sumar
  • unirse

Portuguese

  • somar
  • adição
  • aumento
  • unir
  • incluir
  • Canadá

French

  • ajouter
  • addition
  • augmentation
  • rejoindre
  • inclure
  • Canada
356 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
453 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
431 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
187 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
716 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
787 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
366 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
121 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
709 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
722 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
295 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
208 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
42 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
23 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
24 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
876 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2297 Morohashi
38 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
523 New Nelson (John Haig)
867 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
932 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
237 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
447 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1677 2001 Kanji
2g3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-3 SKIP code
4600.0 Four corner code
1-18-35 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
52a0 Unicode hex code

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

Speed

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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

12 strokes
Radical:
stone
Parts:
Variants:
stiff, hard
Kun:
かた.い
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1101 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 硬 【コウ】 hardness
  • 硬貨 【コウカ】 coin, hard currency
  • 生硬 【セイコウ】 crude, immature, unpolished
  • 重硬 【ジュウコウ】 heavy and hard (of a wood)

Kun reading compounds

  • 硬い 【かたい】 hard, solid, tough, stiff, tight, wooden, unpolished (e.g. writing), strong, firm (not viscous or easily moved), safe, steady, honest, steadfast, obstinate, stubborn, bookish, formal, stuffy
  • かたいことは言いっこなし 【かたいことはいいっこなし】 let's put formalities aside, let's not speak so stiffly

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ying4
Korean:
gyeong

Spanish

  • rígido
  • duro
  • firme

Portuguese

  • duro
  • rígido

French

  • dur
  • raide
1260 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1149 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3193 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1598 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
766 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1635 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1009 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1046 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1309 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1403 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1518 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
802 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1095 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
702 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24230 Morohashi
1183 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4008 New Nelson (John Haig)
695 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
750 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1571 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3366 2001 Kanji
5a7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-7 SKIP code
1164.6 Four corner code
1-25-37 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
786c Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
spoon
Parts:
change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
89 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 化 【カ】 change to ..., becoming ..., making into ..., -ization, -ification
  • 化学 【カガク】 chemistry
  • 機械化 【キカイカ】 mechanization, mechanisation
  • 民営化 【ミンエイカ】 privatization, privatisation
  • 化粧 【ケショウ】 make-up, makeup, cosmetics, decoration, dressing, veneer
  • 化粧水 【ケショウスイ】 skin lotion, face lotion
  • 応化 【オウゲ】 assumption of a suitable form (by a buddha or bodhisattva)
  • 教化 【キョウケ】 guidance, teaching people and leading them to Buddhism

Kun reading compounds

  • 化ける 【ばける】 to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.), to assume the shape of, to turn oneself into, to transform oneself into, to disguise oneself as, to change radically, to metamorphose, to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
  • 化かす 【ばかす】 to bewitch, to confuse, to enchant, to delude
  • 老ける 【ふける】 to age, to grow old (esp. in appearance), to show marks of age

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hua4
Korean:
hwa

Spanish

  • cambiar
  • transformarse
  • modificarse
  • disfrazarse

Portuguese

  • mudança
  • tomar a forma de
  • influência
  • encantar
  • iludir
  • seduzir
  • -isação

French

  • transformation
  • prendre la forme de
  • maquillage
  • influence
  • fantôme
  • enchanter
  • tromper
  • chimie
  • -isation
163 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
258 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
238 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
100 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
350 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
76 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
378 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
56 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.19 Japanese for Busy People
254 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
254 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
414 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
55 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
22 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
12 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
12 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1017 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2572X Morohashi
21 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
580 New Nelson (John Haig)
1008 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1083 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
104 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
242 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2156 2001 Kanji
2a2.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-2 SKIP code
2121.0 Four corner code
2421.0 Four corner code
1-18-29 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5316 Unicode hex code