Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
power, force
Parts:
Variants:
encourage, be diligent, inspire
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1254 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 励起 【レイキ】 (electrical) excitation
  • 励起状態 【レイキジョウタイ】 excited state
  • 精励 【セイレイ】 diligence, industry, assiduity, hard work
  • 刻苦精励 【コックセイレイ】 being arduous, working diligently enduring hardships, making a strenuous effort

Kun reading compounds

  • 励む 【はげむ】 to work hard, to try hard, to strive, to endeavour, to endeavor, to devote oneself to, to make an effort, to be zealous
  • 励ます 【はげます】 to encourage, to cheer on, to cheer (someone) up, to raise (one's voice)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
li4
Korean:
ryeo

Spanish

  • aliento
  • estímulo
  • esfuerzo
  • diligencia
  • alentar
  • estimular
  • esforzarse
  • ser diligente

Portuguese

  • encorajar
  • estar diligente
  • inspirar

French

  • encourager
  • être appliqué
  • pousser à
1919 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1227 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
193 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1495 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1101 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
430 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1340 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1423 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
832 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
213 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1438 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
762 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1035 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
875 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2326 Morohashi
1119 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
528 New Nelson (John Haig)
866 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
931 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1100 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3345 2001 Kanji
2g5.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-2 SKIP code
7422.7 Four corner code
1-46-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
52b1 Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
stone
Parts:
Variants:
magnet, porcelain
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1686 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 磁石 【ジシャク】 magnet, compass
  • 磁気 【ジキ】 magnetism
  • 電磁 【デンジ】 electromagnetic
  • 陶磁 【トウジ】 clay

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ci2
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • imán
  • porcelana

Portuguese

  • imã
  • porcelana

French

  • aimant
  • porcelaine
892 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
881 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1965 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3209 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1288 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1574 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1548 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1650 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1777 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1407 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1554 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
821 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1123 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1402 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24364 Morohashi
1214 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4029 New Nelson (John Haig)
1390 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1491 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
975 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3371 2001 Kanji
5a9.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-9 SKIP code
1863.2 Four corner code
1-28-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
78c1 Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
damage, loss, disadvantage, hurt, injure
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
807 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 損 【ソン】 loss, damage, harm, unprofitable, disadvantage, handicap, drawback, unfavorable
  • 損益 【ソンエキ】 profit and loss, advantage and disadvantage
  • 毀損 【キソン】 damage, injury, defamation, harm
  • 海損 【カイソン】 sea damage, average loss

Kun reading compounds

  • 損なう 【そこなう】 to harm, to hurt, to injure, to damage, to spoil, to mar, to ruin, to fail to do, to do amiss, to miss one's opportunity to do, to almost do, to come close to doing
  • 損なう 【そこなう】 to harm, to hurt, to injure, to damage, to spoil, to mar, to ruin, to fail to do, to do amiss, to miss one's opportunity to do, to almost do, to come close to doing
  • 損ねる 【そこねる】 to harm, to hurt, to injure, to wreck, to miss one's chance to (do something), to fail to (do what one ought to have done)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sun3
Korean:
son

Spanish

  • pérdida
  • desaparición
  • desventaja
  • dañar
  • herir

Portuguese

  • prejuízo
  • perda
  • desvantagem
  • ferida
  • ferir

French

  • blesser
  • nuire
  • dommages
  • perte
837 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
768 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
745 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1070 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1979 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
449 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
581 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
350 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
351 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
396 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
922 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
801 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
468 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
596 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
673 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12459 Morohashi
651 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2255 New Nelson (John Haig)
666 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
719 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
780 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1361 2001 Kanji
3c10.12 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-10 SKIP code
5608.6 Four corner code
1-34-27 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
640d Unicode hex code