Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
power, force
Parts:
Variants:
persuade, recommend, advise, encourage, offer
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1068 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 勧奨 【カンショウ】 encouragement, stimulation
  • 勧告 【カンコク】 advice, counsel, remonstrance, recommendation

Kun reading compounds

  • 勧める 【すすめる】 to recommend (someone to do), to advise, to encourage, to urge, to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.), to suggest, to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
quan4
Korean:
gweon

Spanish

  • persuasión
  • recomendación
  • consejo
  • persuadir
  • recomendar
  • aconsejar

Portuguese

  • persuadir
  • recomendar
  • aconselhar
  • emcorajar
  • oferecer

French

  • persuader
  • recommander
  • conseiller
  • encourager
  • offre
752 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
828 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1140 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
736 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
638 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1105 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1970 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1051 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1094 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1615 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
226 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2334 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1202 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1645 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
872 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2433 Morohashi
1857 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
559 New Nelson (John Haig)
864 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
928 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1610 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2345 2001 Kanji
2g11.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-11-2 SKIP code
8422.7 Four corner code
1-20-11 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
52e7 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
Variants:
virtuous, good, goodness
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
765 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 善 【ゼン】 good, goodness, right, virtue
  • 善意 【ゼンイ】 virtuous mind, good intentions, good will, positive mindset, bona fides, good faith
  • 親善 【シンゼン】 friendship, goodwill, friendly relations, amity
  • 独善 【ドクゼン】 self-righteousness, self-justified

Kun reading compounds

  • 良い 【よい】 good, excellent, fine, nice, pleasant, agreeable, sufficient, enough, ready, prepared, profitable (deal, business offer, etc.), beneficial, OK, all right, fine, no problem, easy to ...
  • 善い行い 【よいおこない】 good deed
  • いい事 【いいこと】 good thing, nice thing, good excuse, good grounds, good opportunity, interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
  • いい人 【いいひと】 good-natured person, good person, (one's) lover, boyfriend, girlfriend
  • 良く 【よく】 nicely, properly, well, skillfully, skilfully, frequently, often, I'm glad that you ..., thank you for ..., (you have) quite the nerve to, I don't know how you can ...
  • 善くも 【よくも】 how dare ..., how could ..., surprisingly, unexpectedly

Readings

Japanese names:
たる、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shan4
Korean:
seon

Spanish

  • bondad
  • virtud

Portuguese

  • bom
  • virtuoso
  • bondade

French

  • bien
  • bonté
  • vertu
831 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
929 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
735 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
643 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
606 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
717 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
415 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1799 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1139 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1191 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
676 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
295 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2921 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1501 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2030 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1044 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3904 Morohashi
2325 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
859 New Nelson (John Haig)
1035 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1112 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
949 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
977 2001 Kanji
2o10.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-10 SKIP code
2-3-9 SKIP code
2-9-3 SKIP code
8060.5 Four corner code
8060.1 Four corner code
1-33-17 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5584 Unicode hex code

18 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
penal, chastise, punish, discipline
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1303 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 懲戒 【チョウカイ】 discipline, punishment, reprimand
  • 懲役 【チョウエキ】 penal servitude, imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)
  • 膺懲 【ヨウチョウ】 punishment (of an enemy), chastisement
  • 暴支膺懲 【ボウシヨウチョウ】 punish savage China

Kun reading compounds

  • 懲りる 【こりる】 to learn by experience, to learn one's lesson, to learn the hard way, to be discouraged (by), to have enough (of), to be disgusted (with)
  • 懲らす 【こらす】 to chastise, to punish, to discipline
  • 懲らしめる 【こらしめる】 to chastise, to punish, to discipline

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cheng2
Korean:
jing

Spanish

  • pena
  • castigo
  • castigar
  • disciplinar

Portuguese

  • penal
  • castigar
  • punir
  • disciplinar

French

  • punition
  • pénal
  • châtiment
  • sanction
1599 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1626 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1785 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1510 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1327 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1421 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1510 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1703 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
805 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3623 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1853 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2526 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
897 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11399P Morohashi
2910 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2006 New Nelson (John Haig)
888 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
953 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1893 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2058 2001 Kanji
4k14.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-14-4 SKIP code
2833.4 Four corner code
1-36-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
61f2 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
Variants:
bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
530 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 悪 【アク】 evil, wickedness, (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.), the bad guy
  • 悪質 【アクシツ】 malicious, vicious, malignant, underhanded, shoddy, inferior, poor-quality, second-rate
  • 害悪 【ガイアク】 harm, injury, evil (influence)
  • 改悪 【カイアク】 changing (something) for the worse, disimprovement, deterioration
  • 悪寒 【オカン】 chill, shakes, ague
  • 悪血 【アクチ】 impure blood
  • 自己嫌悪 【ジコケンオ】 self-hatred, self-abhorrence, self-loathing
  • 好悪 【コウオ】 likes and dislikes

Kun reading compounds

  • 悪い 【わるい】 bad, poor, undesirable, poor (quality), inferior, insufficient, evil, sinful, ugly, not beautiful, at fault, to blame, in the wrong, bad (at doing something), unprofitable, unbeneficial, sorry, (my) bad, unforgivable
  • 悪い行い 【わるいおこない】 bad deed, evil deed
  • 悪し 【あし】 bad, evil
  • 悪しからず 【あしからず】 don't get me wrong, but ..., I'm sorry
  • 難い 【にくい】 difficult to ..., hard to ...
  • 憎い 【にくい】 hateful, detestable, abominable, vexing, provoking, amazing, fantastic, admirable, lovely, wonderful
  • 安んぞ 【いずくんぞ】 how, why
  • 憎む 【にくむ】 to hate, to detest

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
e4, e3, wu4
Korean:
ag, o

Spanish

  • malo
  • incorrecto
  • equivocado
  • odio
  • mal

Portuguese

  • mal
  • ruim
  • falso
  • mau
  • errado

French

  • mauvais
  • vice
  • vaurien
  • faux
  • mal
152 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
241 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
222 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
504 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
62 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
804 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
175 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1483A Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.14 Japanese for Busy People
304 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
304 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
114 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
785 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3413 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1758 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2393 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1828 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10717 Morohashi
2745 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1873 New Nelson (John Haig)
1810 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1951 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
295 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
369 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3258 2001 Kanji
4k7.17 The Kanji Dictionary
2-7-4 SKIP code
1033.1 Four corner code
1-16-13 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
60aa Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
eye
Parts:
government ministry, conserve, omit
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
548 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 省察 【セイサツ】 reflection, consideration
  • 省思 【セイシ】 reflection, reexamination, contemplation
  • 三省 【サンセイ】 frequent reflection (meditation)
  • 内省 【ナイセイ】 introspection, reflection on one's self
  • 省 【ショウ】 ministry, department, province (of China), saving, conserving
  • 省エネルギー 【ショウエネルギー】 energy conservation, economical use of energy, energy-saving
  • 郵政省 【ユウセイショウ】 (former) Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (now Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)
  • 厚生省 【コウセイショウ】 (former) Ministry of Health and Welfare

Kun reading compounds

  • 省みる 【かえりみる】 to reflect on (oneself, past conduct, etc.), to contemplate, to examine, to think over, to introspect
  • 省く 【はぶく】 to omit, to leave out, to exclude, to eliminate, to curtail, to save, to cut down, to economize, to economise

Readings

Japanese names:
さとし、 み
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sheng3, xing3
Korean:
seong, saeng

Spanish

  • omisión
  • departamento del gobierno
  • omitir
  • eliminar
  • reflexionar

Portuguese

  • foco
  • ministério de governo
  • umservar

French

  • faire le point (introspection)
  • abréviation
  • omission
  • économie
  • ministère
  • éliminer
640 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
546 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
516 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
245 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
218 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
408 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
760 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1013 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
145 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
145 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
389 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1382 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3100 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1583 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2164 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
125 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23179 Morohashi
2449 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3916 New Nelson (John Haig)
124 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
131 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
528 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1179 2001 Kanji
5c4.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-5 SKIP code
4-9-2 SKIP code
3-4-5 SKIP code
9060.2 Four corner code
1-30-42 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7701 Unicode hex code