Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
hiding enclosure
Parts:
Variants:
doctor, medicine
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
437 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 医 【イ】 medicine, the healing art, healing, curing, doctor
  • 医院 【イイン】 doctor's office, doctor's surgery, clinic
  • 軍医 【グンイ】 military physician or surgeon
  • 校医 【コウイ】 school doctor

Kun reading compounds

  • 医する 【いする】 to cure, to heal
  • 薬師 【くすし】 doctor

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yi1
Korean:
ye, eui

Spanish

  • doctor
  • médico
  • medicina
  • curar

Portuguese

  • doutor
  • remédio

French

  • médecin
  • docteur
345 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
244 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
225 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
555 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
763 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
440 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
132 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
743 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.20 Japanese for Busy People
220 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
220 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
325 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
237 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3715 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1902 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2583 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1710 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2680 Morohashi
2993 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
590 New Nelson (John Haig)
1694 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1829 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
277 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3475 2001 Kanji
2t5.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-5 SKIP code
7171.3 Four corner code
1-16-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
533b Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
turban, scarf
Parts:
expert, teacher, master, model, exemplar, army (incl. counter), war
Kun:
いくさ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
563 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 師 【シ】 teacher, master, mentor, religious leader, specialist, five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)
  • 獅子 【シシ】 lion, left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
  • 大師 【ダイシ】 great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)
  • 歯科医師 【シカイシ】 dentist

Readings

Japanese names:
のし、 のり、 もろ、 かず、 つかさ、 みつ、 もと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi1
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • maestro
  • profesor
  • experto
  • técnico

Portuguese

  • perito
  • professor
  • mestre
  • exército
  • guerra

French

  • maître
  • expert
  • professeur
  • exemplaire
  • modèle
  • armée
  • guerre
624 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
720 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
693 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
490 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
113 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
547 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
496 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1130 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
409 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
415 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
967 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
563 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1680 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
892 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1211 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1277 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8916 Morohashi
1326 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1562 New Nelson (John Haig)
1269 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1361 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
438 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
714 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
844 2001 Kanji
3f7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-4 SKIP code
2172.7 Four corner code
1-27-53 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e2b Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
resemblance
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1889 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 肖像 【ショウゾウ】 portrait, likeness, picture
  • 肖像画 【ショウゾウガ】 portrait
  • 不肖 【フショウ】 unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.), I, me, incompetent, unskilled, inexperienced, foolish, unfortunate, unlucky

Kun reading compounds

  • 肖る 【あやかる】 to share (someone's) good luck, to follow (someone's) example, to enjoy the same benefits (of someone or something), to capitalize (on the popularity of something), to be named after

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiao4, xiao1
Korean:
cho, so

Spanish

  • imitar
  • copiar
  • parecido

Portuguese

  • semelhança

French

  • ressemblance
  • portrait
1391 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1712 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1360 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1672 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1665 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
451 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
844 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
863 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1811 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1012 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2733 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1399 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1887 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
115 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29263P Morohashi
2205 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4760 New Nelson (John Haig)
114 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
119 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1119 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1046 2001 Kanji
3n4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
3-5-2 SKIP code
9022.7 Four corner code
1-30-51 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8096 Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
statue, picture, image, figure, portrait
On:
ゾウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
856 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 像 【ゾウ】 image, figure, statue, picture, portrait, figure, form, shape, appearance, image
  • 像主 【ゾウシュ】 subject (of a portrait or bust), a person posing for a portrait or bust, (historically) patron, someone who commissions a Buddhist temple or work of art
  • 実像 【ジツゾウ】 real image, real form, real-life image, true picture, actual conditions, actual circumstances
  • 将来像 【ショウライゾウ】 vision of the future

Readings

Japanese names:
かた
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiang4
Korean:
sang

Spanish

  • estatua
  • imagen
  • figura

Portuguese

  • estátua
  • gravura
  • imagem
  • figura
  • retrato

French

  • statue
  • image
  • figure
  • portrait
  • représentation
664 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
762 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
740 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
906 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
540 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
524 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
334 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2061 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
740 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
753 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
940 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
133 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
187 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
123 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
144 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1996 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1084 Morohashi
166 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
308 New Nelson (John Haig)
1977 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2131 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
796 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2151 2001 Kanji
2a12.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-12 SKIP code
2723.2 Four corner code
1-33-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
50cf Unicode hex code