Jisho

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厳

17 strokes
Radical:
cliff 厂
Parts:
厂 尚 耳 乞 攵
Variants:
嚴
stern, strictness, severity, rigidity
Kun:
おごそ.か、 きび.しい、 いか.めしい、 いつくし
On:
ゲン、 ゴン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
638 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 厳 【ゲン】 strict, stern
  • 厳格 【ゲンカク】 strict, severe, stern, rigid, rigorous, tough
  • 謹厳 【キンゲン】 stern, grave, solemn, sobersided
  • 冷厳 【レイゲン】 grim, stern, stark, heartless
  • 華厳 【ケゴン】 avatamsa (flower adornment, as a metaphor for becoming a buddha), Avatamska sutra, Kegon (sect of Buddhism)
  • 荘厳 【ショウゴン】 decorating (a Buddhist statue or temple), adorning

Kun reading compounds

  • 厳か 【おごそか】 solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.), austere, grave, majestic, dignified, stately, impressive
  • 厳しい 【きびしい】 severe, strict, rigid, unsparing, relentless, hard (to do), difficult, tricky, intense (e.g. cold), harsh (weather), inclement
  • 厳しい暑さ 【きびしいあつさ】 intense heat
  • 厳めしい 【いかめしい】 stern, grave, austere, imposing, dignified, formidable, solemn, majestic, strict (e.g. security), severe, firm, rigid, rigorous

Readings

Japanese names:
いつ、 いづ、 きゅうら、 とし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yan2
Korean:
eom

Spanish

  • solemne
  • austero
  • severo
  • rígido
  • estricto

Portuguese

  • severo
  • estrito
  • seriedade
  • rigidez

French

  • strict
  • sévère
  • rigide
776 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
865 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
854 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1055 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
253 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
817 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1118 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2706 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
822 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
841 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1190 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
519 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4079 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2068 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2804 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1955 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3048P Morohashi
3289 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
663 New Nelson (John Haig)
1936 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2086 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
998 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
966 2001 Kanji
3n14.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-5-12 SKIP code
9024.8 Four corner code
3224.8 Four corner code
1-24-23 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
53b3 Unicode hex code

正

5 strokes
Radical:
stop 止
Parts:
一 止
correct, justice, righteous, 10**40
Kun:
ただ.しい、 ただ.す、 まさ、 まさ.に
On:
セイ、 ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
143 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 正 【セイ】 (logical) true, regular, 10^40, ten thousand undecillion, original, positive, greater than zero, thesis (in dialectics)
  • 正解 【セイカイ】 correct answer, right solution, correct interpretation, right decision, right choice, appropriate judgement
  • 検事正 【ケンジセイ】 chief public prosecutor
  • 適正 【テキセイ】 reasonable, suitable
  • 正 【ショウ】 exactly, precisely, correct, right, true, greater (of equal court ranks), upper, senior, director (highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryō period), chief
  • 正月 【ショウガツ】 New Year (esp. first three days), first month of the year, January
  • 大正 【タイショウ】 Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25), Taisho era
  • 賀正 【ガショウ】 A Happy New Year!

Kun reading compounds

  • 正しい 【ただしい】 right, correct, proper, righteous, just, honest, truthful, lawful
  • 正しい行い 【ただしいおこない】 conducting oneself properly, right conduct, doing the right thing
  • 正す 【ただす】 to correct, to rectify, to reform, to amend, to redress, to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.), to adjust
  • 糺す 【ただす】 to ascertain, to confirm, to verify, to make sure of
  • 正 【まさ】 exact, precise
  • 正に 【まさに】 exactly, just, precisely, really, truly, surely, certainly, without doubt, right (when), just (as), just (about to), on the point of, on the verge of, on the brink of, really (ought to), certainly (should), naturally
  • 正に 【まさに】 exactly, just, precisely, really, truly, surely, certainly, without doubt, right (when), just (as), just (about to), on the point of, on the verge of, on the brink of, really (ought to), certainly (should), naturally

Readings

Japanese names:
おお、 くに、 ま、 まさし、 ただし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zheng4, zheng1
Korean:
jeong

Spanish

  • correcto
  • justo
  • arreglar
  • enderezar

Portuguese

  • corrigir
  • justiça
  • correto
  • direito
  • 10 elevado a 40

French

  • correct
  • positif
  • juste
  • droit
  • 10**40
46 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
79 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
41 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
109 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
27 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
123 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
203 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
205 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.17 Japanese for Busy People
275 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
275 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
407 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1128 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4296 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2172 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2926 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
385 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16255 Morohashi
3484 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2955 New Nelson (John Haig)
379 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
405 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
139 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
42 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3173 2001 Kanji
2m3.3 The Kanji Dictionary
4-5-1 SKIP code
1010.1 Four corner code
1-32-21 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6b63 Unicode hex code

拘

8 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
勹 口 扎
arrest, seize, concerned, adhere to, despite
Kun:
かか.わる
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1336 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 拘束 【コウソク】 restriction, restraint, binding, constraint
  • 拘禁 【コウキン】 detention, custody, confinement, internment

Kun reading compounds

  • 関わる 【かかわる】 to be affected, to be influenced, to be concerned with, to have to do with, to stick to (opinions)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ju1
Korean:
gu

Spanish

  • arrestar
  • agarrar
  • coger
  • adherir
  • afectar

Portuguese

  • prisão
  • prender
  • interessada
  • aderir
  • desgosto

French

  • arrestation
  • saisir
  • adhérer
  • être concerné
  • malgré
1249 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1611 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1881 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1448 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1350 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1800 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1938 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1469 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
873 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
367 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
230 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
274 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
661 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11963 Morohashi
310 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2123 New Nelson (John Haig)
654 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
706 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1179 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1349 2001 Kanji
3c5.28 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
5702.0 Four corner code
1-25-20 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
62d8 Unicode hex code

束

7 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
一 ｜ ハ 口 木
bundle, sheaf, ream, tie in bundles, govern, manage, control
Kun:
たば、 たば.ねる、 つか、 つか.ねる
On:
ソク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
918 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 束 【ソク】 lattice, counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish), handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)
  • 束縛 【ソクバク】 restraint, restriction, fetters, yoke, shackles, binding, confinement with rope
  • 結束 【ケッソク】 union, unity, solidarity, bundling, binding, tying, putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
  • 口約束 【クチヤクソク】 verbal promise, one's word

Kun reading compounds

  • 束 【たば】 bundle, bunch, sheaf
  • 束ねる 【たばねる】 to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters), to bundle, to sheathe, to govern, to manage, to control, to administer, to fold (one's arms), to put together (one's hands)
  • 鍵束 【かぎたば】 bunch of keys
  • 麦束 【むぎたば】 wheat sheaf, stacked wheat
  • 束ねる 【たばねる】 to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters), to bundle, to sheathe, to govern, to manage, to control, to administer, to fold (one's arms), to put together (one's hands)
  • 束 【つか】 strut, short vertical post, thickness (of a book minus the cover, a sheaf of paper, etc.), handbreadth, bundle
  • 束ねる 【たばねる】 to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters), to bundle, to sheathe, to govern, to manage, to control, to administer, to fold (one's arms), to put together (one's hands)
  • 不束 【ふつつか】 inexperienced, incompetent, inept, incapable, careless
  • 矢束 【やつか】 arrow length, bundle of arrows
  • 束ねる 【たばねる】 to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters), to bundle, to sheathe, to govern, to manage, to control, to administer, to fold (one's arms), to put together (one's hands)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu4
Korean:
sog

Spanish

  • manojo
  • legajo (papeles)
  • haz (leños)
  • gavilla
  • racimo
  • bobina

Portuguese

  • pacote
  • molho
  • feixe
  • amarra em pacotes
  • governar
  • administrar

French

  • fagot
  • gerbe
  • bouquet
  • promesse
  • mettre en liasse
  • rame (papier)
  • gouverner
  • diriger
  • contrôler
561 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1535 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
998 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
196 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1126 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
620 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
536 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.20 Japanese for Busy People
501 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
510 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
382 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1051 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4369 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2214 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2978 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1680 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14480 Morohashi
3554 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2559 New Nelson (John Haig)
1664 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1793 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
486 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1564 2001 Kanji
0a7.8 The Kanji Dictionary
4-7-3 SKIP code
5090.6 Four corner code
1-34-11 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
675f Unicode hex code

名

6 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
口 夕
name, noted, distinguished, reputation
Kun:
な、 -な
On:
メイ、 ミョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
177 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 名 【メイ】 counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such), first name, famous, great, name, noun
  • 名画 【メイガ】 famous picture, masterpiece (painting), excellent film, film classic
  • 同名 【ドウメイ】 same name, homonym
  • 芸名 【ゲイメイ】 stage name
  • 名目 【メイモク】 name, title, appellation, (something) nominal, (under the) pretext (of), pretense
  • 苗字 【ミョウジ】 surname, family name, last name
  • 仮名 【カメイ】 alias, pseudonym, pen name, nom de plume
  • 同名 【ドウメイ】 same name, homonym

Kun reading compounds

  • 名 【な】 name, given name, title, fame, renown, reputation, pretext, pretense, justification, appearance
  • 名残 【なごり】 remains, traces, vestiges, relics, (the sorrow of) parting, end
  • 仮名 【かめい】 alias, pseudonym, pen name, nom de plume
  • 片仮名 【かたかな】 katakana, angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords

Readings

Japanese names:
と
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ming2
Korean:
myeong

Spanish

  • nombre
  • célebre
  • distinguido
  • reputación

Portuguese

  • nome
  • fama
  • distinção
  • reputação

French

  • nom
  • célèbre
  • fameux
  • réputation
140 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
55 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
71 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
116 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1170 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
131 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
34 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
346 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
82 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
82 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
82 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
285 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2693 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1371 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1857 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
113 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3297 Morohashi
2169 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
716 New Nelson (John Haig)
112 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
117 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
140 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
53 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2577 2001 Kanji
3d3.12 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-3 SKIP code
4-6-1 SKIP code
3-3-3 SKIP code
2760.0 Four corner code
1-44-30 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
540d Unicode hex code

簿

19 strokes
Radical:
bamboo 竹 (⺮)
Parts:
丶 十 寸 汁 田 竹 乞
register, record book
On:
ボ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1358 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 簿記 【ボキ】 bookkeeping
  • 簿外 【ボガイ】 unaccounted, off the books
  • 出納簿 【スイトウボ】 cashbook
  • 乗客名簿 【ジョウキャクメイボ】 list of passengers, passenger manifest, passenger register

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bu4
Korean:
bu, bag

Spanish

  • libro de registro
  • cuaderno de notas

Portuguese

  • registro
  • registrar em livros

French

  • registre
  • livre (comptes, annuaire)
1790 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1380 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3448 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1073 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1608 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1450 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1543 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1684 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1491 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3387 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1748 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2377 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
958 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
26623P Morohashi
2727 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4364 New Nelson (John Haig)
949 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1020 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1917 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2348 2001 Kanji
6f13.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-13 SKIP code
8814.6 Four corner code
1-42-77 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7c3f Unicode hex code

式

6 strokes
Radical:
shoot, arrow 弋
Parts:
工 弋
style, ceremony, rite, function, method, system, form, expression
On:
シキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
251 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 式 【シキ】 way, style, fashion, method, system, form, type, ceremony, rite, ritual, celebration, wedding (ceremony), equation, formula, expression, enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryō legal codes)
  • 式場 【シキジョウ】 ceremonial hall (e.g. wedding, funeral), hall for ceremonies, place of ceremony
  • 硬式 【コウシキ】 hard (esp. of hardball, tennis, etc.)
  • 型式 【カタシキ】 model (e.g. of a vehicle), type

Readings

Japanese names:
のり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi4
Korean:
sig

Spanish

  • ceremonia
  • método
  • sistema
  • forma

Portuguese

  • estilo
  • cerimônia
  • rito
  • método
  • sistema
  • formulário

French

  • type
  • protocole
  • cérémonie
  • rituel
  • fonction
  • processus
  • système
  • forme
417 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
311 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
295 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
185 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1556 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
349 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
515 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
306 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
525 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
534 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
796 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
602 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3785 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1931 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2623 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
359 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9663 Morohashi
3049 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1676 New Nelson (John Haig)
353 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
377 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
356 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
269 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1456 2001 Kanji
4n3.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-3 SKIP code
4310.0 Four corner code
1-28-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f0f Unicode hex code