Jisho

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国

8 strokes
Radical:
enclosure 囗
Parts:
丶 囗 王
Variants:
國 圀
country
Kun:
くに
On:
コク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
3 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 国益 【コクエキ】 national interest
  • 国営 【コクエイ】 government management, state management
  • 最恵国 【サイケイコク】 most favored nation, most favoured nation, MFN
  • 異国 【イコク】 foreign country

Kun reading compounds

  • 国 【くに】 country, state, region, national government, central government, home (i.e. hometown, home country), province (of Japan), land, earth
  • 国人 【こくじん】 indigenous person, inhabitant of a country, local, native, local lords and samurai, daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
  • お国 【おくに】 your native country, your hometown, my home country (i.e. Japan), countryside, country, daimyo's territory (Edo period)
  • 現国 【うつしくに】 world of mankind, this world

Readings

Japanese names:
くな、 こ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guo2
Korean:
gug

Spanish

  • país

Portuguese

  • País
  • terra
  • nação

French

  • pays
79 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
136 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
123 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
8 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1037 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
111 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
36 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
745 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.11 Japanese for Busy People
40 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
40 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
151 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
344 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3831 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1964 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2659 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
588 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4752 Morohashi
3087 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
950 New Nelson (John Haig)
581 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
624 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
158 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3172 2001 Kanji
3s5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-5 SKIP code
6010.3 Four corner code
1-25-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
56fd Unicode hex code

税

12 strokes
Radical:
grain 禾
Parts:
儿 并 口 禾
tax, duty
On:
ゼイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
289 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 税 【ゼイ】 tax
  • 税関 【ゼイカン】 customs, customs house
  • 地方税 【チホウゼイ】 local tax, council tax
  • 納税 【ノウゼイ】 payment of taxes

Readings

Japanese names:
さい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shui4
Korean:
se, tal

Spanish

  • impuesto
  • arancel

Portuguese

  • imposto
  • dever

French

  • taxe
  • droits
826 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
750 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
727 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
383 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3287 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
488 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
782 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1642 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
399 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
403 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
670 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1438 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1525 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
807 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1101 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
904 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
25070P Morohashi
1191 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4146 New Nelson (John Haig)
895 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
961 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
755 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2257 2001 Kanji
5d7.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-7 SKIP code
2891.6 Four corner code
1-32-39 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7a0e Unicode hex code

通

10 strokes (also 9)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
マ 込 用
traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.
Kun:
とお.る、 とお.り、 -とお.り、 -どお.り、 とお.す、 とお.し、 -どお.し、 かよ.う
On:
ツウ、 ツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
80 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 通 【ツウ】 authority, expert, connoisseur, well-informed person, counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc., understanding (esp. of male-female relations), tact, insight, supernatural powers, magical powers
  • 通院 【ツウイン】 going to the hospital for regular treatment, going to the hospital regularly
  • 富士通 【フジツウ】 Fujitsu
  • 食通 【ショクツウ】 gourmandism, gourmet, gourmand, foodie
  • 通 【ツウ】 authority, expert, connoisseur, well-informed person, counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc., understanding (esp. of male-female relations), tact, insight, supernatural powers, magical powers
  • 通院 【ツウイン】 going to the hospital for regular treatment, going to the hospital regularly

Kun reading compounds

  • 通る 【とおる】 to go by, to go past, to go along, to travel along, to pass through, to use (a road), to take (a route), to go via, to go by way of, to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.), to operate (between), to connect, to go indoors, to go into a room, to be admitted, to be shown in, to be ushered in, to come in, to penetrate, to pierce, to skewer, to go through, to come through, to permeate, to soak into, to spread throughout, to carry (e.g. of a voice), to reach far, to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen), to be relayed, to be conveyed, to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.), to be approved, to be accepted, to go by (a name), to be known as, to be accepted as, to have a reputation for, to be coherent, to be logical, to be reasonable, to be comprehensible, to be understandable, to make sense, to get across (e.g. of one's point), to be understood, to pass for, to come across as, to seem like, to be straight (e.g. wood grain), to be well-informed, to be wise, to do ... completely, to do ... thoroughly
  • 通り 【とおり】 street, road, avenue, thoroughfare, traffic, coming and going, flow (of water, air, etc.), passage, running, transmission (of sound), reach (of voice), reputation, favor, favour, popularity, understanding, comprehension, comprehensibility, clarity, the same way (as), as (follows, stated, expected, etc.), counter for sets of things, counter for methods, ways, kinds, etc.
  • 通り過ぎる 【とおりすぎる】 to go past, to pass, to pass by
  • 通す 【とおす】 to stick through, to force through, to spread throughout, to thoroughly diffuse, to make a path between two points, to proceed in a logical manner, to let pass, to allow through, to lead (someone) into (a house, room, etc.), to show in, to go through (a middleman), to (look, listen) through (a window, wall, etc.), to pass (a law, applicant, etc.), to force to accept, to force agreement, to continue (in a state), to persist in, to do to the entirety of, to cover all of, to span the whole ..., to do from beginning to end without a break, to convey (one's ideas, etc.) to the other party, to do to the end, to carry through, to complete
  • 通し 【とおし】 continuing from beginning to end, continuous run, consecutive run, appetizer, starter, hors d'oeuvre, performance of an entire play
  • 通し切符 【とおしきっぷ】 through ticket (e.g. rail, air), ticket good for multiple performances (e.g. both matinee and evening shows), all-day ticket, season ticket
  • 切通し 【きりどおし】 road (or railway) cut through hilly terrain, cutting
  • 通う 【かよう】 to go to and from (a place), to go back and forth between, to run between (e.g. bus, train, etc.), to ply between, to go to (school, work, etc.), to attend, to commute, to frequent, to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity), to be communicated (e.g. thought), to resemble

Readings

Japanese names:
とん、 どうし、 どおり、 みち
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tong1, tong4
Korean:
tong

Spanish

  • atravesar
  • traspasar
  • hacer saber
  • pasar
  • ir y venir

Portuguese

  • tráfego
  • passar através de
  • avenida
  • comutar
  • sufixo para contagem de letras

French

  • circulation
  • passer par
  • avenue
  • trajet (travail)
  • compteur de lettres, notes, ...
281 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
193 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
176 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
71 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4703 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
201 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
261 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1239 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.11 Japanese for Busy People
150 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
150 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
204 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
695 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3855 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1982 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2678 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1420 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38892P Morohashi
3109 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6063 New Nelson (John Haig)
1408 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1511 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
97 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
198 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3553 2001 Kanji
2q7.18 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-7 SKIP code
3-2-7 SKIP code
3730.2 Four corner code
1-36-44 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
901a Unicode hex code

則

9 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
ハ 刈 目 貝
rule, law, follow, based on, model after
Kun:
のっと.る、 のり、 すなわち
On:
ソク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
753 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 則 【ソク】 counter for rules, rule, regulation
  • 即する 【ソクスル】 to conform to, to agree with, to be adapted to, to be based on
  • 反則 【ハンソク】 foul, breaking the rules, violation (of the law, regulations, etc.), infringement, breach, infraction
  • 正則 【セイソク】 correct, proper, formal, regular, systematic, normal, invertible (matrix), holomorphic

Kun reading compounds

  • 則る 【のっとる】 to conform to, to be in accordance with, to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
  • 法 【のり】 rule, law, regulation, model, pattern, teachings of Buddha, Buddhist doctrine, transverse measurement, measurement across, side-slope, slope
  • 即ち 【すなわち】 that is (to say), namely, i.e., precisely, exactly, just, nothing but, neither more nor less, (and) then

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ze2
Korean:
jeug, chig, cheug

Spanish

  • regla
  • norma
  • ley
  • decisión

Portuguese

  • regra
  • seguir
  • basear em
  • ter como modelo

French

  • règlement
  • règle
  • suivre
  • norme
  • loi (science, nature)
666 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
764 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
742 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
855 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4487 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
499 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
362 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
902 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
608 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
618 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
808 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
197 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1831 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
967 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1311 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
89 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1994 Morohashi
1444 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
487 New Nelson (John Haig)
88 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
92 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
702 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3943 2001 Kanji
7b2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-2 SKIP code
6280.0 Four corner code
1-34-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5247 Unicode hex code

法

8 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
厶 土 汁
Variants:
佱 灋
method, law, rule, principle, model, system
Kun:
のり
On:
ホウ、 ハッ、 ホッ、 フラン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
100 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 法 【ホウ】 law, act, principle, method, mood, dharma, law
  • 法案 【ホウアン】 bill (law), measure
  • 航法 【コウホウ】 sailing, navigation
  • 会社更生法 【カイシャコウセイホウ】 Corporate Rehabilitation Law
  • 法被 【ハッピ】 happi coat, happy coat, workman's livery coat, traditional Japanese straight-sleeved coat
  • 法度 【ハット】 ban, prohibition, taboo, something forbidden, law, ordinance (esp. in the middle ages)
  • 法師 【ホウシ】 Buddhist priest, bonze, layman dressed like a priest, person
  • 法華経 【ホケキョウ】 Lotus Sutra

Kun reading compounds

  • 法 【のり】 rule, law, regulation, model, pattern, teachings of Buddha, Buddhist doctrine, transverse measurement, measurement across, side-slope, slope
  • 法の筵 【のりのむしろ】 preaching place
  • 内法 【うちのり】 inside measure
  • 外法 【そとのり】 outside measurements

Readings

Japanese names:
ほ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fa3, fa4
Korean:
beob

Spanish

  • método
  • ley
  • doctrina

Portuguese

  • método
  • lei
  • regra
  • princípio
  • modelo
  • sistema

French

  • méthode
  • loi
  • règle
  • principe
  • modèle
  • système
513 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
612 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
584 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
145 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2535 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
213 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
676 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
824 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
123 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
123 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
518 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1181 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
391 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
248 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
295 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
758 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17290 Morohashi
333 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3107 New Nelson (John Haig)
751 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
813 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
100 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
516 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
371 2001 Kanji
3a5.20 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
3413.1 Four corner code
1-43-01 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6cd5 Unicode hex code