Jisho

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城

9 strokes
Radical:
earth 土
Parts:
ノ 土 戈
castle
Kun:
しろ
On:
ジョウ、 セイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
795 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 城 【ジョウ】 castle (in place names), castle, fortress
  • 城内 【ジョウナイ】 inside of a castle, area surrounded by castle walls
  • 荒城 【コウジョウ】 ruined castle
  • 開城 【カイジョウ】 surrender of a castle, surrender of a fortress, capitulation of a stronghold
  • 傾城 【ケイセイ】 beauty, siren, courtesan, prostitute
  • 傾国傾城 【ケイコクケイセイ】 woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty, femme fatale

Kun reading compounds

  • 城 【しろ】 castle
  • 城跡 【しろあと】 castle site, ruins of a castle
  • ハウルの動く城 【ハウルのうごくしろ】 Howl's Moving Castle (2004 animated film)
  • 砂の城 【すなのしろ】 sandcastle, sand castle

Readings

Japanese names:
いく、 がき、 き、 くに、 ぐしく、 ぐすく、 しき、 すく、 ぜい、 たち、 なり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cheng2
Korean:
seong

Spanish

  • castillo

Portuguese

  • Castelo

French

  • château
914 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
903 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
638 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1078 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
886 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
433 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
796 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
720 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
733 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
942 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
374 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
417 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
261 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
312 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
368 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5086P Morohashi
352 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1011 New Nelson (John Haig)
362 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
387 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
884 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1459 2001 Kanji
3b6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
4315.0 Four corner code
1-30-75 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
57ce Unicode hex code

子

3 strokes
Radical:
child, seed 子
Parts:
子
child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Kun:
こ、 -こ、 ね
On:
シ、 ス、 ツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
72 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 子 【シ】 child (esp. a boy), viscount, founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius), master, masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature), you, -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
  • 子宮 【シキュウ】 womb, uterus
  • 中性子 【チュウセイシ】 neutron
  • 精子 【セイシ】 sperm, spermatozoon
  • 主 【ス】 honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
  • 恵比寿 【エビス】 Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
  • 久留子 【クルス】 cross sign
  • 対子 【トイツ】 pair, eyes
  • 七対子 【チートイツ】 seven pairs, winning hand composed of seven pairs

Kun reading compounds

  • 子 【こ】 child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person, (one's) child, offspring, young woman, young (animal), offshoot, interest, new share, player who is not a dealer, young geisha, young prostitute, bird egg, -er (often of young women)
  • 子 【こう】 child, interest
  • 根っこ 【ねっこ】 root (of a plant), stump (of a tree), root (of a problem, etc.), base, foundation, origin, source
  • 江戸っ子 【えどっこ】 (true) Tokyoite, Edoite, Tokyo native, Edokko
  • 子 【ね】 the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am), north, eleventh month of the lunar calendar
  • 子忌み 【ねいみ】 collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
  • 庚子 【かのえね】 Metal Rat (37th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
  • 甲子 【きのえね】 Wood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)

Readings

Japanese names:
い、 き、 ぎ、 く、 け、 ねっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zi3, zi2, zi5
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • chiquillo
  • niño

Portuguese

  • criança

French

  • enfant
  • signe de la 1ère branche terrestre
  • signe du Rat (zodiaque)
  • 23 h à 01 h
  • Nord (0°)
31 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
40 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
25 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
56 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1264 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
61 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
43 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
38 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.18 Japanese for Busy People
103 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
103 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
69 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
455 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4196 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2125 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2872 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
96 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6930 Morohashi
3390 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1281 New Nelson (John Haig)
95 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
99 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
42 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
18 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3547 2001 Kanji
2c0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-1 SKIP code
4-2-1 SKIP code
1740.7 Four corner code
1-27-50 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5b50 Unicode hex code

崖

11 strokes
Radical:
mountain 山
Parts:
厂 土 山
Variants:
厓
cliff, bluff, precipice
Kun:
がけ、 きし、 はて
On:
ガイ、 ゲ、 ギ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high

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On reading compounds

  • 崖下 【ガイカ】 below a cliff
  • 崖上 【ガイジョウ】 cliff top
  • 断層崖 【ダンソウガイ】 fault scarp, fault escarpment
  • 崎崖 【キガイ】 steepness of a mountain

Kun reading compounds

  • 崖 【がけ】 cliff, precipice, precipice, brink of a dangerous situation
  • 崖上 【がいじょう】 cliff top
  • 財政の崖 【ざいせいのがけ】 fiscal cliff (e.g. potential 2013 US financial crisis), fiscal precipice
  • ガラスの崖 【ガラスのがけ】 glass cliff (corporate leadership)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ya2, ai2
Korean:
ae, eui

Spanish

  • acantilado
  • precipicio
  • despeñadero

Portuguese

French

1428 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1737 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1556 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2862 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1988 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
8180 Morohashi
1488 New Nelson (John Haig)
2227 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
841 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3o8.11 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-8 SKIP code
2221.4 Four corner code
1-19-19 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5d16 Unicode hex code

遺

15 strokes (also 14)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
一 ｜ ハ 込 口 目 貝
bequeath, leave behind, reserve
Kun:
のこ.す
On:
イ、 ユイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
647 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 遺憾 【イカン】 regrettable, unsatisfactory, deplorable, lamentable
  • 遺影 【イエイ】 portrait of a deceased person
  • 拾遺 【シュウイ】 gleaning, gleanings
  • 古語拾遺 【コゴシュウイ】 Gleanings from Ancient Stories (Inbe no Hironari, 807 CE), historical record from the Inbe clan
  • 遺言 【ユイゴン】 will, testament, last request, dying wish
  • 遺骸 【イガイ】 remains, corpse, body

Kun reading compounds

  • 遺す 【のこす】 to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death), to bequeath

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yi2, wei4
Korean:
yu

Spanish

  • olvidar
  • dejar atrás
  • legar
  • dejar en herencia

Portuguese

  • legar
  • deixar para trás
  • reservar

French

  • léguer
  • laisser derrière
  • garder
739 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
827 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
808 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
780 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4745 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
656 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1821 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1172 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1230 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1179 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
719 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3928 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2023 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2731 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1788 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39134P Morohashi
3166 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6115 New Nelson (John Haig)
1772 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1909 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
981 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1661 2001 Kanji
2q12.4 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-12 SKIP code
3530.8 Four corner code
1-16-68 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
907a Unicode hex code

跡

13 strokes
Radical:
foot 足 (⻊)
Parts:
亠 口 止 赤 足
tracks, mark, print, impression
Kun:
あと
On:
セキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
953 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 跡 【セキ】 trace
  • 史跡 【シセキ】 historic landmark, historic site, historic remains
  • 軌跡 【キセキ】 tire track, traces of a person or thing, path one has taken, locus

Kun reading compounds

  • 跡 【あと】 trace, tracks, mark, sign, site, remains, ruins, scar
  • 後始末 【あとしまつ】 settlement (of a matter), sorting out, winding up (affairs), dealing with the aftermath, cleaning up afterwards, tidying up (when finished)
  • 焼け跡 【やけあと】 ruins of a fire, fire-devastated area
  • 後々 【あとあと】 future, distant future

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji1
Korean:
jeog

Spanish

  • marca
  • huella
  • señal
  • ruinas

Portuguese

  • trilhas
  • marca
  • impressão

French

  • traces
  • marques
  • vestiges
  • empreinte
1485 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
931 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4560 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1502 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1792 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1926 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1569 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1673 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1587 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1761 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1937 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1032 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1395 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1762 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
37493 Morohashi
1534 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5875 New Nelson (John Haig)
1746 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1883 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1671 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3741 2001 Kanji
7d6.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-6 SKIP code
6013.0 Four corner code
1-32-55 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8de1 Unicode hex code