Jisho

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4 strokes
Radical:
big, very
Parts:
heavens, sky, imperial
Kun:
あまつあめあま-
On:
テン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
512 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 天 【テン】 sky, heaven, God, svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth), deva (divine being of Buddhism), top (of a book), sole (of a Japanese sandal), beginning, start, tempura, India
  • 天下 【テンカ】 the whole world, the whole country, society, the public, supremacy over a nation, government of a country, the ruling power, having one's own way, doing as one pleases, peerless, incomparable, superlative, world-famous, shogun (Edo period)
  • 炎天 【エンテン】 blazing heat, scorching sun
  • 楽天 【ラクテン】 optimism

Kun reading compounds

  • 天津 【あまつ】 heavenly, imperial
  • 天津乙女 【あまつおとめ】 celestial maiden
  • 天 【あめ】 sky
  • 天地 【てんち】 heaven and earth, the universe, the world, nature, land, world, realm, sphere, top and bottom, gods of heaven and earth

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 あも、 た、 たかし、 て、 なま
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tian1
Korean:
cheon

Spanish

  • paraíso
  • cielo
  • imperial

Portuguese

  • paraíso
  • ceú
  • imperiais

French

  • cieux
  • ciel
  • impérial
119 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
67 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
58 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
364 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
16 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
78 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
41 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
93 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.8 Japanese for Busy People
141 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
141 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
462 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
410 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4250 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2148 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2898 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
435 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5833 Morohashi
3442 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1138 New Nelson (John Haig)
428 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
457 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
277 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
34 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3163 2001 Kanji
0a4.21 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-1 SKIP code
1043.0 Four corner code
1-37-23 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5929 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
two
Parts:
well, well crib, town, community
Kun:
On:
セイショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
339 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 井 【セイ】 well curb, Chinese "Well" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
  • 整然 【セイゼン】 orderly, regular, systematic, well-organized, well-organised, trim, tidy, accurate
  • 市井 【シセイ】 the street, the town
  • 整々 【セイセイ】 well-ordered, in good order, orderly

Kun reading compounds

  • 井 【い】 well
  • 堰 【せき】 dam, weir, barrier, sluice
  • 筒井 【つつい】 round well
  • 市井 【しせい】 the street, the town

Readings

Japanese names:
いの、 さい、 ひ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jing3
Korean:
jeong

Spanish

  • pozo
  • ciudad

Portuguese

  • poço

French

  • puits
  • margelle
  • ville
  • communauté
1470 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
252 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
165 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
916 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1031 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
103 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1193 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1255 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1064 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
34 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4265 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2153 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2905 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1824 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
258 Morohashi
3454 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
76 New Nelson (John Haig)
1806 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1946 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1019 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1955 2001 Kanji
0a4.46 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-3 SKIP code
5500.0 Four corner code
1-16-70 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e95 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
Variants:
scaffold, cleat, frame, jetty, bolt (door)
Kun:
かけはし
On:
サンセン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2093 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 桟 【サン】 frame (i.e. of a sliding door), crosspiece, bar, sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut), rung (of a ladder)
  • 桟橋 【サンバシ】 wharf, bridge, jetty, pier
  • 障子の桟 【ショウジノサン】 frame of a shoji (paper sliding-door)
  • 窓の桟 【マドノサン】 window frame, window sill

Kun reading compounds

  • 懸け橋 【かけはし】 temporary (suspension) bridge, makeshift bridge, bridge (between cultures, generations, etc.), link, go-between, intermediary, walkway (constructed on a cliff face), plank path

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhan4
Korean:
jan

Spanish

  • travesaño
  • armazón
  • muelle
  • embarcadero

Portuguese

  • andaime
  • ripa
  • moldura
  • cais
  • ferrolho (porta)

French

  • échafaudage
  • traverse
  • cadre (shoji)
  • jetée
  • quai
  • pont
  • verrou
1308 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
2016 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2252 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1834 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1435 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1094 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1906 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2078 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1532 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1093 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1169 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
633 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
843 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
373 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
932 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2658 New Nelson (John Haig)
367 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
393 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1350 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1859 2001 Kanji
4a6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
4395.0 Four corner code
1-27-23 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
685f Unicode hex code

15 strokes
Radical:
rap 攴 (攵)
Parts:
Variants:
spread, pave, sit, promulgate
Kun:
し.く-し.き
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1212 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 敷設 【フセツ】 laying (a railroad, pipes, naval mines, etc.), construction
  • 敷衍 【フエン】 expatiation, enlargement (e.g. on a point), elaboration, amplification, clear explanation, paraphrasing

Kun reading compounds

  • 敷く 【しく】 to spread out, to lay out, to cover, to lay (e.g. railway tracks), to sit on, to take a position, to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

Readings

Japanese names:
しき、 にゅう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fu1
Korean:
bu

Spanish

  • extender
  • tender una vía
  • pavimentar

Portuguese

  • espalhar
  • pavimentar
  • assentar
  • promulgar

French

  • étaler
  • paver
  • s'asseoir
  • promulguer
1756 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1053 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2059 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1039 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1392 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2355 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1451 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1544 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
724 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
947 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2345 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1207 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1653 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1901 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13359P Morohashi
1870 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2357 New Nelson (John Haig)
1883 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2028 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1772 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1566 2001 Kanji
4i11.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-11-4 SKIP code
5824.0 Four corner code
1-41-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6577 Unicode hex code