Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
big, very
Parts:
Variants:
strange, strangeness, curiosity
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1367 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 奇 【キ】 strange, unconventional, eccentric, novel, odd, odd number
  • 奇異 【キイ】 odd, strange, queer, peculiar
  • 物好き 【モノズキ】 (idle) curiosity, fancifulness, whimsy, (having) strange tastes
  • 怪奇 【カイキ】 bizarre, strange, weird, mysterious, grotesque

Kun reading compounds

  • 奇しき 【くしき】 strange, mysterious, queer
  • 奇しき 【くしき】 strange, mysterious, queer
  • 奇しくも 【くしくも】 strangely, oddly, miraculously, mysteriously

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi2, ji1
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • extraño
  • raro
  • sospechoso

Portuguese

  • estranho
  • estranheza
  • curiousidade

French

  • étrange
  • étrangeté
  • curieux (bizarre)
1123 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1189 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1176 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1048 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1176 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
752 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1360 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1444 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1292 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
414 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2756 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1409 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1902 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
128 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5892 Morohashi
2217 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1150 New Nelson (John Haig)
126 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
133 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1160 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1449 2001 Kanji
3d5.17 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
3-5-3 SKIP code
4062.1 Four corner code
1-20-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5947 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
Variants:
suspicious, mystery, apparition
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1634 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 怪 【カイ】 mystery, wonder
  • 怪獣 【カイジュウ】 monster
  • 奇々怪々 【キキカイカイ】 very strange, bizarre, weird, mysterious
  • 夜道怪 【ヤドウカイ】 folk monster who wanders at night injuring and kidnapping people
  • 怪我 【ケガ】 injury, wound, mistake, accident, loss
  • けが人 【ケガニン】 wounded person, injured person
  • 物怪 【モッケ】 unexpected
  • 物の怪 【モノノケ】 (vengeful) ghost, specter, spectre

Kun reading compounds

  • 怪しい 【あやしい】 suspicious, dubious, questionable, dodgy, shady, fishy, doubtful, unsure, uncertain, unlikely, implausible, untrustworthy, unreliable, clumsy, awkward, shaky, poor, strange, weird, eerie, spooky, uncanny, ominous (e.g. weather), threatening, dangerous (e.g. financial situation), uncertain, suspicious (of a potential amorous relation), mysterious, bewitching, alluring, enticing, enchanting
  • 怪しい手つきで 【あやしいてつきで】 clumsily, with clumsy hands
  • 怪しむ 【あやしむ】 to suspect

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guai4
Korean:
goe

Spanish

  • desconfiado
  • receloso
  • misterio
  • fantasma
  • sospechoso
  • desconfiar
  • recelar
  • dudar
  • sospechar

Portuguese

  • Suspeito
  • mistério
  • aparição

French

  • méfiant
  • mystère
  • apparition
1061 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1367 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1665 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1176 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1291 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1476 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1573 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1450 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
809 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
354 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
220 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
264 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
723 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10483 Morohashi
297 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1821 New Nelson (John Haig)
716 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
773 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1172 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1172 2001 Kanji
4k5.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
9701.4 Four corner code
1-18-88 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
602a Unicode hex code

3 strokes
Radical:
ten, complete
Parts:
thousand
Kun:
On:
セン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
195 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 千 【セン】 thousand, 1,000
  • 千九百年代 【センキュウヒャクネンダイ】 the 1900s
  • 一騎当千 【イッキトウセン】 being a match for a thousand, being a mighty warrior (combatant, player)
  • 一人当千 【イチニントウセン】 being a match for a thousand

Kun reading compounds

  • 千 【せん】 thousand, 1,000
  • 千島 【ちしま】 Kurile Islands
  • 百千 【ひゃくせん】 a large number, all sorts, hundreds and thousands
  • 8000 【はっせん】 8000, eight thousand, many

Readings

Japanese names:
かず、 ゆき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qian1
Korean:
cheon

Spanish

  • mil
  • muchos

Portuguese

  • Mil

French

  • mille
101 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
12 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
47 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
79 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
156 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
83 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
26 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
44 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
15 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
15 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
12 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
240 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4219 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2132 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2881 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
40 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2697 Morohashi
3411 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
599 New Nelson (John Haig)
40 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
40 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
335 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
11 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2255 2001 Kanji
2k1.2 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-3 SKIP code
2040.0 Four corner code
1-32-73 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5343 Unicode hex code

3 strokes
Radical:
one
Parts:
Variants:
ten thousand, 10,000
Kun:
よろず
On:
マンバン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
375 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 万 【マン】 10,000, ten thousand, myriad, everything, all, various
  • 万一 【マンイチ】 (unlikely event of) emergency, the worst(-case scenario), 10000 to 1, (if) by some chance, by some possibility, in the unlikely event that
  • 億万 【オクマン】 millions and millions
  • 永万 【エイマン】 Eiman era (1165.6.5-1166.8.27)
  • 万 【バン】 completely, absolutely, totally
  • 万一 【マンイチ】 (unlikely event of) emergency, the worst(-case scenario), 10000 to 1, (if) by some chance, by some possibility, in the unlikely event that
  • 千万 【センバン】 exceedingly, extremely, very many, indeed
  • 奇怪千万 【キカイセンバン】 very strange (mysterious, weird), bizarre, monstrous, outrageous

Kun reading compounds

  • 万 【まん】 10,000, ten thousand, myriad, everything, all, various
  • 万年 【まんねん】 ten thousand years, eternity, perennial, perpetual
  • 八百万 【やおよろず】 myriad, countless things
  • 500万 【ごひゃくまん】 5,000,000, five million, many

Readings

Japanese names:
かず、 ま、 ゆる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wan4, mo4
Korean:
man, mug

Spanish

  • diez mil
  • muchos

Portuguese

  • dez mil

French

  • myriade
  • 10000
320 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
227 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
392 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
96 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
7 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
84 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
43 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
16 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
16 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
13 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
8 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3653 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1865 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2542 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
64 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10 Morohashi
2936 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
7 New Nelson (John Haig)
64 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
68 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
215 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
86 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3145 2001 Kanji
0a3.8 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-1 SKIP code
4-3-1 SKIP code
1022.7 Four corner code
1-43-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e07 Unicode hex code