Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
woman, female
Parts:
mediator, go-between
Kun:
なこうど
On:
バイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1900 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 媒体 【バイタイ】 medium, media
  • 媒酌 【バイシャク】 matchmaking, acting as a go-between
  • 溶媒 【ヨウバイ】 solvent
  • 冷媒 【レイバイ】 refrigerant, coolant

Kun reading compounds

  • 仲人 【なこうど】 matchmaker, go-between, intermediary, middleman, mediator, intercessor

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mei2
Korean:
mae

Spanish

  • mediación
  • mediador
  • intermediario
  • casamentero

Portuguese

  • mediador
  • ir entre

French

  • médiateur
  • intermédiaire
1692 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1862 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1241 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1403 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1198 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1496 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1595 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1760 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
450 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
686 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
412 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
518 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1777 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6498 Morohashi
564 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1247 New Nelson (John Haig)
1761 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1898 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1522 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1764 2001 Kanji
3e9.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
4449.4 Four corner code
1-39-62 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5a92 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
wine, alcohol
Parts:
Variants:
bar-tending, serving sake, the host, draw (water), ladle, scoop, pump
Kun:
く.む
On:
シャク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2271 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 酌 【シャク】 pouring alcohol, person pouring alcohol (esp. a woman)
  • 酌婦 【シャクフ】 barmaid, waitress
  • 晩酌 【バンシャク】 drink at home with one's evening meal, dinner-time drink
  • 媒酌 【バイシャク】 matchmaking, acting as a go-between

Kun reading compounds

  • 酌む 【くむ】 to pour (sake), to serve, to drink (together), to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.), to sympathize with, to intuit, to understand

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhuo2
Korean:
jag

Spanish

  • servir sake
  • sacar
  • bombear

Portuguese

  • Trabalhar em bares
  • servindo sake
  • o anfitrião
  • sucção (água)
  • concha
  • balde
  • bomba

French

  • servir à boire
  • hôte
  • tirer (de l'eau)
  • louche
  • pompe
1343 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1919 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4778 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1835 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1831 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1863 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2022 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1591 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1788 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1854 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
982 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1331 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1441 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39768X Morohashi
1461 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6162 New Nelson (John Haig)
1429 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1536 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1400 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3252 2001 Kanji
7e3.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-3 SKIP code
1762.0 Four corner code
1-28-64 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
914c Unicode hex code