Jisho

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6 strokes (also 5)
Radical:
river 巛 (川, 巜)
Parts:
patrol, go around, circumference
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1262 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 巡 【ジュン】 counter for tours, cycles, rounds, circuits, etc.
  • 巡回 【ジュンカイ】 going around, patrol, round, tour
  • 一巡 【イチジュン】 one round, one tour, one circuit, one patrol
  • 軽巡 【ケイジュン】 light cruiser

Kun reading compounds

  • 巡る 【めぐる】 to go around, to make a circle around, to surround, to circle, to enclose, to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.), to return, to repeat, to circulate (of blood, money, etc.), to travel around, to make a tour of, to concern (a matter), to surround
  • 巡り 【めぐり】 circumference, girth, tour, pilgrimage, circulation (e.g. of blood)
  • めぐり合う 【めぐりあう】 to meet fortuitously, to meet by chance, to happen across

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xun2
Korean:
sun

Spanish

  • patrullar
  • circular
  • dar vueltas

Portuguese

  • patrulhar
  • dar uma volta
  • circunferência

French

  • patrouille
  • faire le tour
  • pèlerinage
  • circonférence
1374 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1066 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4667 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
905 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1245 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
777 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
791 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1743 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
677 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3781 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1930 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2622 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
291 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8680P Morohashi
3047 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1528 New Nelson (John Haig)
285 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
303 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1090 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2762 2001 Kanji
2q3.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-3 SKIP code
3-2-3 SKIP code
3230.3 Four corner code
1-29-68 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5de1 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
sign 示 (礻)
Parts:
Variants:
salute, bow, ceremony, thanks, remuneration
On:
レイライ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
1185 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 礼 【レイ】 thanks, gratitude, manners, etiquette, bow (i.e. bending of the body), bowing, reward, gift, ceremony, ritual, key money
  • 礼儀 【レイギ】 manners, courtesy, etiquette
  • 巡礼 【ジュンレイ】 pilgrimage, pilgrim
  • 儀礼 【ギレイ】 courtesy, etiquette, formality, protocol, (religious) observance, ritual, rite
  • 礼賛 【ライサン】 praise, worship, adoration, glorification
  • 礼冠 【ライカン】 crown or head-ornament worn with formal or ceremonial clothes by nobility (ritsuryō system)
  • 頂礼 【チョウライ】 prostration, placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect
  • 帰命頂礼 【キミョウチョウライ】 most formal form of a prayer

Readings

Japanese names:
あや、 なり、 のり、 ひろし、 れ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
li3
Korean:
rye

Spanish

  • saludo
  • reverencia
  • cortesía
  • gracias

Portuguese

  • saudação
  • reverência
  • cerimônia
  • agradecimento
  • remuneração

French

  • salut
  • courbette
  • cérémonie
  • remerciements
  • rémunération
337 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
436 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
413 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
983 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3229 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
350 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
770 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
146 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.13 Japanese for Busy People
620 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
630 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
822 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1417 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1012 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
547 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
724 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1096 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24626P Morohashi
818 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4061 New Nelson (John Haig)
1087 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1168 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
262 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
656 2001 Kanji
4e1.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-1 SKIP code
3221.0 Four corner code
1-46-73 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
793c Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
pestle
Parts:
Variants:
year, counter for years
Kun:
とし
On:
ネン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
6 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 年 【ネン】 year, counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school), period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
  • 年会 【ネンカイ】 conference, annual convention
  • 往年 【オウネン】 years gone by, earlier years, former years, the past
  • 平年 【ヘイネン】 non-leap year, average year (for rainfall, temperature, etc.), normal year

Kun reading compounds

  • 年 【とし】 year, age, years, past one's prime, old age
  • 年明け 【としあけ】 beginning of the year, early in the New Year
  • いい年 【いいとし】 mature age, advanced age, maturity, age when one is old enough to know better
  • 御年 【おんとし】 age (esp. advanced)

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nian2
Korean:
nyeon

Spanish

  • año
  • edad

Portuguese

  • Ano

French

  • année
  • compteur d'années
126 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
20 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
64 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
3 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
188 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
64 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
51 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
342 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
45 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
45 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
24 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
574 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2528 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1284 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1752 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1045 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9168 Morohashi
2035 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1593 New Nelson (John Haig)
1036 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1114 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
13 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
51 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2355 2001 Kanji
0a6.16 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-4 SKIP code
4-6-3 SKIP code
8050.0 Four corner code
1-39-15 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e74 Unicode hex code