Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
turban, scarf
Parts:
usual, ordinary, normal, common, regular, continually, always, long-lasting
Kun:
つねとこ-
On:
ジョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
293 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 常識 【ジョウシキ】 common sense, good sense, common knowledge, general knowledge, common practice, accepted practice, social etiquette
  • 常勤 【ジョウキン】 full-time employment
  • 平常 【ヘイジョウ】 normal, usual, ordinary, everyday
  • 経常 【ケイジョウ】 ordinary

Kun reading compounds

  • 常 【つね】 usual state of things
  • 常に 【つねに】 always, constantly
  • 経常 【けいじょう】 ordinary
  • 人の常 【ひとのつね】 human nature

Readings

Japanese names:
とき、 のぶ、 ひ、 ひた
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chang2
Korean:
sang

Spanish

  • habitual
  • usual
  • ordinario
  • normal
  • siempre
  • interminable

Portuguese

  • regular
  • normal
  • comum
  • usual

French

  • habituel
  • ordinaire
  • normal
642 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
740 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
718 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
356 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1364 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
199 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
499 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1463 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
497 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
506 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
708 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
566 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3203 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1657 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2247 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
807 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8955 Morohashi
2590 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1569 New Nelson (John Haig)
799 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
862 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
190 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
737 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1044 2001 Kanji
3n8.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-6 SKIP code
2-3-8 SKIP code
9022.7 Four corner code
1-30-79 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e38 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
long stride
Parts:
build
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N4
300 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 建国 【ケンコク】 founding of a nation
  • 建議 【ケンギ】 proposition, motion, proposal, suggestion
  • 経営再建 【ケイエイサイケン】 management reorganization, management reorganisation
  • 財政再建 【ザイセイサイケン】 finance reform, fiscal reconstruction
  • 建立 【コンリュウ】 (act of) building (temple, monument, etc.), erection
  • 再建 【サイコン】 (temple or shrine) rebuilding

Kun reading compounds

  • 建てる 【たてる】 to build, to construct
  • 建て 【たて】 contract, commitment
  • 建前 【たてまえ】 face, official stance, public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts), ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
  • 建つ 【たつ】 to be erected, to be built

Readings

Japanese names:
たけ、 たつ、 たて
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian4
Korean:
geon

Spanish

  • construir
  • edificar
  • levantarse
  • ser construido

Portuguese

  • Construção

French

  • construire
391 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
498 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
473 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
244 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1549 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
363 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
166 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
995 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.12 Japanese for Busy People
892 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
913 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1055 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
600 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3834 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1965 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2661 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
398 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9574 Morohashi
3090 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1660 New Nelson (John Haig)
391 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
417 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
278 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
524 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3567 2001 Kanji
2q6.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-6 SKIP code
3-2-6 SKIP code
1540.0 Four corner code
1-23-90 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5efa Unicode hex code