Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
consolation, amusement, seduce, cheer, make sport of, comfort, console
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1158 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 慰謝 【イシャ】 consolation
  • 慰安 【イアン】 solace, relaxation
  • 弔慰 【チョウイ】 condolence, sympathy
  • 自慰 【ジイ】 masturbation, onanism, self-consolation

Kun reading compounds

  • 慰める 【なぐさめる】 to comfort, to console, to amuse
  • 慰む 【なぐさむ】 to feel comforted, to be in good spirits, to feel better, to forget one's worries, to trifle with, to fool around with

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wei4
Korean:
wi

Spanish

  • consolar
  • confortar
  • aliviar
  • alegrar

Portuguese

  • consolo
  • divertimento
  • sedução
  • torce
  • levar na esportiva
  • conforto
  • consolar

French

  • réconforter
  • divertissement
  • séduire
  • consoler
  • remonter
  • s'amuser de
1008 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1466 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1758 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1066 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1317 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2404 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1618 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1726 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1702 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
798 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3557 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1835 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2497 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1105 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11135 Morohashi
2867 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1972 New Nelson (John Haig)
1096 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1177 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1761 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3758 2001 Kanji
4k11.13 The Kanji Dictionary
2-11-4 SKIP code
7433.0 Four corner code
1-16-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6170 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
old 老 (耂)
Parts:
Variants:
someone, person
Kun:
もの
On:
シャ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
38 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 者 【シャ】 person, -er, expert, geisha, prostitute
  • 芸者 【ゲイシャ】 geisha, professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
  • 加害者 【カガイシャ】 perpetrator, wrong-doer, aggressor, assailant, offender

Kun reading compounds

  • 者 【もの】 person
  • 者ども 【ものども】 you, people
  • 弱き者 【よわきもの】 weak person, the weak
  • 若い者 【わかいもの】 young person, young people, youth, youngsters, young employee, young manservant, young follower

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhe3
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • persona

Portuguese

  • alguém
  • pessoa

French

  • personne
  • quelqu'un
235 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
314 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
298 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
22 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3685 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
56 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
240 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
769 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.6 Japanese for Busy People
164 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
164 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
148 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1578 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3980 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2047 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2765 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1264 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28852 Morohashi
3211 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4698 New Nelson (John Haig)
1256 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1345 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
19 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
302 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1478 2001 Kanji
4c4.13 The Kanji Dictionary
3-4-4 SKIP code
4-8-2 SKIP code
2-4-4 SKIP code
4460.0 Four corner code
1-28-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8005 Unicode hex code