Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
clear (the land), open, break up (land)
Kun:
ひら.く
On:
タク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1526 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 拓殖 【タクショク】 colonization, colonisation, development, settlement, exploitation
  • 拓銀 【タクギン】 Takushoku Bank
  • 干拓 【カンタク】 land reclamation (from sea)
  • 未開拓 【ミカイタク】 undeveloped (area), unexplored (field of study), wild (areas), untapped area

Kun reading compounds

  • 拓く 【ひらく】 to open (e.g. path), to clear (the way), to break up (e.g. land)

Readings

Japanese names:
つ、 ひろ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tuo4, ta4
Korean:
cheog, tag

Spanish

  • aclarar
  • despejar la tierra
  • calcar

Portuguese

  • limpar (a terra)
  • abrir
  • abrir (terra)

French

  • défricher
  • conquête (terrain)
1554 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1415 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1873 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1780 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1349 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
586 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1833 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1983 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1263 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
876 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
375 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
237 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
282 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
658 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11958 Morohashi
317 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2115 New Nelson (John Haig)
651 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
703 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1181 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1377 2001 Kanji
3c5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
5106.0 Four corner code
1-34-83 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
62d3 Unicode hex code

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On reading compounds

  • 跋 【バツ】 epilogue, postscript, envoi
  • 跋文 【バツブン】 afterword, epilogue, postscript

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ba2
Korean:
bal

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4553 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
37446 Morohashi
5867 New Nelson (John Haig)
7d5.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-5 SKIP code
6314.4 Four corner code
1-76-77 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8dcb Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
sun, day
Parts:
Variants:
universal, wide(ly), generally, Prussia
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
757 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 普 【フ】 ordinary bank account
  • 普及 【フキュウ】 diffusion, spread, popularization, promulgation, familiarization

Kun reading compounds

  • 遍く 【あまねく】 widely, extensively, far and wide, everywhere, all around, generally, universally

Readings

Japanese names:
しん、 ひろ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pu3
Korean:
bo

Spanish

  • universal
  • amplio
  • general
  • Prusia

Portuguese

  • vasto
  • universal(mente)
  • geralmente
  • Prussia

French

  • universel
  • largement
  • généralement
  • Prusse
1754 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
880 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
605 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1102 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
602 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1792 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1166 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1223 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
427 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
978 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2919 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1499 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2028 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1803 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13982 Morohashi
2323 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2489 New Nelson (John Haig)
1786 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1925 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1548 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
978 2001 Kanji
2o10.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-9 SKIP code
2-8-4 SKIP code
8060.1 Four corner code
1-41-65 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
666e Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
root, radical, head (pimple)
Kun:
-ね
On:
コン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
620 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 根 【コン】 stick-to-itiveness, perseverance, persistence, radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily), root, indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)
  • 根幹 【コンカン】 foundation, root, basis, core, fundamentals, root and trunk
  • 事実無根 【ジジツムコン】 groundless, entirely contrary to fact
  • 球根 【キュウコン】 (plant) bulb

Kun reading compounds

  • 根 【ね】 root (of a plant), root (of a tooth, hair, etc.), center (of a pimple, etc.), root (of all evil, etc.), source, origin, cause, basis, one's true nature, (fishing) reef
  • 根ざす 【ねざす】 to come from, to have roots in
  • 島根 【しまね】 Shimane (prefecture), island country
  • 尾根 【おね】 (mountain) ridge

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gen1
Korean:
geun

Spanish

  • raíz matemática
  • perseverancia
  • raíz

Portuguese

  • raiz
  • radical
  • verruga

French

  • racine
  • radical
  • point noir (acné)
216 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
298 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
282 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
535 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2261 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
425 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
632 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1372 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
314 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
314 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
974 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1092 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1167 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
631 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
841 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1473 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14745 Morohashi
930 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2670 New Nelson (John Haig)
1461 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1571 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
390 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
355 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1865 2001 Kanji
4a6.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
4793.2 Four corner code
1-26-12 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6839 Unicode hex code