Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
manipulate, rule, administer, conduct, palm of hand
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1757 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 手のひら 【テノヒラ】 palm (of the hand)
  • 掌握 【ショウアク】 grasping, seizing, holding, commanding, having control over
  • 合掌 【ガッショウ】 pressing one's hands together in prayer, triangular frame of a thatched roof, yours sincerely, yours truly, sincerely yours
  • 鞅掌 【オウショウ】 being busy with

Kun reading compounds

  • 手のひら 【てのひら】 palm (of the hand)
  • 手のひら返し 【てのひらがえし】 sudden reversal (of behavior, opinion, attitude, etc.), about-face, flip-flop
  • 手のひら 【てのひら】 palm (of the hand)
  • 掌の玉 【たなごころのたま】 apple of one's eye

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhang3
Korean:
jang

Spanish

  • manipular
  • controlar
  • palma de la mano

Portuguese

  • manipular
  • regra
  • administrar
  • conduta
  • palma de mão

French

  • paume
  • manipuler
  • administrer
  • diriger
  • gouverner
1402 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1618 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1366 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1210 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1360 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1748 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
499 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
508 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1677 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
850 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3215 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1666 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2256 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
809 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12248 Morohashi
2602 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2200 New Nelson (John Haig)
801 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
864 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1537 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1047 2001 Kanji
3n9.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-7 SKIP code
2-3-9 SKIP code
9050.2 Four corner code
1-30-24 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
638c Unicode hex code

15 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
compilation, knit, plait, braid, twist, editing, completed poem, part of a book
Kun:
あ.む-あ.み
On:
ヘン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
591 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 編 【ヘン】 compilation (of a text), editing, volume (of a text), completed literary work
  • 編者 【ヘンシャ】 editor, compiler
  • 再編 【サイヘン】 reorganization, reorganisation, reshuffle
  • 改編 【カイヘン】 reorganization, reorganisation

Kun reading compounds

  • 編む 【あむ】 to knit, to plait, to braid, to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.), to edit

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bian1
Korean:
pyeon, byeon

Spanish

  • ensamblar
  • tejer
  • editar
  • compilar

Portuguese

  • acumulo
  • tricotar
  • trançar
  • trança
  • torcer
  • editar
  • poema completo
  • divisão de um livro

French

  • compilation
  • tricoter
  • natte
  • tresse
  • éditer
  • poème complet
  • partie d'un livre
714 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
806 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
785 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
495 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3583 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
473 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
827 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
682 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
695 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
883 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1553 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1755 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
941 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1270 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1842 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27665X Morohashi
1387 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4552 New Nelson (John Haig)
1825 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1966 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
811 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2753 2001 Kanji
6a9.13 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-9 SKIP code
2392.7 Four corner code
1-42-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7de8 Unicode hex code