Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
rap 攴 (攵)
Parts:
daring, brave, bold, sad, tragic, pitiful
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1859 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 敢闘 【カントウ】 fighting bravely
  • 敢行 【カンコウ】 decisive action, going through with, daring to do, carrying out
  • 勇猛果敢 【ユウモウカカン】 daring and resolute, having dauntless courage
  • 迅速果敢 【ジンソクカカン】 quick and decisive, fast and daring, swift and resolute

Kun reading compounds

  • 敢えて 【あえて】 purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.), daringly (doing something), deliberately, intentionally, not necessarily, not particularly, not especially, definitely not
  • 敢え無い 【あえない】 disappointing (end, result, etc.), sad, miserable, tragic, fleeting, transient

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gan3
Korean:
gam

Spanish

  • osado
  • atrevido

Portuguese

  • ousar
  • frágil
  • lamentável
  • trágico
  • triste
  • franzino

French

  • audace
  • triste
  • tragique
  • pitoyable
  • frêle
  • faible
1106 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1812 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2054 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1713 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1390 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1687 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1691 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1807 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1622 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
942 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2142 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1121 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1522 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
834 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13260 Morohashi
1706 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2350 New Nelson (John Haig)
826 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
889 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1544 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3166 2001 Kanji
4i8.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-4 SKIP code
1814.0 Four corner code
1-20-26 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6562 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well
Kun:
しかしか.りしか.し
On:
ゼンネン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
401 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 然 【ゼン】 -like
  • 然諾 【ゼンダク】 consent, saying yes
  • 必然 【ヒツゼン】 inevitable, necessary, certain, sure, inevitability, necessity
  • 漠然 【バクゼン】 vague, obscure, indistinct, hazy, ambiguous
  • 寂然 【セキゼン】 lonely, desolate, forlornness, desolation
  • 自然 【ジネン】 occurring naturally (without human influence)

Kun reading compounds

  • 然 【しか】 like that, as such, yeah, uh-huh
  • 然し 【しかし】 however, but
  • 然り 【しかり】 yes, yea, aye, affirmative, to be so
  • 然し 【しかし】 however, but
  • 而して 【そして】 and, and then, thus, and now, and finally
  • 然 【さ】 so, like that, in that way
  • 然らば 【さらば】 farewell, goodbye, adieu, if so, in that case, then, and (then)
  • 然然 【ささ】 such and such

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ran2
Korean:
yeon

Spanish

  • de esa forma
  • en ese caso

Portuguese

  • Tipos de objetos
  • assim
  • se assim
  • naquele caso
  • bem

French

  • un certain
  • si c'est comme ça
  • dans ce cas
  • suffixe adverbial
450 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
557 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
528 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
375 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2770 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
437 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
716 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1788 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
651 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
662 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
401 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1279 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3456 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1779 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2423 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
246 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19149 Morohashi
2782 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3435 New Nelson (John Haig)
241 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
256 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
144 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
592 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2540 2001 Kanji
4d8.10 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-4 SKIP code
2333.3 Four corner code
1-33-19 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7136 Unicode hex code