Jisho

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新

13 strokes
Radical:
axe 斤
Parts:
亠 并 斤 木 立 辛
new
Kun:
あたら.しい、 あら.た、 あら-、 にい-
On:
シン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
51 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 新 【シン】 new, neo-, newness, novelty, Gregorian calendar, Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE), Hsin dynasty
  • 新鋭 【シンエイ】 young and energetic, up-and-coming, new and excellent, newly produced, up-and-comer
  • 維新 【イシン】 reformation, revolution, renewal, Meiji Restoration, Nippon Ishin no Kai, Japan Innovation Party
  • 改新 【カイシン】 reformation

Kun reading compounds

  • 新しい 【あたらしい】 new, novel, fresh, recent, latest, up-to-date, modern
  • 新しい女 【あたらしいおんな】 liberated woman
  • 新た 【あらた】 new, fresh, novel
  • 新田 【しんでん】 new rice field, newly developed rice field, wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)

Readings

Japanese names:
あせ、 あたらし、 し、 に、 にっ、 につ、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xin1
Korean:
sin

Spanish

  • nuevo
  • fresco

Portuguese

  • novo

French

  • nouveau
256 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
165 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
148 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
36 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2080 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
178 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
55 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1965 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.5 Japanese for Busy People
174 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
174 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
85 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
956 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2239 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1166 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1587 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1516 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13572 Morohashi
1784 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2387 New Nelson (John Haig)
1502 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1619 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
80 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
226 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
454 2001 Kanji
5b8.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-9-4 SKIP code
0292.1 Four corner code
1-31-23 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
65b0 Unicode hex code

聞

14 strokes
Radical:
ear 耳
Parts:
耳 門
Variants:
hear, ask, listen
Kun:
き.く、 き.こえる
On:
ブン、 モン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
319 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 聞見 【ブンケン】 information, experience, knowledge, observation
  • 聞香 【ブンコウ】 smelling incense, savoring incense, distinguishing incense by smell, incense-smelling party
  • スポーツ新聞 【スポーツシンブン】 sports newspaper
  • 壁新聞 【カベシンブン】 wall newspaper, wall poster
  • 聞見 【ブンケン】 information, experience, knowledge, observation
  • 聞香 【ブンコウ】 smelling incense, savoring incense, distinguishing incense by smell, incense-smelling party
  • 奏聞 【ソウモン】 reporting to the Emperor
  • 声聞 【ショウモン】 sravaka (disciple of Buddha), adherent of Hinayana Buddhism

Kun reading compounds

  • 聞く 【きく】 to hear, to listen (e.g. to music), to ask, to enquire, to query, to hear about, to hear of, to learn of, to follow (advice, order, etc.), to obey, to listen to, to comply with, to hear (e.g. a plea), to grant (a request), to accept (e.g. an argument), to give consideration to, to smell (esp. incense), to sample (a fragrance), to taste (alcohol), to try
  • 聞くだけ野暮 【きくだけやぼ】 asking would be rude, tasteless question
  • 聞こえる 【きこえる】 to be heard, to be audible, to reach one's ears, to sound (like), to come across (as), to be well known, to be famous, to accept (someone's words), to agree, to understand

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wen2, wen4
Korean:
mun

Spanish

  • preguntar
  • escuchar
  • rumor
  • reputación
  • oír

Portuguese

  • escutar
  • perguntar
  • escuta

French

  • entendre
  • écouter
  • demander
314 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
219 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
200 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
262 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4959 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
109 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
80 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2244 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.8 Japanese for Busy People
64 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
64 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
179 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1584 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4127 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2097 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2840 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1640 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29104 Morohashi
3326 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4732 New Nelson (John Haig)
1626 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1754 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
184 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
234 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3854 2001 Kanji
8e6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-8-6 SKIP code
7712.1 Four corner code
7740.1 Four corner code
1-42-25 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
805e Unicode hex code

倫

10 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
一 ｜ 亅 化 个 廾 冊
ethics, companion
On:
リン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1322 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 倫理的 【リンリテキ】 ethical
  • 倫理 【リンリ】 ethics, morals
  • 映倫 【エイリン】 Eirin, Film Classification and Rating Organization
  • 五倫 【ゴリン】 the five Confucian filial-piety relationships

Readings

Japanese names:
とも、 のり、 ひとし、 ひろ、 みち
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lun2
Korean:
ryun

Spanish

  • ética
  • principios
  • deber
  • reglas

Portuguese

  • ética
  • companheiro

French

  • éthique
  • camarade
1914 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1795 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
474 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1742 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1057 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1037 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1163 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1220 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
497 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
115 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
135 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
90 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
103 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1838 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
793 Morohashi
120 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
246 New Nelson (John Haig)
1821 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1962 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1306 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2153 2001 Kanji
2a8.28 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-8 SKIP code
2822.7 Four corner code
1-46-49 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
502b Unicode hex code

理

11 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
王 里
logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth
Kun:
ことわり
On:
リ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
86 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 理 【リ】 reason, principle, logic, general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon), the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
  • 理科 【リカ】 science (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.), natural science, science department (university), science course, science (as a school subject)
  • 合理 【ゴウリ】 rationality
  • 経理 【ケイリ】 accounting, administration (of money)

Kun reading compounds

  • 理 【ことわり】 reason, logic, sense, natural way of things

Readings

Japanese names:
あや、 おさむ、 さと、 さとる、 ただ、 ただし、 とおる、 に、 のり、 ひ、 まこと、 まさ、 まさし、 まろ、 みち、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
li3
Korean:
ri

Spanish

  • lógica
  • razón
  • preparar

Portuguese

  • lógica
  • arranjo
  • razão
  • justiça
  • verdade

French

  • logique
  • principe
  • raison
  • justice
  • vérité
333 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
239 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
220 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
95 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2942 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
104 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
217 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1361 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.17 Japanese for Busy People
143 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
143 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
241 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1321 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1220 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
659 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
881 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
271 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21014 Morohashi
970 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3644 New Nelson (John Haig)
265 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
283 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
59 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
212 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3172 2001 Kanji
4f7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-7 SKIP code
1611.4 Four corner code
1-45-93 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7406 Unicode hex code

綱

14 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
一 并 冂 小 山 幺 糸 岡
hawser, class (genus), rope, cord, cable
Kun:
つな
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1053 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 綱 【コウ】 class
  • 綱領 【コウリョウ】 general plan, main points, summary, platform (e.g. for a campaign), mission statement
  • 要綱 【ヨウコウ】 main principle, gist, general plan, guidelines, outline
  • 大綱 【タイコウ】 fundamental principles, main lines, outline, summary, general features

Kun reading compounds

  • 綱 【つな】 rope, cord, line, grand champion's braided belt
  • 綱引き 【つなひき】 tug of war, forward puller (of a rickshaw)
  • 命の綱 【いのちのつな】 the thread of life
  • 望みの綱 【のぞみのつな】 one's last hope, one's only hope, the last hope

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gang1
Korean:
gang

Spanish

  • soga
  • cuerda
  • cordón
  • categoría

Portuguese

  • amarrio
  • classe (gênero em biologia)
  • corda
  • cabo

French

  • haussière
  • classe (genre)
  • corde
  • câble
1264 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1250 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3561 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1052 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1635 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2661 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1609 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1716 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1566 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1541 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1735 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
928 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1253 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1982 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27576 Morohashi
1372 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4525 New Nelson (John Haig)
1963 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2114 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1723 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2753 2001 Kanji
6a8.23 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-8 SKIP code
2792.0 Four corner code
1-25-43 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7db1 Unicode hex code

領

14 strokes
Radical:
leaf 頁
Parts:
一 个 ハ 卩 目 貝 頁
jurisdiction, dominion, territory, fief, reign
Kun:
えり
On:
リョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
138 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 領 【リョウ】 territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.), counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
  • 領域 【リョウイキ】 area, domain, territory, field, range, region, regime
  • 学習指導要領 【ガクシュウシドウヨウリョウ】 government course (curriculum) guidelines
  • 綱領 【コウリョウ】 general plan, main points, summary, platform (e.g. for a campaign), mission statement

Kun reading compounds

  • 襟 【えり】 collar, lapel, neckband, neck, nape of the neck, scruff of the neck
  • 襟足 【えりあし】 hairline at the nape of the neck, nape
  • 盤領 【まるえり】 round collar (of traditional Japanese clothing)

Readings

Japanese names:
よう、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ling3
Korean:
ryeong

Spanish

  • punto clave
  • control
  • controlar

Portuguese

  • jurisdição
  • domínio
  • território
  • feudo
  • reino

French

  • domaine
  • juridiction
  • territoire
  • fief
735 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
825 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
806 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
338 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5124 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
849 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1008 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
834 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
853 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
999 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1888 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1567 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
828 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1133 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1417 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
43423 Morohashi
1224 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6628 New Nelson (John Haig)
1405 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1507 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
452 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
804 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2861 2001 Kanji
9a5.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-9 SKIP code
8128.6 Four corner code
8138.6 Four corner code
1-46-46 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9818 Unicode hex code