Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
axe
Parts:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
51 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 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

16 strokes
Radical:
mortar
Parts:
entertain, revive, retrieve, interest, pleasure
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
734 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 興行 【コウギョウ】 show, performance, act, entertainment industry, show business
  • 興業 【コウギョウ】 promotion of industry, inauguration of a new industrial enterprise
  • 新興 【シンコウ】 rising, developing, emergent, burgeoning, new
  • 再興 【サイコウ】 revival, restoration, resuscitation
  • 興 【キョウ】 interest, entertainment, pleasure, implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
  • 興味 【キョウミ】 interest (in something), curiosity (about something), zest (for)
  • 一興 【イッキョウ】 amusement, fun, brief entertainment
  • 遊興 【ユウキョウ】 merrymaking (esp. wine and women), pleasures

Kun reading compounds

  • 興る 【おこる】 to rise, to flourish
  • 興す 【おこす】 to vitalize (e.g. an industry), to invigorate, to energize, to revive, to promote, to make prosperous, to establish (e.g. a company), to build up, to set up, to launch, to commence

Readings

Japanese names:
おき、 おこっ、 とも
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xing1, xing4
Korean:
heung

Spanish

  • popularizarse
  • popularizar
  • interés
  • prosperar
  • poner en marcha
  • promover

Portuguese

  • entreter
  • reviver
  • recuperar
  • interesse
  • prazer

French

  • intérêt
  • divertir
  • ranimer
  • rétablir (fortune)
  • plaisir
  • prospérer
589 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
702 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
652 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
695 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
615 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
338 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1687 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2586 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
368 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
369 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
631 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
158 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3622 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1852 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2525 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1438 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30226 Morohashi
2909 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4913 New Nelson (John Haig)
1426 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1533 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
490 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
814 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2661 2001 Kanji
2o14.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-14-2 SKIP code
7780.1 Four corner code
1-22-29 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8208 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
eye
Parts:
Variants:
prefecture
Kun:
か.ける
On:
ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
140 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 県 【ケン】 prefecture (Japan), county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.), department (France), province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
  • 県営 【ケンエイ】 (under) prefectural management
  • 都道府県 【トドウフケン】 prefectures (of Japan), largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
  • 同県 【ドウケン】 the same prefecture, the said prefecture

Readings

Japanese names:
あがた、 がた
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xian4
Korean:
hyeon

Spanish

  • prefectura

Portuguese

  • Condado
  • prefeitura (região)

French

  • préfecture
  • département
203 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
291 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
273 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
195 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1362 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
381 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
226 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1252 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
194 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
194 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
336 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1380 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3269 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1687 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2294 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
126 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23210P Morohashi
2641 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3918 New Nelson (John Haig)
513 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
552 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
326 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1241 2001 Kanji
3n6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-3 SKIP code
3-4-5 SKIP code
2-5-4 SKIP code
2690.1 Four corner code
1-24-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
770c Unicode hex code