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早

6 strokes
Radical:
sun, day 日
Parts:
十 日
early, fast
Kun:
はや.い、 はや、 はや-、 はや.まる、 はや.める、 さ-
On:
ソウ、 サッ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
402 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 早急 【ソウキュウ】 immediate, prompt, quick, rapid, urgent, pressing
  • 早期 【ソウキ】 early stage
  • 時期早々 【ジキソウソウ】 premature
  • 尚早 【ショウソウ】 prematurity
  • 早急 【ソウキュウ】 immediate, prompt, quick, rapid, urgent, pressing
  • 早速 【サッソク】 at once, immediately, without delay, promptly

Kun reading compounds

  • 早い 【はやい】 fast, quick, rapid, swift, speedy, brisk, prompt, early, soon, earlier than usual, premature, too soon, too early, easy, simple, quick, fast, as soon as ..., the moment ..., the instant ...
  • 早いこと 【はやいこと】 quickly
  • 早 【はや】 already, now, by this time, quick, early, fast, rapid
  • 甲矢 【はや】 arrow with feathers that curve to the left (the first of two arrows to be fired)
  • 千早 【ちはや】 thin, white ceremonial haori worn by miko
  • 早々 【はやはや】 quickly
  • 早まる 【はやまる】 to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours), to be moved up, to be advanced, to be hasty, to be rash, to quicken, to speed up, to gather speed
  • 早める 【はやめる】 to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours), to advance, to hasten (e.g. one's death), to expedite, to precipitate, to quicken (e.g. one's step), to speed up, to accelerate

Readings

Japanese names:
さか、 さわ、 そ、 わ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zao3
Korean:
jo

Spanish

  • temprano
  • rápido
  • pronto
  • apresurarse
  • precipitarse
  • acelerar

Portuguese

  • cedo
  • rápido

French

  • tôt
  • rapide
104 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
56 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
50 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
259 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2100 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
117 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
185 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
295 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.6 Japanese for Busy People
248 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
248 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
117 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
966 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3042 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1549 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2120 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
26 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13742 Morohashi
2390 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2419 New Nelson (John Haig)
26 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
26 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
409 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
55 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3855 2001 Kanji
4c2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-2 SKIP code
6040.0 Four corner code
1-33-65 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
65e9 Unicode hex code

期

12 strokes
Radical:
moon, month 月
Parts:
ハ 月 甘
Variants:
朞
period, time, date, term
On:
キ、 ゴ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
117 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 期 【キ】 period, time, opportunity, chance, occasion, age, term (e.g. in office), session (e.g. of parliament), stage (e.g. of a disease), season (e.g. of a TV series)
  • 期間 【キカン】 period, term, interval
  • 周期 【シュウキ】 cycle, period
  • 当期 【トウキ】 current term (period)
  • 期 【ゴ】 time, moment, limit, time of death, last moment, midnight in red-light districts during the Edo period
  • 期日 【キジツ】 fixed date, appointed date, set date, deadline, due date
  • 一期 【イチゴ】 one's whole life, one's lifetime
  • 非業の最期 【ヒゴウノサイゴ】 unnatural death, violent death

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji1, qi1, qi2
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • período
  • plazo
  • intención
  • propósito

Portuguese

  • período
  • tempo
  • data
  • termo

French

  • période
  • temps
  • date
  • terme
183 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
269 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
251 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
119 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3785 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
619 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
614 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1671 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
449 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
456 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
690 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1008 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2139 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1120 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1520 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1781 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14378 Morohashi
1704 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4836 New Nelson (John Haig)
1765 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1902 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
247 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
394 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1946 2001 Kanji
4b8.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-4 SKIP code
4782.0 Four corner code
1-20-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
671f Unicode hex code

閉

11 strokes
Radical:
gate 門
Parts:
一 ノ 亅 門
Variants:
閇
closed, shut
Kun:
と.じる、 と.ざす、 し.める、 し.まる、 た.てる
On:
ヘイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
951 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 閉鎖 【ヘイサ】 closing, closure, shutdown, lockout
  • 閉会 【ヘイカイ】 closure (of a ceremony, event, meeting, etc.)
  • 開閉 【カイヘイ】 opening and shutting, opening and closing
  • 幽閉 【ユウヘイ】 confinement, imprisonment, incarceration

Kun reading compounds

  • 閉じる 【とじる】 to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.), to shut
  • 閉ざす 【とざす】 to shut, to close, to fasten, to lock, to block (a street, entrance, etc.), to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.), to shut off, to cut off, to cover (e.g. in darkness), to consume (with negative feelings), to fill (e.g. with sadness), to bury (e.g. in grief)
  • 閉める 【しめる】 to close, to shut
  • 閉まる 【しまる】 to be shut, to close, to be closed, to be firm (of a body, face, etc.), to be well-knit, to be locked, to tighten, to be tightened, to become sober, to become tense
  • 閉てる 【たてる】 to shut, to close

Readings

Japanese names:
へ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bi4
Korean:
pye

Spanish

  • cerrar
  • finalizar
  • dejar de hacer
  • guardar

Portuguese

  • fechado
  • fechar

French

  • fermer
  • clore
979 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
968 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1143 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4945 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
900 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
981 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2.16 Japanese for Busy People
397 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
401 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
216 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1839 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4116 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2090 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2832 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1637 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41222 Morohashi
3319 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6385 New Nelson (John Haig)
1623 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1751 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
931 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3847 2001 Kanji
8e3.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-8-3 SKIP code
7724.7 Four corner code
1-42-36 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9589 Unicode hex code

経

11 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
又 土 小 幺 糸
Variants:
經
sutra, longitude, pass thru, expire, warp
Kun:
へ.る、 た.つ、 たていと、 はか.る、 のり
On:
ケイ、 キョウ、 キン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
79 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 経 【ケイ】 warp (weaving), longitude, scripture, sutra, trans-
  • 経団連 【ケイダンレン】 Federation of Economic Organizations (Organisation)
  • 月経 【ゲッケイ】 menstruation, menstrual period
  • 政経 【セイケイ】 politics and economics
  • 経 【キョウ】 sutra, Buddhist scriptures
  • 経典 【キョウテン】 sacred books, sutras, scriptures (Bible, Koran, etc.)
  • 説経 【セッキョウ】 lecture on the sutras
  • 法華経 【ホケキョウ】 Lotus Sutra
  • 経行 【キンヒン】 meditation performed while walking
  • 看経 【カンキン】 silent reading of the sutras, sutra chanting

Kun reading compounds

  • 経る 【へる】 to pass, to elapse, to go by, to pass through, to go through, to experience, to go through, to undergo
  • 経つ 【たつ】 to pass (of time), to elapse
  • 縦糸 【たていと】 (weaving) warp

Readings

Japanese names:
つね、 のぶ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jing1, jing4
Korean:
gyeong

Spanish

  • sutra
  • longitud
  • ley
  • pasar
  • dirigir
  • transcurrir
  • experimentar

Portuguese

  • sutra
  • longitude
  • passar através de
  • expirar
  • empenar

French

  • sûtra
  • longitude
  • passer (temps)
  • expiré
  • expérimenter
  • chaîne (tissu)
596 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
685 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
658 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
135 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3523 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
341 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
815 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1957 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
548 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
557 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
515 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1523 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1687 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
898 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1218 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1372 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27392 Morohashi
1331 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4473 New Nelson (John Haig)
1360 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1460 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
71 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
730 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2772 2001 Kanji
6a5.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-5 SKIP code
2791.4 Four corner code
1-23-48 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d4c Unicode hex code