Jisho

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最

12 strokes
Radical:
say 曰
Parts:
一 又 日 耳
Variants:
冣
utmost, most, extreme
Kun:
もっと.も、 つま
On:
サイ、 シュ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
82 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 最 【サイ】 the most, the extreme, prime, conspicuous
  • 最悪 【サイアク】 worst, horrible, horrid, awful, terrible, in the worst case, if worst comes to worst

Kun reading compounds

  • 最も 【もっとも】 most, extremely
  • 最も近い共通祖先 【もっともちかいきょうつうそせん】 most recent common ancestor

Readings

Japanese names:
も
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zui4
Korean:
choe

Spanish

  • prefijo para superlativo
  • más
  • sumamente
  • extremadamente

Portuguese

  • Capacidade máxima
  • maior
  • extremo

French

  • le plus
  • ultra-
  • extrême
402 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
510 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
484 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
121 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2146 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
291 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
612 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1742 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.11 Japanese for Busy People
263 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
263 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
439 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1000 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3120 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1599 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2181 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
829 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14301 Morohashi
2472 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2492 New Nelson (John Haig)
821 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
884 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
99 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
587 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3867 2001 Kanji
4c8.10 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-8 SKIP code
6014.7 Four corner code
1-26-39 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6700 Unicode hex code

終

11 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
夂 小 幺 糸
end, finish
Kun:
お.わる、 -お.わる、 おわ.る、 お.える、 つい、 つい.に
On:
シュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
256 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 終局 【シュウキョク】 end, close, conclusion, end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
  • 終焉 【シュウエン】 end (of life), death, demise, (peacefully) spending one's final years
  • 有終 【ユウシュウ】 carrying out to the end, bringing to completion
  • 証終 【ショウシュウ】 end of proof, QED

Kun reading compounds

  • 終わる 【おわる】 to end, to come to an end, to finish, to close, to be over, to finish, to complete, to conclude, to finish doing, to be past its (one's) prime, to be awful, to be terrible, to suck, to be hopeless
  • 終わる 【おわる】 to end, to come to an end, to finish, to close, to be over, to finish, to complete, to conclude, to finish doing, to be past its (one's) prime, to be awful, to be terrible, to suck, to be hopeless
  • 終える 【おえる】 to finish, to graduate
  • 終 【つい】 end, final, end of life, death, never, not at all
  • 遂に 【ついに】 finally, at last, in the end, after all, never (happened)
  • 遂に 【ついに】 finally, at last, in the end, after all, never (happened)

Readings

Japanese names:
ばて
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhong1
Korean:
jong

Spanish

  • fin
  • final
  • terminar
  • acabar
  • finalizar

Portuguese

  • fim
  • terminar

French

  • finir
  • fin
241 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
322 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
306 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
344 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3521 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
302 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
237 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1950 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.14 Japanese for Busy People
458 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
466 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
130 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1526 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1692 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
903 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1223 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1364 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27372X Morohashi
1336 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4471 New Nelson (John Haig)
1352 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1452 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
392 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
372 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2740 2001 Kanji
6a5.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-5 SKIP code
2793.3 Four corner code
1-29-10 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d42 Unicode hex code

製

14 strokes
Radical:
clothes 衣 (衤)
Parts:
亠 刈 巾 牛 衣
made in..., manufacture
On:
セイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
488 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 製 【セイ】 make, manufacture, -made, made of ..., made in ...
  • 製鋼 【セイコウ】 steel manufacture
  • 縫製 【ホウセイ】 sewing (by machine)
  • 既製 【キセイ】 ready-made, off the shelf

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi4
Korean:
je

Spanish

  • fabricar
  • construir
  • hecho en

Portuguese

  • feito em...
  • manufaturado

French

  • "fabriqué en"
  • fabrication
648 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
749 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
726 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
318 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4249 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
570 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
885 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2388 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
428 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
434 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
686 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1628 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3478 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1792 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2441 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
426 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
34380 Morohashi
2803 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5476 New Nelson (John Haig)
419 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
448 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
793 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2465 2001 Kanji
5e8.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-6 SKIP code
2273.2 Four corner code
1-32-29 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
88fd Unicode hex code

品

9 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
口 品
goods, refinement, dignity, article, counter for meal courses
Kun:
しな
On:
ヒン、 ホン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
225 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 品 【ヒン】 elegance, grace, refinement, class, dignity, article, item, counter for items (of food, etc.), counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
  • 品位 【ヒンイ】 dignity, grace, nobility, grade, quality, fineness, carat, karat
  • 小品 【ショウヒン】 short piece (of music, writing), small work (painting, sculpture, etc.), literary sketch, essay, small article, small item
  • 遺品 【イヒン】 things left (to one) by the deceased, inherited item, estate, memento, keepsake, lost item, lost property
  • 品 【ホン】 court rank, level, grade, chapter, section, volume
  • 品題 【ホンダイ】 chapter title, section title, volume title
  • 九品 【クホン】 nine levels of Amitabha's Pure Land, Amitabha's Pure Land, nine-tiered lotus leaf platform in Amitabha's Pure Land

Kun reading compounds

  • 品 【しな】 article, item, thing, goods, stock, quality, flirtatiousness, coquetry
  • 品目 【ひんもく】 item, commodity, list of articles
  • 一品 【いっぴん】 item, article, dish, course, finest item
  • 極め付きの品 【きわめつきのしな】 article of certified genuineness

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pin3
Korean:
pum

Spanish

  • producto
  • artículo
  • bienes

Portuguese

  • bens
  • refinamento
  • dignidade
  • artigo
  • sufixo para contagem de para pratos de refeição

French

  • marchandise
  • dignité
  • raffinement
  • article
  • compteur de plats
311 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
405 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
382 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
138 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
923 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
146 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
138 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
916 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.11 Japanese for Busy People
230 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
230 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
683 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
328 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2795 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1437 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1937 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
23 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3581 Morohashi
2248 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
792 New Nelson (John Haig)
23 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
23 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
372 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
345 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3777 2001 Kanji
3d6.15 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-6 SKIP code
6066.0 Four corner code
1-41-42 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
54c1 Unicode hex code