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歴

14 strokes
Radical:
stop 止
Parts:
厂 广 木 止 麻
curriculum, continuation, passage of time
On:
レキ、 レッキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
632 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 歴 【レキ】 experience, history, record, career
  • 歴史 【レキシ】 history
  • 略歴 【リャクレキ】 brief personal record, short curriculum vitae, short CV
  • 来歴 【ライレキ】 history, career
  • 歴とした 【レッキトシタ】 accepted, fully-fledged, clear, respectable

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
li4
Korean:
ryeog

Spanish

  • pasar
  • paso del tiempo

Portuguese

  • currículo
  • continuação
  • passagem de tempo

French

  • historique
  • curriculum
  • continuation
  • passage du temps
536 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
636 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
606 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
692 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
835 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
839 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
654 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2247 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
480 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
489 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
704 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1132 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3748 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1913 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2600 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
382 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16334P Morohashi
3019 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2964 New Nelson (John Haig)
376 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
402 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
387 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
621 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3373 2001 Kanji
2p12.4 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-12 SKIP code
7121.1 Four corner code
1-46-82 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6b74 Unicode hex code

史

5 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
ノ 口
history, chronicle
On:
シ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
511 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 史 【シ】 history
  • 史家 【シカ】 historian
  • 通史 【ツウシ】 overview of history
  • 正史 【セイシ】 official history, authorized history

Readings

Japanese names:
あきら、 あや、 お、 こ、 ちか、 とし、 なか、 のぶ、 ひさ、 ひと、 ふみ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi3
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • historia
  • crónica

Portuguese

  • história
  • crônica

French

  • histoire
  • chronique
411 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
523 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
496 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
563 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
91 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
81 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
398 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
183 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
332 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
332 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
705 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
317 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4324 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2188 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2946 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
699 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3249 Morohashi
3510 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
697 New Nelson (John Haig)
692 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
747 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
300 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
450 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1666 2001 Kanji
0a5.38 The Kanji Dictionary
4-5-4 SKIP code
5004.6 Four corner code
5000.6 Four corner code
1-27-43 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
53f2 Unicode hex code

繰

19 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
口 小 幺 木 糸 品
winding, reel, spin, turn (pages), look up, refer to
Kun:
く.る
On:
ソウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
872 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 繰糸 【ソウシ】 reeling (silk)
  • 繰糸機 【ソウシキ】 silk reeling machine

Kun reading compounds

  • 繰る 【くる】 to reel, to wind, to spin (thread), to turn (pages), to flip through (a book), to leaf through (a book), to consult (a dictionary), to refer to (an encyclopedia), to count (e.g. the days), to open one-by-one, to close one-by-one (e.g. shutters)

Readings

Japanese names:
くり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qiao1, zao3
Korean:
jo

Spanish

  • devanar
  • ovillar
  • pasar páginas

Portuguese

  • curva
  • bobina
  • giro
  • virar (páginas)
  • melhorar
  • referis-se a

French

  • embobiner
  • bobine
  • faire tourner
  • tourner (pages)
  • feuilleter
  • parler de
1190 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1264 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3619 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1347 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1652 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1654 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1768 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
902 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1563 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1806 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
961 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1300 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1381 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27953 Morohashi
1427 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4602 New Nelson (John Haig)
1369 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1469 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1918 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2764 2001 Kanji
6a13.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-13 SKIP code
2699.4 Four corner code
1-23-11 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7e70 Unicode hex code

返

7 strokes (also 6)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
厂 又 込
return, answer, fade, repay
Kun:
かえ.す、 -かえ.す、 かえ.る、 -かえ.る
On:
ヘン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
685 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 返 【ヘン】 reply, answer
  • 遍 【ヘン】 number of times
  • 代返 【ダイヘン】 answer a roll call for another
  • 往返 【オウヘン】 round trip

Kun reading compounds

  • 返す 【かえす】 to return (something), to restore, to put back, to turn over, to turn upside down, to overturn, to pay back, to retaliate, to reciprocate, to respond (with), to retort, to reply, to say back, to do ... back (e.g. speak back, throw back), to do again, to do repeatedly
  • 返す刀 【かえすかたな】 attacking one opponent then immediately attacking another
  • 返る 【かえる】 to return, to come back, to go back, to turn over, to become extremely, to become completely

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fan3
Korean:
ban

Spanish

  • regresar
  • devolver

Portuguese

  • retornar
  • responder
  • desvanecer
  • pagar

French

  • rendre
  • répondre
  • s'estomper
  • rembourser
316 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
412 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
389 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
586 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4670 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
307 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
950 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
3.11 Japanese for Busy People
442 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
448 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
184 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
681 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3797 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1940 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2633 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
733 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38758P Morohashi
3060 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6020 New Nelson (John Haig)
725 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
782 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
477 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
289 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3367 2001 Kanji
2q4.5 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-4 SKIP code
3130.4 Four corner code
1-42-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8fd4 Unicode hex code