Jisho

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14 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
lacquer, varnish, seven
Kun:
うるし
On:
シツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1971 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 漆芸 【シツゲイ】 (Japanese) lacquer art
  • 漆樹 【シツジュ】 Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum)
  • 膠漆 【コウシツ】 glue and lacquer, great intimacy
  • 仮漆 【カシツ】 varnish

Kun reading compounds

  • 漆 【うるし】 East Asian lacquer, japan, Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)
  • 漆樹 【しつじゅ】 Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum)
  • 生漆 【きうるし】 unrefined sap of the lacquer tree
  • 透漆 【すきうるし】 clear lacquer

Readings

Japanese names:
うる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi1, qu4
Korean:
chil

Spanish

  • laca
  • barniz

Portuguese

  • verniz
  • envernizar

French

  • laque
  • vernis
  • sept (shichi)
1334 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1966 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2679 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1597 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1494 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2087 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1546 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1648 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1505 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1241 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
863 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
497 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
637 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
941 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18108 Morohashi
704 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3304 New Nelson (John Haig)
932 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1001 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1711 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
342 2001 Kanji
3a11.10 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-11 SKIP code
3413.2 Four corner code
1-28-31 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6f06 Unicode hex code

3 strokes
Radical:
work
Parts:
craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
299 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 工 【コウ】 (factory) worker
  • 工員 【コウイン】 factory worker
  • 起工 【キコウ】 setting to work
  • 商工 【ショウコウ】 commerce and industry
  • 工夫 【クフウ】 devising (a way), contriving, inventing, thinking up, figuring out, coming up with, working out, device, design, idea, plan, invention, dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
  • 工面 【クメン】 contrivance, managing (to raise money), one's financial condition
  • 竹細工 【タケザイク】 bamboo work, bamboo ware
  • 寄せ木細工 【ヨセギザイク】 wooden mosaic work, parquetry, wooden mosaic (e.g. on a piece of furniture), marquetry, marqueterie
  • 具合 【グアイ】 condition, state, health, state (of health), way, manner, circumstance, luck, face, dignity, decency, propriety
  • 工面 【クメン】 contrivance, managing (to raise money), one's financial condition

Readings

Japanese names:
もく
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gong1
Korean:
gong

Spanish

  • construcción
  • fabricación
  • obrero

Portuguese

  • ofício
  • construção

French

  • ingénierie
  • industrie
  • construction
  • radical katakana E (no. 48)
71 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
125 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
113 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
169 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1451 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
77 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
161 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
39 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.16 Japanese for Busy People
139 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
139 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
379 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
550 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4190 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2118 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2866 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
76 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8714 Morohashi
3381 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1532 New Nelson (John Haig)
76 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
80 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
173 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
84 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3172 2001 Kanji
0a3.6 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-1 SKIP code
1010.0 Four corner code
1-25-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5de5 Unicode hex code