Jisho

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16 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
burn, blaze, glow
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
948 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 燃費 【ネンピ】 fuel consumption, gas mileage
  • 燃焼 【ネンショウ】 burning, combustion, exerting all strength, making an effort
  • 不燃 【フネン】 incombustibility
  • 可燃 【カネン】 inflammable, flammable, combustible, burnable

Kun reading compounds

  • 燃える 【もえる】 to burn, to get fired up
  • 燃えるゴミ 【もえるごみ】 burnable garbage, burnable waste
  • 燃やす 【もやす】 to burn, to burn with (emotion, feeling), to be fired up
  • 燃やすごみ 【もやすごみ】 burnable garbage, burnable waste
  • 燃やす 【もやす】 to burn, to burn with (emotion, feeling), to be fired up

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ran2
Korean:
yeon

Spanish

  • quemar
  • quemarse
  • arder

Portuguese

  • queimadura
  • chama
  • ardor

French

  • brûler
  • flamber
690 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
786 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
765 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1142 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2808 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
541 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
721 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
652 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
663 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
870 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1271 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1375 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
739 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
995 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
249 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19394 Morohashi
1081 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3490 New Nelson (John Haig)
510 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
549 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
816 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1140 2001 Kanji
4d12.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-12 SKIP code
1-1-15 SKIP code
9383.3 Four corner code
1-39-19 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
71c3 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
shell
Parts:
expense, cost, spend, consume, waste
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
321 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 費 【ヒ】 cost, expense
  • 費用 【ヒヨウ】 cost, expense
  • 固定費 【コテイヒ】 fixed cost, fixed expense
  • 交際費 【コウサイヒ】 entertainment expenses

Kun reading compounds

  • 費やす 【ついやす】 to spend, to expend, to consume, to waste, to squander, to throw away, to devote
  • 費える 【ついえる】 to be used up (of money, savings, etc.), to dwindle away, to be wasted (of time)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fei4
Korean:
bi

Spanish

  • gasto
  • coste
  • gastar

Portuguese

  • despesa
  • custo
  • gastar
  • consumir
  • perder

French

  • dépense
  • coût
  • dépenser
  • consommer
  • gaspiller
495 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
596 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
567 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
337 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4497 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
608 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
925 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
749 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
762 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
858 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1732 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3221 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1670 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2261 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1246 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36717 Morohashi
2607 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5786 New Nelson (John Haig)
1238 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1326 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
352 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
598 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1961 2001 Kanji
7b5.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-7 SKIP code
5580.6 Four corner code
1-40-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8cbb Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
fundamentals, radical (chem), counter for machines, foundation
Kun:
もともとい
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
241 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 基 【キ】 group, (free) radical, counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
  • 起因 【キイン】 to be caused by, to result from, to arise from, to stem from, to be due to, cause, origin
  • 塩基 【エンキ】 base
  • 開基 【カイキ】 founding (of a temple or sect), founder, laying the foundation (for something), base (topology), basis

Kun reading compounds

  • 元 【もと】 origin, source, beginning, basis, base, foundation, root, cause, (raw) material, ingredient, base, mix (e.g. for a cake), (soup) stock, (one's) side, capital, principal, cost price, root (of a plant), (tree) trunk, part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand), first three lines of a waka, counter for plants or trees, counter for falcons (in falconry)
  • 基 【もとい】 basis, foundation, origin, source
  • 失敗は成功のもと 【しっぱいはせいこうのもと】 failure teaches success, failure is a stepping-stone to success
  • 生兵法は大怪我のもと 【なまびょうほうはおおけがのもと】 a little learning is a dangerous thing
  • 基 【もとい】 basis, foundation, origin, source

Readings

Japanese names:
きい、 とも
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji1
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • fundamento
  • origen
  • base

Portuguese

  • fundamentais
  • radicais (Quim.)
  • comtador para máquinas
  • fundação

French

  • fondements
  • radical (chimie)
  • compteur de machines
  • fondations
755 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
670 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
641 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
382 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1098 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
688 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
435 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1493 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
450 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
457 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
691 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
354 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3312 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1716 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2330 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1783 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5197 Morohashi
2673 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1040 New Nelson (John Haig)
1767 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1904 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
251 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
726 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1972 2001 Kanji
3b8.12 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-5 SKIP code
2-8-3 SKIP code
4410.4 Four corner code
1-20-80 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
57fa Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
semi-, correspond to, proportionate to, conform, imitate
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
425 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 準 【ジュン】 semi-, quasi-, associate
  • 準決勝 【ジュンケッショウ】 semifinal
  • 照準 【ショウジュン】 sight (e.g. of a gun), aim, alignment
  • 低水準 【テイスイジュン】 substandard, low-level

Kun reading compounds

  • 準じる 【じゅんじる】 to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.), to conform to (the law, standards, etc.), to be based on, to apply correspondingly, to be proportionate to, to correspond to, to be equivalent to, to be treated in the same way as
  • 準ずる 【じゅんずる】 to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.), to conform to (the law, standards, etc.), to be based on, to apply correspondingly, to be proportionate to, to correspond to, to be equivalent to, to be treated in the same way as
  • 準える 【なぞらえる】 to liken to, to compare to, to pattern after, to model after, to imitate

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhun3
Korean:
jun, jeol

Spanish

  • semi
  • asociado
  • norma
  • asemejar

Portuguese

  • semi-
  • corresponder-se
  • proporcional para
  • adaptar-se
  • imitar

French

  • demi-
  • correspondre à
  • proportionnel à
  • se conformer à
  • standard
637 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
733 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
709 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
547 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
791 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
498 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
704 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2041 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
778 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
792 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
614 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1233 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3541 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1828 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2486 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
571 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17934 Morohashi
2856 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3278 New Nelson (John Haig)
564 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
606 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
778 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
355 2001 Kanji
2k11.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-11-2 SKIP code
3040.1 Four corner code
1-29-64 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6e96 Unicode hex code