Jisho

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爾

14 strokes
Radical:
mix, twine, cross 爻
Parts:
一 ｜ ハ 冂 爻
Variants:
尓 伱 你 儞 您
you, thou, second person
Kun:
なんじ、 しかり、 その、 のみ、 おれ、 しか
On:
ジ、 ニ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1

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On reading compounds

  • 自今 【ジコン】 from now on, hereafter
  • 爾後 【ジゴ】 thereafter
  • 卒爾 【ソツジ】 abrupt, sudden
  • 徒爾 【トジ】 uselessness

Kun reading compounds

  • 汝 【なんじ】 thou, you
  • 然り 【しかり】 yes, yea, aye, affirmative, to be so
  • 爾 【おれ】 you
  • 爾ら 【おれら】 you (plural), you all
  • 然 【しか】 like that, as such, yeah, uh-huh
  • 然り 【しかり】 yes, yea, aye, affirmative, to be so

Readings

Japanese names:
ちか、 み
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
er3
Korean:
i

Spanish

  • tú
  • eso
  • cerca

Portuguese

French

69 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1945 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2250 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2154 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
4407 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2230 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3001 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
19750 Morohashi
3587 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3521 New Nelson (John Haig)
2074 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2867 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
0a14.3 The Kanji Dictionary
4-14-1 SKIP code
1022.7 Four corner code
1-28-04 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
723e Unicode hex code

朱

6 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
｜ ノ 二 ハ 木 牛
vermilion, cinnabar, scarlet, red, bloody
Kun:
あけ
On:
シュ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1788 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 朱 【シュ】 vermillion (colour), cinnabar, red orange, vermillion (pigment), cinnabar ink stick, correction written in red ink
  • 銖 【シュ】 shu, unit of weight, 1/24th of a ryō, shu, Edo-period unit of currency, 1/16th of a ryō
  • 堆朱 【ツイシュ】 red lacquerware with patterns carved in relief
  • 銀朱 【ギンシュ】 vermilion (pigment)

Kun reading compounds

  • 朱 【あけ】 red, vermilion, cinnabar, scarlet
  • 朱に染まる 【あけにそまる】 to welter in blood, to be covered in blood

Readings

Japanese names:
あ、 あか、 あき、 す
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhu1
Korean:
ju

Spanish

  • bermellón
  • rojo oscuro
  • antigua unidad monetaria

Portuguese

  • vermelhão
  • zinabre
  • escarlate
  • vermelho
  • ensangüentado

French

  • vermillon
  • rouge
  • écarlate
  • sanglant
1346 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1720 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
184 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1681 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1415 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
341 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1503 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1602 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1768 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1049 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4344 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2200 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2960 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
226 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14424 Morohashi
3531 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2546 New Nelson (John Haig)
221 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
235 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1081 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2464 2001 Kanji
0a6.13 The Kanji Dictionary
4-6-3 SKIP code
2590.0 Four corner code
1-28-75 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6731 Unicode hex code

世

5 strokes
Radical:
one 一
Parts:
一 ｜ 世
Variants:
丗 卋
generation, world, society, public
Kun:
よ
On:
セイ、 セ、 ソウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
135 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 世 【セイ】 counter for generations, epoch
  • 世紀 【セイキ】 century, era, of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
  • 近世 【キンセイ】 recent past, recent times, early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)
  • 創世 【ソウセイ】 creation of the world
  • 世 【セイ】 counter for generations, epoch
  • 世紀 【セイキ】 century, era, of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
  • 夜店 【ヨミセ】 night stall, night shop, night fair
  • 救世 【キュウセイ】 salvation

Kun reading compounds

  • 世 【よ】 world, society, public, life, lifetime, age, era, period, epoch, generation, reign, rule, the times, world (of existence)
  • 世の中 【よのなか】 society, the world, the times
  • 千代 【ちよ】 thousand years, very long period, forever
  • 君が代 【きみがよ】 Imperial reign, Kimigayo (Japanese national anthem)

Readings

Japanese names:
とし、 ゆ、 ゆき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi4
Korean:
se

Spanish

  • generación
  • mundo
  • edad

Portuguese

  • geração
  • mundo
  • sociedade
  • pública

French

  • génération
  • monde
  • société
  • public
263 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
344 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
327 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
152 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
95 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
177 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
105 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
335 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
252 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
252 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
156 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
13 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4308 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2178 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2932 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
28 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
31 Morohashi
3496 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
20 New Nelson (John Haig)
28 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
28 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
81 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
254 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1975 2001 Kanji
0a5.37 The Kanji Dictionary
4-5-2 SKIP code
4-4-4 SKIP code
4-5-4 SKIP code
4-4-2 SKIP code
4471.7 Four corner code
1-32-04 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e16 Unicode hex code

隆

11 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
夂 阡 生
Variants:
hump, high, noble, prosperity
On:
リュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1109 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 隆盛 【リュウセイ】 prosperity, flourishing, thriving
  • 隆起 【リュウキ】 protuberance, bulge, protrusion, projection, swell, rise, uplift, upheaval, elevation
  • 興隆 【コウリュウ】 rise, prosperity
  • 膨隆 【ボウリュウ】 swelling up

Readings

Japanese names:
お、 たか、 たかし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
long2, long1
Korean:
ryung

Spanish

  • montículo
  • giba
  • alto
  • próspero
  • floreciente

Portuguese

  • corcova
  • alto
  • nobre
  • prosperidade

French

  • protubérance
  • haut
  • noble
  • prospérité
1901 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1255 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4999 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1193 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1876 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1313 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
946 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
976 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1926 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
741 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
661 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
401 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
498 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1575 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41720P Morohashi
545 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6455 New Nelson (John Haig)
1561 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1682 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1500 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3672 2001 Kanji
2d8.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
7721.4 Four corner code
1-46-20 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9686 Unicode hex code