Jisho

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監

15 strokes
Radical:
dish 皿
Parts:
二 皿 臣 乞
Variants:
譼
oversee, official, govt office, rule, administer
On:
カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
408 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 監獄 【カンゴク】 prison
  • 監禁 【カンキン】 confinement
  • 総監 【ソウカン】 inspector general, commissioner
  • 収監 【シュウカン】 imprisonment

Readings

Japanese names:
けん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian1, jian4
Korean:
gam

Spanish

  • supervisar
  • controlar
  • gobernar
  • administrar

Portuguese

  • fiscalizar
  • oficial
  • escritório do govêrno
  • governar
  • administrar

French

  • surveiller
  • officiel
  • bureau administratif
  • gouverner
  • administrer
1111 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
537 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3121 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1460 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1556 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2398 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1663 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1777 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
925 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1374 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3535 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1825 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2483 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1465 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23032 Morohashi
2852 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3901 New Nelson (John Haig)
1453 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1562 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1782 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3474 2001 Kanji
5h10.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-10-5 SKIP code
2-9-5 SKIP code
7810.7 Four corner code
1-20-38 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
76e3 Unicode hex code

督

13 strokes
Radical:
eye 目
Parts:
卜 又 小 目
coach, command, urge, lead, supervise
On:
トク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
534 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 督促 【トクソク】 urge, demand, importunity
  • 督学官 【トクガクカン】 school inspector
  • 総督 【ソウトク】 governor-general, governor, viceroy
  • 家督 【カトク】 heir, successor, family estate, family fortune, inheritance, headship of a family

Readings

Japanese names:
ただ、 ただし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
du1
Korean:
dog

Spanish

  • supervisar
  • controlar
  • ordenar
  • instruir
  • impulsar

Portuguese

  • técnico
  • comando
  • desejo
  • primazia
  • supervisionar

French

  • superviseur
  • entraîner
  • commander
  • mener
  • pousser à faire
1665 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
660 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3147 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1737 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1563 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2023 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1670 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1785 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
926 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1390 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3471 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1789 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2437 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
726 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23457 Morohashi
2796 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3946 New Nelson (John Haig)
719 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
776 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1651 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1279 2001 Kanji
5c8.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-5 SKIP code
2760.4 Four corner code
1-38-36 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7763 Unicode hex code

機

16 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
丶 ノ 幺 戈 木
loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
Kun:
はた
On:
キ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
127 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 機 【キ】 chance, opportunity, machine, aircraft, counter for aircraft, counter for (remaining) lives
  • 機運 【キウン】 opportunity, chance, good time (to do), trend, tendency, momentum
  • 端末機 【タンマツキ】 terminal (unit)
  • 有機 【ユウキ】 organic

Kun reading compounds

  • 機 【はた】 loom
  • 機織り 【はたおり】 weaving, weaver
  • 高機 【たかばた】 traditional Japanese treadle-operated tall loom

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji1
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • mecanismo
  • máquina
  • avión
  • ocasión
  • telar

Portuguese

  • mecanismo
  • oportunidade
  • ocasião
  • máquina
  • avião

French

  • métier à tisser
  • mécanique
  • opportunité
  • machine
  • avion
  • organique
373 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
476 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
453 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
101 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2379 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
415 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
646 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2869 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
528 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
537 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
334 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1115 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1365 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
736 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
989 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1394 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
15561 Morohashi
1076 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2880 New Nelson (John Haig)
1382 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1482 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
158 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
631 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1859 2001 Kanji
4a12.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-12 SKIP code
4295.3 Four corner code
1-21-01 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6a5f Unicode hex code

能

10 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
匕 厶 月
ability, talent, skill, capacity
Kun:
よ.く、 あた.う
On:
ノウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
273 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 能 【ノウ】 talent, gift, function, noh (theatre)
  • 能楽 【ノウガク】 noh play
  • 有能 【ユウノウ】 able, capable, competent, talented, efficient
  • 芸能 【ゲイノウ】 public entertainment, performing arts, accomplishments, attainments

Kun reading compounds

  • 良く 【よく】 nicely, properly, well, skillfully, skilfully, frequently, often, I'm glad that you ..., thank you for ..., (you have) quite the nerve to, I don't know how you can ...
  • 良く良く 【よくよく】 carefully, closely, very, extremely, exceedingly, have no choice, cannot be helped, unavoidable, inevitable
  • 能う 【あたう】 to be able (to do), to be capable (of doing)
  • 能う限り 【あたうかぎり】 as much as possible, as far as possible, to the best of one's abilities

Readings

Japanese names:
たか、 の、 のり、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
neng2
Korean:
neung, nae

Spanish

  • habilidad
  • talento
  • capacidad
  • aptitud
  • teatro japonés

Portuguese

  • capacidade
  • talento
  • habilidade

French

  • capacité
  • habileté
  • talent
  • adresse
691 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
787 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
766 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
341 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
853 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
416 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
847 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1397 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
386 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
387 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
411 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1018 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1676 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
888 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1207 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2023 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29454 Morohashi
1323 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4809 New Nelson (John Haig)
2004 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2160 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
285 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
718 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2756 2001 Kanji
4b6.15 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-4 SKIP code
2121.1 Four corner code
2221.2 Four corner code
1-39-29 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
80fd Unicode hex code