Jisho

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矢

5 strokes
Radical:
arrow 矢
Parts:
一 ノ 大 矢 乞
dart, arrow
Kun:
や
On:
シ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N1
1294 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 矢状 【シジョウ】 sagittal
  • 矢状縫合 【シジョウホウゴウ】 sagittal suture
  • 弓矢 【ユミヤ】 bow and arrow, weapon, arms
  • 嚆矢 【コウシ】 whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle, start (e.g. of a movement), beginning, dawn

Kun reading compounds

  • 矢 【や】 arrow, wedge, chock
  • 矢先 【やさき】 arrowhead, target of a flying arrow, brunt (of an attack), the very moment (when), the point (of doing)
  • 弓矢 【ゆみや】 bow and arrow, weapon, arms
  • 洗い矢 【あらいや】 ramrod, cleaning rod

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi3
Korean:
si

Spanish

  • flecha

Portuguese

  • dardo
  • flecha

French

  • fléchette
  • flèche
145 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
981 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1092 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3168 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1335 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1566 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
215 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
213 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
213 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
593 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1393 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2502 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1267 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1733 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1228 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23929 Morohashi
2009 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3976 New Nelson (John Haig)
1220 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1305 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
110 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2363 2001 Kanji
0a5.19 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-3 SKIP code
4-5-4 SKIP code
8043.0 Four corner code
1-44-80 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
77e2 Unicode hex code

切

4 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
刀 匕
cut, cutoff, be sharp
Kun:
き.る、 -き.る、 き.り、 -き.り、 -ぎ.り、 き.れる、 -き.れる、 き.れ、 -き.れ、 -ぎ.れ
On:
セツ、 サイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
324 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 切 【セツ】 eager, earnest, ardent, kind, keen, acute, OFF (on switch)
  • 切実 【セツジツ】 earnest, sincere, acute, keen, fervent, pressing, urgent, serious, severe, pertinent, appropriate
  • 懇切 【コンセツ】 kind and careful (instruction, explanation, etc.), considerate, helpful, thoughtful, detailed, scrupulous
  • 哀切 【アイセツ】 pathetic, plaintive
  • 家財一切 【カザイイッサイ】 complete set of household goods
  • 費用一切 【ヒヨウイッサイ】 all expenses

Kun reading compounds

  • 切る 【きる】 to cut, to cut through, to perform (surgery), to sever (connections, ties), to turn off (e.g. the light), to terminate (e.g. a conversation), to hang up (the phone), to disconnect, to punch (a ticket), to tear off (a stub), to open (something sealed), to start, to set (a limit), to do (something) in less or within a certain time, to issue (cheques, vouchers, etc.), to reduce, to decrease, to discount, to shake off (water, etc.), to let drip-dry, to let drain, to cross, to traverse, to criticize sharply, to act decisively, to do (something noticeable), to go first, to make (certain facial expressions, in kabuki), to turn (vehicle, steering wheel, etc.), to curl (a ball), to bend, to cut, to shuffle (cards), to discard a tile, to dismiss, to sack, to let go, to expel, to excommunicate, to dig (a groove), to cut (a stencil, on a mimeograph), to trump, to cut (the connection between two groups), to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking a metal against stone), to draw (a shape) in the air (with a sword, etc.), to do completely, to finish doing, to be completely ..., to be totally ..., to be terribly ..., to do clearly, to do decisively, to do firmly
  • 切り 【きり】 end, finish, place to stop, bound, limit, end, delivery date (of a futures contract), finale (of a noh song), end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki), final performance of the day (in vaudeville), trump card, king (court card; in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta), counter for slices (esp. thick slices), counter for cuts (of fish, meat, etc.), only, just, (ever) since, after, continuously, remaining (in a particular state)
  • 切り替え 【きりかえ】 exchange, conversion, replacement, switching (to), switchover
  • 爪切り 【つめきり】 nail clippers
  • 押し切り 【おしきり】 straw cutter, short mane, pressing and cutting
  • 切れる 【きれる】 to break, to snap, to be cut, to split, to crack, to be injured, to wear out, to be worn out, to break, to burst, to collapse, to wear off, to stop working, to go dead, to expire (time limit, etc.), to run out, to become due, to run out (of stock, etc.), to be exhausted, to be used up, to be sold out, to be out of, to be broken off (e.g. of a relationship), to break up, to have severed ties, to be cut off, to be disconnected, to cut well, to be sharp, to be sharp-minded, to be keen, to be shrewd, to be quick-witted, to be able, to be short of, to drop under (a certain figure), to beat (e.g. a record time), to dry off, to curve, to veer, to shuffle (cards), to get angry, to snap, to blow one's top, to lose one's temper, to flip, to be able to do completely
  • 切れ 【きれ】 piece, slice, strip, scrap, cloth, sharpness, agility, counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
  • 切れ味 【きれあじ】 sharpness, cutting ability, quickness (of wit), incisiveness, technical proficiency, skill, peppiness (of a ball)
  • 布切れ 【ぬのぎれ】 piece of cloth

Readings

Japanese names:
きつ、 きり、 ぎり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qie1, qie4
Korean:
jeol, che

Spanish

  • cortar
  • urgente
  • apremiante
  • completo
  • cortar bien
  • agotarse

Portuguese

  • corte
  • talho
  • afiar

French

  • couper
  • trancher
  • tranchant
  • passionné
  • sérieux
99 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
173 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
156 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
204 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
667 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
36 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
126 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
51 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.3 Japanese for Busy People
39 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
39 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
250 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
179 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
30 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
15 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
15 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
86 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1858 Morohashi
27 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
453 New Nelson (John Haig)
85 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
89 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
208 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
97 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1445 2001 Kanji
2f2.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-2 SKIP code
4772.0 Four corner code
1-32-58 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5207 Unicode hex code

渡

12 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
又 广 汁
transit, ford, ferry, cross, import, deliver, diameter, migrate
Kun:
わた.る、 -わた.る、 わた.す
On:
ト
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
446 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 渡航 【トコウ】 voyage, passage, travelling
  • 渡欧 【トオウ】 going to Europe, trip to Europe
  • 過渡 【カト】 crossing, ferry, transient, changing old to new
  • 譲渡 【ジョウト】 transfer, assignment, conveyance

Kun reading compounds

  • 渡る 【わたる】 to cross over, to go across, to extend, to cover, to range, to span
  • 渡る世間に鬼はない 【わたるせけんにおにはない】 all people aren't evil, don't distrust everyone, there is kindness to be found everywhere
  • 渡す 【わたす】 to ferry across (e.g. a river), to carry across, to traverse, to lay across, to build across, to hand over, to hand in, to pass, to give, to transfer

Readings

Japanese names:
お、 たり、 わたな、 わたら、 わたり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
du4
Korean:
do

Spanish

  • vadear
  • cruzar
  • pasar
  • emigrar
  • entregar

Portuguese

  • transito
  • vau
  • balsa
  • cruzar
  • importar
  • entregar
  • diâmetro
  • emigrar

French

  • transit
  • gué
  • bac
  • traversée
  • import
  • livrer
  • diamètre
  • migrer
1636 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
615 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2635 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
897 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
695 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1586 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.14 Japanese for Busy People
378 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
379 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
205 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1225 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
746 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
445 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
560 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1203 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17765 Morohashi
611 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3247 New Nelson (John Haig)
1195 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1279 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1561 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
367 2001 Kanji
3a9.35 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
1-3-8 SKIP code
3014.7 Four corner code
1-37-47 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6e21 Unicode hex code