Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
spinning
Kun:
つむ.ぐ
On:
ボウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1876 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 紡績 【ボウセキ】 spinning (textiles), spun yarn
  • 紡織 【ボウショク】 spinning and weaving
  • 混紡 【コンボウ】 mixed yarn, mixed spinning
  • 綿紡 【メンボウ】 cotton spinning

Kun reading compounds

  • 紡ぐ 【つむぐ】 to spin, to make yarn, to spin (a tale), to assemble (e.g. words), to put together

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fang3
Korean:
bang

Spanish

  • hilado
  • hilar

Portuguese

  • Girar

French

  • filage
1814 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1113 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3505 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1415 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1624 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1681 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1859 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2015 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1563 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1521 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1646 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
872 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1189 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1369 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27305 Morohashi
1295 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4450 New Nelson (John Haig)
1357 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1457 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1380 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2745 2001 Kanji
6a4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-4 SKIP code
2092.7 Four corner code
1-43-34 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d21 Unicode hex code

16 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
weight, plumb bob, sinker, spindle
Kun:
つむおもり
On:
スイ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 錘 【スイ】 counter for spindles, weight (for scales)
  • 錘状 【スイジョウ】 spindle shaped
  • 平衡錘 【ヘイコウスイ】 counterweight, counterpoise
  • 紡錘 【ボウスイ】 spindle

Kun reading compounds

  • 紡錘 【ぼうすい】 spindle
  • 錘形 【つむがた】 spindle-shaped, fusiform
  • 重り 【おもり】 weight, sinker

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chui2
Korean:
chu

Spanish

  • peso
  • plomo
  • plomada
  • huso

Portuguese

  • pêso
  • prumo
  • pêso p/ anzol

French

  • poids
  • plomb (pêche)
1461 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
2026 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4872 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1751 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1904 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2139 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1942 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1828 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2191 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1149 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1559 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1598 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40547 Morohashi
1744 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6291 New Nelson (John Haig)
1584 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1708 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1860 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2872 2001 Kanji
8a8.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-8 SKIP code
8211.4 Four corner code
1-31-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9318 Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
cart, car
Parts:
car
Kun:
くるま
On:
シャ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
333 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 車 【シャ】 car, vehicle, van, truck, wagon, lorry, (train) car, carriage
  • 車検 【シャケン】 vehicle inspection
  • 軽自動車 【ケイジドウシャ】 light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp), k-car, kei car
  • 台車 【ダイシャ】 platform truck, hand truck, trolley, dolly, cart, truck, bogie

Kun reading compounds

  • 車 【くるま】 car, automobile, vehicle, wheel, castor, caster
  • 車椅子 【くるまいす】 wheelchair
  • 火の車 【ひのくるま】 fiery chariot (that carries the souls of sinners into hell), desperate financial situation, dire straits

Readings

Japanese names:
くら、 くろま
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
che1, ju1
Korean:
cha, geo

Spanish

  • coche
  • vehículo
  • rueda

Portuguese

  • carro

French

  • véhicule
  • voiture
88 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
63 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
31 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
162 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4608 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
54 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
91 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
532 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.2 Japanese for Busy People
133 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
133 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
62 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1769 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4367 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2212 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2976 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
292 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38172 Morohashi
3552 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5939 New Nelson (John Haig)
286 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
304 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
231 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
64 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1555 2001 Kanji
7c0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-7-3 SKIP code
5000.6 Four corner code
1-28-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8eca Unicode hex code