Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
strangle, constrict, wring
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1288 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 絞 【コウ】 death by hanging (punishment in the ritsuryō system)
  • 絞殺 【コウサツ】 strangulation, strangling

Kun reading compounds

  • 絞る 【しぼる】 to wring (towel, rag), to squeeze, to squeeze (fruit to extract juice), to press, to extract, to milk, to express milk, to rack (one's brains), to strain (one's voice), to extort, to exploit, to chew out, to reprimand severely, to rake over the coals, to give a sound scolding, to tell someone off, to scold, to rebuke, to drill into, to train, to narrow down (one's focus), to whittle down, to gather up (curtain, etc.), to tighten (drawstring), to stop down (lens), to turn down (e.g. radio), to bend (bow), to draw, to hold down, to constrict, to immobilize
  • 絞める 【しめる】 to strangle, to constrict
  • 絞まる 【しまる】 to be strangled, to be constricted

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jiao3, jia3
Korean:
gyo

Spanish

  • constreñir
  • contraer
  • torcer
  • estrujar

Portuguese

  • estrangular
  • apertar
  • torcer

French

  • étrangler
  • serrer
  • tordre
1261 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1825 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3535 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1394 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1630 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1452 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1545 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1565 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1533 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1707 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
913 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1236 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1360 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27421 Morohashi
1349 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4485 New Nelson (John Haig)
1348 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1448 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1576 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2766 2001 Kanji
6a6.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-6 SKIP code
2094.8 Four corner code
1-25-42 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d5e Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
price, cost, value
Kun:
あたい
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
518 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 値 【チ】 level, value
  • 値域 【チイキ】 range (of a function or relation)
  • 経験値 【ケイケンチ】 amount of experience, experience level, experience point, exp, XP
  • 閾値 【イキチ】 threshold (amount, dose, etc.)

Kun reading compounds

  • 値 【ね】 price, cost, value, worth, merit
  • 値上がり 【ねあがり】 price increase, rise in price
  • 安値 【やすね】 low price
  • 底値 【そこね】 bottom price
  • 値 【あたい】 price, cost, value, worth, merit, value
  • 値する 【あたいする】 to be worth, to be worthy of, to deserve, to merit
  • 最初の値 【さいしょのあたい】 initial value

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi2
Korean:
chi

Spanish

  • precio
  • coste
  • valor

Portuguese

  • preço
  • custo
  • valor

French

  • valeur
  • prix
  • coût
946 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
933 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
345 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
488 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1414 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
326 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1278 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
425 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
431 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
426 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
108 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
123 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
81 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
91 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
987 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
786 Morohashi
109 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
257 New Nelson (John Haig)
978 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1052 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
908 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2175 2001 Kanji
2a8.30 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-8 SKIP code
2421.6 Four corner code
1-35-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5024 Unicode hex code