Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
discontinue, sever, cut off, abstain, interrupt, suppress, be beyond, without match, peerless, unparalleled
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
784 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 絶 【ゼツ】 starting field which contains the November and/or December 20-point card
  • 絶縁 【ゼツエン】 breaking off relations (with), severing one's connections (with), breaking with (e.g. one's past), insulation (electrical or thermal), isolation
  • 超絶 【チョウゼツ】 transcendence, excellence, superiority
  • 壮絶 【ソウゼツ】 heroic, fierce, grand, sublime, magnificent

Kun reading compounds

  • 絶える 【たえる】 to die out, to peter out, to become extinct, to cease, to be stopped, to be discontinued, to be cut off
  • 絶えることなく 【たえることなく】 unceasing, relentless
  • 絶やす 【たやす】 to exterminate, to eradicate, to wipe out, to put an end to, to let (fire) go out, to let die (e.g. flowers), to run out of
  • 断つ 【たつ】 to sever, to cut off, to suppress, to eradicate, to exterminate, to abstain (from), to give up

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jue2
Korean:
jeol

Spanish

  • extinguir
  • eliminar
  • rechazar
  • absoluto
  • lugar escarpado
  • desaparecer
  • extinguirse
  • exterminar
  • erradicar
  • suprimir

Portuguese

  • descontinuar
  • além de
  • romper
  • cortar desligar
  • abster- se
  • interromper
  • suprimir

French

  • cesser
  • au-delà
  • rompre
  • couper
  • s'abstenir
  • interrompre
  • supprimer
828 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
756 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
733 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
743 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3539 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
630 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
820 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2148 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
742 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
755 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
734 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1534 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1711 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
917 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1240 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1770 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
49469 Morohashi
1353 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4490 New Nelson (John Haig)
1754 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1891 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
756 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2756 2001 Kanji
6a6.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-6 SKIP code
2791.7 Four corner code
1-32-68 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d76 Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
shout, exclaim, yell
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1426 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 叫喚 【キョウカン】 shout, scream
  • 叫号 【キョウゴウ】 crying aloud
  • 哀叫 【アイキョウ】 crying loudly with sadness
  • 大絶叫 【ダイゼッキョウ】 loud scream, screaming at the top of one's lungs

Kun reading compounds

  • 叫ぶ 【さけぶ】 to shout, to cry, to scream, to shriek, to yell, to exclaim, to clamor (for or against), to clamour (for or against)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jiao4
Korean:
gyu

Spanish

  • grito
  • exclamar
  • gritar

Portuguese

  • grito
  • exclamar
  • gritar

French

  • crier
  • hurler
  • s'exclamer
1160 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1336 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
881 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1685 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
395 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1252 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1321 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1291 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
297 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
233 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
149 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
178 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1522 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3240 Morohashi
201 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
708 New Nelson (John Haig)
1508 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1626 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1065 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3755 2001 Kanji
3d3.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-3 SKIP code
6200.0 Four corner code
6400.0 Four corner code
1-22-11 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
53eb Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
corpse
Parts:
roof, house, shop, dealer, seller
Kun:
On:
オク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
616 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 屋 【オク】 house, building, roof
  • 屋外 【オクガイ】 outdoors, outside
  • 草屋 【ソウオク】 thatched hut
  • 塔屋 【トウヤ】 rooftop structure, e.g. tower, elevator machine room, etc.

Kun reading compounds

  • 屋 【や】 shop, store, restaurant, someone who sells (something) or works as (something), someone with a (certain) personality trait, house, roof
  • 屋敷 【やしき】 residence, estate, grounds, premises, mansion
  • 長屋 【ながや】 tenement house, row house
  • 総会屋 【そうかいや】 extortionist that threatens to disrupt stock-holder meetings, sokaiya

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wu1
Korean:
og

Spanish

  • casa
  • tejado
  • tienda

Portuguese

  • teto
  • casa
  • loja
  • negociante
  • vendedor

French

  • toit
  • maison
  • échoppe
  • négociant
  • vendeur
161 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
256 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
236 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
270 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1392 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
251 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
160 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1233 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
167 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
167 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
54 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
530 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3842 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1973 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2669 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1067 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7684 Morohashi
3098 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1421 New Nelson (John Haig)
1058 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1138 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
236 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
319 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3772 2001 Kanji
3r6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-6 SKIP code
7721.4 Four corner code
1-18-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c4b Unicode hex code

15 strokes
Radical:
rap 攴 (攵)
Parts:
Variants:
spread, pave, sit, promulgate
Kun:
し.く-し.き
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1212 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 敷設 【フセツ】 laying (a railroad, pipes, naval mines, etc.), construction
  • 敷衍 【フエン】 expatiation, enlargement (e.g. on a point), elaboration, amplification, clear explanation, paraphrasing

Kun reading compounds

  • 敷く 【しく】 to spread out, to lay out, to cover, to lay (e.g. railway tracks), to sit on, to take a position, to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

Readings

Japanese names:
しき、 にゅう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fu1
Korean:
bu

Spanish

  • extender
  • tender una vía
  • pavimentar

Portuguese

  • espalhar
  • pavimentar
  • assentar
  • promulgar

French

  • étaler
  • paver
  • s'asseoir
  • promulguer
1756 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1053 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2059 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1039 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1392 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2355 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1451 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1544 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
724 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
947 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2345 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1207 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1653 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1901 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13359P Morohashi
1870 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2357 New Nelson (John Haig)
1883 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2028 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1772 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1566 2001 Kanji
4i11.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-11-4 SKIP code
5824.0 Four corner code
1-41-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6577 Unicode hex code