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) |
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
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
- 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
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 |
affinity, relation, connection, edge, border, verge, brink
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1291 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 縁 【エン】 fate, destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together), relationship (e.g. between two people), bond, link, connection, family ties, affinity, opportunity, chance (to meet someone and start a relationship), pratyaya (indirect conditions, as opposed to direct causes), narrow open-air veranda
- 縁起 【エンギ】 omen, sign of luck, origin, history, causation, dependent arising, doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
- 遠縁 【トオエン】 distant relative
- 内縁 【ナイエン】 de facto marriage, common-law marriage
Kun reading compounds
- 縁 【ふち】 rim, brim, edge, brink
- 縁石 【えんせき】 curb (stone), kerb
- 盆の縁 【ぼんのふち】 edge of a tray
- 縁取る 【ふちどる】 to border, to fringe, to hem, to edge
- 縁 【ゆかり】 connection (to a person, place, etc.), relation, affinity
- 縁の色 【ゆかりのいろ】 violet
- 縁 【よすが】 something to rely on, aid, clue, way, means, someone to rely on, relative, reminder, memento
- 縁 【へり】 edge (of a river, woods, etc.), shoulder (of a road), rim, brim, hem, margin, fringe, selvage, fabric border (of a tatami mat, etc.), edging
- 縁石 【えんせき】 curb (stone), kerb
- 縁 【えん】 fate, destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together), relationship (e.g. between two people), bond, link, connection, family ties, affinity, opportunity, chance (to meet someone and start a relationship), pratyaya (indirect conditions, as opposed to direct causes), narrow open-air veranda
Readings
- Korean:
- yeon, dan
Spanish
- afinidad
- relación
- conexión
- borde
- frontera
- margen
Portuguese
- afinidade
- relação
- conexão
- margem
- borda
- limite
- extremidade
French
- affinité
- relation
- karma
- rapport
- bord
- bordure
1030 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1362 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3585 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1244 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1641 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2660 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1131 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1183 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
732 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1548 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1754 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
940 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1269 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1384 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
27656P | Morohashi |
1386 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4553 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1372 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1472 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1790 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2751 | 2001 Kanji |
6a9.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-6-9 | SKIP code |
2793.2 | Four corner code |
1-17-79 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7e01 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
231 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 増 【ゾウ】 increase
- 増員 【ゾウイン】 increasing the number of staff, hiring more people
- 激増 【ゲキゾウ】 sharp increase, sudden rise
- 累増 【ルイゾウ】 successive or progressive increases, cumulative increase
Kun reading compounds
- 増す 【ます】 to increase, to grow
- 益々 【ますます】 increasingly, more and more, decreasingly (when declining), less and less
- 増し 【まし】 better, preferable, less objectionable, least-worst, more, increase, extra, increase, growth
- 況して 【まして】 still more, to say nothing of, not to mention, still less
- 増える 【ふえる】 to increase, to multiply
- 増やす 【ふやす】 to increase, to add to, to augment
Readings
- Japanese names:
- まし、 ます
- Korean:
- jeung
Spanish
- incremento
- aumento
- aumentar
- incrementar
- agregar
- añadir
Portuguese
- aumentar
- somar
- ganhar
- promover
French
- augmenter
- ajouter
- accroissement
- gain
- promouvoir
665 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
763 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
741 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
298 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1137 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
693 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
441 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2077 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
712 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
725 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
429 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
388 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
836 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
483 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
619 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
514 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
5448P | Morohashi |
677 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1088 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
502 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
541 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
365 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
797 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1478 | 2001 Kanji |
3b11.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-11 | SKIP code |
4816.6 | Four corner code |
1-33-93 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5897 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
641 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 幅 【フク】 scroll, counter for scrolls
- 幅員 【フクイン】 width (of a road, bridge, etc.)
- 増幅 【ゾウフク】 amplification, magnification, amplification, making larger
- 双幅 【ソウフク】 pair of hanging scrolls
Kun reading compounds
- 幅 【はば】 width, breadth, freedom (e.g. of thought), latitude, gap, difference (e.g. in price), range (e.g. of voice)
- 幅広い 【はばひろい】 extensive, wide, broad
- 小幅 【こはば】 small, narrow, single-breadth cloth (approx. 36 cm wide)
- 値幅 【ねはば】 price range or fluctuation
Readings
- Korean:
- pog, bog
Spanish
- anchura
- rollo
- pergamino
- contador de rollos
Portuguese
- laço
- largura
French
- largeur
- kakémono
- tenture murale
1764 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
682 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1484 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1234 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
501 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1380 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1467 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
897 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
568 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
694 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
417 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
523 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
414 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
8995 | Morohashi |
569 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1574 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
407 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
435 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1524 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1676 | 2001 Kanji |
3f9.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-9 | SKIP code |
4126.6 | Four corner code |
1-41-93 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5e45 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
525 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 器 【キ】 device, instrument, vessel, container, ability, capacity, calibre, caliber
- 機械 【キカイ】 machine, mechanism, instrument, appliance, apparatus
- 呼吸器 【コキュウキ】 respiratory organs
- 化学兵器 【カガクヘイキ】 chemical weapon
Kun reading compounds
- 器 【うつわ】 bowl, vessel, container, ability, capacity, calibre, caliber
- 器物 【きぶつ】 receptacle, container, vessel, utensil, implement, furniture, personal property, calibre, talent, ability
- 横綱の器 【よこづなのうつわ】 mental characteristics expected of a grand champion
Readings
- Korean:
- gi
Spanish
- utensilio
- vasija
- receptáculo
- envase
- caldera
Portuguese
- utensilio
- vasol
- receptaculo
- implementar
- instrumento
- capacidade
- recipiente
- ferramenta
- conjunto
French
- ustensile
- récipient
- instrument
- appareil
- capacité
- outil
- service (de table)
372 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
475 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
452 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
483 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
994 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
398 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
419 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2378 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
527 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
536 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
682 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
334 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3367 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1742 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2368 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
122 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
4349P | Morohashi |
2713 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
898 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
121 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
127 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
624 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3777 | 2001 Kanji |
3d12.13 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-6-9 | SKIP code |
4-15-1 | SKIP code |
6666.3 | Four corner code |
1-20-79 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5668 | Unicode hex code |