Jisho

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18 strokes
Radical:
feather
Parts:
Variants:
flip, turn over, wave, flutter, change (mind)
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1465 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 翻訳 【ホンヤク】 translation, deciphering, decoding, translation
  • 翻案 【ホンアン】 adaptation (of a novel, play, etc.)
  • 翻 【ハン】 han, fan, unit that doubles the score of a hand
  • 翻刻 【ホンコク】 reprinting (of a book)

Kun reading compounds

  • 翻る 【ひるがえる】 to flutter (in the wind), to wave, to flap, to fly, to turn over, to flip over, to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.), to suddenly switch, to alter, to flip
  • 翻す 【ひるがえす】 to turn over, to change (one's mind), to reverse (one's decision), to take back (one's words), to retract (one's testimony, confession, etc.), to fly (a flag), to let (a skirt, cape, etc.) flap in the wind, to let flutter

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fan1
Korean:
beon

Spanish

  • expresar en otras palabras
  • modificar
  • cambiar de opinión
  • invertir
  • girar
  • voltear

Portuguese

  • sacudidela
  • virar
  • onda
  • tumulto
  • mudar de idéia

French

  • voltiger
  • faire flotter (drapeau)
  • changer de sens
  • changer (d'opinion)
1826 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1779 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3681 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1551 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1659 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
596 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
606 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
760 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1575 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2391 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1219 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1676 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1930 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28814X Morohashi
1897 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4694 New Nelson (John Haig)
1911 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2060 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1903 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2253 2001 Kanji
6b12.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-12-6 SKIP code
2762.0 Four corner code
1-43-61 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7ffb Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
engrave, cut fine, chop, hash, mince, time, carving
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
866 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 刻 【コク】 period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac), carving, engraving, cutting, mincing, victory, strictness, cruelty
  • 刻々 【コッコク】 moment by moment, hour by hour
  • 復刻 【フッコク】 republication, reissue, reprinting, reproduction
  • 刻一刻 【コクイッコク】 moment by moment, hour by hour

Kun reading compounds

  • 刻む 【きざむ】 to mince, to cut fine, to chop up, to hash, to shred, to carve, to engrave, to chisel, to notch, to tick away (time), to beat out (e.g. rhythm), to record the passing moments, to etch (into one's mind), to remember distinctly, to have tattooed, to torment
  • 刻み 【きざみ】 mincing, cutting, chopping, notch, nick, rapping (a percussion instrument), beating, shredded tobacco, interval
  • 刻み足 【きざみあし】 mincing steps

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ke4, ke1
Korean:
gag

Spanish

  • grabar
  • esculpir
  • triste
  • angustiado
  • tiempo
  • afilar
  • cincelar

Portuguese

  • escultura
  • picar
  • fatiar
  • moer
  • esculpir

French

  • graver
  • découper
  • émincer
  • hacher
  • moment
  • gravure
875 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
865 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1033 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
681 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1444 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
361 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
900 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1211 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1274 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1139 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
190 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1619 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
851 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1166 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1535 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1970 Morohashi
1267 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
478 New Nelson (John Haig)
1521 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1639 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
863 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
443 2001 Kanji
2f6.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-2 SKIP code
0280.0 Four corner code
1-25-79 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
523b Unicode hex code