Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
ear
Parts:
Variants:
holy, saint, sage, master, priest
Kun:
ひじり
On:
セイショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1165 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 聖 【セイ】 Saint, St., S., sacred, holy, pure
  • 聖域 【セイイキ】 sacred precincts, sanctuary, consecrated ground, holy ground, issue that is regarded as being off-limits, matter that is not up for discussion
  • 棋聖 【キセイ】 great master of go, great master of shogi
  • 亜聖 【アセイ】 sage of the second order
  • 精霊 【ショウリョウ】 spirit of the deceased
  • 聖者 【セイジャ】 saint
  • 大聖 【ダイショウ】 Buddha, high-ranked bodhisattva
  • 仏餉 【ブッショウ】 rice offered to Buddha

Kun reading compounds

  • 聖 【ひじり】 highly virtuous monk, monk, Buddhist solitary, Buddhist missionary, saint (i.e. a virtuous person), emperor, master, expert
  • 聖心 【せいしん】 Sacred Heart
  • 高野聖 【こうやひじり】 Mount Kōya missionary (usu. low-ranking monk), Lethocerus deyrollei (species of giant water bug)

Readings

Japanese names:
きよ、 さと、 さとし、 せ、 たか、 ただ、 ひろ、 まさ、 み
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sheng4
Korean:
seong

Spanish

  • santo
  • sagrado
  • sabio
  • relacionado con cristianismo

Portuguese

  • santo
  • sagrado
  • sábio
  • mestre
  • padre

French

  • saint
  • sage
  • maître
  • prêtre
824 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
922 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
911 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1306 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2960 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
663 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1663 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2030 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
674 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
686 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
580 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1583 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3509 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1812 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2464 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
833 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29074P Morohashi
2830 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4727 New Nelson (John Haig)
825 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
888 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
962 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3272 2001 Kanji
4f9.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-9-4 SKIP code
1610.4 Four corner code
1-32-27 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8056 Unicode hex code

15 strokes
Radical:
rain
Parts:
Variants:
spirits, soul
Kun:
たま
On:
レイリョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1458 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 霊 【レイ】 soul, spirit, departed soul, ghost
  • 霊園 【レイエン】 (garden) cemetery, park-style cemetery, memorial park
  • 心霊 【シンレイ】 spirit (e.g. human spirit), soul, spirit, ghost, ethereal being
  • 英霊 【エイレイ】 spirits of war dead, person of great ability, soul of a talented person
  • 霊 【リョウ】 vengeful spirit, revengeful ghost
  • 霊異 【レイイ】 miracle, wonder, wondrous thing
  • 怨霊 【オンリョウ】 revengeful ghost, apparition
  • 新精霊 【アラショウリョウ】 spirit of someone on the first Obon after their death

Kun reading compounds

  • 魂 【たましい】 soul, spirit
  • 魂送り 【たまおくり】 sending off the spirits of the dead

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ling2
Korean:
ryeong

Spanish

  • espíritu
  • alma
  • dios

Portuguese

  • espíritos
  • alma
  • fantasmas

French

  • esprits
  • âmes
1923 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1361 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5056 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1299 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1891 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2390 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1168 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1225 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1688 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1867 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3480 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1793 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2442 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1808 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
42309P Morohashi
2805 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6532 New Nelson (John Haig)
1791 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1930 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1815 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3174 2001 Kanji
8d7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-7 SKIP code
1010.2 Four corner code
1-46-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
970a Unicode hex code

12 strokes (also 11)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
carry, luck, destiny, fate, lot, transport, progress, advance
Kun:
はこ.ぶ
On:
ウン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
255 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 運 【ウン】 fortune, luck, chance
  • 運営 【ウンエイ】 management, administration, operation
  • 機運 【キウン】 opportunity, chance, good time (to do), trend, tendency, momentum
  • 命運 【メイウン】 fate, destiny

Kun reading compounds

  • 運ぶ 【はこぶ】 to carry, to transport, to move, to convey, to come, to go, to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.), to move, to carry out, to proceed with, to arrange, to go (well, etc.), to proceed, to progress

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yun4
Korean:
un

Spanish

  • suerte
  • destino
  • transportar

Portuguese

  • carregar
  • sorte
  • destino
  • objetivo
  • transportar
  • progresso
  • avanço

French

  • porter
  • chance
  • destin
  • destinée
  • sort
  • progrès
157 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
251 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
231 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
179 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4725 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
373 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
263 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1808 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.7 Japanese for Busy People
439 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
445 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
304 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
704 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3894 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2006 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2707 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
309 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38998P Morohashi
3140 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6092 New Nelson (John Haig)
303 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
325 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
157 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
389 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3655 2001 Kanji
2q9.10 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-9 SKIP code
3730.4 Four corner code
1-17-31 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
904b Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
power, force
Parts:
move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
73 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 動 【ドウ】 motion
  • 動員 【ドウイン】 mobilization, mobilisation
  • 人事異動 【ジンジイドウ】 personnel change, personnel shift, reshuffle, (annual) staff reassignment
  • 異動 【イドウ】 (personnel) change, transfer, relocation, reassignment, reshuffle

Kun reading compounds

  • 動く 【うごく】 to move, to stir, to shift, to shake, to swing, to operate, to run, to go, to work, to make a move, to take action, to act, to go into action, to be touched, to be influenced, to change, to vary, to fluctuate, to waver, to be transferred
  • 動く歩道 【うごくほどう】 moving walkway, moving sidewalk, travelator
  • 動かす 【うごかす】 to move, to shift, to stir, to budge, to change position, to inspire, to rouse, to move (e.g. feeling), to influence, to change, to alter, to deny, to operate, to set in motion, to get going, to mobilize (e.g. troops), to mobilise, to deploy, to manage (e.g. funds)

Readings

Japanese names:
るぎ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dong4
Korean:
dong

Spanish

  • mover
  • movimiento
  • moverse
  • trasladar

Portuguese

  • mover
  • movimento
  • mudança
  • jáfusão
  • trocar
  • agitar

French

  • bouger
  • mouvement
  • changement
  • confusion
  • secouer
296 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
384 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
362 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
86 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
730 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
169 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
130 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2.14 Japanese for Busy People
231 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
231 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
64 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
221 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2232 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1163 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1583 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1692 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2390 Morohashi
1778 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
549 New Nelson (John Haig)
1676 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1806 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
47 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
385 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2245 2001 Kanji
2g9.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-9-2 SKIP code
2412.7 Four corner code
1-38-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
52d5 Unicode hex code