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薬

16 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
冫 艾 日 木
Variants:
藥
medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit
Kun:
くすり
On:
ヤク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
702 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 薬 【ヤク】 dope, narcotic, drug
  • 薬価 【ヤッカ】 drug price, cost of medicine
  • 製薬 【セイヤク】 medicine manufacture, drug manufacture
  • 医薬 【イヤク】 medicine, Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau

Kun reading compounds

  • 薬 【くすり】 medicine, pharmaceuticals, (legal) drugs, pill, ointment, salve, efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.), (pottery) glaze, (illegal) drug, narcotic, small bribe
  • 薬指 【くすりゆび】 ring finger, third finger, fourth finger (in piano-playing), fourth toe

Readings

Japanese names:
み
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yao4
Korean:
yag

Spanish

  • medicina
  • droga

Portuguese

  • remédio
  • produto químico
  • esmalte
  • pólvora
  • benefício

French

  • médicament
  • produit chimique
  • émail
  • poudre à canon
  • bénéfice
521 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
420 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
398 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
541 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4074 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
323 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
247 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2568 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.6 Japanese for Busy People
359 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
360 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
315 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
672 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3011 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1539 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2100 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1752 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
32188PX Morohashi
2375 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5224 New Nelson (John Haig)
1736 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1873 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
439 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1964 2001 Kanji
3k13.15 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-13 SKIP code
4490.4 Four corner code
1-44-84 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
85ac Unicode hex code

剤

10 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
｜ ノ 刈 廾 文 斉
Variants:
劑
dose, medicine, drug
Kun:
かる、 けず.る
On:
ザイ、 スイ、 セイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1151 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 剤 【ザイ】 medicine, agent, (chemical) substance, drug, dose
  • 剤形 【ザイケイ】 dosage form
  • 薬剤 【ヤクザイ】 medicine, drug, chemical
  • 覚醒剤 【カクセイザイ】 stimulant (e.g. psychoactive drugs like methamphetamine, ritalin, etc.)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji4
Korean:
je, ja

Spanish

  • medicina
  • droga

Portuguese

  • dose
  • remédio
  • droga

French

  • dose
  • médicament
  • drogue
  • produit pour...
1296 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
949 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5424 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1497 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1096 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
550 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
559 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1780 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
200 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2102 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1094 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1491 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1746 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2076P Morohashi
1669 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
493 New Nelson (John Haig)
1730 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1867 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1312 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
443 2001 Kanji
2f8.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-2 SKIP code
0220.0 Four corner code
1-26-62 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5264 Unicode hex code

抵

8 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
扎 氏
resist, reach, touch
On:
テイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1182 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 抵触 【テイショク】 infringement (of a law, treaty, etc.), contravention, running afoul, conflict (with a theory, claim, etc.), inconsistency, incompatibility, contradiction, collision, contact, touching
  • 抵抗 【テイコウ】 resistance, opposition, standing up to, reluctance, repulsion, repugnance, resistance, drag, friction, electrical resistance, resistor
  • 抗抵 【コウテイ】 resistance, opposition
  • 角觝 【カクテイ】 strength contest, sumo wrestling

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
di3
Korean:
jeo, ji

Spanish

  • resistir
  • ir contra
  • chocar
  • casi igual

Portuguese

  • resistir
  • alcançar
  • tocar

French

  • résister
  • parvenir
  • toucher
1612 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1347 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1878 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1154 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1343 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
797 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
560 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
569 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
746 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
879 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
377 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
239 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
284 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1849 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11921 Morohashi
319 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2120 New Nelson (John Haig)
1832 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1974 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1183 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1356 2001 Kanji
3c5.18 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
5204.0 Four corner code
1-36-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
62b5 Unicode hex code

抗

7 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
亠 几 扎
confront, resist, defy, oppose
Kun:
あらが.う
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
666 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 抗 【コウ】 anti-
  • 抗菌 【コウキン】 antibacterial, antimicrobial
  • 拮抗 【キッコウ】 rivalry (between two equally strong sides), struggle for supremacy, competing (with), vying (with), contending (with), being an equal match (for)
  • 無抵抗 【ムテイコウ】 nonresistance

Kun reading compounds

  • 抗う 【あらがう】 to go against, to fight against, to oppose, to resist, to deny

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kang4
Korean:
hang

Spanish

  • enfrentarse
  • resistir
  • desafiar
  • oponerse

Portuguese

  • confrontar
  • resistir
  • desafiar
  • opor

French

  • s'opposer à
  • confrontation
  • résister
  • contester
  • nier (évidence)
  • anti-
1246 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
784 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1852 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1320 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1340 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
824 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
843 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
747 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
858 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
296 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
188 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
224 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
655 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11889 Morohashi
252 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2091 New Nelson (John Haig)
648 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
700 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1125 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1357 2001 Kanji
3c4.15 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-4 SKIP code
5001.7 Four corner code
1-25-19 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6297 Unicode hex code

性

8 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
忙 生
sex, gender, nature
Kun:
さが
On:
セイ、 ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
104 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 性 【セイ】 nature (of a person), sex, gender, sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.), gender, -ty, -ity, -ness, -cy
  • 性格 【セイカク】 character (of a person), personality, disposition, nature, characteristics, nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
  • 耐性 【タイセイ】 resistance (e.g. to antibiotics), tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
  • 社会性 【シャカイセイ】 sociality
  • 性 【ショウ】 nature, disposition, temperament, character, quality, that which does not change according to external influences
  • 性根 【ショウネ】 nature, character, disposition
  • 冷え性 【ヒエショウ】 sensitivity to cold
  • 凝り性 【コリショウ】 tendency to become totally absorbed in something, monomania, perfectionism, fastidiousness, meticulousness, susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders

Kun reading compounds

  • 性 【さが】 one's nature, one's destiny, custom, tradition, habit, convention

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xing4
Korean:
seong

Spanish

  • sexo
  • género
  • naturaleza
  • temperamento

Portuguese

  • sexo
  • gênero
  • natureza

French

  • sexe
  • genre
  • nature
  • propriétés
645 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
745 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
723 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
199 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1666 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
280 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
535 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
564 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
98 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
98 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
421 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
811 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
357 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
222 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
266 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1572 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10478 Morohashi
299 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1822 New Nelson (John Haig)
1558 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1679 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
119 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
690 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1172 2001 Kanji
4k5.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
1-1-7 SKIP code
9501.0 Four corner code
1-32-13 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6027 Unicode hex code