Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
blood
Parts:
Variants:
masses, great numbers, multitude, populace
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
450 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 衆 【シュウ】 great numbers (of people), numerical superiority, masses, people, folk, clique, bunch
  • 衆院 【シュウイン】 House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
  • 若い衆 【ワカイシュ】 young man, youth, lad, servant boy, young shopboy
  • 全会衆 【ゼンカイシュウ】 the whole assembly, the whole congregation
  • 衆 【シュウ】 great numbers (of people), numerical superiority, masses, people, folk, clique, bunch
  • 衆院 【シュウイン】 House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
  • 若い衆 【ワカイシュ】 young man, youth, lad, servant boy, young shopboy
  • 僧衆 【ソウシュウ】 large number of priests

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhong4
Korean:
jung

Spanish

  • multitud
  • masas

Portuguese

  • massas
  • grandes números
  • multidão
  • população

French

  • foule
  • grand nombre
  • multitude
  • peuple
806 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
901 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
705 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
570 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4210 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
651 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1720 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1762 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
792 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
806 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1194 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1612 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3325 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1724 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2342 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1874 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
33981 Morohashi
2683 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5417 New Nelson (John Haig)
1857 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2001 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
232 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
948 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
865 2001 Kanji
5h7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-6 SKIP code
2723.2 Four corner code
1-29-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8846 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
Inst., institution, temple, mansion, school
On:
イン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
150 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 院 【イン】 house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.), graduate school, postgraduate school, institution (often medical), institutional building, government office, sub-temple, minor temple building, temple, cloister, imperial palace, title bestowed on empresses, princesses, etc., former (esp. of emperors, daimyos, etc.), late
  • 院長 【インチョウ】 director (of a hospital, institution, academy, etc.), superintendent, rector
  • 議院 【ギイン】 parliament, congress, diet, house (of parliament, etc.), chamber
  • 棋院 【キイン】 go institution, go club, go hall

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yuan4
Korean:
weon

Spanish

  • institución
  • templo
  • hospital

Portuguese

  • instituição
  • templo
  • mansão
  • escola

French

  • temple
  • institution
  • résidence
  • école
  • hôpital
350 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
249 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
229 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
236 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4991 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
237 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
271 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1055 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.6 Japanese for Busy People
614 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
624 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
230 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
729 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
544 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
331 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
410 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1313 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41665 Morohashi
454 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6447 New Nelson (John Haig)
1304 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1401 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
412 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
350 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3657 2001 Kanji
2d7.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
1-2-7 SKIP code
7321.1 Four corner code
1-17-01 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9662 Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
horn
Parts:
Variants:
unravel, notes, key, explanation, understanding, untie, undo, solve, answer, cancel, absolve, explain, minute
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
176 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 解 【カイ】 solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.), root (e.g. of a polynomial), solution (to a given problem), answer, explanation, interpretation
  • 解禁 【カイキン】 lifting a ban, raising an embargo, opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.), publishing contents, revealing information
  • 瓦解 【ガカイ】 collapse, downfall
  • 明解 【メイカイ】 clear explanation
  • 解熱 【ゲネツ】 lowering a fever, alleviation of fever
  • 解脱 【ゲダツ】 liberation from earthly desires and the woes of man, deliverance of one's soul, moksha, mukti, vimukti
  • 雪消 【ユキゲ】 snow melting, water from melting snow
  • 義解 【ギゲ】 explanation (of the meaning), interpretation

Kun reading compounds

  • 解く 【とく】 to untie, to unfasten, to unwrap, to undo, to unbind, to unpack, to unsew, to unstitch, to solve, to work out, to answer, to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.), to clear up, to remove (suspicion), to appease, to dissolve (a contract), to cancel, to remove (a prohibition), to lift (a ban), to raise (a siege), to release (from duty), to relieve, to dismiss, to comb (out), to card, to untangle (hair)
  • 溶かす 【とかす】 to dissolve, to melt
  • 梳かす 【とかす】 to comb out, to brush, to untangle, to unravel
  • 解ける 【とける】 to be solved, to be resolved, to loosen, to come untied, to come undone, to be removed (of restrictions), to be lifted (e.g. a ban), to be broken (spells, curses, etc.), to dissipate (of anger, tension, etc.), to melt away, to ease, to be appeased, to be resolved (of a dispute, misunderstanding, etc.), to be cleared up
  • 溶ける 【とける】 to melt, to thaw, to fuse, to dissolve
  • 解く 【ほどく】 to undo, to untie, to unfasten, to unlace, to unravel, to loosen, to unpack
  • 解す 【ほぐす】 to unravel, to untie, to untangle, to loosen, to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.), to relax, to ease
  • 分かる 【わかる】 to understand, to comprehend, to grasp, to see, to get, to follow, to become clear, to be known, to be discovered, to be realized, to be realised, to be found out, I know!, I think so too!

Readings

Japanese names:
さとる、 とけ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jie3, jie4, xie4
Korean:
hae, gae

Spanish

  • desenredar
  • desatar
  • liberar
  • aclarar
  • resolver
  • peinarse
  • aflojar

Portuguese

  • solucionar
  • notas
  • chave
  • explicação
  • compreensão
  • desamarrar
  • desfazer
  • resolveer
  • resposta
  • cancelar
  • absolver
  • explicar
  • deta

French

  • délier
  • notes
  • clé
  • explication
  • compréhension
  • défaire
  • résoudre
  • répondre
  • annuler
  • absoudre
  • expliquer
  • minute
567 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
662 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
632 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
192 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4306 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
577 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
892 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1923 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
474 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
482 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
293 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1651 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1913 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1017 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1375 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1831 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35067 Morohashi
1517 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5548 New Nelson (John Haig)
1814 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1955 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
142 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
769 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2555 2001 Kanji
4g9.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-6 SKIP code
2725.2 Four corner code
1-18-82 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
89e3 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
rap 攴 (攵)
Parts:
scatter, disperse, spend, squander
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
758 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 散骨 【サンコツ】 scattering of ashes (cremated remains)
  • 散会 【サンカイ】 adjournment
  • 離散 【リサン】 dispersal, scattering, discrete
  • 集散 【シュウサン】 collection (gathering) and distribution

Kun reading compounds

  • 散る 【ちる】 to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves), to scatter, to be dispersed, to disappear, to dissolve, to break up, to spread, to run, to blur, to die a noble death
  • 散らす 【ちらす】 to scatter, to cause a shower of, to disperse, to distribute, to spread, to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.), to relieve, to get rid of, to cure, to distract, to divert, to do ... wildly (i.e. disorderly or frequently), to do ... all over the place
  • 散らかす 【ちらかす】 to scatter around, to leave untidy, to make a mess
  • 散らかる 【ちらかる】 to be in disorder, to lie scattered around
  • 散らばる 【ちらばる】 to be scattered about, to disperse, to be littered (with)
  • 散 【ばら】 loose articles (not packaged with other things), bulk items, individual items, coins, small change
  • ばら撒く 【ばらまく】 to scatter, to disseminate (e.g. a rumor), to spread (e.g. germs), to broadcast, to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets), to hand out freely, to spend recklessly
  • 散ける 【ばらける】 to come apart, to unravel, to come loose, to become disarrayed (e.g. of hair)

Readings

Japanese names:
ちる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
san4, san3
Korean:
san

Spanish

  • esparcir
  • dispersar
  • derramar
  • caer
  • esparcirse
  • estar desordenado

Portuguese

  • dispersar
  • espalhar
  • gastar
  • dissipar

French

  • disperser
  • éparpiller
  • dépenser
  • gaspiller
407 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
519 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
492 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
611 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2056 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
465 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
590 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1689 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
767 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
781 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
721 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
944 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2137 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1118 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1518 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1197 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13265 Morohashi
1702 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2352 New Nelson (John Haig)
1189 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1273 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
588 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1966 2001 Kanji
4i8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-4 SKIP code
4824.0 Four corner code
1-27-22 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6563 Unicode hex code