Jisho

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近

7 strokes (also 6)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
込 斤
near, early, akin, tantamount
Kun:
ちか.い
On:
キン、 コン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
194 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 近畿 【キンキ】 Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)
  • 近海 【キンカイ】 coastal waters, adjacent seas
  • ごく最近 【ゴクサイキン】 very recently, in the very recent past
  • 至近 【シキン】 very near
  • 近流 【コンル】 banishment (to a nearby province), the least severe of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryō system

Kun reading compounds

  • 近い 【ちかい】 near, close, short (distance), close (in time), soon, close (relationship), friendly, intimate, closely related, similar, almost the same, close to, nearly
  • 近いうちに 【ちかいうちに】 soon, shortly, before long

Readings

Japanese names:
おう、 おお、 この
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jin4
Korean:
geun

Spanish

  • cerca
  • cercano

Portuguese

  • perto
  • cedo
  • consangüíneo
  • equivalente

French

  • près
  • tôt
  • proche
  • équivalent à
195 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
113 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
103 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
127 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4671 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
127 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
259 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
506 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.12 Japanese for Busy People
445 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
452 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
109 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
679 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3798 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1941 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2634 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1136 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38752P Morohashi
3061 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6021 New Nelson (John Haig)
1129 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1210 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
149 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
140 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2654 2001 Kanji
2q4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-4 SKIP code
3-2-4 SKIP code
3230.2 Four corner code
1-22-65 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8fd1 Unicode hex code

畿

15 strokes
Radical:
field 田
Parts:
丶 ノ 幺 戈 田
capital, suburbs of capital
Kun:
みやこ
On:
キ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
1683 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 畿内 【キナイ】 Kinai (the five provinces in the immediate vicinity of Kyoto)
  • 畿央大学 【キオウダイガク】 Kio University
  • 京畿 【ケイキ】 territories in the vicinity of Kyoto, territories in the vicinity of the imperial palace
  • 五畿 【ゴキ】 the Five Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, Kawachi, and Izumi)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji1
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • capital
  • alrededores de la capital
  • antigua capital china

Portuguese

French

1684 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1497 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2859 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
898 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
4408 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3002 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
21925 Morohashi
3768 New Nelson (John Haig)
2887 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1483 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
5f10.3 The Kanji Dictionary
4-15-4 SKIP code
2265.3 Four corner code
1-21-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
757f Unicode hex code

大

3 strokes
Radical:
big, very 大
Parts:
大
large, big
Kun:
おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
On:
ダイ、 タイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
7 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 大 【ダイ】 large, big, great, huge, vast, major, important, serious, severe, great, prominent, eminent, distinguished, -sized, as big as, the size of, university, large (e.g. serving size), large option, long month (i.e. having 31 days)
  • 大尉 【タイイ】 captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF), lieutenant (Navy), flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
  • 国大 【コクダイ】 national university
  • 電通大 【デンツウダイ】 University of Electro-Communications
  • 大 【タイ】 nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)
  • 大尉 【タイイ】 captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF), lieutenant (Navy), flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
  • 御大 【オンタイ】 boss, governor, headman

Kun reading compounds

  • 大きい 【おおきい】 big, large, great, loud, extensive, spacious, important, decisive, valuable, older, grown up

Readings

Japanese names:
うふ、 お、 おう、 た、 たかし、 とも、 はじめ、 ひろ、 ひろし、 まさ、 まさる、 もと、 わ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
da4, dai4
Korean:
dae, da, tae

Spanish

  • grande
  • muy
  • mucho

Portuguese

  • grande
  • enorme

French

  • grand
22 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
25 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
53 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
7 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1171 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
32 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
40 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
48 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.2 Japanese for Busy People
26 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
26 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
87 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
408 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4224 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2133 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2882 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
108 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5831 Morohashi
3416 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1133 New Nelson (John Haig)
107 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
112 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
5 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
14 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1463 2001 Kanji
0a3.18 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-4 SKIP code
4003.0 Four corner code
1-34-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5927 Unicode hex code

学

8 strokes
Radical:
child, seed 子
Parts:
冖 子 尚
Variants:
學 斈 斅
study, learning, science
Kun:
まな.ぶ
On:
ガク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
63 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 学 【ガク】 learning, scholarship, study, erudition, knowledge, education, study of ..., -ology, -ics
  • 学位 【ガクイ】 (academic) degree
  • 短期大学 【タンキダイガク】 junior college, vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution
  • 法医学 【ホウイガク】 forensic medicine, forensic pathology, medical jurisprudence, legal medicine

Kun reading compounds

  • 学ぶ 【まなぶ】 to learn, to study, to take lessons in

Readings

Japanese names:
たか、 のり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xue2
Korean:
hag

Spanish

  • estudio
  • aprendizaje
  • ciencia
  • estudiar

Portuguese

  • estudo
  • aprendizagem
  • ciência

French

  • étudier
  • apprendre
  • science
57 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
45 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
10 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
33 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1271 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
66 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
44 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
719 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.9 Japanese for Busy People
109 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
109 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
50 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
460 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3162 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1625 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2211 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
330 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6974 Morohashi
2555 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1294 New Nelson (John Haig)
324 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
346 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
15 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
71 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
947 2001 Kanji
3n4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-3 SKIP code
2-3-4 SKIP code
2-5-2 SKIP code
2-3-5 SKIP code
3240.7 Four corner code
9040.7 Four corner code
1-19-56 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5b66 Unicode hex code

附

8 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
化 寸 阡
Variants:
affixed, attach, refer to, append
Kun:
つ.ける、 つ.く
On:
フ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2396 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 付近 【フキン】 neighborhood, neighbourhood, vicinity, environs, surrounding area, district
  • 付加 【フカ】 addition, annexation, appendage
  • 交附 【コウフ】 delivery, grant, handing (a ticket) to (a person)
  • 筑附 【ツクフ】 Junior and Senior High School at Otsuka, University of Tsukuba (abbr)

Kun reading compounds

  • 付ける 【つける】 to attach, to join, to connect, to add, to append, to affix, to stick, to glue, to fasten, to sew on, to apply (ointment), to put against, to furnish (a house with), to wear, to put on, to keep a diary, to make an entry, to appraise, to set (a price), to allot, to budget, to assign, to bring alongside, to place (under guard or doctor), to follow (someone), to shadow, to tail, to stalk, to load, to give (courage to), to keep (an eye on), to establish (relations or understanding), to turn on (a light), to produce flowers (of a plant), to produce fruit, to do intensely, to do fiercely, to do strongly, to be used to (doing), to be accustomed to
  • 付く 【つく】 to be attached, to be connected with, to adhere, to stick, to cling, to remain imprinted, to scar, to stain, to dye, to bear (fruit, interest, etc.), to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.), to increase (of strength, etc.), to take root, to accompany, to attend, to follow, to study with, to side with, to belong to, to possess, to haunt, to be lit, to catch fire, to ignite, to be turned on (of a light, appliance, etc.), to be settled, to be resolved, to be decided, to be given (of a name, price, etc.), to be sensed, to be perceived, to be lucky, to become (a state, condition, etc.)

Readings

Japanese names:
ずき、 づけ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fu4
Korean:
bu

Spanish

  • pegar
  • adjuntar
  • anexar
  • adherir

Portuguese

  • fixar
  • anexar
  • referir-se a

French

  • attaché à
  • collé à
  • se rapporter à
  • annexe
1750 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1898 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4983 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1878 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1867 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1843 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1995 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1520 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
727 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
410 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
257 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
307 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1312 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41606 Morohashi
347 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6433 New Nelson (John Haig)
1303 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1400 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1222 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3648 2001 Kanji
2d5.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
7420.0 Four corner code
1-41-77 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9644 Unicode hex code

属

12 strokes
Radical:
corpse 尸
Parts:
ノ 尸 禹
Variants:
屬
belong, genus, subordinate official, affiliated
Kun:
さかん、 つく、 やから
On:
ゾク、 ショク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
912 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 属 【ゾク】 genus, generic
  • 属する 【ゾクスル】 to belong to, to come under, to be affiliated with, to be subject to
  • 非鉄金属 【ヒテツキンゾク】 non-ferrous metal
  • 貴金属 【キキンゾク】 precious metal
  • 嘱託 【ショクタク】 commission, entrusting with (work), part-time employee, temporary work
  • 嘱望 【ショクボウ】 having great hopes for (someone's future), expecting much of, pinning one's hopes on

Kun reading compounds

  • 雅楽属 【うたのさかん】 alternate assistant court musician (ritsuryō system)

Readings

Japanese names:
さっか、 つき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu3, zhu3
Korean:
chog, sog

Spanish

  • subordinación
  • obediencia
  • pertenencia

Portuguese

  • pertencer
  • gênero
  • oficial subordinado
  • afiliado

French

  • faire partie de
  • genre
  • fonctionnaire subalterne
  • affilié à
835 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
766 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
744 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
799 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1400 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
655 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1233 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1802 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1637 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1750 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1091 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
532 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3901 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2009 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2711 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1972 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7754X Morohashi
3145 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1430 New Nelson (John Haig)
1953 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2103 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
758 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3753 2001 Kanji
3r9.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-9 SKIP code
7722.7 Four corner code
1-34-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c5e Unicode hex code

高

10 strokes
Radical:
tall 高 (髙)
Parts:
亠 冂 口 高
tall, high, expensive
Kun:
たか.い、 たか、 -だか、 たか.まる、 たか.める
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
65 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 高 【コウ】 high, high school
  • 高圧 【コウアツ】 high voltage, high pressure
  • 中高 【チュウコウ】 middle and high school, medium and high (level)
  • 激昂 【ゲッコウ】 excitement, exasperation, indignation, rage, fury

Kun reading compounds

  • 高い 【たかい】 high, tall, expensive, high-priced, high (level), above average (in degree, quality, etc.), loud, high-pitched, shrill
  • 高い高い 【たかいたかい】 lifting (a child) high up in the air
  • 高 【たか】 quantity, amount, volume, number, amount of money
  • 高い 【たかい】 high, tall, expensive, high-priced, high (level), above average (in degree, quality, etc.), loud, high-pitched, shrill
  • 威高 【いたか】 arrogant
  • 背高 【せいたか】 tallness, tall person
  • 高まる 【たかまる】 to rise, to swell, to be promoted
  • 高める 【たかめる】 to raise, to lift, to boost, to enhance

Readings

Japanese names:
か、 こ、 じょい、 た、 はか
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gao1
Korean:
go

Spanish

  • alto
  • caro
  • sobresaliente
  • elevar
  • levantar

Portuguese

  • Caro
  • alto

French

  • haut
  • élevé
  • grand
  • cher
76 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
132 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
119 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
49 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5248 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
160 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
102 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1163 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.11 Japanese for Busy People
190 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
190 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
83 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1924 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2601 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1330 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1803 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
313 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
45313 Morohashi
2097 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6796 New Nelson (John Haig)
307 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
329 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
135 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
193 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
449 2001 Kanji
2j8.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-8 SKIP code
0022.7 Four corner code
1-25-66 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9ad8 Unicode hex code

等

12 strokes
Radical:
bamboo 竹 (⺮)
Parts:
土 寸 竹 乞
etc., and so forth, class (first), quality, equal, similar
Kun:
ひと.しい、 など、 -ら
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
798 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 等 【トウ】 class, order, rank, et cetera, etc., and the like, equal, iso-
  • 等身 【トウシン】 body proportions
  • 中等 【チュウトウ】 second grade, medium quality, average, middle class, secondary grade
  • 等々 【トウトウ】 etc., et cetera, and so on

Kun reading compounds

  • 等しい 【ひとしい】 equal, identical, the same, no different (from), just like, equivalent
  • 等 【など】 et cetera, etc., and the like, and so forth, or something, the likes of, for example, for instance, for one

Readings

Japanese names:
と、 ひ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
deng3
Korean:
deung

Spanish

  • clase
  • calidad
  • igual que
  • igual
  • etcétera

Portuguese

  • etc.
  • e assim por diante
  • classe (1º
  • 2º )
  • qualidade
  • igual
  • semelhante

French

  • et ainsi de suite
  • etc...
  • semblable
  • classe (1ère)
  • qualité
  • égal
  • pluriel (peu respectueux)
484 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
383 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
361 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
601 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3396 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
294 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
795 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1770 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
569 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
578 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
353 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1479 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3321 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1723 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2339 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
954 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
25992 Morohashi
2682 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4287 New Nelson (John Haig)
945 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1016 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
151 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
407 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2348 2001 Kanji
6f6.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-6 SKIP code
8834.1 Four corner code
1-37-89 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7b49 Unicode hex code

校

10 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
亠 木 父
exam, school, printing, proof, correction
On:
コウ、 キョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
294 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 校 【コウ】 school, proof (of a book, document, etc.), counter for proofs
  • 校歌 【コウカ】 school song
  • 一校 【イッコウ】 whole school, the first proof, one proofreading
  • 同校 【ドウコウ】 the same school, the said school
  • 校合 【キョウゴウ】 collation, examining and comparing, checking (against the original text)
  • 校書 【キョウショ】 collation, examining and comparing, checking (against the original text), geisha

Readings

Japanese names:
めん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiao4, jiao4
Korean:
gyo, hyo

Spanish

  • escuela
  • colegio
  • centro docente

Portuguese

  • exame
  • escola
  • impressão
  • prova
  • correção

French

  • école
  • examen
  • impression
  • épreuve
  • correction
75 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
46 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
21 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
176 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2260 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
91 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
64 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1096 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.9 Japanese for Busy People
115 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
115 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
51 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1091 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1166 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
630 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
840 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1286 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14713 Morohashi
929 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2669 New Nelson (John Haig)
1278 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1371 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
233 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
79 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1866 2001 Kanji
4a6.24 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
4094.8 Four corner code
1-25-27 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6821 Unicode hex code

中

4 strokes
Radical:
line 丨
Parts:
｜ 口
in, inside, middle, mean, center
Kun:
なか、 うち、 あた.る
On:
チュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
11 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 中 【チュウ】 medium (size), average (grade, level, etc.), middle, in, within, out of (e.g. ten people), among, during, while, in (the course of), within (a period), throughout, currently (doing), in the process of, in the middle of, under (e.g. construction, investigation), middle way, moderation, second volume (of three), junior high school, middle school, China
  • 中尉 【チュウイ】 first lieutenant, lieutenant junior grade
  • 宮中 【キュウチュウ】 imperial court
  • 訪中 【ホウチュウ】 visit to China

Kun reading compounds

  • 中 【なか】 inside, interior, among, within, middle, center, centre, during, while, middle, midst, amid, interval, gap, mean, average, second (of three, e.g. sons, volumes), middle, medium grade, medium quality, red-light district
  • 中島 【なかじま】 island in a pond or river
  • 野中 【のなか】 in the middle of a field
  • そんな中 【そんななか】 wherein, therein, thereinto
  • 内 【うち】 inside, within, while (e.g. one is young), during, within (e.g. a day), in the course of, among, amongst, (out) of, between, in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.), amidst, with (e.g. success), within oneself, one's feelings, inner thoughts, we, our company, our organization, one's home, one's family, my spouse, my husband, my wife, signed on behalf of (husband's name) by his wife, I, me, imperial palace grounds, emperor
  • 碁打ち鳥飼い馬鹿の中 【ごうちとりかいばかのうち】 go players and bird keepers are idiots (both activities demand a lot of time)
  • 此の内 【このうち】 meanwhile, the other day, recently
  • 当たる 【あたる】 to be hit, to strike, to touch, to be in contact, to be affixed, to be equivalent to, to be applicable, to apply to, to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.), to be selected (in a lottery, etc.), to win, to be successful, to go well, to be a hit, to face, to confront, to lie (in the direction of), to undertake, to be assigned, to be stricken (by food poisoning, heat, etc.), to be afflicted, to be called on (e.g. by a teacher), to treat (esp. harshly), to lash out at, to be unnecessary, to be hitting well, to be on a hitting streak, to feel a bite (in fishing), (of fruit, etc.) to be bruised, to spoil, to feel (something) out, to probe into, to check (i.e. by comparison), to shave, to be a relative of a person, to be a ... in relation to ..., to stand in a relationship

Readings

Japanese names:
あたる、 かなえ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhong1, zhong4
Korean:
jung

Spanish

  • centro
  • dentro
  • interior
  • medio

Portuguese

  • em
  • interior
  • médio
  • meio
  • centro

French

  • dans
  • dedans
  • à l'intérieur
  • milieu
  • centre
  • moyenne
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