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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On reading compounds

  • 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

衛

16 strokes
Radical:
go, do 行
Parts:
口 彳 行 韋
Variants:
衞
defense, protection
On:
エイ、 エ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
400 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 衛星 【エイセイ】 (natural) satellite, moon, (artificial) satellite
  • 衛生 【エイセイ】 hygiene, sanitation, health
  • 自衛 【ジエイ】 self-defense, self-defence
  • 専守防衛 【センシュボウエイ】 nonaggressive defense (policy) (defence)
  • 衛星 【エイセイ】 (natural) satellite, moon, (artificial) satellite
  • 衛生 【エイセイ】 hygiene, sanitation, health
  • 近衛 【コノエ】 Imperial Guards
  • 兵衛 【ヒョウエ】 middle palace guard (ritsuryō system)

Readings

Japanese names:
もり、 い、 まもる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wei4
Korean:
wi

Spanish

  • defensa
  • protección
  • guardián

Portuguese

  • defesa
  • proteção

French

  • défense
  • protection
551 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
646 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
617 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
394 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1639 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
686 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1722 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2452 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
815 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
834 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
780 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1617 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
938 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
526 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
686 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1661 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
34073 Morohashi
760 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1776 New Nelson (John Haig)
1646 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1775 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
287 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
813 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2053 2001 Kanji
3i13.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-13 SKIP code
2122.1 Four corner code
2150.6 Four corner code
1-17-50 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
885b Unicode hex code

尚

8 strokes
Radical:
small, insignificant 小
Parts:
冂 口 尚
esteem, furthermore, still, yet
Kun:
なお
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1531 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 尚絅学院大学 【ショウケイガクインダイガク】 Shokei Gakuin University
  • 尚絅大学 【ショウケイダイガク】 Shokei University
  • 好尚 【コウショウ】 taste, fancy, fashion
  • 早尚 【ソウショウ】 prematurity

Kun reading compounds

  • 尚 【なお】 still, yet, more, still more, greater, further, as ..., like ..., furthermore, in addition, moreover, note that ...
  • 尚更 【なおさら】 still more, even more, all the more, still less, even less
  • 尚々 【なおなお】 all the more
  • 今なお 【いまなお】 still, even now

Readings

Japanese names:
たか、 たかし、 ないし、 なり、 ひさ、 ひさし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shang4
Korean:
sang

Spanish

  • respetar
  • estimar
  • desear
  • además
  • todavía
  • aún más

Portuguese

  • estima
  • além disso
  • ainda

French

  • de plus
  • en outre
  • encore
  • respecter
  • vénérer
1392 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1612 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1361 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1948 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1225 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
753 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1853 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2009 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1810 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
514 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2774 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1422 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1919 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
187 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7493P Morohashi
2233 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1395 New Nelson (John Haig)
184 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
196 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1165 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1049 2001 Kanji
3n5.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
3-5-3 SKIP code
9022.7 Four corner code
1-30-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c1a Unicode hex code

嗣

13 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
一 ｜ 亅 冂 口
heir, succeed
On:
シ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2310 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 嗣 【シ】 succession, successor
  • 嗣業 【シギョウ】 succeeding to a business
  • 継嗣 【ケイシ】 successor, heir, heiress
  • 世子 【セイシ】 heir, successor

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 つかさ、 つぎ、 つぐ、 ひで
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
si4
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • heredero
  • sucesor

Portuguese

  • herdeiro
  • é bem-sucedido

French

  • héritier
  • succéder
1321 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
2018 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
969 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1671 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1142 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1937 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1917 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2097 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1885 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
333 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2153 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1131 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1532 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1885 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4109 Morohashi
1719 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
868 New Nelson (John Haig)
1867 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2011 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1611 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3749 2001 Kanji
3d10.13 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-5 SKIP code
6722.0 Four corner code
1-27-44 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
55e3 Unicode hex code