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

鉄

13 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
ノ 二 大 矢 金 乞
Variants:
銕 鐵 鐡 鋨
iron
Kun:
くろがね
On:
テツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
672 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 鉄 【テツ】 iron (Fe), steel, iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.), railway, railway enthusiast
  • 鉄製 【テッセイ】 made of iron
  • 国鉄 【コクテツ】 national railway, Japan National Railways (1949-1987)
  • 新日本製鐵 【シンニッポンセイテツ】 Nippon Steel Corporation

Kun reading compounds

  • 黒金 【くろがね】 iron

Readings

Japanese names:
けん、 てっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tie3
Korean:
cheol

Spanish

  • hierro
  • acero

Portuguese

  • ferro

French

  • fer
283 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
374 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
353 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
327 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4844 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
242 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
976 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1948 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
312 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
312 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
147 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1814 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2147 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1126 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1527 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
854 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40285 Morohashi
1711 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6253 New Nelson (John Haig)
846 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
909 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
449 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
422 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2863 2001 Kanji
8a5.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-5 SKIP code
8513.0 Four corner code
1-37-20 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9244 Unicode hex code

弥

8 strokes
Radical:
bow 弓
Parts:
ノ 亅 小 弓 乞
Variants:
彌
all the more, increasingly
Kun:
や、 いや、 いよ.いよ、 わた.る
On:
ミ、 ビ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1687 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 弥撒 【ミサ】 (Catholic) Mass
  • 弥勒 【ミロク】 Maitreya (Bodhisattva), Miroku
  • 沙弥 【シャミ】 male Buddhist novice
  • 伊邪那美 【イザナミ】 Izanami (Shinto goddess)
  • 弥久 【ビキュウ】 extending over a long time
  • 弥縫 【ビホウ】 patching up

Kun reading compounds

  • 弥生 【やよい】 third month of the lunar calendar, Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE), Yayoi culture, thick growth (of grass, etc.)
  • 弥栄 【いやさか】 prosperity, prospering, flourishing, best of luck, all the best, hurray, hoorah
  • 弥 【いや】 more and more, increasingly, extremely, very
  • 弥生 【やよい】 third month of the lunar calendar, Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE), Yayoi culture, thick growth (of grass, etc.)
  • 愈 【いよいよ】 more and more, all the more, increasingly, at last, finally, beyond doubt, (at the) last moment, worst possible time
  • 渡る 【わたる】 to cross over, to go across, to extend, to cover, to range, to span

Readings

Japanese names:
わたる、 みつ、 ひろ、 よ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mi2
Korean:
mi

Spanish

  • más aún
  • progresivamente

Portuguese

French

1536 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1565 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1980 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
832 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2065 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1012 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
344 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
214 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
258 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
9753 Morohashi
288 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1689 New Nelson (John Haig)
2241 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1322 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3h5.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
1829.0 Four corner code
1-44-79 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f25 Unicode hex code

富

12 strokes
Radical:
roof 宀
Parts:
一 口 宀 田
Variants:
冨
wealth, enrich, abundant
Kun:
と.む、 とみ
On:
フ、 フウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
644 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 富士山 【フジサン】 Mount Fuji, Mt. Fuji, Fujiyama, Fuji-san
  • 富豪 【フゴウ】 wealthy person, millionaire
  • 種類豊富 【シュルイホウフ】 rich in variety, diverse, wide-ranging, multifarious
  • 知識豊富 【チシキホウフ】 knowledgeable
  • 富者 【フシャ】 rich person, millionaire, the wealthy
  • 富貴 【フウキ】 riches and honours (honors), wealth and rank

Kun reading compounds

  • 富む 【とむ】 to be rich in, to abound in, to be abundant in, to be full of, to be rich, to be wealthy
  • 富 【とみ】 riches, wealth, fortune, resources, lottery
  • 富くじ 【とみくじ】 lottery run by a temple or shrine
  • 陶朱猗頓の富 【とうしゅいとんのとみ】 great wealth, very wealthy person
  • 巨万の富 【きょまんのとみ】 great wealth, enormous fortune

Readings

Japanese names:
と、 とん、 ふっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fu4
Korean:
bu

Spanish

  • riqueza
  • fortuna
  • ser rico
  • hacerse rico

Portuguese

  • riqueza
  • enriquecer
  • abundante

French

  • fortune
  • richesse
  • abondance
864 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
801 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
780 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
539 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1321 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
705 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
472 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1715 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
713 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
726 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
629 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
491 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2892 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1489 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2009 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
197 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7230 Morohashi
2310 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1349 New Nelson (John Haig)
193 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
205 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
765 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
776 2001 Kanji
3m9.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-9 SKIP code
3060.6 Four corner code
1-41-57 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5bcc Unicode hex code

駅

14 strokes
Radical:
horse 馬
Parts:
丶 尸 杰 馬
Variants:
驛
station
On:
エキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
724 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 駅 【エキ】 railway station, train station, staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan), counter for railway stations and bus stations
  • 駅員 【エキイン】 (train) station attendant, station employee, station staff
  • 宿駅 【シュクエキ】 relay station, post station, stage
  • 終着駅 【シュウチャクエキ】 terminal station

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yi4
Korean:
yeog

Spanish

  • estación

Portuguese

  • estação

French

  • gare
158 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
253 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
233 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
384 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5199 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
189 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
101 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2172 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.12 Japanese for Busy People
284 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
284 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
56 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1915 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2292 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1184 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1618 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2003 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
44633P Morohashi
1822 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6735 New Nelson (John Haig)
1984 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2138 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
426 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3462 2001 Kanji
10a4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-10-4 SKIP code
7738.7 Four corner code
1-17-56 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
99c5 Unicode hex code