Jisho

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16 strokes (also 15)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
Variants:
send back, return
Kun:
かえ.る
On:
カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
910 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 還元 【カンゲン】 restoration, return, reduction, resolution, deoxidization, deoxidation
  • 環境 【カンキョウ】 environment, surroundings, circumstances
  • 奪還 【ダッカン】 recapture, retaking, recovery, taking back
  • 送還 【ソウカン】 sending home, repatriation, deportation

Kun reading compounds

  • 帰る 【かえる】 to return, to come home, to go home, to go back, to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.), to get home, to get to home plate

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
huan2, hai2, xuan2
Korean:
hwan, seon

Spanish

  • volver
  • regresar
  • devolver

Portuguese

  • devolver
  • voltar

French

  • renvoyer
  • retour
1114 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1139 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4750 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1557 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1823 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2588 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
866 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
885 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1215 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
723 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3945 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2032 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2743 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
845 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39174P Morohashi
3180 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6121 New Nelson (John Haig)
837 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
900 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1856 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3665 2001 Kanji
2q13.4 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-13 SKIP code
3630.3 Four corner code
1-20-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9084 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
legs
Parts:
beginning, former time, origin
Kun:
もと
On:
ゲンガン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
192 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 元 【ゲン】 unknown (e.g. in an equation), element (of a set), yuan (monetary unit of China), New Taiwan dollar, Yuan dynasty (of China; 1271-1368), Yüan dynasty, Mongol dynasty
  • 原価 【ゲンカ】 cost price
  • 中元 【チュウゲン】 15th day of the 7th lunar month, (last day of) Bon lantern festival, mid-year gift, summer gift, Bon Festival gifts
  • 抗原 【コウゲン】 antigen
  • 元祖 【ガンソ】 originator, pioneer, inventor, founder, progenitor, primogenitor, founder of a family line
  • 元日 【ガンジツ】 New Year's Day

Kun reading compounds

  • 元 【もと】 origin, source, beginning, basis, base, foundation, root, cause, (raw) material, ingredient, base, mix (e.g. for a cake), (soup) stock, (one's) side, capital, principal, cost price, root (of a plant), (tree) trunk, part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand), first three lines of a waka, counter for plants or trees, counter for falcons (in falconry)
  • 元 【もと】 former, ex-, past, one-time, earlier times, the past, previous state, formerly, previously, originally, before
  • 家元 【いえもと】 head of a school (of music, dance), head family of a school
  • 胸元 【むなもと】 breast, chest, pit of the stomach, solar plexus, epigastrium

Readings

Japanese names:
ちか、 はじめ、 はる、 ゆき、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yuan2
Korean:
weon

Spanish

  • comienzo
  • principio
  • origen
  • jefe

Portuguese

  • começo
  • tempo anterior
  • origem

French

  • commencement
  • origine
  • ancien temps
68 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
117 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
106 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
328 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
275 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
106 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
121 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
60 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.10 Japanese for Busy People
137 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
137 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
245 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
141 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2428 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1226 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1690 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
59 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1340 Morohashi
1929 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
343 New Nelson (John Haig)
59 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
63 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
408 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
89 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3057 2001 Kanji
0a4.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-1-3 SKIP code
1021.1 Four corner code
1-24-21 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5143 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
undress, removing, escape from, get rid of, be left out, take off
Kun:
ぬ.ぐぬ.げる
On:
ダツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
782 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 脱 【ダツ】 de- (indicating reversal, removal, etc.), post-
  • 脱税 【ダツゼイ】 tax evasion
  • 逸脱 【イツダツ】 deviation, departure, omission
  • 解脱 【ゲダツ】 liberation from earthly desires and the woes of man, deliverance of one's soul, moksha, mukti, vimukti

Kun reading compounds

  • 脱ぐ 【ぬぐ】 to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.), to undress
  • 脱げる 【ぬげる】 to come off, to slip down, to slip off

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tuo1
Korean:
tal, tae

Spanish

  • omitir
  • escapar de
  • desvestirse
  • quitarse

Portuguese

  • despir
  • remover
  • escapar de
  • livrar-se
  • ser deixado de fora
  • decolar

French

  • déshabiller
  • enlever
  • s'échapper de
  • se débarrasser de
  • être oublié
  • s'enfuir
1560 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
843 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3775 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1173 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1678 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1370 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1457 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
191 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1035 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1225 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
663 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
886 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
510 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29539P Morohashi
973 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4822 New Nelson (John Haig)
498 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
537 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1450 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3957 2001 Kanji
4b7.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-7 SKIP code
7821.6 Four corner code
1-35-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8131 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
fat, grease, tallow, lard, rosin, gum, tar
Kun:
あぶら
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1548 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 脂肪 【シボウ】 fat, grease, blubber, lard, suet
  • 脂質 【シシツ】 lipid
  • 樹脂 【ジュシ】 resin, rosin
  • 皮脂 【ヒシ】 sebum, sebaceous matter

Kun reading compounds

  • 脂 【あぶら】 fat, tallow, lard, grease
  • 脂っこい 【あぶらっこい】 greasy, fatty, oily
  • 背脂 【せあぶら】 back fat, fatty upper part of roast pork

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi1
Korean:
ji

Spanish

  • grasa
  • sebo
  • resina

Portuguese

  • gordura
  • graxa
  • sêbo
  • banha
  • resina
  • goma
  • asfalto

French

  • gras
  • graisse
  • suif
  • lard
  • résine
  • gomme
  • goudron
1319 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1505 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3766 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1577 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
848 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1042 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1083 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1350 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1031 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1190 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
649 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
861 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
466 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29463 Morohashi
954 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4808 New Nelson (John Haig)
456 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
494 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1345 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3978 2001 Kanji
4b6.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
7226.1 Four corner code
1-27-73 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8102 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
second 乛 (乙, ⺄, 乚)
Parts:
milk, breasts
Kun:
ちち
On:
ニュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1289 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 乳製品 【ニュウセイヒン】 dairy products
  • 乳児 【ニュウジ】 infant (below 1 year old), suckling baby
  • 豆乳 【トウニュウ】 soy milk
  • 生乳 【セイニュウ】 raw milk

Kun reading compounds

  • 乳 【ちち】 milk, breast, loop, decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
  • 乳首 【ちくび】 nipple, teat
  • 無い乳 【ないちち】 very small breasts
  • もらい乳 【もらいぢち】 having one's baby nursed by another woman, wet-nursing, breast milk received from another woman
  • 乳 【ちち】 milk, breast, loop, decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
  • 乳房 【ちぶさ】 breast, udder
  • 無い乳 【ないちち】 very small breasts
  • もらい乳 【もらいぢち】 having one's baby nursed by another woman, wet-nursing, breast milk received from another woman

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ru3
Korean:
yu

Spanish

  • leche
  • pecho

Portuguese

  • leite
  • peitos

French

  • lait
  • seins
961 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
951 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
873 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
266 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1216 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
291 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
657 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
939 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
969 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
821 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
29 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1823 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
964 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1306 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
737 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
190X Morohashi
1438 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
61 New Nelson (John Haig)
729 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
786 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
871 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2056 2001 Kanji
3n4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-1 SKIP code
1-6-1 SKIP code
2241.0 Four corner code
1-38-93 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e73 Unicode hex code