Jisho

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14 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
silver
Kun:
しろがね
On:
ギン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
395 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 銀 【ギン】 silver (Ag), silver coin, money, silver medal, silver colour, silver color, bank, silver general
  • 銀色 【ギンイロ】 silver (color, colour)
  • 世銀 【セギン】 World Bank
  • 水銀 【スイギン】 mercury (Hg)

Kun reading compounds

  • 銀 【ぎん】 silver (Ag), silver coin, money, silver medal, silver colour, silver color, bank, silver general
  • 銀鯵 【しろがねあじ】 lookdown (Selene vomer)

Readings

Japanese names:
うん、 かな、 かね
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yin2
Korean:
eun

Spanish

  • plata

Portuguese

  • prata

French

  • argent
196 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
281 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
263 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
264 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4855 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
379 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
268 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2345 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.4 Japanese for Busy People
313 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
313 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
57 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1817 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2156 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1133 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1534 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1471 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40355 Morohashi
1722 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6268 New Nelson (John Haig)
1459 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1569 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
427 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2865 2001 Kanji
8a6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-6 SKIP code
8713.2 Four corner code
1-22-68 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9280 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
house on cliff 广
Parts:
广
squat, seat, cushion, gathering, sit
Kun:
すわ.る
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
588 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 座 【ザ】 seat, place, position, status, gathering, party, company, atmosphere (of a gathering), stand, pedestal, platform, trade guild, attaches to the names of constellations, attaches to the names of theatres, cinemas and theatrical troupes, counter for theatres, deities, Buddhist images, tall mountains, and satokagura songs
  • 座敷 【ザシキ】 tatami room, tatami mat room, formal Japanese room, dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
  • 連座 【レンザ】 implication (in a crime), involvement, sitting in a row (in the same seat)
  • 同坐 【ドウザ】 sitting together, the same theater (theatre), involvement, entanglement, implication

Kun reading compounds

  • 座る 【すわる】 to sit, to squat, to assume (a position), to hold steady, to hold still

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zuo4
Korean:
jwa

Spanish

  • sitio
  • asiento
  • constelación
  • sentarse

Portuguese

  • agachar
  • assento
  • almofada
  • reunião
  • sentar

French

  • s'accroupir
  • s'asseoir
  • siège
  • coussin
  • rassemblement
  • théâtre
  • constellation
880 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
870 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
377 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1515 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1089 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
510 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1245 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
786 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
800 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
175 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
590 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3868 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1989 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2686 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1033 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9319 Morohashi
3116 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1619 New Nelson (John Haig)
1024 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1100 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
900 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
572 2001 Kanji
3q7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-7 SKIP code
0021.4 Four corner code
1-26-34 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5ea7 Unicode hex code

1 strokes
Radical:
one
Parts:
Variants:
one, one radical (no.1)
Kun:
ひと-ひと.つ
On:
イチイツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
2 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 一 【イチ】 one, 1, best, first, foremost, beginning, start, a (single), one (of many), ace, bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
  • 一位 【イチイ】 first place, first rank, units position (of a number)
  • 十一 【ジュウイチ】 eleven, 11, jack
  • 1対1 【イチタイイチ】 one-to-one, one-on-one
  • 一 【イツ】 one, same (mind, path, etc.)
  • 一に 【イツニ】 solely, entirely, only, or
  • 均一 【キンイツ】 uniformity, equality
  • 画一 【カクイツ】 uniformity, standardization, standardisation

Kun reading compounds

  • 一つ 【ひとつ】 one, for one thing, only, (not) even, just (e.g. "just try it"), some kind of, one type of
  • 一つ一つ 【ひとつひとつ】 one-by-one, separately, in detail

Readings

Japanese names:
かず、 い、 いっ、 いる、 かつ、 かづ、 てん、 はじめ、 ひ、 ひとつ、 まこと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yi1
Korean:
il

Spanish

  • uno
  • 1

Portuguese

  • um

French

  • un
  • radical un (no. 1)
1 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
1 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
4 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
3 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
2 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4148 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2105 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2850 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1 Morohashi
3341 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1 New Nelson (John Haig)
1 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3072 2001 Kanji
0a1.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-1-4 SKIP code
1000.0 Four corner code
1-16-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e00 Unicode hex code

2 strokes
Radical:
one
Parts:
street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign
Kun:
ひのと
On:
チョウテイチントウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N1
1312 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 丁 【チョウ】 counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars
  • 丁 【チョウ】 counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding), counter for blocks of tofu, counter for servings in a restaurant, even number, chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m)
  • 一丁 【イッチョウ】 one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style), one block of tofu, one serving (in a restaurant), one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar), one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m), one game, one task, well then, right
  • 柳刃包丁 【ヤナギバボウチョウ】 kitchen knife for sashimi
  • 丁 【テイ】 fourth rank, fourth class, fourth party (in a contract, etc.), fourth sign of the Chinese calendar, Denmark
  • 丁寧 【テイネイ】 polite, courteous, civil, careful, close, thorough, conscientious
  • 装丁 【ソウテイ】 binding (of a book), design (of a book cover)
  • 正丁 【セイテイ】 man in good health between 21 and 60 years of age to whom applied various corvee and taxes (under the ritsuryō system)
  • 丁幾 【チンキ】 tincture
  • 亜爾然丁 【アルゼンチン】 Argentina
  • 丁々 【トウトウ】 with a chopping sound (of an axe), with a thump (when hammering a post into the ground)
  • 丁々 【トウトウ】 with a chopping sound (of an axe), with a thump (when hammering a post into the ground)
  • 丁 【チョウ】 counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars
  • 丁 【チョウ】 counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding), counter for blocks of tofu, counter for servings in a restaurant, even number, chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m)

Kun reading compounds

  • 丁 【てい】 fourth rank, fourth class, fourth party (in a contract, etc.), fourth sign of the Chinese calendar, Denmark
  • 丁亥 【ていがい】 Fire Boar (24th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1947, 2007, 2067)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ding1, zheng1
Korean:
jeong

Spanish

  • barrio
  • distrito
  • hoja

Portuguese

  • rua
  • departamento
  • cidade
  • sufixo para contagem de para armas
  • ferramentas
  • folhas ou bolos de alguma coisa
  • número par
  • 4º sign

French

  • pâté de maison
  • tranche d'aliment
  • exactitude
  • soin extrême
  • quatrième
  • signe du 4è tronc céleste
473 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
367 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
346 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
794 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
166 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1024 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
8 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
184 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
184 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
550 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4155 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2106 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2851 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
92 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2 Morohashi
3348 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2 New Nelson (John Haig)
91 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
95 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
241 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3153 2001 Kanji
0a2.4 The Kanji Dictionary
4-2-1 SKIP code
1020.0 Four corner code
1-35-90 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e01 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
eye
Parts:
eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor
Kun:
-めま-
On:
モクボク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
76 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 目 【モク】 order, item (of a budget revision, etc.), counter for go pieces, counter for surrounded positions
  • 目撃 【モクゲキ】 witnessing, observing, sighting
  • 着目 【チャクモク】 attention, giving one's attention, focusing
  • 細目 【サイモク】 particulars, details, specified items
  • 耳目 【ジモク】 eyes and ears, seeing and hearing, one's attention, one's interest
  • 不面目 【フメンボク】 shame, disgrace

Kun reading compounds

  • 目 【め】 eye, eyeball, eyesight, sight, vision, look, stare, gaze, glance, notice, attention, observation, eyes (of the world, public, etc.), an experience, viewpoint, discrimination, discernment, judgement, eye (e.g. for quality), (an) appearance, chance (of success), possibility (of a good result), spacing (between crossed strands of a net, mesh, etc.), opening, stitch, texture, weave, grain (of wood, paper), eye (of a storm, needle, etc.), intersection (on a go board), square (on a chessboard), dot (on a dice), pip, rolled number, graduation, division (of a scale), tooth (of a saw, comb, etc.), ordinal number suffix, somewhat, -ish, point (e.g. of change)
  • 目当て 【めあて】 mark, guide, landmark, purpose, aim, goal, intention, end, sight (on a firearm)
  • 蛇の目 【じゃのめ】 bull's-eye (pattern), double ring (pattern), umbrella with bull's-eye pattern
  • 負い目 【おいめ】 (feeling of) indebtedness, feeling obliged

Readings

Japanese names:
さかん、 さがん、 さっか、 さつか
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mu4
Korean:
mog

Spanish

  • ojo
  • mirada
  • percepción

Portuguese

  • olho
  • classe
  • olhar
  • visão
  • experiência
  • atenção
  • favor

French

  • oeil
  • regard
  • aperçu
  • numérateur ordinal
  • expérience
  • classe
  • faveur
  • pièce (Go)
25 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
30 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
72 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
65 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3127 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
22 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
75 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
191 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.11 Japanese for Busy People
55 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
55 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
168 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1376 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3777 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1927 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2619 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
15 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23105 Morohashi
3043 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3906 New Nelson (John Haig)
15 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
15 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
91 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
48 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3979 2001 Kanji
5c0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-2 SKIP code
4-5-1 SKIP code
6010.1 Four corner code
1-44-60 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
76ee Unicode hex code

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

Speed

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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