Jisho

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錘

16 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
一 ｜ ノ 金
weight, plumb bob, sinker, spindle
Kun:
つむ、 おもり
On:
スイ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 錘 【スイ】 counter for spindles, weight (for scales)
  • 錘状 【スイジョウ】 spindle shaped
  • 平衡錘 【ヘイコウスイ】 counterweight, counterpoise
  • 紡錘 【ボウスイ】 spindle

Kun reading compounds

  • 紡錘 【ぼうすい】 spindle
  • 錘形 【つむがた】 spindle-shaped, fusiform
  • 重り 【おもり】 weight, sinker

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chui2
Korean:
chu

Spanish

  • peso
  • plomo
  • plomada
  • huso

Portuguese

  • pêso
  • prumo
  • pêso p/ anzol

French

  • poids
  • plomb (pêche)
1461 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
2026 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4872 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1751 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1904 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2139 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1942 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1828 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2191 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1149 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1559 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1598 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40547 Morohashi
1744 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6291 New Nelson (John Haig)
1584 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1708 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1860 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2872 2001 Kanji
8a8.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-8 SKIP code
8211.4 Four corner code
1-31-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9318 Unicode hex code

形

7 strokes
Radical:
bristle, beard 彡
Parts:
一 ノ 二 廾 彡
shape, form, style
Kun:
かた、 -がた、 かたち、 なり
On:
ケイ、 ギョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
418 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 形 【ケイ】 form, tense, adjective, i-adjective (in Japanese)
  • 形式 【ケイシキ】 form (as opposed to substance), format, form, style, manner, formality, form, mode, form, form (bilinear, quadratic, etc.)
  • 造形 【ゾウケイ】 molding, moulding, shaping, forming, modelling (i.e. plastic arts), modeling
  • 体型 【タイケイ】 figure, body shape, build, physique, form, somatotype, biotype, habitus, (type of) physique
  • 形相 【ギョウソウ】 look (esp. an angry or upset look), expression
  • 奇形 【キケイ】 deformity, malformation, strange shape, unusual shape
  • 大仰 【オオギョウ】 exaggerated, overblown, overdone

Kun reading compounds

  • 形 【かた】 shape, form, style, security, collateral, obverse of an old zeni coin
  • 形 【かたち】 form, shape, figure, visage
  • 借金のカタ 【しゃっきんのカタ】 security for a loan, collateral
  • 館 【やかた】 mansion, palace, manor house, castle, nobleman, noblewoman, dignitary, cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
  • 形 【かたち】 form, shape, figure, visage
  • 形作る 【かたちづくる】 to form, to shape, to make, to mold, to mould, to build up
  • 顔かたち 【かおかたち】 features, looks
  • 姿形 【すがたかたち】 appearance, figure, shape, form
  • 形 【なり】 style, way, shape, form, appearance, state
  • 形体 【なりかたち】 one's appearance
  • 生成り 【きなり】 unbleached cloth, unbleached colour (color), unbleached, undyed
  • 鉤状 【かぎなり】 hooklike, hook-shaped, unciform

Readings

Japanese names:
ち
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xing2
Korean:
hyeong

Spanish

  • forma
  • figura
  • tipo

Portuguese

  • forma
  • formulário
  • estilo

French

  • forme
  • style
200 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
115 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
104 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
408 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1589 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
223 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
518 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
414 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.6 Japanese for Busy People
395 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
399 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
509 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
615 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1050 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
565 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
749 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1727 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9969 Morohashi
846 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1713 New Nelson (John Haig)
1711 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1847 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
306 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
141 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3260 2001 Kanji
3j4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-3 SKIP code
1242.2 Four corner code
1-23-33 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f62 Unicode hex code