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電

13 strokes
Radical:
rain 雨
Parts:
乙 田 雨
electricity
On:
デン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
268 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 電化 【デンカ】 electrification
  • 電圧 【デンアツ】 voltage
  • 送電 【ソウデン】 transmission of electricity, electricity supply, power supply
  • 配電 【ハイデン】 distribution of electricity

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dian4
Korean:
jeon

Spanish

  • electricidad
  • eléctrico

Portuguese

  • eletricidade

French

  • électricité
286 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
197 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
180 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
125 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5050 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
222 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
98 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2025 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.2 Japanese for Busy People
108 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
108 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
61 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1862 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3465 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1784 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2431 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
541 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
42253 Morohashi
2790 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6526 New Nelson (John Haig)
535 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
574 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
332 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
228 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3156 2001 Kanji
8d5.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-5 SKIP code
1071.6 Four corner code
1-37-37 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
96fb Unicode hex code

荷

10 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
一 亅 化 口 艾
baggage, shoulder-pole load, bear (a burden), shoulder (a gun), load, cargo, freight
Kun:
に
On:
カ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
1230 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 荷 【カ】 counter for loads (that can be carried on one's shoulders)
  • 加担 【カタン】 support, participation, assistance, complicity, conspiracy
  • 集荷 【シュウカ】 collection of cargo (esp. produce, etc.), cargo booking
  • 電荷 【デンカ】 electric charge, charge

Kun reading compounds

  • 荷 【に】 load, baggage, cargo, freight, goods, burden, responsibility
  • 荷台 【にだい】 (truck) load-carrying tray, (bicycle) luggage carrier, roof rack
  • 浮き荷 【うきに】 flotsam
  • 抜き荷 【ぬきに】 pilfered goods

Readings

Japanese names:
はす、 り
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
he2, he4
Korean:
ha

Spanish

  • bulto
  • carga
  • llevar una cargar
  • contador para bultos
  • equipaje

Portuguese

  • bagagem
  • pau para carregar no ombro
  • carregar (carga)
  • carregar (arma)
  • carga

French

  • bagages
  • balancier
  • porter (un fardeau)
  • épauler (fusil)
  • cargaison
  • chargement
  • fret
165 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
259 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
239 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1020 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3956 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
255 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
867 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1259 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
391 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
393 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
570 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
655 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2840 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1464 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1972 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1022 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
31000P Morohashi
2282 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5059 New Nelson (John Haig)
1013 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1088 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
351 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1949 2001 Kanji
3k7.10 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-7 SKIP code
3-7-3 SKIP code
4422.1 Four corner code
1-18-57 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8377 Unicode hex code

結

12 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
口 士 小 幺 糸
tie, bind, contract, join, organize, do up hair, fasten
Kun:
むす.ぶ、 ゆ.う、 ゆ.わえる
On:
ケツ、 ケチ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
162 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 結末 【ケツマツ】 end, conclusion
  • 結合 【ケツゴウ】 combination, union, joining, linking, coupling, bond, join (in relational algebra)
  • 完結 【カンケツ】 conclusion, completion
  • 妥結 【ダケツ】 settlement, an agreement
  • 結縁 【ケチエン】 making a connection (with Buddha)
  • 結願 【ケチガン】 expiration of term of a vow

Kun reading compounds

  • 結ぶ 【むすぶ】 to tie, to bind, to link, to bear (fruit), to close (e.g. deal), to confirm, to conclude, to connect (two distant places), to close tightly, to purse (e.g. lips), to unite (with), to ally, to join hands
  • 結ぶ便 【むすぶびん】 connecting flight, connecting service
  • 結う 【ゆう】 to do up (hair), to dress, to arrange, to tie, to bind, to fasten, to make (a fence)
  • 結城紬 【ゆうきつむぎ】 silk products produced near Yūki (using natural indigo dye), Yūki pongee
  • 結わえる 【ゆわえる】 to bind, to fasten, to tie up

Readings

Japanese names:
ゆい、 ゆう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jie2, jie1
Korean:
gyeol

Spanish

  • final
  • finalizar
  • atar
  • amarrar
  • unir
  • vincular
  • arreglarse el pelo

Portuguese

  • laço
  • unir
  • contrato
  • união
  • organizar
  • pentear
  • fechar

French

  • nouer
  • lier
  • joindre
  • contrat
  • attacher
  • se coiffer
  • organiser
390 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
497 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
472 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
163 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3540 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
359 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
816 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2151 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
485 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
494 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
302 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1532 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1706 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
912 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1235 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1363 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27398 Morohashi
1348 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4492 New Nelson (John Haig)
1351 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1451 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
109 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
586 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2777 2001 Kanji
6a6.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-6 SKIP code
2496.1 Four corner code
1-23-75 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d50 Unicode hex code

合

6 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
一 个 口
fit, suit, join, 0.1
Kun:
あ.う、 -あ.う、 あ.い、 あい-、 -あ.い、 -あい、 あ.わす、 あ.わせる、 -あ.わせる
On:
ゴウ、 ガッ、 カッ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
41 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 合 【ゴウ】 gō, traditional unit of volume, approx. 180 ml, gō, traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 square meters, one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain, conjunction, sum, total, synthesis (in dialectics), minor premise (in hetuvidya), counter for covered containers, counter for matches, battles, etc.
  • 合意 【ゴウイ】 (coming to an) agreement, consent, mutual understanding, accord, consensus
  • 複合 【フクゴウ】 composite, combined, complex
  • 整合 【セイゴウ】 adjustment, coordination, integration, conformity
  • 合宿 【ガッシュク】 lodging together, training camp, boarding house
  • 合作 【ガッサク】 collaboration, joint work
  • 合戦 【カッセン】 battle, fight, fighting, engagement, contest
  • 合羽 【カッパ】 raincoat

Kun reading compounds

  • 合う 【あう】 to come together, to merge, to unite, to meet, to fit, to match, to suit, to agree with, to be correct, to be profitable, to be equitable, to do ... to each other, to do ... together
  • 合うも不思議、合わぬも不思議 【あうもふしぎ、あわぬもふしぎ】 dreams and fortune-telling are hit-and-miss
  • 合い 【あい】 between-season wear, spring and autumn clothing, spring and fall clothing, together, condition, situation, state, -ish
  • 合言葉 【あいことば】 password, watchword, motto, slogan
  • 立会い 【たちあい】 presence (e.g. of an observer), observation, observer, witness, trading session (at an exchange), rising from a crouch to charge, initial charge, face-off
  • 地合い 【じあい】 texture (cloth, fabric, paper), market tone, undertone, balance between the position of white and black stones
  • 合わす 【あわす】 to match (rhythm, speed, etc.), to join together, to unite, to combine, to add up, to face, to be opposite (someone), to compare, to check with, to cause to meet (e.g. an unpleasant fate), to place together, to connect, to overlap, to mix, to combine, to put blade to blade, to fight
  • 合わせる 【あわせる】 to match (rhythm, speed, etc.), to join together, to unite, to combine, to add up, to face, to be opposite (someone), to compare, to check with, to cause to meet (e.g. an unpleasant fate), to place together, to connect, to overlap, to mix, to combine, to put blade to blade, to fight
  • 合わせる顔がない 【あわせるかおがない】 too ashamed to meet

Readings

Japanese names:
あう、 あん、 い、 か、 こう、 ごお、 に、 ね、 や、 わい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
he2
Korean:
hab

Spanish

  • adecuado
  • apropiado
  • correcto
  • sentar bien
  • ser adecuado
  • ser correcto
  • hacer juego

Portuguese

  • encaixe
  • unir

French

  • correspondre
  • convenir
  • joindre
  • go (0,18 l ou 0,33 m)
77 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
134 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
121 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
46 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
383 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
195 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
135 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
270 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.2 Japanese for Busy People
159 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
159 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
271 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
284 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2511 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1274 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1740 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
259 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3287 Morohashi
2019 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
715 New Nelson (John Haig)
253 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
269 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
33 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
124 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2877 2001 Kanji
2a4.18 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-4 SKIP code
8060.1 Four corner code
1-25-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5408 Unicode hex code

素

10 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
二 亠 土 小 幺 糸
elementary, principle, naked, uncovered
Kun:
もと
On:
ソ、 ス
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
660 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 素 【ソ】 plain, white silk, prime
  • 素案 【ソアン】 rough plan, draft
  • 栄養素 【エイヨウソ】 nutrient
  • 酵素 【コウソ】 enzyme
  • 素 【ス】 one's nature, one's feelings, oneself, plain, unadorned, undecorated, unadulterated, au naturel, mere, poor, exceedingly
  • 素顔 【スガオ】 face with no make-up, unpainted face, true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.), real face, true picture, real nature, sober face, sobriety
  • 空素 【カラス】 dealt hand containing only 1-point cards (scoring combination)
  • 鉤素 【ハリス】 snell (fishing), leader, trace, cast

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)
  • 元より 【もとより】 from the beginning, from the first, all along, originally, of course, not to mention ..., not only ... but also ..., to say nothing of ...
  • 味の素 【あじのもと】 Ajinomoto, brand name of monosodium glutamate (MSG)
  • 味の素 【あじのもと】 Ajinomoto Co. Inc.

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
su4
Korean:
so

Spanish

  • materia prima
  • elemental
  • normal
  • usual

Portuguese

  • elementar
  • princípio
  • descoberto
  • nu

French

  • élément
  • principe
  • nu
  • découvert
658 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
759 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
737 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
717 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3511 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
797 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1623 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1707 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
271 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
271 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
636 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1506 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3108 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1590 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2171 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1546 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27300 Morohashi
2458 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4456 New Nelson (John Haig)
1532 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1652 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
500 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
716 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1441 2001 Kanji
6a4.12 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-6 SKIP code
5090.3 Four corner code
1-33-39 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d20 Unicode hex code

子

3 strokes
Radical:
child, seed 子
Parts:
子
child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Kun:
こ、 -こ、 ね
On:
シ、 ス、 ツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
72 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 子 【シ】 child (esp. a boy), viscount, founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius), master, masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature), you, -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
  • 子宮 【シキュウ】 womb, uterus
  • 中性子 【チュウセイシ】 neutron
  • 精子 【セイシ】 sperm, spermatozoon
  • 主 【ス】 honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
  • 恵比寿 【エビス】 Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
  • 久留子 【クルス】 cross sign
  • 対子 【トイツ】 pair, eyes
  • 七対子 【チートイツ】 seven pairs, winning hand composed of seven pairs

Kun reading compounds

  • 子 【こ】 child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person, (one's) child, offspring, young woman, young (animal), offshoot, interest, new share, player who is not a dealer, young geisha, young prostitute, bird egg, -er (often of young women)
  • 子 【こう】 child, interest
  • 根っこ 【ねっこ】 root (of a plant), stump (of a tree), root (of a problem, etc.), base, foundation, origin, source
  • 江戸っ子 【えどっこ】 (true) Tokyoite, Edoite, Tokyo native, Edokko
  • 子 【ね】 the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am), north, eleventh month of the lunar calendar
  • 子忌み 【ねいみ】 collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
  • 庚子 【かのえね】 Metal Rat (37th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
  • 甲子 【きのえね】 Wood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)

Readings

Japanese names:
い、 き、 ぎ、 く、 け、 ねっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zi3, zi2, zi5
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • chiquillo
  • niño

Portuguese

  • criança

French

  • enfant
  • signe de la 1ère branche terrestre
  • signe du Rat (zodiaque)
  • 23 h à 01 h
  • Nord (0°)
31 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
40 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
25 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
56 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1264 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
61 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
43 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
38 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.18 Japanese for Busy People
103 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
103 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
69 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
455 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4196 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2125 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2872 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
96 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6930 Morohashi
3390 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1281 New Nelson (John Haig)
95 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
99 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
42 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
18 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3547 2001 Kanji
2c0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-1 SKIP code
4-2-1 SKIP code
1740.7 Four corner code
1-27-50 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5b50 Unicode hex code