Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
leaf
Parts:
place on the head, receive, top of head, top, summit, peak
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
1350 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 頂点 【チョウテン】 vertex, apex, top (e.g. of a mountain), summit, peak, top (of a profession, field, etc.), summit, peak (of popularity, a boom, etc.), height (e.g. of prosperity), apex, zenith, climax
  • 頂上 【チョウジョウ】 top, summit, peak
  • 頭頂 【トウチョウ】 top of the head, vertex, parietal
  • 茎頂 【ケイチョウ】 tip of a stem (of a plant)

Kun reading compounds

  • 頂く 【いただく】 to receive, to get, to accept, to take, to buy, to eat, to drink, to be crowned with, to wear (on one's head), to have (on top), to have (as one's leader), to live under (a ruler), to install (a president), to get someone to do something
  • 頂 【いただき】 crown (of head), summit (of mountain), spire, easy win for one, something received
  • 頂きます 【いただきます】 thank you (for the meal just served), I receive (this meal)
  • 山の頂 【やまのいただき】 mountain top, summit, peak

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ding3
Korean:
jeong

Spanish

  • cima
  • cumbre
  • colocar sobre
  • recibir
  • comer
  • beber (humilde)

Portuguese

  • colocar na cabeça
  • receber
  • topo da cabeça
  • topo
  • reunião de cúpula
  • pico

French

  • placer au sommet
  • recevoir (je reçois de vous)
  • sommet de la tête (vertex)
  • sommet
  • pic
951 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
940 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1308 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5118 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
986 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1005 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1440 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1530 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1643 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1882 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
164 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
108 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
125 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
95 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
43335 Morohashi
145 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6616 New Nelson (John Haig)
94 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
98 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
929 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3161 2001 Kanji
9a2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-9 SKIP code
1128.6 Four corner code
1-36-26 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9802 Unicode hex code

3 strokes
Radical:
one
Parts:
Variants:

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On reading compounds

  • 上 【ジョウ】 from the standpoint of, from the viewpoint of, with respect to, in terms of, as a matter of, in view of, so far as ... is concerned, on, above, on top of, aboard (a ship or vehicle), the best, top, first class, first grade, first volume (of a two or three-volume set), first book, with my compliments
  • 上位 【ジョウイ】 superior (in rank), top, ranking, higher order (e.g. byte), host computer (of connected device)
  • 口上 【コウジョウ】 vocal message, speech, statement, prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
  • 水上 【スイジョウ】 on the water, aquatic, waterside, water's edge
  • 上人 【ショウニン】 holy priest, saint
  • 上下 【ショウカ】 top and bottom, up and down, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people
  • 呈上 【テイジョウ】 giving, gifting, presenting
  • 主上 【シュジョウ】 emperor
  • 上海 【シャンハイ】 Shanghai (China)
  • 上湯 【シャンタン】 top-grade Chinese soup stock

Kun reading compounds

  • 上 【うえ】 above, over, up, top, summit, upper part, head (e.g. of a staircase), surface, on (top of), the above (in a piece of writing), earlier part, superior, better, higher (position, rank, etc.), upper (class), elder, older, senior, with respect to ..., in terms of, as far as ... is concerned, when (e.g. drunk), besides ..., in addition to ..., on top of ..., as well as ..., after ..., upon ..., on ..., with (e.g. full awareness), as a result of ..., since ..., now that ..., because ..., honorable, venerable, dear, emperor, sovereign, shogun, daimyo
  • 上向き 【うわむき】 pointing up, pointing upward, upturn, uptrend, upward tendency
  • 床上 【ゆかうえ】 on a floor, above floor level
  • 一枚上 【いちまいうえ】 one step higher, one better, cut above, one up
  • 上 【かみ】 upper reaches (of a river), upper stream, top, upper part, upper half (of the body), long ago, beginning, first, person of high rank (e.g. the emperor), government, imperial court, imperial capital (i.e. Kyoto), capital region (i.e. Kansai), region (or direction of) the imperial palace, head (of a table), wife, mistress (of a restaurant)
  • 上期 【かみき】 first half of the (fiscal) year
  • 風上 【かざかみ】 windward, upwind
  • 御上 【おかみ】 the Emperor, His Majesty, the government, the authorities, proprietress, hostess, landlady, mistress, your wife, his wife, (one's) master, lord
  • 上げる 【あげる】 to raise, to elevate, to do up (one's hair), to fly (a kite, etc.), to launch (fireworks, etc.), to surface (a submarine, etc.), to land (a boat), to deep-fry, to show someone (into a room), to give, to send someone (away), to enrol (one's child in school), to enroll, to increase (price, quality, status, etc.), to develop (talent, skill), to improve, to make (a loud sound), to raise (one's voice), to earn (something desirable), to praise, to give (an example, etc.), to cite, to summon up (all of one's energy, etc.), to arrest, to nominate, to summon (for geishas, etc.), to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.), to bear (a child), to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding), (of the tide) to come in, to vomit, to do for (the sake of someone else), to complete ..., to humbly do ...
  • 上がる 【あがる】 to rise, to go up, to come up, to ascend, to be raised, to enter (esp. from outdoors), to come in, to go in, to enter (a school), to advance to the next grade, to get out (of water), to come ashore, to increase, to improve, to make progress, to be promoted, to advance, to be made (of profit, etc.), to occur (esp. of a favourable result), to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.), to be finished, to be done, to be over, to stop (of rain), to lift, to stop (working properly), to cut out, to give out, to die, to win (in a card game, etc.), to be arrested, to turn up (of evidence, etc.), to be deep fried, to be spoken loudly, to get nervous, to get stage fright, to be offered (to the gods, etc.), to go, to visit, to eat, to drink, to be listed (as a candidate), to serve (in one's master's home), to be complete, to finish, above, north of
  • 上がり 【あがり】 rise, increase, ascent, income, takings, earnings, proceeds, (crop) yield, return, profit, completion, end, finish, end result (e.g. of crafts), how something comes out, finish, finishing (in a board or card game, etc.), green tea (esp. in a sushi restaurant), after (rain, illness, etc.), ex- (e.g. ex-bureaucrat), former
  • 上がり下り 【あがりおり】 going up and down, ascent and descent
  • 芸者上がり 【げいしゃあがり】 ex-geisha, former geisha
  • 上る 【のぼる】 to ascend, to go up, to climb, to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun), to rise, to go to (the capital), to be promoted, to add up to, to advance (in price), to swim up (a river), to sail up, to come up (on the agenda)
  • 上り 【のぼり】 ascent, climbing, ascending (path), climb, up-train, train heading toward the starting point of its route, upbound (esp. toward Tokyo), upstream, uphill
  • 上り下り 【のぼりくだり】 going up and down, ascent and descent, climb and descent
  • 逆上せる 【のぼせる】 to feel dizzy, to have blood rush to one's head, to lose one's cool, to be obsessed, to be infatuated, to become conceited
  • 上せる 【のぼせる】 to raise, to record, to bring up (a matter), to serve (food), to send some on out
  • 上す 【のぼす】 to raise, to record, to bring up (a matter), to serve (food), to send someone out

Readings

Japanese names:
あおい、 あげ、 い、 か、 かき、 かず、 かん、 こう、 のぼり、 ほつ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shang4, shang3
Korean:
sang

Spanish

  • arriba
  • encima
  • parte superior
  • cima
  • superficie

Portuguese

  • acima
  • para cima
  • sobre
  • subir
  • galgar
  • em cima
  • escalar

French

  • au-dessus
  • haut
  • monter
  • donner (je te donne)
20 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
23 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
37 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
21 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
798 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
29 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
5 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
47 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.14 Japanese for Busy People
32 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
32 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
31 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
6 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4212 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2128 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2876 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
49 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13 Morohashi
3404 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
10 New Nelson (John Haig)
49 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
50 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
29 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
12 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1272 2001 Kanji
2m1.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-2 SKIP code
2110.0 Four corner code
1-30-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e0a Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
Variants:
meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
4 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 会 【カイ】 meeting, assembly, party, gathering, conference, athletic meet, society, association, club
  • 会員 【カイイン】 member, the membership
  • 例会 【レイカイ】 regular meeting
  • 際会 【サイカイ】 meeting, facing, confronting
  • 会 【エ】 gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.)
  • 会釈 【エシャク】 slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude), nod, salutation, consideration, thoughtfulness
  • 法会 【ホウエ】 Buddhist service (e.g. memorial service)
  • 御斎会 【ゴサイエ】 imperial event at which high monks recited the Golden Light Sutra to pray for national security and good harvests (held annually at the palace from the 8th to the 14th of the first lunar month, between the Nara and Muromachi periods)

Kun reading compounds

  • 会う 【あう】 to meet, to encounter, to see, to have an accident, to have a bad experience
  • 逢うは別れの始め 【あうはわかれのはじめ】 we meet only to part, meeting is the first step to parting
  • 会わせる 【あわせる】 to make (someone) to meet, to let (someone) meet, to expose to, to subject to

Readings

Japanese names:
あい、 い
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hui4, kuai4
Korean:
hoe, goe, gwal

Spanish

  • asociación
  • reunión
  • encontrarse con
  • reunirse

Portuguese

  • encontro
  • reunião
  • festa
  • associação
  • entrevista
  • une

French

  • réunion
  • rencontre
  • meeting
  • parti
  • association
  • entrevue
  • rejoindre
54 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
93 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
87 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
12 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
381 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
116 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
454 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
158 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
158 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
59 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
47 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2512 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1275 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1741 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
759 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
460 Morohashi
2020 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
143 New Nelson (John Haig)
752 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
814 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
16 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
119 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2871 2001 Kanji
2a4.19 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-4 SKIP code
2-3-3 SKIP code
8073.1 Four corner code
1-18-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f1a Unicode hex code

15 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
discuss, talk
On:
ダン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
272 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 談 【ダン】 talk, story, conversation
  • 談合 【ダンゴウ】 bid rigging, collusion (on contract bidding), (illegal) price-fixing agreement, consultation, discussion, conference
  • 示談 【ジダン】 settlement out of court, private settlement
  • 講談 【コウダン】 storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery, story

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tan2
Korean:
dam

Spanish

  • conversar
  • hablar

Portuguese

  • discutir
  • conversar

French

  • discuter
  • parler
467 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
363 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
543 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
303 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4388 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
378 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
907 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2325 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
593 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
603 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
390 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1698 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1975 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1053 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1419 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
356 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35633 Morohashi
1569 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5643 New Nelson (John Haig)
350 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
374 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
394 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
433 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3062 2001 Kanji
7a8.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-8 SKIP code
0968.9 Four corner code
1-35-44 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8ac7 Unicode hex code