Jisho

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櫛

17 strokes (also 19)
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
卩 木 竹 艮 乞
comb
Kun:
くし、 くしけず.る
On:
シツ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2256 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 櫛歯 【クシバ】 comb teeth
  • 櫛鱗 【シツリン】 ctenoid scale

Kun reading compounds

  • 櫛 【くし】 comb
  • 櫛板 【くしいた】 pecten, comb plate, comb plate (of an escalator, etc.)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi4, jie2
Korean:
jeul

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2398 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2797 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1413 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1019 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
15817X Morohashi
2884 New Nelson (John Haig)
2476 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2542 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4a15.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-13 SKIP code
4892.7 Four corner code
1-22-91 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6adb Unicode hex code

枝

8 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
十 又 支 木
bough, branch, twig, limb, counter for branches
Kun:
えだ
On:
シ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
1401 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 枝 【シ】 counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)
  • 枝葉 【エダハ】 branches and leaves, foliage, unimportant details, nonessentials, side issue, digression
  • 整枝 【セイシ】 training (branches in horticulture)
  • 茘枝 【レイシ】 litchi (Nephelium litchi), lychee, lichee, litchi nut, bitter melon (Momordica charantia), bitter gourd, Thais bronni (species of muricid gastropod)

Kun reading compounds

  • 枝 【えだ】 branch, bough, limb, twig, sprig, spray
  • 枝葉 【えだは】 branches and leaves, foliage, unimportant details, nonessentials, side issue, digression
  • 若枝 【わかえだ】 young branch, shoot, sprig, scion
  • 細枝 【ほそえだ】 twig, wand

Readings

Japanese names:
え、 ぐさ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi1, qi2
Korean:
ji

Spanish

  • rama
  • bifurcación

Portuguese

  • ramagem
  • ramo
  • galho
  • tronco

French

  • branche
  • rameau
  • brindille
  • compteur de branches
719 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1315 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1154 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2211 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
889 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
626 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
631 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
870 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
889 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
972 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1074 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1073 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
579 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
767 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
720 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14557 Morohashi
863 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2591 New Nelson (John Haig)
713 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
770 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
684 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1867 2001 Kanji
4a4.18 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
4494.7 Four corner code
1-27-62 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
679d Unicode hex code

実

8 strokes
Radical:
roof 宀
Parts:
士 大 宀
Variants:
實
reality, truth, seed, fruit, nut
Kun:
み、 みの.る、 まこと、 みの、 みち.る
On:
ジツ、 シツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
68 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 実 【ジツ】 truth, reality, sincerity, honesty, fidelity, content, substance, (good) result
  • 実演 【ジツエン】 demonstration, presentation, stage show, performance
  • 名実 【メイジツ】 in name and in reality, nominally and virtually, form and contents
  • 内実 【ナイジツ】 the facts, the truth, the true state of affairs, in truth, in fact, in reality, actually
  • 故実 【コジツ】 ancient practices, old customs

Kun reading compounds

  • 実 【み】 fruit, nut, seed, (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc., content, substance
  • 実り 【みのり】 ripening (of a crop), crop, harvest
  • 浮き実 【うきみ】 soup garnish
  • 桷 【ずみ】 Toringo crabapple (Malus sieboldii)
  • 実る 【みのる】 to bear fruit, to ripen, to produce (good) results, to show results, to bear fruit
  • 実るほど頭の下がる稲穂かな 【みのるほどあたまのさがるいなほかな】 the more learned, the more humble, the boughs bearing the most hang lowest
  • 誠 【まこと】 truth, reality, fact, sincerity, honesty, faithfulness, good faith, indeed, really, absolutely, truly, actually, very, quite
  • 実に 【じつに】 indeed, really, absolutely, truly, actually, very, quite
  • 嘘から出たまこと 【うそからでたまこと】 something intended as a lie or joke which (by chance) ends up being true, lie turned truth
  • 実り 【みのり】 ripening (of a crop), crop, harvest
  • 実る 【みのる】 to bear fruit, to ripen, to produce (good) results, to show results, to bear fruit

Readings

Japanese names:
ぐみ、 さね
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi2
Korean:
sil

Spanish

  • realidad
  • verdad
  • fruta
  • nuez
  • semilla
  • contenido
  • buen resultado
  • dar frutos
  • madurar

Portuguese

  • realidade
  • verdade

French

  • réalité
  • vérité
233 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
312 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
296 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
89 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1297 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
233 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
466 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
678 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.20 Japanese for Busy People
203 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
203 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
672 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
470 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2765 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1416 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1911 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1586 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7124 Morohashi
2225 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1324 New Nelson (John Haig)
1572 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1694 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
37 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
301 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
763 2001 Kanji
3m5.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
3053.0 Four corner code
1-28-34 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5b9f Unicode hex code

乃

2 strokes
Radical:
slash 丿
Parts:
一 ｜ ノ 乃
from, possessive particle, whereupon, accordingly
Kun:
の、 すなわ.ち、 なんじ
On:
ナイ、 ダイ、 ノ、 アイ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1978 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 乃至 【ナイシ】 from ... to, between ... and, or
  • 乃公 【ダイコウ】 I, me
  • 乃公 【ダイコウ】 I, me
  • 乃公出でずんば 【ダイコウイデズンバ】 what will happen to everyone else if I am not the one who goes?
  • 乃 【ノ】 's, of, belonging to

Kun reading compounds

  • 乃 【の】 's, of, belonging to
  • 即ち 【すなわち】 that is (to say), namely, i.e., precisely, exactly, just, nothing but, neither more nor less, (and) then

Readings

Japanese names:
おさむ、 お、 のり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nai3
Korean:
nae

Spanish

  • de (partícula posesiva)
  • tú
  • qué hora

Portuguese

French

  • enclitique "no"
  • de
  • a la suite de quoi
  • par conséquence
1960 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
145 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1962 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
27 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2003 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3643 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1858 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2535 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
693 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
113 Morohashi
2927 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
42 New Nelson (John Haig)
686 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
741 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3545 2001 Kanji
0a2.10 The Kanji Dictionary
3-1-1 SKIP code
4-3-1 SKIP code
4-2-1 SKIP code
3-2-1 SKIP code
1722.7 Four corner code
1-39-21 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e43 Unicode hex code

梨

11 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
刈 木 禾
pear tree
Kun:
なし
On:
リ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1331 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 梨園 【リエン】 theatrical world
  • 梨果 【リカ】 pome
  • 鳳梨 【ホウリ】 pineapple
  • 阿闍梨 【アジャリ】 high monk (esp. one of correct conduct who acts as a role model for his pupils), high priest, initiate (esp. as a formal rank in Tendai and Shingon), monk who conducts religious services

Kun reading compounds

  • 梨 【なし】 nashi (esp. Pyrus pyrifolia), Japanese pear, Asian pear
  • 梨狩り 【なしがり】 pear picking, harvesting pears
  • 西洋梨 【せいようなし】 European pear (Pyrus communis), common pear
  • 青梨 【あおなし】 Harbin pear (Pyrus ussuriensis var. hondoensis), Ussurian pear, Chinese pear

Readings

Japanese names:
か
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
li2
Korean:
ri

Spanish

  • peral
  • pera

Portuguese

French

  • poire
1487 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2275 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1476 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2115 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1951 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3412 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1757 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2392 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
916 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14873 Morohashi
2744 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2697 New Nelson (John Haig)
907 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
973 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4a7.24 The Kanji Dictionary
2-7-4 SKIP code
2290.4 Four corner code
1-45-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
68a8 Unicode hex code