Jisho

×

与

3 strokes
Radical:
one 一
Parts:
一 勹 卜
Variants:
與
bestow, participate in, give, award, impart, provide, cause, gift, godsend
Kun:
あた.える、 あずか.る、 くみ.する、 ともに
On:
ヨ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
308 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 与野党 【ヨヤトウ】 ruling and opposition parties, parties in and out of power
  • 与党 【ヨトウ】 ruling party, government party, party in power, government
  • 賞与 【ショウヨ】 bonus, reward, prize
  • 贈与 【ゾウヨ】 donation, presentation

Kun reading compounds

  • 与える 【あたえる】 to give (esp. to someone of lower status), to bestow, to grant, to confer, to present, to award, to provide, to afford, to offer, to supply, to assign, to cause, to pass (a variable to a function)
  • 与る 【あずかる】 to participate in, to take part in, to play a part in, to receive, to be given, to enjoy
  • 与する 【くみする】 to take part in, to be a party to, to side with, to support, to agree with

Readings

Japanese names:
とも、 ゆ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yu3, yu4
Korean:
yeo

Spanish

  • otorgar
  • conceder
  • proveer
  • unir fuerzas

Portuguese

  • conferir
  • participar em
  • prêmio
  • dar
  • fornecer
  • causa
  • presente
  • dádiva

French

  • donner
  • conférer
  • participer à
  • décerner
  • fournir
  • cause
  • don
  • don du ciel
1873 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
485 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
6 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
983 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
285 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
101 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
539 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
548 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
713 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
9 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4229 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2138 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2887 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1254 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
20 Morohashi
3421 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6 New Nelson (John Haig)
1246 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1335 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
334 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1011 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1247 2001 Kanji
0a3.23 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-4 SKIP code
4-4-4 SKIP code
2140.7 Four corner code
1-45-31 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e0e Unicode hex code

那

7 strokes (also 6)
Radical:
town (阝 right) 邑 (阝)
Parts:
二 刀 邦
what?
Kun:
なに、 なんぞ、 いかん
On:
ナ、 ダ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1621 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 那覇 【ナハ】 Naha (city in Okinawa)
  • 那覇港湾空港工事事務所 【ナハコウワンクウコウコウジジムショ】 Naha Harbour and Airport Construction Office
  • 刹那 【セツナ】 moment, instant, kshana, duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second), shortest possible interval of time
  • 印度支那 【インドシナ】 Indochina

Readings

Japanese names:
とも、 やす
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
na4, na1, na3
Korean:
na

Spanish

  • abundante
  • ¿qué?

Portuguese

French

1257 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4757 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
416 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2251 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
826 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1047 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
564 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
748 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
39306X Morohashi
843 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6129 New Nelson (John Haig)
2960 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1992 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2d4.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-3 SKIP code
1-4-2 SKIP code
1752.7 Four corner code
1-38-65 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
90a3 Unicode hex code

国

8 strokes
Radical:
enclosure 囗
Parts:
丶 囗 王
Variants:
國 圀
country
Kun:
くに
On:
コク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
3 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 国益 【コクエキ】 national interest
  • 国営 【コクエイ】 government management, state management
  • 最恵国 【サイケイコク】 most favored nation, most favoured nation, MFN
  • 異国 【イコク】 foreign country

Kun reading compounds

  • 国 【くに】 country, state, region, national government, central government, home (i.e. hometown, home country), province (of Japan), land, earth
  • 国人 【こくじん】 indigenous person, inhabitant of a country, local, native, local lords and samurai, daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
  • お国 【おくに】 your native country, your hometown, my home country (i.e. Japan), countryside, country, daimyo's territory (Edo period)
  • 現国 【うつしくに】 world of mankind, this world

Readings

Japanese names:
くな、 こ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guo2
Korean:
gug

Spanish

  • país

Portuguese

  • País
  • terra
  • nação

French

  • pays
79 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
136 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
123 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
8 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1037 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
111 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
36 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
745 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.11 Japanese for Busy People
40 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
40 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
151 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
344 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3831 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1964 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2659 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
588 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4752 Morohashi
3087 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
950 New Nelson (John Haig)
581 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
624 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
158 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3172 2001 Kanji
3s5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-5 SKIP code
6010.3 Four corner code
1-25-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
56fd Unicode hex code

方

4 strokes
Radical:
square 方
Parts:
方
direction, person, alternative
Kun:
かた、 -かた、 -がた
On:
ホウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
46 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 方 【ホウ】 direction, way, side, area (in a particular direction), side (of an argument, etc.), one's part, type, category, field (of study, etc.), indicates one side of a comparison, way, method, manner, means, length (of each side of a square)
  • 方言 【ホウゲン】 dialect, provincialism
  • 途方 【トホウ】 way, destination, reason
  • 処方 【ショホウ】 prescription (of medicine), formula

Kun reading compounds

  • 方 【かた】 direction, way, person, lady, gentleman, method of, manner of, way of, care of ..., person in charge of ..., side (e.g. "on my mother's side")
  • 方々 【かたがた】 people, (all) persons, everyone, ladies and gentlemen, you (usu. plural)
  • 親方 【おやかた】 master, boss, chief, foreman, supervisor, stable master, craftsman, artisan, foster parent
  • 出方 【でかた】 attitude, approach, move, theater usher, theatre usher

Readings

Japanese names:
から、 な、 なた、 ふさ、 まさ、 みち、 も、 わ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fang1
Korean:
bang

Spanish

  • dirección
  • lado
  • cuadrado
  • método
  • manera
  • persona
  • forma de hacer

Portuguese

  • direção
  • pessoa
  • alternativa

French

  • direction
  • personne
  • alternative
138 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
223 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
204 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
28 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2082 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
26 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
182 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
85 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.5 Japanese for Busy People
70 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
70 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
43 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
957 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2459 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1243 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1709 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
501 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13620 Morohashi
1963 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2389 New Nelson (John Haig)
490 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
529 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
25 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
102 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
445 2001 Kanji
4h0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-2 SKIP code
3-3-1 SKIP code
0022.7 Four corner code
1-42-93 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
65b9 Unicode hex code

言

7 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
言
say, word
Kun:
い.う、 こと
On:
ゲン、 ゴン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
83 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 言 【ゲン】 word, remark, statement
  • 言及 【ゲンキュウ】 reference, allusion
  • 過言 【カゴン】 exaggeration, overstatement, saying too much, misstatement, slip of the tongue, gaffe
  • 狂言 【キョウゲン】 kyogen, farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play, kabuki play, kabuki performance, make-believe, ruse, trick
  • 言語 【ゲンゴ】 language
  • 言下 【ゲンカ】 promptly
  • 過言 【カゴン】 exaggeration, overstatement, saying too much, misstatement, slip of the tongue, gaffe
  • 二言 【ニゴン】 double-dealing, double tongue, going back on what one has said, repeating oneself

Kun reading compounds

  • 言う 【いう】 to say, to utter, to declare, to name, to call, to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"), to make a noise
  • 言うまでもない 【いうまでもない】 goes without saying, needless to say, obvious
  • 言 【げん】 word, remark, statement
  • 言葉 【ことば】 language, dialect, word, phrase, expression, term, speech, (manner of) speaking, (use of) language, words, remark, statement, comment, learning to speak, language acquisition
  • 禍言 【まがごと】 ominous word, ill-omened word, misfortune
  • 二言 【ふたこと】 two words, repetition

Readings

Japanese names:
とき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yan2
Korean:
eon

Spanish

  • palabras
  • decir

Portuguese

  • Dizer
  • palavras

French

  • dire
392 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
118 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
274 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
279 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4309 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
43 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
85 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
439 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.8 Japanese for Busy People
66 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
66 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
203 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1653 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2440 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1233 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1698 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
341 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35205 Morohashi
1941 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5552 New Nelson (John Haig)
335 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
357 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
44 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
142 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3077 2001 Kanji
7a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-1-6 SKIP code
0060.1 Four corner code
1-24-32 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8a00 Unicode hex code