Jisho

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世

5 strokes
Radical:
one 一
Parts:
一 ｜ 世
Variants:
丗 卋
generation, world, society, public
Kun:
よ
On:
セイ、 セ、 ソウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
135 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 世 【セイ】 counter for generations, epoch
  • 世紀 【セイキ】 century, era, of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
  • 近世 【キンセイ】 recent past, recent times, early modern period (Azuchi-Momoyama to Edo in Japan)
  • 創世 【ソウセイ】 creation of the world
  • 世 【セイ】 counter for generations, epoch
  • 世紀 【セイキ】 century, era, of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
  • 夜店 【ヨミセ】 night stall, night shop, night fair
  • 救世 【キュウセイ】 salvation

Kun reading compounds

  • 世 【よ】 world, society, public, life, lifetime, age, era, period, epoch, generation, reign, rule, the times, world (of existence)
  • 世の中 【よのなか】 society, the world, the times
  • 千代 【ちよ】 thousand years, very long period, forever
  • 君が代 【きみがよ】 Imperial reign, Kimigayo (Japanese national anthem)

Readings

Japanese names:
とし、 ゆ、 ゆき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi4
Korean:
se

Spanish

  • generación
  • mundo
  • edad

Portuguese

  • geração
  • mundo
  • sociedade
  • pública

French

  • génération
  • monde
  • société
  • public
263 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
344 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
327 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
152 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
95 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
177 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
105 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
335 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
252 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
252 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
156 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
13 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4308 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2178 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2932 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
28 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
31 Morohashi
3496 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
20 New Nelson (John Haig)
28 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
28 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
81 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
254 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1975 2001 Kanji
0a5.37 The Kanji Dictionary
4-5-2 SKIP code
4-4-4 SKIP code
4-5-4 SKIP code
4-4-2 SKIP code
4471.7 Four corner code
1-32-04 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e16 Unicode hex code

紀

9 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
小 已 幺 糸
chronicle, account, narrative, history, annals, geologic period
On:
キ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
780 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 紀 【キ】 period, Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE), Nihongi, Chronicles of Japan, Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)
  • 紀元前 【キゲンゼン】 pre-era, BC, BCE
  • デボン紀 【デボンキ】 Devonian period
  • 前世紀 【ゼンセイキ】 last century, previous century, ancient times, old times

Readings

Japanese names:
おさむ、 ただす、 とし、 とも、 のり、 もと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji4
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • crónica
  • normas
  • era

Portuguese

  • crônica
  • contos
  • narrativa
  • história
  • anais
  • período geológico

French

  • chronique
  • compte-rendu
  • narration
  • histoire
  • annales
  • ère géologique
578 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
472 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
449 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
930 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3497 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
666 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1619 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1424 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
372 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
373 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
634 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1512 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1628 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
856 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1173 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1366 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27234 Morohashi
1276 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4439 New Nelson (John Haig)
1354 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1454 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
521 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2756 2001 Kanji
6a3.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-3 SKIP code
2791.7 Four corner code
1-21-10 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d00 Unicode hex code

末

5 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
一 ｜ 亠 ハ 木
end, close, tip, powder, posterity
Kun:
すえ、 うら、 うれ
On:
マツ、 バツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
456 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 末 【マツ】 the end (of), powder
  • 末日 【マツジツ】 last day (of a month)
  • 幕末 【バクマツ】 Bakumatsu period, closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate, end of the Edo period
  • 終末 【シュウマツ】 end, close, conclusion, termination
  • 末路 【マツロ】 last days, the end, one's fate
  • 末裔 【マツエイ】 descendant

Kun reading compounds

  • 末 【すえ】 end, tip, top, end (of the year, month, etc.), close, youngest child, descendants, offspring, posterity, future, (finally) after, (at last) after, at the end of, trifles, trivialities, degenerate age
  • 末広 【すえひろ】 spreading out like an open fan, becoming prosperous, folding fan, ceremonial folding fan
  • 来月末 【らいげつまつ】 end of next month
  • 末の末 【すえのすえ】 the last
  • 末 【うら】 top end, tip
  • 末枯れ 【うらがれ】 dying of the little twigs and branches
  • 末 【うれ】 new shoots, new growth (of a tree)
  • 末葉 【うらば】 end leaves, top leaves, last leaves
  • 木の末 【このうれ】 treetop, tip of a branch

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mo4
Korean:
mal

Spanish

  • aún
  • punta
  • extremo
  • final
  • polvo
  • fin
  • futuro
  • el más joven

Portuguese

  • não ainda
  • fim
  • fechar
  • dica
  • pó
  • posteridade

French

  • extrémité
  • fin
  • dernier
  • poudre
  • avenir
  • postérité
515 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
615 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
587 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
528 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
177 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
565 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
616 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
211 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.16 Japanese for Busy People
305 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
305 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
584 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1047 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4317 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2184 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2940 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
222 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14420 Morohashi
3505 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2534 New Nelson (John Haig)
217 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
230 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
457 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1464 2001 Kanji
0a5.26 The Kanji Dictionary
4-5-3 SKIP code
5090.0 Four corner code
1-43-86 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
672b Unicode hex code

学

8 strokes
Radical:
child, seed 子
Parts:
冖 子 尚
Variants:
學 斈 斅
study, learning, science
Kun:
まな.ぶ
On:
ガク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
63 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 学 【ガク】 learning, scholarship, study, erudition, knowledge, education, study of ..., -ology, -ics
  • 学位 【ガクイ】 (academic) degree
  • 短期大学 【タンキダイガク】 junior college, vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution
  • 法医学 【ホウイガク】 forensic medicine, forensic pathology, medical jurisprudence, legal medicine

Kun reading compounds

  • 学ぶ 【まなぶ】 to learn, to study, to take lessons in

Readings

Japanese names:
たか、 のり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xue2
Korean:
hag

Spanish

  • estudio
  • aprendizaje
  • ciencia
  • estudiar

Portuguese

  • estudo
  • aprendizagem
  • ciência

French

  • étudier
  • apprendre
  • science
57 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
45 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
10 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
33 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1271 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
66 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
44 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
719 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.9 Japanese for Busy People
109 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
109 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
50 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
460 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3162 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1625 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2211 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
330 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6974 Morohashi
2555 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1294 New Nelson (John Haig)
324 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
346 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
15 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
71 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
947 2001 Kanji
3n4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-3 SKIP code
2-3-4 SKIP code
2-5-2 SKIP code
2-3-5 SKIP code
3240.7 Four corner code
9040.7 Four corner code
1-19-56 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5b66 Unicode hex code

院

10 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
二 儿 宀 阡 元
Inst., institution, temple, mansion, school
On:
イン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
150 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 院 【イン】 house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.), graduate school, postgraduate school, institution (often medical), institutional building, government office, sub-temple, minor temple building, temple, cloister, imperial palace, title bestowed on empresses, princesses, etc., former (esp. of emperors, daimyos, etc.), late
  • 院長 【インチョウ】 director (of a hospital, institution, academy, etc.), superintendent, rector
  • 議院 【ギイン】 parliament, congress, diet, house (of parliament, etc.), chamber
  • 棋院 【キイン】 go institution, go club, go hall

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yuan4
Korean:
weon

Spanish

  • institución
  • templo
  • hospital

Portuguese

  • instituição
  • templo
  • mansão
  • escola

French

  • temple
  • institution
  • résidence
  • école
  • hôpital
350 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
249 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
229 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
236 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4991 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
237 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
271 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1055 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.6 Japanese for Busy People
614 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
624 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
230 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
729 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
544 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
331 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
410 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1313 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41665 Morohashi
454 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6447 New Nelson (John Haig)
1304 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1401 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
412 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
350 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3657 2001 Kanji
2d7.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
1-2-7 SKIP code
7321.1 Four corner code
1-17-01 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9662 Unicode hex code