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乞

3 strokes
Radical:
second 乛 (乙, ⺄, 乚)
Parts:
一 ノ 乙 人 乞
Variants:
beg, invite, ask
Kun:
こ.う
On:
コツ、 キツ、 キ、 キケ、 コチ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2478 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 乞食 【コジキ】 beggar, begging
  • 乞丐 【コツガイ】 beggar, bum
  • 行乞 【ギョウコツ】 going on an alms round (for food), going begging (for food), going to ask for alms of food, pindacara
  • 乞巧奠 【キッコウデン】 Festival to Plead for Skills (progenitor festival of Tanabata)
  • 乞丐 【コツガイ】 beggar, bum

Kun reading compounds

  • 乞う 【こう】 to beg, to ask, to request, to invite, to pray, to wish
  • 乞高評 【こうこうひょう】 with the author's compliments

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi3
Korean:
geol, gi

Spanish

  • petición
  • imploración
  • invitación
  • pedir
  • implorar
  • invitar

Portuguese

French

  • mendier
  • demander
  • inviter à
262 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1020 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2457 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1707 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
472 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
170 Morohashi
1961 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
59 New Nelson (John Haig)
462 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
501 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2356 2001 Kanji
0a3.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-1 SKIP code
2-2-2 SKIP code
8071.7 Four corner code
1-24-80 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e5e Unicode hex code

伏

6 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
化 犬
prostrated, bend down, bow, cover, lay (pipes)
Kun:
ふ.せる、 ふ.す
On:
フク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1604 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 伏兵 【フクヘイ】 ambush, troops in ambush, unexpected opposition, unexpected obstacle
  • 伏線 【フクセン】 foreshadowing, preparation, precautionary measures
  • 起伏 【キフク】 undulation, ups and downs, highs and lows
  • 承服 【ショウフク】 accepting, consenting, agreeing, submission, compliance, agreement, consent

Kun reading compounds

  • 伏せる 【ふせる】 to turn over (face down), to lay face down, to lay upside down, to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.), to cast down (eyes), to lie (one's body) face down, to lie flat (on the ground), to conceal, to hide, to keep secret, to place in hiding (e.g. troops for an ambush), to lie down, to retire, to go to bed (with an illness)
  • 伏す 【ふす】 to bend down, to bow down, to prostrate oneself, to hide oneself

Readings

Japanese names:
ふし、 ふせ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fu2
Korean:
bog, bu

Spanish

  • al revés
  • cubierto
  • oculto
  • obedecer
  • dar la vuelta
  • poner al revés
  • cubrir
  • ocultar
  • agacharse
  • doblarse

Portuguese

  • prostrado
  • curva abaixo
  • proa
  • capa

French

  • prostré
  • se courber
  • s'incliner
  • tendre (embuscade)
  • couvrir
  • poser (tuyaux)
1763 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1412 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
377 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1331 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1039 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
234 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1356 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1439 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1421 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
71 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
49 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
29 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
30 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
971 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
438 Morohashi
45 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
139 New Nelson (John Haig)
962 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1035 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1059 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2163 2001 Kanji
2a4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-4 SKIP code
2323.4 Four corner code
1-41-90 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f0f Unicode hex code

暮

14 strokes
Radical:
sun, day 日
Parts:
大 艾 日
evening, twilight, season's end, livelihood, make a living, spend time
Kun:
く.れる、 く.らす
On:
ボ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
978 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 暮雨 【ボウ】 evening rain
  • 暮雲 【ボウン】 twilight clouds
  • 歳暮 【セイボ】 year-end gift, end of the year, year end
  • 朝々暮々 【チョウチョウボボ】 every morning and evening

Kun reading compounds

  • 暮れる 【くれる】 to get dark, to grow dark, to end (of a day, year, season, etc.), to come to an end, to close, to be sunk in (e.g. despair), to be lost in (e.g. thought), to be overcome with
  • 暮らす 【くらす】 to live, to get along, to spend (time)

Readings

Japanese names:
ぐらし、 ぐれ、 ぽ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mu4
Korean:
mo

Spanish

  • anochecer
  • vivir
  • finalizar
  • obscurecerse
  • acabar

Portuguese

  • meio de vida
  • ganhar a vida
  • gastar tempo

French

  • mener sa vie
  • vivre
  • arriver à son terme
  • coucher de soleil
982 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1789 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
915 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4041 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1140 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
606 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2190 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1428 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1517 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1158 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
979 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2971 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1522 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2070 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
237 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14128X Morohashi
2354 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2508 New Nelson (John Haig)
232 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
247 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
979 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1978 2001 Kanji
3k11.14 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-11 SKIP code
2-10-4 SKIP code
2-7-7 SKIP code
4460.3 Four corner code
1-42-75 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
66ae 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