Jisho

×

5 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
by means of, because, in view of, compared with
Kun:
もっ.て
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N4
126 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 以降 【イコウ】 on and after, from ... onward, since
  • 以下 【イカ】 not exceeding ..., not more than ..., ... and under, ... and below, ... or fewer, below (a standard, level, etc.), under, beneath, less than, the following, the below-mentioned, the rest, followed by ..., including ..., ... and other (employees, officials, etc.)
  • 縞曹以 【シマソイ】 threestripe rockfish (Sebastes trivittatus)
  • 斑曹以 【ムラソイ】 spotbelly rockfish (Sebastes pachycephalus)

Kun reading compounds

  • 以て 【もって】 with, by, by means of, because of, on account of, for, due to, on (a day, date), at (a time), as of (e.g. today), adds emphasis to preceding word, in addition (to being), moreover, as well as, and, therefore, and so, hence
  • 以ってしても 【もってしても】 (not) even when using ..., (not) even with the help of ..., (not) even by ...

Readings

Japanese names:
もち
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yi3
Korean:
i

Spanish

  • además de
  • más que

Portuguese

  • Por meios de
  • porque
  • em visão de
  • comparada com

French

  • au moyen de
  • parce que
  • en vue de
  • comparé à
342 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
443 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
419 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
157 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
348 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
221 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
112 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
134 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.10 Japanese for Busy People
46 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
46 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
420 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
43 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
45 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
25 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
26 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1037 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
388 Morohashi
41 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
109 New Nelson (John Haig)
1028 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1105 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
118 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
446 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1262 2001 Kanji
0a5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-3 SKIP code
1-3-2 SKIP code
2810.0 Four corner code
1-16-42 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4ee5 Unicode hex code

西

6 strokes
Radical:
west 西 (襾, 覀)
Parts:
西
Variants:
west, Spain
Kun:
にし
On:
セイサイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
259 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 西 【セイ】 Spain
  • 西欧 【セイオウ】 Western Europe, the West, the Occident, Europe
  • 南西 【ナンセイ】 southwest
  • 北北西 【ホクホクセイ】 north-northwest
  • 西方 【セイホウ】 western direction, Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise), western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
  • 西遊 【セイユウ】 westward trip, trip to the West
  • 西瓜 【スイカ】 watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
  • 西班牙 【スペイン】 Spain

Kun reading compounds

  • 西 【にし】 west
  • 西方 【せいほう】 western direction, Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise), western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
  • 南西 【なんせい】 southwest
  • 京都外大西 【きょうとがいだいにし】 Kyoto Gaidainishi

Readings

Japanese names:
いり、 ひし、 むら
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xi1
Korean:
seo

Spanish

  • Oeste
  • España

Portuguese

  • oeste
  • Espanha

French

  • Ouest
  • Espagne
96 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
169 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
152 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
167 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4273 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
28 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
83 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
336 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.20 Japanese for Busy People
72 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
72 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
40 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1638 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4333 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2193 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2951 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1616 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
34763 Morohashi
3520 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5514 New Nelson (John Haig)
1602 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1728 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
198 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
128 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3275 2001 Kanji
0a6.20 The Kanji Dictionary
4-6-1 SKIP code
1060.0 Four corner code
1-32-30 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
897f Unicode hex code