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伊

6 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
｜ 化 ヨ
Italy, that one
Kun:
かれ
On:
イ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
703 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 伊 【イ】 Italy
  • 伊勢丹 【イセタン】 Isetan (department store)
  • 駐伊 【チュウイ】 stationed in Italy
  • 紀伊 【キイ】 Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)

Readings

Japanese names:
これ、 ただ、 よし、 いと、 だ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yi1
Korean:
i

Spanish

  • I fonética
  • Italia
  • ese
  • aquel

Portuguese

French

  • Italie
  • celui-là
603 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
372 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1909 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
237 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2011 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
52 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
33 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
33 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1169 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
432 Morohashi
49 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
134 New Nelson (John Haig)
1161 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1245 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2160 2001 Kanji
2a4.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-4 SKIP code
2725.7 Four corner code
1-16-43 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f0a Unicode hex code

勢

13 strokes
Radical:
power, force 力
Parts:
丶 儿 力 九 土
forces, energy, military strength
Kun:
いきお.い、 はずみ
On:
セイ、 ゼイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
260 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 勢 【セイ】 energy, military strength
  • 勢力 【セイリョク】 influence, power, might, strength, potency, force, energy
  • 国勢 【コクセイ】 state of a country (population, resources, etc.), condition of a country, strength of a country
  • 党勢 【トウセイ】 strength of a party
  • 勢 【ゼイ】 group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
  • 同勢 【ドウゼイ】 party, company
  • 猛勢 【モウセイ】 great strength, courageous army, valiant troops

Kun reading compounds

  • 勢い 【いきおい】 force, vigor, vigour, energy, spirit, life, influence, authority, power, might, impetus, momentum, course (of events), naturally, necessarily
  • 勢い余る 【いきおいあまる】 to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.), to get carried away, to go overboard, to overdo (something)
  • 弾み 【はずみ】 bounce, spring, rebound, momentum, impetus, impulse, stimulus, inertia, moment, instant, impulse, chance
  • 弾車 【はずみぐるま】 flywheel

Readings

Japanese names:
せ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi4
Korean:
se

Spanish

  • fuerza
  • poder
  • influencia
  • vigor

Portuguese

  • forças
  • energia
  • vigor militar

French

  • vigueur
  • forces
  • énergie
  • puissance militaire
441 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
747 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
518 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
365 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
735 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
299 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
375 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2039 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
646 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
656 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
865 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
227 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3542 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1829 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2487 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1529 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2422 Morohashi
2857 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
558 New Nelson (John Haig)
1515 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1633 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
293 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
779 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1445 2001 Kanji
2g11.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-11-2 SKIP code
4442.7 Four corner code
4542.7 Four corner code
1-32-10 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
52e2 Unicode hex code

大

3 strokes
Radical:
big, very 大
Parts:
大
large, big
Kun:
おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
On:
ダイ、 タイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
7 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 大 【ダイ】 large, big, great, huge, vast, major, important, serious, severe, great, prominent, eminent, distinguished, -sized, as big as, the size of, university, large (e.g. serving size), large option, long month (i.e. having 31 days)
  • 大尉 【タイイ】 captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF), lieutenant (Navy), flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
  • 国大 【コクダイ】 national university
  • 電通大 【デンツウダイ】 University of Electro-Communications
  • 大 【タイ】 nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)
  • 大尉 【タイイ】 captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF), lieutenant (Navy), flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
  • 御大 【オンタイ】 boss, governor, headman

Kun reading compounds

  • 大きい 【おおきい】 big, large, great, loud, extensive, spacious, important, decisive, valuable, older, grown up

Readings

Japanese names:
うふ、 お、 おう、 た、 たかし、 とも、 はじめ、 ひろ、 ひろし、 まさ、 まさる、 もと、 わ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
da4, dai4
Korean:
dae, da, tae

Spanish

  • grande
  • muy
  • mucho

Portuguese

  • grande
  • enorme

French

  • grand
22 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
25 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
53 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
7 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1171 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
32 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
40 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
48 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.2 Japanese for Busy People
26 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
26 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
87 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
408 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4224 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2133 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2882 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
108 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5831 Morohashi
3416 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1133 New Nelson (John Haig)
107 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
112 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
5 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
14 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1463 2001 Kanji
0a3.18 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-4 SKIP code
4003.0 Four corner code
1-34-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5927 Unicode hex code

輔

14 strokes
Radical:
cart, car 車
Parts:
丶 十 用 車
Variants:
俌
help
Kun:
たす.ける
On:
ホ、 フ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1898 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 補助 【ホジョ】 assistance, support, help, aid, subsidy, supplement, subvention, grant-in-aid, spotting (in weight training)
  • 補佐 【ホサ】 aid, help, assistance, assistant, counselor, counsellor, adviser, advisor
  • 補す 【フス】 to appoint, to designate
  • 大輔 【タイフ】 vice-minister (ritsuryō system), deputy minister

Kun reading compounds

  • 助ける 【たすける】 to save, to rescue, to spare, to help, to assist, to support (financially), to contribute (to), to provide aid, to facilitate, to stimulate, to promote, to contribute to

Readings

Japanese names:
すけ、 たすく、 ゆう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fu3
Korean:
bo

Spanish

  • ayudar

Portuguese

French

4626 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1981 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2133 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2245 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1963 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1046 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1411 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
38342 Morohashi
1559 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5964 New Nelson (John Haig)
2730 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2761 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
7c7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-7 SKIP code
5302.7 Four corner code
1-42-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8f14 Unicode hex code