Jisho

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会

6 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
二 个 厶
Variants:
會
meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Kun:
あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる
On:
カイ、 エ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
4 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 会 【カイ】 meeting, assembly, party, gathering, conference, athletic meet, society, association, club
  • 会員 【カイイン】 member, the membership
  • 例会 【レイカイ】 regular meeting
  • 際会 【サイカイ】 meeting, facing, confronting
  • 会 【エ】 gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.)
  • 会釈 【エシャク】 slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude), nod, salutation, consideration, thoughtfulness
  • 法会 【ホウエ】 Buddhist service (e.g. memorial service)
  • 御斎会 【ゴサイエ】 imperial event at which high monks recited the Golden Light Sutra to pray for national security and good harvests (held annually at the palace from the 8th to the 14th of the first lunar month, between the Nara and Muromachi periods)

Kun reading compounds

  • 会う 【あう】 to meet, to encounter, to see, to have an accident, to have a bad experience
  • 逢うは別れの始め 【あうはわかれのはじめ】 we meet only to part, meeting is the first step to parting
  • 会わせる 【あわせる】 to make (someone) to meet, to let (someone) meet, to expose to, to subject to

Readings

Japanese names:
あい、 い
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hui4, kuai4
Korean:
hoe, goe, gwal

Spanish

  • asociación
  • reunión
  • encontrarse con
  • reunirse

Portuguese

  • encontro
  • reunião
  • festa
  • associação
  • entrevista
  • une

French

  • réunion
  • rencontre
  • meeting
  • parti
  • association
  • entrevue
  • rejoindre
54 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
93 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
87 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
12 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
381 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
116 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
454 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
158 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
158 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
59 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
47 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2512 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1275 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1741 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
759 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
460 Morohashi
2020 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
143 New Nelson (John Haig)
752 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
814 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
16 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
119 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2871 2001 Kanji
2a4.19 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-4 SKIP code
2-3-3 SKIP code
8073.1 Four corner code
1-18-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f1a Unicode hex code

敵

15 strokes
Radical:
rap 攴 (攵)
Parts:
亠 并 冂 十 口 立 滴 乞 攵
enemy, foe, opponent
Kun:
かたき、 あだ、 かな.う
On:
テキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1205 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 敵 【テキ】 opponent, rival, adversary, menace, danger, threat, enemy
  • 敵意 【テキイ】 hostility, animosity, enmity
  • 強敵 【キョウテキ】 formidable enemy, strong enemy, tough enemy
  • 無敵 【ムテキ】 invincible, unrivaled, unrivalled, matchless, unbeatable, undefeatable

Kun reading compounds

  • 敵 【かたき】 rival, opponent, adversary, competitor, enemy (esp. one with which there is longstanding enmity), foe, revenge, spouse
  • 敵討ち 【かたきうち】 vengeance, revenge, retaliation
  • 目の敵 【めのかたき】 enemy
  • 仇を討つ 【かたきをうつ】 to avenge (someone) by striking down their killer
  • 叶う 【かなう】 to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.), to be realized, to be fulfilled, to suit (e.g. a purpose), to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.), to conform to (standards, rules, etc.), to be consistent with, to match (implies competition), to rival, to bear (e.g. the heat)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
di2
Korean:
jeog

Spanish

  • enemigo
  • oponente
  • adversario
  • rival

Portuguese

  • inimigo
  • adversário

French

  • ennemi
  • adversaire
678 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
779 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
756 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1057 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2060 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
454 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1391 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2354 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
416 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
422 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
658 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
946 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2340 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1204 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1648 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
450 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13354 Morohashi
1864 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2359 New Nelson (John Haig)
443 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
475 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
809 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
466 2001 Kanji
4i11.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-11-4 SKIP code
0824.0 Four corner code
1-37-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6575 Unicode hex code