Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
pay respects, visit, ask, inquire, question, implore
Kun:
うかが.う
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
2209 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 伺候 【シコウ】 waiting upon (someone)
  • 経伺 【ケイシ】 asking for instructions, consulting and obtaining approval
  • 奉伺 【ホウシ】 inquiring about (one's health)

Kun reading compounds

  • 伺う 【うかがう】 to call on someone, to call at a place, to pay a visit, to wait on someone, to ask, to inquire, to hear, to be told, to implore (a god for an oracle), to seek direction (from your superior), to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
si4, ci4
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • hacer una visita
  • preguntar por

Portuguese

  • retribuir visita
  • perguntar
  • indagar
  • implorar

French

  • visiter (hon)
  • présenter ses respects
  • demander
  • s'informer
  • questionner
  • implorer
1313 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1963 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
395 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1315 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
310 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1761 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1891 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1245 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
76 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
78 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
50 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
53 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1882 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
483 Morohashi
69 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
156 New Nelson (John Haig)
1864 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2008 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1094 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2149 2001 Kanji
2a5.23 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-5 SKIP code
3-3-4 SKIP code
2722.0 Four corner code
1-27-39 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f3a Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
say
Parts:
write
Kun:
か.く-が.き-がき
On:
ショ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
169 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 書 【ショ】 book, document, calligraphy (esp. Chinese), penmanship, handwriting, letter, note
  • 書院 【ショイン】 drawing room, study, writing alcove, publishing house
  • 投書 【トウショ】 letter (e.g. of complaint), letter to the editor, letter from a reader, contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.)
  • 議定書 【ギテイショ】 protocol

Kun reading compounds

  • 書く 【かく】 to write, to compose, to pen, to draw, to paint

Readings

Japanese names:
かき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu1
Korean:
seo

Spanish

  • escritura
  • escrito
  • escribir

Portuguese

  • escrever

French

  • écrire
92 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
159 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
142 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
130 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3719 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
70 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
58 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1216 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
131 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
131 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
181 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
998 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3292 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1703 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2314 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
333 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14294 Morohashi
2658 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2463 New Nelson (John Haig)
327 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
349 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
121 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
197 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1678 2001 Kanji
4c6.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-4 SKIP code
5060.1 Four corner code
1-29-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
66f8 Unicode hex code