Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
Variants:
lower, short, humble
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
435 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 低 【テイ】 low (level, value, price, etc.)
  • 低温 【テイオン】 low temperature
  • 高低 【コウテイ】 high and low, rise and fall
  • 西高東低 【セイコウトウテイ】 high barometric pressure to the west, low pressure to the east

Kun reading compounds

  • 低い 【ひくい】 low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.), low (position), close to the ground, short (height), deep (voice), in a low key, low (volume)
  • 低い優先順位 【ひくいゆうせんじゅんい】 low priority (e.g. cell)
  • 低める 【ひくめる】 to lower, to be lowered
  • 低まる 【ひくまる】 to lower, to be lowered

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
di1
Korean:
jeo

Spanish

  • bajo
  • barato
  • humilde
  • pequeño
  • bajar
  • ser bajado

Portuguese

  • abaixe
  • humilde
  • curto

French

  • bas
  • petit (taille)
  • humble
677 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
575 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
548 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
518 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
406 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
690 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
113 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
561 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
570 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
108 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
82 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
82 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
54 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
57 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1848 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
504 Morohashi
73 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
166 New Nelson (John Haig)
1831 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1973 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
487 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2156 2001 Kanji
2a5.15 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-5 SKIP code
2224.0 Four corner code
1-36-67 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f4e Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
immersed, soak, dip, steep, moisten, wet, dunk
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1447 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 浸透 【シントウ】 permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.), infiltration (e.g. of ideas), spread, penetration (e.g. into a market), pervasion, permeation (of a liquid, etc.), soaking, percolation, osmosis
  • 浸水 【シンスイ】 inundation, submersion, flood
  • 防浸 【ボウシン】 watertight, waterproof
  • 液浸 【エキシン】 immersion, dipping, in microscopy, immersing both the objective lens and the specimen in a liquid to increase the numerical aperture, in photolithography, filling the air gap between the final lens and the wafer surface with a liquid to increase the resolution

Kun reading compounds

  • 浸す 【ひたす】 to soak, to dip, to steep, to immerse, to moisten, to wet
  • 浸る 【ひたる】 to be soaked in, to be flooded, to be submerged, to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.), to give oneself over to, to bask in
  • 浸かる 【つかる】 to be submerged, to be soaked, to be pickled, to be well seasoned, to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jin4, jin1
Korean:
chim

Spanish

  • empapar
  • remojar
  • humedecer

Portuguese

  • imergir
  • ensopar
  • mergulhar
  • empapar
  • umedecer
  • molhar
  • embeber

French

  • immersion
  • tremper
  • plonger dans
  • humidifier
  • humecter
  • mouiller
1438 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1623 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2572 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1221 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1476 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1078 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1126 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1496 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1195 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
530 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
326 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
401 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1157 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17505P Morohashi
442 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3157 New Nelson (John Haig)
1149 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1232 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1357 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
367 2001 Kanji
3a7.17 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
3714.7 Four corner code
1-31-27 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6d78 Unicode hex code

22 strokes
Radical:
clothes 衣 (衤)
Parts:
Variants:
attack, advance on, succeed to, pile, heap
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1130 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 襲名 【シュウメイ】 succession to another's professional name
  • 襲撃 【シュウゲキ】 (surprise) attack, assault, raid, charge
  • 奇襲 【キシュウ】 surprise attack
  • 強襲 【キョウシュウ】 assault, violent attack

Kun reading compounds

  • 襲う 【おそう】 to attack, to assail, to make an assault, to strike, to hunt down, to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.), to make a sudden visit
  • 重ね 【かさね】 pile, heap, layers (e.g. of clothing), set (e.g. of boxes), course (e.g. of stones), counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.), layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat, combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
  • かさねの色目 【かさねのいろめ】 combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)

Readings

Japanese names:
そい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xi2
Korean:
seub

Spanish

  • ataque
  • avance
  • sucesión
  • atacar
  • sorprender

Portuguese

  • ataque
  • avançar
  • ser bem-sucedido

French

  • attaquer
  • assaillir
  • agresser
  • hériter
  • accumuler
1360 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1262 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5443 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1094 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1734 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2983 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1575 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1681 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1042 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1630 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3633 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1856 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2533 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2044 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
34717 Morohashi
2917 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5510 New Nelson (John Haig)
2025 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2181 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1943 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
465 2001 Kanji
5e16.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-16-6 SKIP code
0173.2 Four corner code
1-29-17 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8972 Unicode hex code