Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
what
Kun:
なになんなに-なん-
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
340 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 非可換幾何 【ヒカカンキカ】 noncommutative geometry, NCG

Kun reading compounds

  • 何 【なに】 what, you-know-what, that thing, whatsit, whachamacallit, what's-his-name, what's-her-name, penis, (one's) thing, dick, (not) at all, (not) in the slightest, what?, huh?, hey!, come on!, oh, no (it's fine), why (it's nothing), oh (certainly not)
  • 何か 【なにか】 something, some, any, somehow, for some reason, (so) what (are you trying to say)?, what (do you mean)?
  • 何々 【なになに】 what, so-and-so, such and such, something (or other), what?, wait, hang on, well, well, let's see, no, oh (not at all), please, there, there
  • 何 【なん】 what, how many, many, a lot of, several, a few, some
  • 何か 【なにか】 something, some, any, somehow, for some reason, (so) what (are you trying to say)?, what (do you mean)?

Readings

Japanese names:
あが
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
he2, he4
Korean:
ha

Spanish

  • qué

Portuguese

  • que

French

  • quoi
51 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
86 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
80 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
471 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
409 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
254 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
15 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
513 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.2 Japanese for Busy People
390 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
392 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
80 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
73 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
73 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
45 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
48 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1021 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
511 Morohashi
65 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
169 New Nelson (John Haig)
1012 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1087 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
43 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
137 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2149 2001 Kanji
2a5.21 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-5 SKIP code
3-4-3 SKIP code
2122.0 Four corner code
1-18-31 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f55 Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
Variants:
conceal, hide, cover
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1089 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 隠滅 【インメツ】 destruction (esp. of evidence), spoliation, suppression, hiding, concealment
  • 陰謀 【インボウ】 plot, intrigue, scheme, conspiracy, agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
  • 退隠 【タイイン】 retirement (from an official position)
  • 大隠 【タイイン】 enlightened hermit
  • 隠密 【オンミツ】 secret, clandestine, covert, stealthy, spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.), secret agent
  • 隠形 【オンギョウ】 invisibility (through magic)

Kun reading compounds

  • 隠す 【かくす】 to hide, to conceal
  • 隠し 【かくし】 hiding, concealing, being hidden, being concealed, pocket
  • 隠し引き出し 【かくしひきだし】 secret drawer, hidden drawer
  • 釘隠 【くぎかくし】 nail hider, nailhead cover, decorative object which conceals the head of a nail
  • 雉隠 【きじかくし】 Asparagus schoberioides
  • 隠れる 【かくれる】 to hide, to conceal oneself, to take cover, to disappear (behind), to be hidden (by), to be covered, to go out of sight, to live in seclusion, to retire (from the world), to be unknown (e.g. of a talent), to be undiscovered, to be hidden (e.g. of a meaning), to pass away (of a person of high position)

Readings

Japanese names:
お、 がくし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yin3
Korean:
eun

Spanish

  • ocultar
  • esconder
  • cubrir
  • esconderse
  • estar escondido

Portuguese

  • esconder
  • esconderijo
  • capa

French

  • dissimuler
  • cacher
  • couvrir
1014 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1511 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5020 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1374 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1881 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2074 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
868 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
887 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1235 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
749 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
873 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
502 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
645 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1322 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41836P Morohashi
713 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6480 New Nelson (John Haig)
1313 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1410 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1740 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3658 2001 Kanji
2d11.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-11 SKIP code
7223.7 Four corner code
1-17-03 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
96a0 Unicode hex code