Jisho

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Kun reading compounds

  • 侘しい 【わびしい】 miserable, wretched, lonely, dreary, shabby, comfortless
  • 侘び 【わび】 taste for the simple and quiet, rustic simplicity, austere refinement, wabi, enjoyment of a quiet life
  • 佗歌 【わびうた】 sad song, singing in a lonesome tone
  • 侘びる 【わびる】 to be worried, to be grieved, to pine for

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tuo2
Korean:
ta

Spanish

Portuguese

French

386 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
513 Morohashi
160 New Nelson (John Haig)
2a6.14 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-5 SKIP code
2321.1 Four corner code
1-48-41 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f57 Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
power, force
Parts:
help, rescue, assist
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
397 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 助 【ジョ】 help, rescue, assistant
  • 助演 【ジョエン】 supporting performance, playing a supporting role
  • 互助 【ゴジョ】 mutual aid, cooperation, benefit
  • 介助 【カイジョ】 help, assistance, aid

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
  • 助かる 【たすかる】 to be saved, to be rescued, to survive, to escape harm, to be spared damage, to be helped, to be saved trouble
  • 助 【すけ】 assistance, help, helper, babe, chick, broad
  • 助っ人 【すけっと】 helper, supporter, second, backer, foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)
  • 福助 【ふくすけ】 large-headed dwarf statue, bringer of good luck
  • デコ助 【デコすけ】 big forehead, fivehead, asshole

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhu4
Korean:
jo

Spanish

  • ayudar
  • rescatar
  • salvar
  • ser salvado
  • ser ayudado

Portuguese

  • ajuda
  • resgate
  • auxiliar

French

  • aider
  • secourir
  • assister
248 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
330 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
314 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
407 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
719 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
346 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
367 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
431 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
623 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
633 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
826 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
211 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1440 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
764 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1037 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1800 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2313 Morohashi
1121 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
530 New Nelson (John Haig)
1782 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1921 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
248 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
284 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3945 2001 Kanji
2g5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-2 SKIP code
7412.7 Four corner code
1-29-85 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
52a9 Unicode hex code

椿

13 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
camellia
Kun:
つばき
On:
チンチュン
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1829 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 珍事 【チンジ】 strange incident, unusual occurrence, rare event, grave (and unexpected) incident, serious event, accident
  • 椿寿 【チンジュ】 longevity, long life
  • 香椿 【チャンチン】 Chinese mahogany (Toona sinensis)

Kun reading compounds

  • 椿 【つばき】 common camellia (Camellia japonica), tea produced in the mountains
  • 椿油 【つばきあぶら】 tea seed oil, camellia oil
  • 寒椿 【かんつばき】 camellia-like plant native to China
  • 雪椿 【ゆきつばき】 snow camellia (Camellia japonica subsp. rusticana)

Readings

Japanese names:
つば
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chun1
Korean:
chun

Spanish

  • camelia
  • acontecimiento inesperado
  • imprevisto

Portuguese

French

  • camélia
2319 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1895 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2118 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1278 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
693 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
925 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1583 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
15090 Morohashi
2782 New Nelson (John Haig)
1569 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1691 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1878 2001 Kanji
4a9.16 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-9 SKIP code
4596.3 Four corner code
1-36-56 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
693f Unicode hex code