Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
Variants:
excellent, beautiful, good, pleasing, skilled
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1643 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 佳 【カ】 beautiful, good, excellent
  • 佳作 【カサク】 good piece of work, honourable mention (honorable)
  • 絶佳 【ゼッカ】 superb (view, landscape)
  • 風光絶佳 【フウコウゼッカ】 scenic beauty

Readings

Japanese names:
けい、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jia1
Korean:
ga, gae

Spanish

  • excelente
  • bello
  • bonito

Portuguese

  • bom
  • belo
  • excelente
  • agradável
  • hábil

French

  • excellent
  • beau
  • bon
  • plaisant
  • habile
1044 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1606 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
429 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1450 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1044 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
560 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1462 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1557 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1931 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
87 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
96 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
63 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
68 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
979 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
557 Morohashi
86 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
194 New Nelson (John Haig)
970 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1044 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1149 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2172 2001 Kanji
2a6.10 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-6 SKIP code
2421.4 Four corner code
1-18-34 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f73 Unicode hex code

15 strokes
Radical:
bamboo 竹 (⺮)
volume, chapter, book, editing, compilation
On:
ヘン
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2076 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 編 【ヘン】 compilation (of a text), editing, volume (of a text), completed literary work
  • 編章 【ヘンショウ】 volumes and chapters, composition, writing
  • 続編 【ゾクヘン】 continuation, sequel
  • 後編 【コウヘン】 latter part (of book, etc.), sequel, concluding part

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pian1
Korean:
pyeon

Spanish

  • capítulo
  • volumen
  • edición
  • recopilación
  • contador de poemas

Portuguese

French

1391 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3418 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3361 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2365 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
26257X Morohashi
2710 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4324 New Nelson (John Haig)
2645 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2687 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
6f9.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-9 SKIP code
8822.7 Four corner code
1-42-51 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7bc7 Unicode hex code