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

10 strokes
Radical:
wine, alcohol
Parts:
sake, alcohol
Kun:
さけさか-
On:
シュ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
1006 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 酒 【サケ】 alcohol, sake
  • 酒税 【シュゼイ】 liquor tax, tax on alcohol
  • 洋酒 【ヨウシュ】 Western wine and spirits, Western liquor
  • 清酒 【セイシュ】 refined sake

Kun reading compounds

  • 酒 【さけ】 alcohol, sake
  • 酒好き 【さけずき】 love of drink, fondness for alcohol, person who likes to drink, drinker
  • 手酌酒 【てじゃくさけ】 pouring one's own drinks, drinking alone
  • 小酒 【こさけ】 small drink, small amount of alcohol

Readings

Japanese names:
き、 さ、 し
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jiu3
Korean:
ju

Spanish

  • sake
  • alcohol
  • vino de arroz

Portuguese

  • sake
  • álcool

French

  • saké
  • alcool
422 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
318 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
302 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
781 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2573 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
347 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
972 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1066 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
517 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
526 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
144 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1789 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
532 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
328 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
403 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1440 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39776 Morohashi
444 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6160 New Nelson (John Haig)
1428 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1535 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
356 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
375 2001 Kanji
3a7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
3116.0 Four corner code
1-28-82 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9152 Unicode hex code