Jisho

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信

9 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
化 言
Variants:
訫
faith, truth, fidelity, trust
On:
シン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
208 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 信 【シン】 honesty, sincerity, fidelity, trust, reliance, confidence, (religious) faith, devotion, counter for received messages
  • 信金 【シンキン】 credit union
  • 配信 【ハイシン】 distribution (of information, news, etc.), broadcast, delivery, transmission, streaming (over the Internet)
  • 外信 【ガイシン】 external communication

Readings

Japanese names:
し、 しが、 しな、 しの、 しぶ、 とき、 のび、 のぶ、 まこと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xin4, shen1
Korean:
sin

Spanish

  • confianza
  • sinceridad
  • información
  • verdad

Portuguese

  • fé
  • verdade
  • fidelidade
  • confiança

French

  • foi
  • vérité
  • fidélité
  • confiance
  • communication
437 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
544 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
513 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
198 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
454 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
149 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
320 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
782 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
157 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
157 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
640 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
97 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
115 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
75 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
84 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
978 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
707 Morohashi
100 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
221 New Nelson (John Haig)
969 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1043 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
181 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
527 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2177 2001 Kanji
2a7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-7 SKIP code
2026.1 Four corner code
1-31-14 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4fe1 Unicode hex code

頼

16 strokes
Radical:
leaf 頁
Parts:
｜ ハ 口 木 目 貝 頁
trust, request
Kun:
たの.む、 たの.もしい、 たよ.る
On:
ライ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
708 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 頼信紙 【ライシンシ】 telegram form, telegram blank
  • 無頼 【ブライ】 villainous, rascally, knavish, independent, self-reliant
  • 市井無頼 【シセイブライ】 urban villain, street hoodlum

Kun reading compounds

  • 頼む 【たのむ】 to request, to beg, to ask, to call, to order, to reserve, to entrust to, to rely on, please, please do
  • 頼むから 【たのむから】 please!, I'm asking you, for heaven's sake
  • 頼もしい 【たのもしい】 reliable, dependable, trustworthy, reassuring, hopeful, promising
  • 頼る 【たよる】 to rely on, to depend on, to count on, to turn to (for help)

Readings

Japanese names:
よち、 より
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lai4
Korean:
roe

Spanish

  • solicitud
  • petición
  • solicitar
  • pedir
  • de confianza
  • confiar en
  • depender de

Portuguese

  • confiança
  • solicitação

French

  • confiance
  • demande
1889 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
706 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5129 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1172 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1009 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2506 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1512 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1613 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
572 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1890 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2041 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1075 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1458 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1681 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
43529P Morohashi
1615 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6635 New Nelson (John Haig)
1665 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1794 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1864 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1561 2001 Kanji
9a7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-9 SKIP code
5198.6 Four corner code
1-45-74 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
983c Unicode hex code

醸

20 strokes
Radical:
wine, alcohol 酉
Parts:
亠 ハ 衣 酉
Variants:
釀
brew, cause
Kun:
かも.す
On:
ジョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1838 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 醸成 【ジョウセイ】 brewing, fermenting, arousing, causing, creating, fermenting, bringing about
  • 醸造 【ジョウゾウ】 brewing
  • 銘醸 【メイジョウ】 famous winery, famous brewery
  • 佳醸 【カジョウ】 sweet sake, good wine

Kun reading compounds

  • 醸す 【かもす】 to brew (sake, etc.), to cause, to bring on, to bring about, to give rise to

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
niang4
Korean:
yang

Spanish

  • elaborar
  • preparar té
  • elaborar cerveza

Portuguese

  • fermentar
  • causa

French

  • brasser
  • causer
1425 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1777 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4804 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1547 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1840 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1837 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1987 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1651 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1799 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2086 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1090 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1483 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1541 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40064P Morohashi
1654 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6197 New Nelson (John Haig)
1527 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1647 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1934 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3265 2001 Kanji
7e13.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-13 SKIP code
1063.2 Four corner code
1-30-90 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
91b8 Unicode hex code

成

6 strokes
Radical:
spear, halberd 戈
Parts:
ノ 戈
turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach
Kun:
な.る、 な.す、 -な.す
On:
セイ、 ジョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
116 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 成果 【セイカ】 (good) result, outcome, fruits (of one's labors), product, accomplishment
  • 成案 【セイアン】 definite plan
  • 合成 【ゴウセイ】 composition, synthesis, compounding, combining, composite photo, (function) composition
  • 集大成 【シュウタイセイ】 (large) compilation, culmination (of hard work)
  • 成仏 【ジョウブツ】 attaining Buddhahood, becoming a Buddha, entering Nirvana, going to heaven, resting in peace, dying (peacefully)
  • 成就 【ジョウジュ】 fulfillment, fulfilment, realization, realisation, completion

Kun reading compounds

  • 成る 【なる】 to become, to get, to grow, to turn, to reach, to attain, to result in, to turn out, to end up, to prove (to be), to consist of, to be composed of, to be made up of, to be completed, to be realized, to succeed, to be attained, to be accomplished, to change (into), to turn (into), to transform, to come (to do), to begin (to do), to grow (to do), to come to, to amount to, to add up to, to make, to play (the part of), to act as, to be used for, to be useful for, to serve as, to be promoted, to do ...
  • 成るべく 【なるべく】 as (much) as possible, as (much) as one can, wherever practicable, if possible
  • 為す 【なす】 to build up, to establish, to form, to become (a state), to accomplish, to achieve, to succeed in, to change into, to do, to perform, to intend to, to attempt, to try
  • なす角 【なすかく】 formed angle, angle made

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 あきら、 しげ、 そん、 たえ、 なお、 なり、 なる、 のり、 ひら、 まさ、 よし、 り
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cheng2
Korean:
seong

Spanish

  • convertirse en
  • resultar
  • consistir en
  • hacerse
  • llegar a ser
  • llevar a cabo
  • lograr

Portuguese

  • tornar-se
  • obter
  • crescer
  • passar
  • alcançar

French

  • se changer en
  • devenir
  • obtenir
  • croissance
  • s'écouler
  • accomplir
439 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
545 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
515 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
115 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1799 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
224 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
549 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
322 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
261 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
261 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
377 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
836 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4352 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2202 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2964 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
367 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11542P Morohashi
3537 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2025 New Nelson (John Haig)
361 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
386 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
160 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
466 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1459 2001 Kanji
4n2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-6-4 SKIP code
3-5-1 SKIP code
5320.0 Four corner code
1-32-14 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6210 Unicode hex code

措

11 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
一 ｜ 二 扎 日
set aside, give up, suspend, discontinue, lay aside, except
Kun:
お.く
On:
ソ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
818 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 措置 【ソチ】 measure, step, action
  • 措辞 【ソジ】 wording, phraseology, diction
  • 特措 【トクソ】 special measure, special measures
  • 挙措 【キョソ】 behavior, behaviour, manner

Kun reading compounds

  • 措く 【おく】 to stop (doing something), to cease, to put aside, to leave as is, to leave alone, to exclude, to except

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cuo4
Korean:
jo, chaeg

Spanish

  • poner a un lado
  • poner aparte
  • exceptuar

Portuguese

  • por de lado
  • desistir
  • suspender
  • descontinuar
  • exceto

French

  • mettre à l'écart
  • rejeter
  • abandonner
  • suspendre
  • renvoyer
  • exclure
1507 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
922 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1930 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1506 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1365 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1200 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1263 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1476 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
906 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
610 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
371 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
463 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1196 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12286 Morohashi
502 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2190 New Nelson (John Haig)
1188 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1272 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1441 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1378 2001 Kanji
3c8.20 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
5406.1 Four corner code
1-33-28 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
63aa Unicode hex code

置

13 strokes
Radical:
net 网 (罒, ⺲, 罓, ⺳)
Parts:
一 ｜ 十 目 買
placement, put, set, deposit, leave behind, keep, employ, pawn
Kun:
お.く、 -お.き
On:
チ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
277 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 置換 【チカン】 substitution, replacement, permutation, substitution, displacement
  • 置換可能引数データ 【チカンカノウヒキスウデータ】 replaceable parameter data
  • 留置 【リュウチ】 detention (usu. during investigation), imprisonment, poundage, custody
  • 倒置 【トウチ】 turning upside down, inversion

Kun reading compounds

  • 置く 【おく】 to put, to place, to leave (behind), to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.), to set up, to appoint (someone to a certain position), to hire, to employ, to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc.), to bear (in mind, etc.), to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool, to take in (boarders, etc.), to provide lodging in one's house, to separate spatially or temporally, to do something in advance, to leave something in a certain state, to keep something in a certain state

Readings

Japanese names:
おき、 おけ、 き
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi4
Korean:
chi

Spanish

  • poner
  • colocar
  • situar

Portuguese

  • colocação
  • por
  • colocar
  • depositar
  • abandonar
  • manter
  • empregar
  • hipotecar

French

  • placer
  • poser
  • déposer
  • faire à l'avance
  • laisser derrière
  • garder
  • employer
  • gage
469 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
570 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
545 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
322 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3644 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
345 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
831 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2232 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
426 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
432 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
262 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1466 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3222 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1671 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2262 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
840 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28298 Morohashi
2608 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4645 New Nelson (John Haig)
832 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
895 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
312 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
610 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3675 2001 Kanji
5g8.8 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-8 SKIP code
3-1-12 SKIP code
6071.6 Four corner code
1-35-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7f6e Unicode hex code