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傍

12 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
亠 化 并 冖 方 立
bystander, side, besides, while, nearby, third person
Kun:
かたわ.ら、 わき、 おか-、 はた、 そば
On:
ボウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1660 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 傍聴 【ボウチョウ】 listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.), attending (without participating), sitting in (e.g. on a meeting), observing
  • 脇見 【ワキミ】 looking from the side, looking aside
  • 路傍 【ロボウ】 roadside
  • 道傍 【ドウボウ】 side of the road, roadside

Kun reading compounds

  • 傍ら 【かたわら】 side, edge, beside, besides, nearby, while (doing), in addition to, at the same time
  • 傍らに 【かたわらに】 beside, nearby
  • 脇役 【わきやく】 supporting role (actor), minor role
  • 脇見 【わきみ】 looking from the side, looking aside
  • 側 【そば】 near, close, beside, vicinity, proximity, besides, while, third person
  • 端から 【はたから】 from outside, from the side
  • 側 【そば】 near, close, beside, vicinity, proximity, besides, while, third person
  • 側から 【そばから】 as soon as, right after
  • お側 【おそば】 near, close, beside, vicinity, proximity, besides, while, attendant, retainer, vassal

Readings

Japanese names:
び
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bang4, bang1
Korean:
bang, paeng

Spanish

  • vecindad
  • cercanía

Portuguese

  • espectador
  • além disso
  • enquanto
  • muito próximo
  • 3ª pessoa

French

  • observateur
  • spectateur
  • à côté
  • en outre
  • pendant que
  • tout près
  • les autres
1815 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1689 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
520 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1406 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1062 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1538 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1183 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1242 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1429 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
125 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
166 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
110 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
127 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1024 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
948 Morohashi
147 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
286 New Nelson (John Haig)
1015 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1090 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1506 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2145 2001 Kanji
2a10.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-10 SKIP code
2022.7 Four corner code
1-43-21 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
508d Unicode hex code

糸

6 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
小 幺 糸
Variants:
絲
thread
Kun:
いと
On:
シ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N2
1488 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 糸 【シ】 thread, 0.0001, one ten-thousandth
  • 糸雨 【シウ】 drizzle, light rain, fine rain
  • 蚕糸 【サンシ】 silk thread, silk yarn
  • 金糸 【キンシ】 gold thread

Kun reading compounds

  • 糸 【いと】 thread, yarn, string
  • 糸口 【いとぐち】 beginning, start, first step, clue, lead, hint, thread end
  • 横糸 【よこいと】 weft, woof (crosswise threads on a loom)
  • 生糸 【きいと】 raw silk thread

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mi4
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • hilo
  • hebra
  • cuerda

Portuguese

  • contexto

French

  • fil
83 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
75 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
27 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
699 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3492 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
113 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
807 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
720 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
242 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
242 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
409 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1503 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2703 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1379 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1866 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1345 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27221 Morohashi
2179 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4431 New Nelson (John Haig)
1333 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1431 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
58 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2741 2001 Kanji
6a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-3 SKIP code
4-6-4 SKIP code
2290.3 Four corner code
2090.3 Four corner code
1-27-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7cf8 Unicode hex code

球

11 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
丶 水 王
ball, sphere
Kun:
たま
On:
キュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
302 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 球 【キュウ】 sphere, globe, ball, bulb, ball, sphere, counter for pitches
  • 球威 【キュウイ】 (pitcher's) stuff
  • 配球 【ハイキュウ】 combination of (varied) pitches, serves, etc.
  • 制球 【セイキュウ】 (pitcher's) control

Kun reading compounds

  • 玉 【たま】 ball, sphere, globe, orb, bead (of sweat, dew, etc.), drop, droplet, ball (in sports), pile (of noodles, etc.), bullet, bulb (i.e. a light bulb), lens (of glasses, etc.), bead (of an abacus), ball (i.e. a testicle), gem, jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively), pearl, female entertainer (e.g. a geisha), person (when commenting on their nature), character, item, funds or person used as part of a plot, egg, okonomiyaki, coin, precious, beautiful, excellent
  • 玉突き 【たまつき】 billiards, pool, serial collisions (of cars)
  • 電気の球 【でんきのたま】 electric (light) bulb
  • 目の玉 【めのたま】 eyeball

Readings

Japanese names:
く
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qiu2
Korean:
gu

Spanish

  • pelota
  • esfera

Portuguese

  • bola
  • esfera

French

  • balle
  • sphère
188 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
275 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
257 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
379 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2941 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
845 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
736 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1359 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.7 Japanese for Busy People
726 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
739 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
935 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1319 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1219 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
658 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
880 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
944 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21011 Morohashi
969 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3643 New Nelson (John Haig)
935 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1005 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
370 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3142 2001 Kanji
4f7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-7 SKIP code
1313.2 Four corner code
1-21-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7403 Unicode hex code

体

7 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
一 化 木
Variants:
躰 軆 體 骵
body, substance, object, reality, counter for images
Kun:
からだ、 かたち
On:
タイ、 テイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
88 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 体 【タイ】 body, physique, posture, shape, form, style, substance, identity, reality, field, counter for humanoid forms (e.g. dolls, statues, corpses, etc.), typeface, type
  • 体育 【タイイク】 physical education, PE, gym (class)
  • 生体 【セイタイ】 organism, living body
  • 解体 【カイタイ】 demolition, taking down, dismantling, disassembly, taking apart, dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.), breaking up, dissection (of a body), dismemberment
  • 体 【テイ】 appearance, air, condition, state, form
  • 体裁 【テイサイ】 (outward) appearance, (proper) format (e.g. of an essay), form, style, appearances, decency, show, display, lip-service, insincere words, glib talk
  • 身体 【シンタイ】 body, physical system, (the) person
  • 風体 【フウテイ】 appearance, look, dress

Kun reading compounds

  • 体 【からだ】 body, torso, trunk, build, physique, frame, figure, health, constitution, corpse, dead body
  • 体つき 【からだつき】 body build, figure
  • お体 【おからだ】 body
  • 御体 【おんからだ】 body of Christ (Eucharist)
  • 形体 【なりかたち】 one's appearance

Readings

Japanese names:
なり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ti3, ben4
Korean:
che

Spanish

  • cuerpo
  • forma

Portuguese

  • corpo
  • substância
  • objeto
  • realidade
  • sufixo para contagem de para imagens

French

  • corps
  • substance
  • objet
  • réalité
  • compteur d'images
270 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
182 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
165 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
110 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
405 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
176 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
115 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
358 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.11 Japanese for Busy People
61 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
61 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
165 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
80 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
80 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
52 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
55 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
966 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
509 Morohashi
71 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
165 New Nelson (John Haig)
957 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1030 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
96 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
149 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2155 2001 Kanji
2a5.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-5 SKIP code
2523.0 Four corner code
1-34-46 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f53 Unicode hex code

細

11 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
小 幺 田 糸
dainty, get thin, taper, slender, narrow, detailed, precise
Kun:
ほそ.い、 ほそ.る、 こま.か、 こま.かい
On:
サイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
537 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 細 【サイ】 detail, details
  • 細菌 【サイキン】 bacterium, bacteria, germ
  • 子細 【シサイ】 reasons, circumstances, details, particulars, significance, meaning, hindrance, inconvenience, objection
  • 精細 【セイサイ】 fine, minute, detailed, meticulous, precise

Kun reading compounds

  • 細い 【ほそい】 thin, slender, fine, unlucky
  • 細い糸 【ほそいいと】 fine thread
  • 細る 【ほそる】 to get thin, to taper off
  • 細か 【こまか】 small, fine, detailed, stingy
  • 細かい 【こまかい】 small, fine, minute, minor, trivial, sensitive, attentive, careful, frugal, stingy
  • 細かい 【こまかい】 small, fine, minute, minor, trivial, sensitive, attentive, careful, frugal, stingy
  • 細かいこと 【こまかいこと】 trifles, minor details

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xi4
Korean:
se

Spanish

  • estrecho
  • fino
  • delgado
  • detallado
  • adelgazar
  • minucioso

Portuguese

  • franzino
  • emagrecer
  • afinar
  • delgado
  • estreito

French

  • menu
  • long et fin
  • délicat
  • mince
  • fluet
  • étroit
218 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
140 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
284 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
721 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3522 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
701 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
812 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1958 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
695 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
708 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
123 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1525 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1689 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
900 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1220 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1375 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27344 Morohashi
1333 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4472 New Nelson (John Haig)
1363 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1463 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
205 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2776 2001 Kanji
6a5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-5 SKIP code
2690.0 Four corner code
1-26-57 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d30 Unicode hex code

胞

9 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
勹 已 月
placenta, sac, sheath
On:
ホウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1379 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 胞子 【ホウシ】 spore
  • 胞衣 【エナ】 afterbirth, placenta
  • 卵胞 【ランポウ】 (ovarian) follicle
  • 肺胞 【ハイホウ】 pulmonary alveolus, alveoli, air cell, air sac

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bao1
Korean:
po

Spanish

  • estómago de la mujer
  • placenta
  • vaina

Portuguese

  • placenta
  • bolsa
  • estojo

French

  • placenta
  • cavité
  • gaine
1796 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1764 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3749 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1237 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1673 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1284 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1358 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1630 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1029 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1148 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
620 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
826 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
537 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29396P Morohashi
917 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4788 New Nelson (John Haig)
531 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
570 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1266 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3956 2001 Kanji
4b5.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-5 SKIP code
7721.2 Four corner code
1-43-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
80de Unicode hex code