Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
Variants:
sponsor, hold (a meeting), give (a dinner)
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
536 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 催涙 【サイルイ】 tear-inducing
  • 催促 【サイソク】 pressing, urging, demanding, demand
  • 共催 【キョウサイ】 joint sponsorship (of an event), cosponsorship, joint hosting
  • 併催 【ヘイサイ】 combining a pair of events, joint

Kun reading compounds

  • 催す 【もよおす】 to hold (an event), to give (a dinner, party, etc.), to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.), to show signs of

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cui1
Korean:
choe

Spanish

  • efectuar según los planes
  • reunión
  • función teatral
  • organizar
  • celebrar
  • llevar
  • traer

Portuguese

  • patrocinador
  • manter (um encontro)
  • oferecer (um jantar)

French

  • mécène
  • tenir (un meeting)
  • donner (un dîner)
  • prendre en charge
1293 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
693 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
533 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1529 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1065 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2060 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1317 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1399 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1248 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
128 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
178 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
117 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
136 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
996 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1005 Morohashi
157 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
298 New Nelson (John Haig)
987 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1062 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1607 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2175 2001 Kanji
2a11.12 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-11 SKIP code
2221.4 Four corner code
1-26-37 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
50ac Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
big, very
Parts:
Variants:
strange, strangeness, curiosity
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1367 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 奇 【キ】 strange, unconventional, eccentric, novel, odd, odd number
  • 奇異 【キイ】 odd, strange, queer, peculiar
  • 物好き 【モノズキ】 (idle) curiosity, fancifulness, whimsy, (having) strange tastes
  • 怪奇 【カイキ】 bizarre, strange, weird, mysterious, grotesque

Kun reading compounds

  • 奇しき 【くしき】 strange, mysterious, queer
  • 奇しき 【くしき】 strange, mysterious, queer
  • 奇しくも 【くしくも】 strangely, oddly, miraculously, mysteriously

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi2, ji1
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • extraño
  • raro
  • sospechoso

Portuguese

  • estranho
  • estranheza
  • curiousidade

French

  • étrange
  • étrangeté
  • curieux (bizarre)
1123 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1189 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1176 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1048 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1176 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
752 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1360 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1444 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1292 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
414 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2756 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1409 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1902 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
128 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5892 Morohashi
2217 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1150 New Nelson (John Haig)
126 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
133 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1160 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1449 2001 Kanji
3d5.17 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
3-5-3 SKIP code
4062.1 Four corner code
1-20-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5947 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
sex, gender, nature
Kun:
さが
On:
セイショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
104 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 性 【セイ】 nature (of a person), sex, gender, sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.), gender, -ty, -ity, -ness, -cy
  • 性格 【セイカク】 character (of a person), personality, disposition, nature, characteristics, nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
  • 耐性 【タイセイ】 resistance (e.g. to antibiotics), tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
  • 社会性 【シャカイセイ】 sociality
  • 性 【ショウ】 nature, disposition, temperament, character, quality, that which does not change according to external influences
  • 性根 【ショウネ】 nature, character, disposition
  • 冷え性 【ヒエショウ】 sensitivity to cold
  • 凝り性 【コリショウ】 tendency to become totally absorbed in something, monomania, perfectionism, fastidiousness, meticulousness, susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders

Kun reading compounds

  • 性 【さが】 one's nature, one's destiny, custom, tradition, habit, convention

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xing4
Korean:
seong

Spanish

  • sexo
  • género
  • naturaleza
  • temperamento

Portuguese

  • sexo
  • gênero
  • natureza

French

  • sexe
  • genre
  • nature
  • propriétés
645 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
745 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
723 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
199 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1666 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
280 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
535 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
564 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
98 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
98 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
421 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
811 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
357 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
222 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
266 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1572 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10478 Morohashi
299 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1822 New Nelson (John Haig)
1558 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1679 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
119 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
690 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1172 2001 Kanji
4k5.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
1-1-7 SKIP code
9501.0 Four corner code
1-32-13 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6027 Unicode hex code