Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
lean, incline, tilt, trend, wane, sink, ruin, bias
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
938 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 傾斜 【ケイシャ】 inclination, slant, slope, bevel, list, dip, tilt, lean
  • 傾向 【ケイコウ】 tendency, trend, inclination
  • 前傾 【ゼンケイ】 forward inclination (of the body), bending forward, anteversion
  • 右傾 【ウケイ】 leaning to the right, leaning to the (political) right, rightist tendency, becoming right-wing

Kun reading compounds

  • 傾く 【かたむく】 to incline toward, to slant, to lurch, to heel over, to be disposed to, to trend toward, to be prone to, to go down (sun, moon), to sink, to decline, to wane, to ebb, to fall away, to tend (towards), to be inclined (to), to come around to (opinion, etc.)
  • 傾ける 【かたむける】 to incline, to lean, to tip, to tilt, to slant, to bend, to list, to devote oneself to, to concentrate on, to pour one's energy into, to ruin, to squander, to empty, to drink (alcohol)
  • 傾く 【かたむく】 to incline toward, to slant, to lurch, to heel over, to be disposed to, to trend toward, to be prone to, to go down (sun, moon), to sink, to decline, to wane, to ebb, to fall away, to tend (towards), to be inclined (to), to come around to (opinion, etc.)
  • 傾げる 【かしげる】 to tilt (esp. head), to lean, to incline, to slant
  • 傾げる 【かしげる】 to tilt (esp. head), to lean, to incline, to slant

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qing1, qing2
Korean:
gyeong

Spanish

  • apoyo
  • inclinación
  • hundimiento
  • prejuicio
  • predisposición
  • apoyarse
  • inclinarse
  • hundirse
  • arruinar
  • estropear

Portuguese

  • inclinar
  • inclinação
  • tendência
  • declínio
  • afundar
  • ruina
  • viés

French

  • incliner
  • pencher
  • tendance
  • déclin
  • sombrer
  • ruiner
  • gîte (bateau)
1201 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
913 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
534 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
938 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
333 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1830 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1441 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1533 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1173 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
126 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
174 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
114 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
132 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1020 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1038 Morohashi
154 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
299 New Nelson (John Haig)
1011 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1086 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1605 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2161 2001 Kanji
2a11.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-11 SKIP code
2128.6 Four corner code
1-23-25 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
50be Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
enclosure
Parts:
Variants:
country
Kun:
くに
On:
コク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
3 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 国益 【コクエキ】 national interest
  • 国営 【コクエイ】 government management, state management
  • 最恵国 【サイケイコク】 most favored nation, most favoured nation, MFN
  • 異国 【イコク】 foreign country

Kun reading compounds

  • 国 【くに】 country, state, region, national government, central government, home (i.e. hometown, home country), province (of Japan), land, earth
  • 国人 【こくじん】 indigenous person, inhabitant of a country, local, native, local lords and samurai, daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
  • お国 【おくに】 your native country, your hometown, my home country (i.e. Japan), countryside, country, daimyo's territory (Edo period)
  • 現国 【うつしくに】 world of mankind, this world

Readings

Japanese names:
くな、 こ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guo2
Korean:
gug

Spanish

  • país

Portuguese

  • País
  • terra
  • nação

French

  • pays
79 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
136 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
123 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
8 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1037 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
111 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
36 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
745 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.11 Japanese for Busy People
40 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
40 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
151 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
344 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3831 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1964 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2659 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
588 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4752 Morohashi
3087 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
950 New Nelson (John Haig)
581 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
624 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
158 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3172 2001 Kanji
3s5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-5 SKIP code
6010.3 Four corner code
1-25-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
56fd Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
castle
Kun:
しろ
On:
ジョウセイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
795 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 城 【ジョウ】 castle (in place names), castle, fortress
  • 城内 【ジョウナイ】 inside of a castle, area surrounded by castle walls
  • 荒城 【コウジョウ】 ruined castle
  • 開城 【カイジョウ】 surrender of a castle, surrender of a fortress, capitulation of a stronghold
  • 傾城 【ケイセイ】 beauty, siren, courtesan, prostitute
  • 傾国傾城 【ケイコクケイセイ】 woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty, femme fatale

Kun reading compounds

  • 城 【しろ】 castle
  • 城跡 【しろあと】 castle site, ruins of a castle
  • ハウルの動く城 【ハウルのうごくしろ】 Howl's Moving Castle (2004 animated film)
  • 砂の城 【すなのしろ】 sandcastle, sand castle

Readings

Japanese names:
いく、 がき、 き、 くに、 ぐしく、 ぐすく、 しき、 すく、 ぜい、 たち、 なり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cheng2
Korean:
seong

Spanish

  • castillo

Portuguese

  • Castelo

French

  • château
914 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
903 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
638 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1078 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
886 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
433 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
796 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
720 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
733 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
942 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
374 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
417 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
261 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
312 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
368 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5086P Morohashi
352 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1011 New Nelson (John Haig)
362 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
387 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
884 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1459 2001 Kanji
3b6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
4315.0 Four corner code
1-30-75 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
57ce Unicode hex code