Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
eight
Parts:
concurrently, and, beforehand, in advance
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1164 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 兼 【ケン】 cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study), and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary), in addition to, at the same time
  • 兼任 【ケンニン】 serving concurrently as, holding the additional post of

Kun reading compounds

  • 兼ねる 【かねる】 to be unable to, to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do, to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously, to contain (or combine) two or more features, to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.), to do alongside, to hesitate to do something (out of consideration for others), to think of the future (as well as the present)

Readings

Japanese names:
かね
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian1
Korean:
gyeom

Spanish

  • concurrentemente
  • y
  • además
  • por añadidura
  • agarrar
  • coger
  • combinarse

Portuguese

  • Concorrentemente
  • e

French

  • simultanément
  • et
  • cumuler
769 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
850 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1042 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
598 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
669 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1078 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1268 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1081 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1129 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1324 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
765 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2850 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1469 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1979 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1611 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1483 Morohashi
2286 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
381 New Nelson (John Haig)
1597 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1723 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1307 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
964 2001 Kanji
2o8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-7 SKIP code
8023.7 Four corner code
1-23-83 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
517c Unicode hex code

17 strokes
Radical:
cart, car
Parts:
Variants:
control, wedge
Kun:
くさび
On:
カツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1771 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 直轄 【チョッカツ】 direct control, direct supervision
  • 車轄 【シャカツ】 linchpin

Kun reading compounds

  • 楔 【くさび】 wedge, chock, linchpin, lynchpin, tie, bond

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xia2
Korean:
hal

Spanish

  • control
  • dirección

Portuguese

  • controlar
  • cunha

French

  • contrôle
  • cale (coin)
1090 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1791 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4636 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1553 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1802 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1186 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1245 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1590 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1783 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2056 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1081 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1468 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1566 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38482P Morohashi
1627 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5981 New Nelson (John Haig)
1552 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1672 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1886 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1577 2001 Kanji
7c10.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-10 SKIP code
5306.1 Four corner code
1-19-77 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8f44 Unicode hex code