Jisho

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6 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
file, row, rank, tier, column
On:
レツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
927 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 列 【レツ】 row, line, file, column, queue, rank, procession, company (of someone), group, ranks, sequence, counter for rows
  • 列伝 【レツデン】 series of biographies
  • 配列 【ハイレツ】 arrangement, disposition, array
  • 系列 【ケイレツ】 series, sequence, system, succession, keiretsu (group), conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings, affiliated, subsidiary
  • 列 【レツ】 row, line, file, column, queue, rank, procession, company (of someone), group, ranks, sequence, counter for rows
  • 列車 【レッシャ】 train, railway train
  • 加密列 【カミツレ】 German chamomile (Matricaria recutita), German camomile

Readings

Japanese names:
れっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lie4
Korean:
ryeol

Spanish

  • fila
  • línea
  • hilera

Portuguese

  • arquivo
  • fila
  • posição
  • alinhamento
  • coluna

French

  • file
  • rang
  • colonne
  • queue
537 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
437 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
414 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
891 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2438 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
407 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
352 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
257 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
611 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
621 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
812 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
186 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1018 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
551 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
729 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
820 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1901 Morohashi
824 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
460 New Nelson (John Haig)
812 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
875 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
276 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3143 2001 Kanji
2f4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-2 SKIP code
1220.0 Four corner code
1-46-83 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5217 Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
cart, car
Parts:
car
Kun:
くるま
On:
シャ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
333 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 車 【シャ】 car, vehicle, van, truck, wagon, lorry, (train) car, carriage
  • 車検 【シャケン】 vehicle inspection
  • 軽自動車 【ケイジドウシャ】 light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp), k-car, kei car
  • 台車 【ダイシャ】 platform truck, hand truck, trolley, dolly, cart, truck, bogie

Kun reading compounds

  • 車 【くるま】 car, automobile, vehicle, wheel, castor, caster
  • 車椅子 【くるまいす】 wheelchair
  • 火の車 【ひのくるま】 fiery chariot (that carries the souls of sinners into hell), desperate financial situation, dire straits

Readings

Japanese names:
くら、 くろま
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
che1, ju1
Korean:
cha, geo

Spanish

  • coche
  • vehículo
  • rueda

Portuguese

  • carro

French

  • véhicule
  • voiture
88 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
63 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
31 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
162 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4608 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
54 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
91 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
532 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.2 Japanese for Busy People
133 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
133 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
62 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1769 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4367 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2212 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2976 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
292 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38172 Morohashi
3552 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5939 New Nelson (John Haig)
286 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
304 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
231 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
64 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1555 2001 Kanji
7c0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-7-3 SKIP code
5000.6 Four corner code
1-28-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8eca Unicode hex code

15 strokes (also 14)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
elect, select, choose, prefer
Kun:
えら.ぶえ.るよ.る
On:
セン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
57 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 選 【セン】 selection, choice, choosing, picking, election
  • 選挙 【センキョ】 election
  • 抽選 【チュウセン】 lottery, raffle, drawing (of lots)
  • 公選 【コウセン】 public election, election by popular vote

Kun reading compounds

  • 選ぶ 【えらぶ】 to choose, to select
  • 選ぶところがない 【えらぶところがない】 being the same thing (as), being indistinguishable (from)
  • 選る 【よる】 to choose, to select, to pick out
  • 選る 【よる】 to choose, to select, to pick out

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xuan3
Korean:
seon

Spanish

  • elegir
  • seleccionar

Portuguese

  • eleger
  • selecionar
  • escolher
  • preferir

French

  • élection
  • sélection
  • choisir
  • préférer
449 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
556 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
527 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
105 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4744 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
522 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
967 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2419 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
800 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
814 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
264 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
721 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3931 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2026 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2734 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1822 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39127P Morohashi
3169 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6114 New Nelson (John Haig)
1804 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1944 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
341 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
626 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3561 2001 Kanji
2q12.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-12 SKIP code
3-2-12 SKIP code
3730.8 Four corner code
1-33-10 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9078 Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
separate, branch off, diverge, fork, another, extra, specially
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N4
214 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 別 【ベツ】 distinction, difference, discrimination, separate, different, another, extra, exception, exclusion, classified by, ranked by, according to
  • 別院 【ベツイン】 branch temple
  • 無差別 【ムサベツ】 indiscrimination, without discrimination, indiscriminate
  • 告別 【コクベツ】 farewell, leave-taking

Kun reading compounds

  • 別れる 【わかれる】 to part (usu. of people), to part from, to part with, to be apart from, to separate (of a couple), to break up, to divorce, to lose (e.g. one's mother), to be bereaved
  • 分ける 【わける】 to divide (into), to split (into), to part, to separate, to divide up, to classify, to sort out, to divide out, to share, to distribute, to deal out, to dish out, to distinguish, to discriminate, to differentiate (between), to break up (a fight), to mediate, to call a draw, to tie, to push one's way through (a crowd), to sell

Readings

Japanese names:
べっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bie2
Korean:
byeol

Spanish

  • separar
  • aparte
  • distinto
  • dividirse

Portuguese

  • separar
  • ramo desligado
  • divergir
  • garfo
  • outro
  • extra
  • especialmente

French

  • séparer
  • spécialement
  • diverger
  • extra
  • un autre
508 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
607 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
579 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
255 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
674 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
288 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
127 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
435 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.12 Japanese for Busy People
267 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
267 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
397 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
188 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1434 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
760 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1032 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
91 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1924 Morohashi
1117 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
467 New Nelson (John Haig)
90 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
94 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
227 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
490 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3743 2001 Kanji
2f5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-2 SKIP code
6220.0 Four corner code
1-42-44 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5225 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
clothes 衣 (衤)
Parts:
Variants:
attire, dress, pretend, disguise, profess
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
657 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 装 【ソウ】 clothing, dressing, binding (of a book)
  • 装甲 【ソウコウ】 armoring, armouring, armor, armour
  • 新装 【シンソウ】 redecoration, remodelling, remodeling, refurbishment
  • 偽装 【ギソウ】 camouflage, disguise, pretense, feigning, masquerade
  • 装束 【ショウゾク】 costume, dress, attire
  • 装束能 【ショウゾクノウ】 formal noh performed in full costume
  • 舞台衣装 【ブタイイショウ】 (theatrical) costumes
  • 婚礼衣装 【コンレイイショウ】 wedding clothes

Kun reading compounds

  • 装う 【よそおう】 to dress (oneself in), to attire oneself in, to adorn, to decorate, to pretend, to feign, to affect, to disguise oneself as
  • 装い 【よそおい】 dress, outfit, equipment, makeup, adornment, guise, get-up

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhuang1
Korean:
jang

Spanish

  • decoración
  • adorno
  • vestido
  • equipar
  • proporcionar
  • decorar
  • vestirse

Portuguese

  • vestes
  • vestido
  • fingir
  • disfarce
  • manifestar

French

  • revêtir
  • tenue
  • déguisement
  • prétendre
  • faire semblant
933 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1524 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
589 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4234 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1391 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
882 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1328 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1411 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1370 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1625 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3327 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1725 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2344 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
405 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
34283P Morohashi
2685 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5455 New Nelson (John Haig)
398 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
425 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
951 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1265 2001 Kanji
5e6.8 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-6 SKIP code
3473.2 Four corner code
1-33-85 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
88c5 Unicode hex code

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

Speed

Stroke order

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