Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
Variants:
first time, beginning
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
152 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 初夏 【ショカ】 early summer, fourth month of the lunar calendar
  • 初演 【ショエン】 first performance
  • 年初 【ネンショ】 beginning of the year
  • 原初 【ゲンショ】 origin, source, beginning, starting point

Kun reading compounds

  • 始め 【はじめ】 beginning, start, outset, opening, first (in line, etc.), origin, such as ..., not to mention ...
  • 初めて 【はじめて】 for the first time, only after ... is it ..., only when ... do you ..., not until ... do you ..., first time, (one's) first
  • 月初め 【つきはじめ】 beginning of the month
  • 初めて 【はじめて】 for the first time, only after ... is it ..., only when ... do you ..., not until ... do you ..., first time, (one's) first
  • 初 【はつ】 first, new
  • 初夏 【しょか】 early summer, fourth month of the lunar calendar
  • 業界初 【ぎょうかいはつ】 the industry's first ...
  • 人生初 【じんせいはつ】 (for the) first time in one's life

Readings

Japanese names:
し、 はっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chu1
Korean:
cho

Spanish

  • comienzo
  • primero

Portuguese

  • primeiros tempos
  • começo

French

  • première fois
  • commencement
428 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
535 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
507 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
261 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4215 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
636 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
353 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
427 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.20 Japanese for Busy People
679 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
692 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
440 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
181 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1433 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
759 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1031 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
411 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1911 Morohashi
1116 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
469 New Nelson (John Haig)
404 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
431 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
279 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
483 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
645 2001 Kanji
5e2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-2 SKIP code
3722.0 Four corner code
1-29-73 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
521d Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss
Kun:
な.げる-な.げ
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
236 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 投 【トウ】 pitching ability, counter for throws (of a javelin, bowling ball, etc.), counter for casts (of a line)
  • 投下 【トウカ】 throwing down, dropping, airdrop, investment
  • 好投 【コウトウ】 good (nice) pitching
  • 継投 【ケイトウ】 relieving the (starting) pitcher

Kun reading compounds

  • 投げる 【なげる】 to throw, to hurl, to fling, to toss, to cast, to give up, to abandon, to throw away, to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tou2
Korean:
tu

Spanish

  • lanzar
  • arrojar

Portuguese

  • arremessar
  • descartar
  • desembaraçar
  • lançar
  • unir
  • investir
  • atirar
  • desistir
  • vender com perdas

French

  • jeter
  • mettre au rebut
  • abandonner
  • lancer
  • investir
  • se lancer dans
  • vendre à perte
291 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
378 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
357 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
273 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1856 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
653 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
559 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1021 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1060 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
282 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
862 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
300 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
192 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
228 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
713 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11887 Morohashi
256 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2095 New Nelson (John Haig)
706 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
762 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
287 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1368 2001 Kanji
3c4.18 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-4 SKIP code
5704.7 Four corner code
1-37-74 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6295 Unicode hex code

稿

15 strokes
Radical:
grain
Parts:
Variants:
draft, copy, manuscript, straw
Kun:
わらしたがき
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1400 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 稿 【コウ】 manuscript, version, draft
  • 稿料 【コウリョウ】 manuscript fee, payment for a piece of writing
  • 送稿 【ソウコウ】 document transmission
  • 遺稿 【イコウ】 posthumous manuscripts

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gao3
Korean:
go

Spanish

  • borrador
  • copia
  • manuscrito

Portuguese

  • esboço
  • cópia
  • manuscrito
  • palha

French

  • brouillon
  • copie
  • manuscrit
  • paille
1266 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1340 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3299 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1505 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1590 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1120 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1172 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1231 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1445 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1574 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
832 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1138 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
901 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
25220 Morohashi
1231 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4166 New Nelson (John Haig)
892 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
958 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1785 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2249 2001 Kanji
5d10.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-10 SKIP code
2092.7 Four corner code
1-25-38 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7a3f Unicode hex code