Jisho

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前

9 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
一 并 刈 月
in front, before
Kun:
まえ、 -まえ
On:
ゼン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
27 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 前 【ゼン】 last (i.e. immediately preceding), previous, ex-, former, pre- (e.g. premodern), before, before, earlier
  • 前衛 【ゼンエイ】 advance guard, vanguard, avant-garde, forward (player)
  • 中前 【チュウゼン】 front of center field, front of centre field
  • 風前 【フウゼン】 where the wind blows

Kun reading compounds

  • 前 【まえ】 in front (of), before (e.g. a building), before, earlier, previously, prior, ago, (minutes) to (the hour), (the) front, frontal part, fore, head (e.g. of a line), forward, ahead, (in the) presence (of), in front (of someone), previous (e.g. page), prior (e.g. engagement), first (e.g. half), former (e.g. example), portion, helping, front (of one's body or clothing), breast (of a coat, kimono, etc.), privates, private parts, criminal record, previous conviction, (a) prior
  • 前売り 【まえうり】 advance sale, booking
  • 左前 【ひだりまえ】 wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead), going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy), being in a bad financial situation, front left, front and left, before and left
  • 出前 【でまえ】 home delivery (of food), outside catering

Readings

Japanese names:
さき、 さと、 まい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qian2
Korean:
jeon

Spanish

  • antes
  • delante de

Portuguese

  • em frente
  • antes

French

  • devant
  • avant
102 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
177 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
159 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
38 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
595 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
139 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
23 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
921 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
47 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
47 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
29 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
196 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2819 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1453 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1957 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
296 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2011X Morohashi
2266 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
490 New Nelson (John Haig)
290 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
309 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
53 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
182 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
943 2001 Kanji
2o7.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-6 SKIP code
2-2-7 SKIP code
8022.1 Four corner code
1-33-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
524d Unicode hex code

車

7 strokes
Radical:
cart, car 車
Parts:
車
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

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 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

轍

19 strokes
Radical:
cart, car 車
Parts:
亠 厶 月 車 乞 攵
rut, wheel track
Kun:
わだちい、 わだち
On:
テツ
2484 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 轍 【ワダチ】 rut, wheel track, furrow
  • 轍を踏む 【テツヲフム】 to repeat someone's mistake, to make the same mistake as one's predecessor, to follow the ruts (of a previous cart)
  • 前轍 【ゼンテツ】 wheel tracks left by vehicles that have passed before
  • 転轍 【テンテツ】 switching or shunting (of a rail car)

Kun reading compounds

  • 轍 【わだち】 rut, wheel track, furrow

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
che4, zhe2
Korean:
cheol

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4640 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2874 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
38524 Morohashi
5988 New Nelson (John Haig)
7c12.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-12 SKIP code
5804.0 Four corner code
1-37-18 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8f4d Unicode hex code

踏

15 strokes
Radical:
foot 足 (⻊)
Parts:
口 日 止 水 足
step, trample, carry through, appraise, evade payment
Kun:
ふ.む、 ふ.まえる
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
723 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 踏破 【トウハ】 travelling (a long and difficult journey) on foot, walking (all the way) across, travelling through, hiking across, traversing, travelling all over (e.g. a country), visiting all the major locations (of a region, etc.)
  • 踏襲 【トウシュウ】 following (a precedent, former policy, etc.), continuing with, sticking to, observing
  • 前人未到 【ゼンジンミトウ】 untrodden (region, field of study, etc.), unprecedented (discovery, achievement, etc.)
  • 高踏 【コウトウ】 highbrow, aloof, transcendent

Kun reading compounds

  • 踏む 【ふむ】 to step on, to tread on, to trample on, to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil), to stand on, to visit, to experience, to undergo, to follow (rules, principles, etc.), to go through (e.g. formalities), to complete, to estimate, to guess, to judge, to value, to appraise, to rhyme, to succeed to (e.g. the throne)
  • 踏まえる 【ふまえる】 to be based on, to take into account, to build upon, to have origin in, to have one's feet firmly planted on, to plant oneself on

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ta4, ta1
Korean:
dab

Spanish

  • pisar
  • pisotear

Portuguese

  • passo
  • atropelar
  • persistir
  • avalia
  • escapar de pagamento

French

  • marcher
  • monter sur
  • piétiner
  • évaluer
  • basé sur
  • réaliser
  • éviter de payer
1657 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1067 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4571 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1186 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1795 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2314 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1559 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1662 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
266 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1766 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1997 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1066 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1435 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1296 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
37602 Morohashi
1587 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5889 New Nelson (John Haig)
1287 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1381 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1806 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3778 2001 Kanji
7d8.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-8 SKIP code
6216.3 Four corner code
1-38-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8e0f Unicode hex code