Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
Variants:
weapon of war, logging axe, kill en masse, peeling (paint off a wall, etc), sparse, faded
Kun:
ころ.す
On:
リュウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
1947 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Readings

Japanese names:
らう、 のぶ、 みずち
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
liu2
Korean:
ryu

Spanish

Portuguese

French

709 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2554 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2398 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1680 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2224 Morohashi
515 New Nelson (John Haig)
2143 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2270 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2f13.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-13-2 SKIP code
7210.0 Four corner code
1-46-13 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5289 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
Variants:
acquiesce, hear, listen to, be informed, receive
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
775 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 承 【ショウ】 second line of a four-line Chinese poem
  • 承諾 【ショウダク】 consent, approval, acceptance, agreement, compliance
  • 伝承 【デンショウ】 handing down (information), legend, tradition, folklore, transmission
  • 永承 【エイショウ】 Eishō era (1046.4.14-1053.1.11)
  • 承安 【ショウアン】 Shōan era (1171.4.21-1175.7.28), Jōan era
  • 承応 【ショウオウ】 Shōō era (1652.9.18-1655.4.13), Jōō era

Kun reading compounds

  • 承る 【うけたまわる】 to hear, to be told, to know, to receive (order), to undertake, to comply, to take (a reservation, etc.)
  • 受ける 【うける】 to receive, to get, to catch (e.g. a ball), to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.), to sustain (damage), to incur (a loss), to suffer (an injury), to feel (influence), to undergo (e.g. surgery), to take (a test), to accept (a challenge), to be given (e.g. life, talent), to find funny, to find humorous, to be amused (by), to follow, to succeed, to be descended from, to face (south, etc.), to be modified by, to obtain (a pawned item, etc.) by paying a fee, to be well-received, to become popular, to go down well

Readings

Japanese names:
つぐ、 こと、 すけ、 つぎ、 よし、 うけ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cheng2
Korean:
seung

Spanish

  • conceder
  • heredar
  • escuchar
  • ser informado

Portuguese

  • aquiescer
  • escutar
  • ser informado
  • receber

French

  • consentir
  • entendre
  • écouter
  • être informé
  • recevoir
639 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
736 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
713 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
861 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
197 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
854 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
557 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
760 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
942 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
972 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
819 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
848 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
16 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
7 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
7 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1919 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11852 Morohashi
16 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2088 New Nelson (John Haig)
1901 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2050 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
688 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3547 2001 Kanji
0a7.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-1-7 SKIP code
4-7-1 SKIP code
4-8-1 SKIP code
1-1-6 SKIP code
1723.2 Four corner code
1-30-21 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
627f Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
sign 示 (礻)
Parts:
Variants:
help
Kun:
たす.ける
On:
ユウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1706 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 佑助 【ユウジョ】 assistance
  • 右筆 【ユウヒツ】 private secretary, amanuensis
  • 神祐 【シンユウ】 heavenly protection, divine help
  • 天佑 【テンユウ】 divine aid, divine grace, providential help
  • 神祐 【シンユウ】 heavenly protection, divine help
  • 天佑 【テンユウ】 divine aid, divine grace, providential help

Readings

Japanese names:
すけ、 さち、 よし、 たすく、 ひろ、 ひろし、 まさ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
you4
Korean:
u

Spanish

  • ayudar

Portuguese

French

3240 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1988 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
852 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2178 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1146 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
618 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
824 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
24652P Morohashi
915 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4079 New Nelson (John Haig)
2599 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2645 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4e5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-5 SKIP code
3426.0 Four corner code
1-45-20 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7950 Unicode hex code