Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
power, force
Parts:
Variants:
persuade, recommend, advise, encourage, offer
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1068 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 勧奨 【カンショウ】 encouragement, stimulation
  • 勧告 【カンコク】 advice, counsel, remonstrance, recommendation

Kun reading compounds

  • 勧める 【すすめる】 to recommend (someone to do), to advise, to encourage, to urge, to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.), to suggest, to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
quan4
Korean:
gweon

Spanish

  • persuasión
  • recomendación
  • consejo
  • persuadir
  • recomendar
  • aconsejar

Portuguese

  • persuadir
  • recomendar
  • aconselhar
  • emcorajar
  • oferecer

French

  • persuader
  • recommander
  • conseiller
  • encourager
  • offre
752 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
828 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1140 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
736 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
638 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1105 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1970 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1051 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1094 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1615 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
226 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2334 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1202 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1645 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
872 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2433 Morohashi
1857 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
559 New Nelson (John Haig)
864 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
928 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1610 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2345 2001 Kanji
2g11.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-11-2 SKIP code
8422.7 Four corner code
1-20-11 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
52e7 Unicode hex code

11 strokes (also 10)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
advance, proceed, progress, promote
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
142 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 進学 【シンガク】 advancing to the next stage of education, going on to (high school, college, etc.)
  • 進化 【シンカ】 evolution, evolution, becoming more advanced, progress, development, improvement
  • 後進 【コウシン】 one's junior, younger generation, next generation, moving backwards, backing up, reversing
  • 累進 【ルイシン】 successive promotion, gradual progression, rising step by step, increasing progressively (of income tax, etc.)

Kun reading compounds

  • 進む 【すすむ】 to advance, to go forward, to precede, to go ahead (of), to make progress, to improve, to deepen, to heighten, to be fast (of a clock), to be ahead, to do of one's own free will
  • 進むも地獄退くも地獄 【すすむもじごくしりぞくもじごく】 between the devil and the deep blue sea, both advancing and retreating are hell
  • 進める 【すすめる】 to advance, to move forward, to put (a clock, watch) forward, to carry forward (plans, work, etc.), to proceed with, to make progress in, to further, to advance, to hasten, to speed up, to raise, to elevate, to promote, to develop, to stimulate (e.g. one's appetite)

Readings

Japanese names:
のぶ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jin4
Korean:
jin

Spanish

  • avanzar
  • progresar
  • adelantar
  • ascender

Portuguese

  • avanço
  • continuar
  • progresso
  • promover

French

  • progresser
  • avancer
  • promouvoir
259 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
343 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
326 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
175 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4709 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
194 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
262 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1503 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.14 Japanese for Busy People
437 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
443 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
267 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
702 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3873 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1991 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2689 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
568 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38943P Morohashi
3121 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6073 New Nelson (John Haig)
561 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
603 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
156 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
378 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2475 2001 Kanji
2q8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-8 SKIP code
3-2-8 SKIP code
3030.1 Four corner code
1-31-42 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9032 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
eye
Parts:
inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy
Kun:
あい-
On:
ソウショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
45 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 相 【ソウ】 aspect, appearance, look, physiognomy (as an indication of one's fortune), aspect, phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
  • 相違 【ソウイ】 difference, discrepancy, variation
  • 実相 【ジッソウ】 reality, real state of affairs, true state of affairs, true form of all things as they are, ultimate reality
  • 世相 【セソウ】 social conditions, phase of life, (sign of) the times, state of society
  • 相 【ショウ】 minister (of a government department)
  • 相伴 【ショウバン】 partaking, participating, taking part in, sharing (something with someone)
  • 厚相 【コウショウ】 Welfare Minister
  • 宰相 【サイショウ】 prime minister, premier, chancellor

Readings

Japanese names:
あ、 い、 おう、 さ、 さが、 すけ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiang1, xiang4
Korean:
sang

Spanish

  • apariencia
  • aspecto
  • fase
  • ministro de estado
  • conjuntamente
  • mutuamente

Portuguese

  • inter-
  • mútuo
  • juntamente
  • mutuamente
  • ministro de estado
  • conselheiro
  • aspecto
  • face
  • fisionomia

French

  • inter-
  • mutuel
  • ensemble
  • ministre
  • aspect
  • phase
  • physionomie
452 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
348 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
530 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
66 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2241 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
97 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
759 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
868 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
146 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
146 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
391 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1383 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1120 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
609 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
808 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
213 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23151 Morohashi
900 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3920 New Nelson (John Haig)
209 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
222 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
111 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
334 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1879 2001 Kanji
4a5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-5 SKIP code
4690.0 Four corner code
1-33-74 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
76f8 Unicode hex code

15 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
Variants:
slap, strike, hit, beat, tell, speak
On:
ボク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1283 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 撲滅 【ボクメツ】 eradication, extermination, destruction, suppression
  • 撲殺 【ボクサツ】 beat to death
  • 打撲 【ダボク】 blow, hit (on the body), beating

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pu1
Korean:
bag, bog

Spanish

  • atizar
  • golpear
  • pegar

Portuguese

  • tapa
  • bater
  • acesso
  • batida
  • contar
  • falar

French

  • battre
  • claque
  • frapper
  • coup
  • dire
  • parler
1822 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1497 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1993 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1464 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1384 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1889 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2062 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1489 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
927 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
903 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
513 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
666 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1810 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12755 Morohashi
733 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2274 New Nelson (John Haig)
1793 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1932 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1771 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1363 2001 Kanji
3c12.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-12 SKIP code
5203.4 Four corner code
1-43-48 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
64b2 Unicode hex code