Jisho

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6 strokes
Radical:
box
Parts:
Variants:
artisan, workman, carpenter
Kun:
たくみ
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1718 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 匠 【ショウ】 craftsman, artisan, carpenter, (skilled) workman
  • 匠気 【ショウキ】 affectation, desire to be impressive
  • 師匠 【シショウ】 master, teacher, stable master
  • 意匠 【イショウ】 design, idea, conception, plan

Kun reading compounds

  • 匠 【たくみ】 craftsman, artisan, workman, carpenter, craft, craftsmanship, skill, dexterity, design, plot, scheme, artifice, trick
  • 飛騨の匠 【ひだのたくみ】 system whereby the Hida region provided the central government 10 carpenters per village in place of taxes

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jiang4
Korean:
jang

Spanish

  • artesano
  • trabajador

Portuguese

  • artesão
  • carpinteiro

French

  • artisan
  • ouvrier
  • charpentier
1388 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1491 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
761 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1532 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1107 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
503 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1359 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1443 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1715 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
236 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3711 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1900 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2581 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1709 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2605 Morohashi
2990 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
588 New Nelson (John Haig)
1693 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1828 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1063 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3475 2001 Kanji
2t4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-4 SKIP code
7171.2 Four corner code
1-30-02 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5320 Unicode hex code

2 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
person
Kun:
ひと-り-と
On:
ジンニン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
5 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 人 【ジン】 -ian (e.g. Italian), -ite (e.g. Tokyoite), -er (e.g. performer, etc.), person working with ..., man, person, people
  • 人為 【ジンイ】 human work, human agency, art, artificiality
  • 米人 【ベイジン】 American person
  • 俳人 【ハイジン】 haiku poet
  • 人 【ニン】 counter for people
  • 人気 【ニンキ】 popularity, public favor, condition (e.g. market), tone, character, nature
  • 同人 【ドウジン】 same person, said person, the person in question, coterie, clique, fraternity, kindred spirits, comrade, colleague, dōjin, doujin, Japanese fans or hobbyists who produce their own magazines, manga, software, etc.
  • 代人 【ダイニン】 substitute, deputy, proxy, representative, agent

Kun reading compounds

  • 人 【ひと】 person, someone, somebody, human beings, mankind, man, people, humans, human (Homo sapiens), (other) people, others, character, personality, nature, capable person, competent person, suitable person, right person, adult, grown-up, I, me, one
  • 人一倍 【ひといちばい】 (much) more than others, exceedingly, extremely, unusually
  • 貴人 【きじん】 aristocrat, nobleman, dignitary, person of high rank
  • いい人 【いいひと】 good-natured person, good person, (one's) lover, boyfriend, girlfriend

Readings

Japanese names:
じ、 と、 ね、 ひこ、 ふみ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ren2
Korean:
in

Spanish

  • persona

Portuguese

  • pessoa

French

  • être humain
  • personne
30 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
39 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
39 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
9 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
339 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
14 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.5 Japanese for Busy People
1 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
15 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
42 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4175 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2111 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2857 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
960 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
344 Morohashi
3368 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
99 New Nelson (John Haig)
951 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1023 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
7 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1262 2001 Kanji
2a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-2-4 SKIP code
8000.0 Four corner code
1-31-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4eba Unicode hex code