Jisho

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匹

4 strokes
Radical:
hiding enclosure 匸
Parts:
儿 匚
equal, head, counter for small animals, roll of cloth
Kun:
ひき
On:
ヒツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1384 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 匹偶 【ヒツグウ】 pair, couple (husband and wife), friend, comrade
  • 馬匹 【バヒツ】 horses

Kun reading compounds

  • 匹 【ひき】 counter for small animals, counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size), counter for horses, roll of cloth

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pi3, pi1
Korean:
pil, mog

Spanish

  • una persona
  • confrontar
  • equilibrar
  • contador de animales
  • contador de largo de telas

Portuguese

  • igual
  • cabeça
  • sufixo para contagem de para pequenos animais
  • rolo de pano

French

  • égal
  • tête
  • compteur de petits animaux
  • rouleau de tissu (= 2 tan = ~19m)
1736 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1595 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
756 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1120 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
379 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
187 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1500 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1599 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1203 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
234 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3680 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1878 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2558 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1711 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2673 Morohashi
2962 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
584 New Nelson (John Haig)
1695 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1830 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1025 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3475 2001 Kanji
2t2.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-2 SKIP code
7171.1 Four corner code
1-41-4 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5339 Unicode hex code

夫

4 strokes
Radical:
big, very 大
Parts:
二 人 大
husband, man
Kun:
おっと、 それ
On:
フ、 フウ、 ブ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
335 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 夫人 【フジン】 wife, Mrs, madam, wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.), consort of the emperor
  • 夫婦 【フウフ】 married couple, husband and wife, man and wife, his and hers, pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
  • 丈夫 【ジョウフ】 hero, manly person, warrior
  • 継夫 【ケイフ】 second husband
  • 夫婦 【フウフ】 married couple, husband and wife, man and wife, his and hers, pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
  • 夫婦関係 【フウフカンケイ】 marital relationship
  • 工夫 【クフウ】 devising (a way), contriving, figuring out, coming up with, working out, inventing, device, design, idea, plan, invention, dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
  • 一工夫 【ヒトクフウ】 contrivance, bit of fiddling, little ingenuity, bit more (e.g. food)
  • 夫人 【フジン】 wife, Mrs, madam, wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.), consort of the emperor
  • 賦役 【フエキ】 slave labour, slave labor, compulsory service, forced labour, forced labor, exacted service
  • 大夫 【ダイブ】 high steward, grand master
  • 右京大夫 【ウキョウノダイブ】 Ukyō no Daibu (title under the ritsuryō system), high steward

Kun reading compounds

  • 夫 【おっと】 husband
  • 夫選び 【おっとえらび】 choosing a husband
  • ＤＶ夫 【ディーブイおっと】 (physically) abusive husband, wife beater
  • 元夫 【もとおっと】 ex-husband, former husband
  • 夫れ夫れ 【それぞれ】 each, respectively

Readings

Japanese names:
お、 と、 ゆう、 よ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fu1, fu2
Korean:
bu

Spanish

  • marido
  • hombre
  • esposo

Portuguese

  • marido
  • homem

French

  • mari
  • homme
501 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
601 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
573 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
265 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
164 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
51 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
445 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
104 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
315 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
315 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
595 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
411 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4271 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2157 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2909 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
846 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5835 Morohashi
3460 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1136 New Nelson (John Haig)
838 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
901 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
220 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
445 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1463 2001 Kanji
0a4.31 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-4 SKIP code
5003.0 Four corner code
1-41-55 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
592b Unicode hex code

志

7 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
士 心
intention, plan, resolve, aspire, motive, hopes, shilling
Kun:
シリング、 こころざ.す、 こころざし
On:
シ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
823 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 志望 【シボウ】 wish, desire, ambition
  • 志向 【シコウ】 intention, aim, preference (for), orientation (towards a goal)
  • 遺志 【イシ】 wishes of a deceased person, dying wish
  • 立志 【リッシ】 fixing one's aim in life, deciding one's life goal

Kun reading compounds

  • 志す 【こころざす】 to plan, to intend, to aspire to, to set aims (sights on)
  • 志 【こころざし】 will, resolution, intention, ambition, aim, goal, kindness, goodwill, kind offer, gift (as a token of gratitude)
  • 志は松の葉に包め 【こころざしはまつのはにつつめ】 for gifts, it's the thought that counts
  • お志 【おこころざし】 kindness, courtesy
  • 青雲の志 【せいうんのこころざし】 high (lofty) ambition

Readings

Japanese names:
じん、 べ、 べし、 ゆき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi4
Korean:
ji

Spanish

  • intención
  • deseo
  • aspiración
  • ambición
  • aspirar
  • desear
  • voluntad

Portuguese

  • intenção
  • plano
  • resolver
  • aspirar
  • motivo
  • esperanças
  • shilling (din.)

French

  • dessein
  • intention
  • plan
  • motif
  • aspirer à
  • résolution
  • espoirs
  • shilling
623 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
718 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
692 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
622 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1064 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
757 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
527 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
464 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
573 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
582 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
756 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
770 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2725 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1394 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1881 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
607 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10331 Morohashi
2199 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1785 New Nelson (John Haig)
600 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
645 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
668 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1458 2001 Kanji
3p4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
4033.1 Four corner code
1-27-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5fd7 Unicode hex code

奪

14 strokes
Radical:
big, very 大
Parts:
大 寸 隹
rob, take by force, snatch away, dispossess, plunder, usurp
Kun:
うば.う
On:
ダツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
974 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 奪三振 【ダツサンシン】 striking a batter out
  • 奪三振王 【ダツサンシンオウ】 (season's) record holder in (for) the most strike-outs
  • 略奪 【リャクダツ】 pillage, plunder, looting, robbery
  • 強奪 【ゴウダツ】 robbery, pillage, seizure, hijacking, plunder, extortion

Kun reading compounds

  • 奪う 【うばう】 to snatch away, to dispossess, to steal

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
duo2
Korean:
tal

Spanish

  • arrebatar
  • desposeer
  • usurpar
  • privar
  • tomar por la fuerza

Portuguese

  • roubar
  • tomar pela força
  • apropriar-se
  • pilhar
  • usurpar

French

  • dérober
  • prendre de force
  • arracher (des mains)
  • déposséder
  • piller
  • usurper
1561 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1068 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1183 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1603 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1182 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1310 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1389 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1407 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
421 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2956 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1517 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2058 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
573 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5994 Morohashi
2343 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1171 New Nelson (John Haig)
566 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
608 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1697 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1448 2001 Kanji
8c6.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-11 SKIP code
2-11-3 SKIP code
4034.1 Four corner code
1-35-5 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
596a Unicode hex code