Jisho

×

3 strokes
Radical:
ten, complete
Parts:
thousand
Kun:
On:
セン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
195 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 千 【セン】 thousand, 1,000
  • 千九百年代 【センキュウヒャクネンダイ】 the 1900s
  • 一騎当千 【イッキトウセン】 being a match for a thousand, being a mighty warrior (combatant, player)
  • 一人当千 【イチニントウセン】 being a match for a thousand

Kun reading compounds

  • 千 【せん】 thousand, 1,000
  • 千島 【ちしま】 Kurile Islands
  • 百千 【ひゃくせん】 a large number, all sorts, hundreds and thousands
  • 8000 【はっせん】 8000, eight thousand, many

Readings

Japanese names:
かず、 ゆき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qian1
Korean:
cheon

Spanish

  • mil
  • muchos

Portuguese

  • Mil

French

  • mille
101 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
12 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
47 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
79 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
156 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
83 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
26 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
44 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
15 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
15 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
12 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
240 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4219 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2132 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2881 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
40 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2697 Morohashi
3411 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
599 New Nelson (John Haig)
40 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
40 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
335 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
11 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2255 2001 Kanji
2k1.2 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-3 SKIP code
2040.0 Four corner code
1-32-73 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5343 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
bird
Parts:
bird, chicken
Kun:
とり
On:
チョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
1043 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 鶏肉 【トリニク】 chicken meat, fowl, poultry, bird meat
  • 鳥獣 【チョウジュウ】 birds and wild animals, wildlife
  • 海鳥 【ウミドリ】 sea bird
  • 愛鳥 【アイチョウ】 pet bird

Kun reading compounds

  • 鳥 【とり】 bird, bird meat (esp. chicken meat), fowl, poultry
  • 鳥居 【とりい】 torii (Shinto shrine archway)
  • 焼き鳥 【やきとり】 yakitori, chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer, grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow), failing to win a single hand during a half-game
  • 花鶏 【あとり】 brambling (bird) (Fringilla montifringilla)

Readings

Japanese names:
か、 と、 とっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
niao3
Korean:
jo

Spanish

  • pájaro
  • ave

Portuguese

  • Pássaro
  • sufixo para nomes de pássaros.

French

  • oiseau
  • poulet
117 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
190 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
174 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
932 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5340 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
182 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
283 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1521 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.14 Japanese for Busy People
285 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
285 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
486 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1934 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4105 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2083 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2822 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1960 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
46634 Morohashi
3312 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6931 New Nelson (John Haig)
1941 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2091 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
210 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
850 2001 Kanji
11b0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-7-4 SKIP code
4-11-4 SKIP code
2732.7 Four corner code
1-36-27 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9ce5 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
abyss, edge, deep pool, the depths
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
1593 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 淵源 【エンゲン】 origin
  • 淵酔 【エンスイ】 type of imperial banquet held during the Heian period and later, being dead drunk, being very drunk
  • 深淵 【シンエン】 abyss, ravine
  • 海淵 【カイエン】 (ocean) deep, deepest part of a trench

Kun reading compounds

  • 淵 【ふち】 deep pool, deep water, abyss, depths (e.g. of despair), grip (e.g. of death)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yuan1
Korean:
yeon

Spanish

  • abismo
  • profundidades (mar
  • río)

Portuguese

French

1538 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2625 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1858 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
732 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
547 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
17692 Morohashi
3237 New Nelson (John Haig)
2966 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2971 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3a9.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
3210.0 Four corner code
1-42-05 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6df5 Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
spear, halberd
Parts:
Variants:
war, battle, match
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
78 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 戦 【セン】 war, battle, match, game, competition
  • 戦域 【センイキ】 war area, battlefield, theater, theatre
  • 開戦 【カイセン】 outbreak of war, starting a war
  • 回戦 【カイセン】 event with ... rounds, innings, legs, etc., nth-round match (in a knockout tournament)

Kun reading compounds

  • 戦 【いくさ】 war, battle, campaign, fight, troops, forces
  • 戦場 【せんじょう】 battlefield, battleground
  • 負け戦 【まけいくさ】 losing a battle, lost battle, battle one cannot win, battle one is doomed to lose
  • 野合戦 【のがっせん】 battle in the open, battle on an open field
  • 戦う 【たたかう】 to make war (on), to wage war (against), to go to war (with), to fight (with), to do battle (against), to compete (against), to struggle (against adversities, etc.), to fight, to contend, to resist
  • 戦く 【おののく】 to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.), to shudder, to tremble
  • 戦ぐ 【そよぐ】 to rustle, to sway, to stir, to flutter
  • 戦慄く 【わななく】 to tremble, to shiver, to shake

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhan4
Korean:
jeon

Spanish

  • guerra
  • batalla
  • lucha
  • pelear
  • batallar
  • combatir
  • luchar

Portuguese

  • guerra
  • batalha
  • disputa

French

  • guerre
  • bataille
  • match
448 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
555 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
526 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
88 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1810 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
399 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
550 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
301 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
301 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
360 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
839 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2242 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1169 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1590 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1948 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11631P Morohashi
1787 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2037 New Nelson (John Haig)
1929 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2079 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
32 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
608 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
959 2001 Kanji
4n9.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-9-4 SKIP code
9355.0 Four corner code
3355.0 Four corner code
1-32-79 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6226 Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
drown, sink, hide, fall into, disappear, die
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1385 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 没 【ボツ】 death, rejection (of a manuscript, etc.), lacking, without
  • 没後 【ボツゴ】 after death, posthumously
  • 戦没 【センボツ】 death in battle, killed in action
  • 陥没 【カンボツ】 cave-in, collapse, sinking, depression (e.g. of the skull), subsidence
  • 没薬 【モツヤク】 myrrh

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mei2, mo4
Korean:
mol

Spanish

  • hundirse
  • ocultarse
  • morir
  • perecer
  • perder
  • penetrar
  • rechazar
  • excluir

Portuguese

  • afogar
  • afundar
  • esconder
  • cair na mãos de
  • desaparecer
  • evaporar

French

  • sombrer
  • couler
  • cacher
  • immersion
  • disparaître
  • mourir
1823 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1579 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2506 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1075 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1461 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
935 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
963 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1130 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1167 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
305 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
194 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
230 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
714 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17233 Morohashi
260 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3066 New Nelson (John Haig)
707 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
763 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1140 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
368 2001 Kanji
3a4.15 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-4 SKIP code
3714.7 Four corner code
1-43-55 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6ca1 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
old 老 (耂)
Parts:
Variants:
someone, person
Kun:
もの
On:
シャ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
38 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 者 【シャ】 person, -er, expert, geisha, prostitute
  • 芸者 【ゲイシャ】 geisha, professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
  • 加害者 【カガイシャ】 perpetrator, wrong-doer, aggressor, assailant, offender

Kun reading compounds

  • 者 【もの】 person
  • 者ども 【ものども】 you, people
  • 弱き者 【よわきもの】 weak person, the weak
  • 若い者 【わかいもの】 young person, young people, youth, youngsters, young employee, young manservant, young follower

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhe3
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • persona

Portuguese

  • alguém
  • pessoa

French

  • personne
  • quelqu'un
235 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
314 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
298 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
22 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3685 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
56 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
240 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
769 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.6 Japanese for Busy People
164 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
164 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
148 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1578 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3980 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2047 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2765 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1264 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28852 Morohashi
3211 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4698 New Nelson (John Haig)
1256 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1345 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
19 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
302 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1478 2001 Kanji
4c4.13 The Kanji Dictionary
3-4-4 SKIP code
4-8-2 SKIP code
2-4-4 SKIP code
4460.0 Four corner code
1-28-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8005 Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
grave, tomb
Kun:
はか
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
1337 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 墓石 【ボセキ】 tombstone, gravestone
  • 墓参り 【ハカマイリ】 visit to a grave
  • 陵墓 【リョウボ】 imperial tomb, imperial mausoleum
  • 周堤墓 【シュウテイボ】 grave-site with circular embankment (Jomon period)

Kun reading compounds

  • 墓 【はか】 grave, gravesite, tomb
  • 墓石 【ぼせき】 tombstone, gravestone
  • 火垂るの墓 【ほたるのはか】 Grave of Fireflies (film)
  • 御墓 【みはか】 imperial tomb

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mu4
Korean:
myo

Spanish

  • tumba

Portuguese

  • tumba
  • túmulo

French

  • tombe
  • tombeau
869 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
809 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
788 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1349 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4027 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
650 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1165 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1979 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1429 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1518 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1156 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
361 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2930 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1505 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2037 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
236 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5431X Morohashi
2332 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1073 New Nelson (John Haig)
231 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
246 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
781 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1972 2001 Kanji
3k10.18 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-10 SKIP code
4410.4 Four corner code
1-42-72 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5893 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
garden, farm, park
Kun:
そのう.つ
On:
エンオン
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2060 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 園 【エン】 garden, orchard, park, plantation, kindergarten, nursery school, preschool
  • 園内 【エンナイ】 inside the kindergarten, inside the zoo, inside the garden, inside the park
  • 霊園 【レイエン】 (garden) cemetery, park-style cemetery, memorial park
  • 外苑 【ガイエン】 outer garden
  • 紫苑 【シオン】 aster (Aster tataricus), Tartarian aster, Michaelmas daisy
  • 鹿野苑 【ロクヤオン】 Magadaava (where Buddha delivered his first sermon), The Deer Park

Kun reading compounds

  • 園 【その】 garden, orchard, park, place, world, environment

Readings

Japanese names:
あや
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yuan4
Korean:
weon

Spanish

  • jardín imperial
  • jardín
  • parque

Portuguese

French

  • jardins (impériaux)
  • parc
  • ferme
  • recueil
3916 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
682 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2212 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2783 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1428 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1926 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1431 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30774X Morohashi
2239 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4996 New Nelson (John Haig)
1419 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1523 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1956 2001 Kanji
3k5.17 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
4421.2 Four corner code
1-17-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
82d1 Unicode hex code