Jisho

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半

5 strokes
Radical:
ten, complete 十
Parts:
｜ 二 并 十
half, middle, odd number, semi-, part-
Kun:
なか.ば
On:
ハン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
224 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 半 【ハン】 half, semi-, partial, half-past, odd number, han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
  • 半額 【ハンガク】 half the amount (of money), half price, half fare
  • 四畳半 【ヨジョウハン】 four and a half tatami mats, four-and-a-half-mat room, small room esp. for assignations
  • 過半 【カハン】 the greater part

Kun reading compounds

  • 半ば 【なかば】 middle, halfway, midway, half (of), one half, half (e.g. done, jokingly), partly, in part, partially, mostly, almost, nearly
  • 半ば過ぎ 【なかばすぎ】 beyond the middle

Readings

Japanese names:
は
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ban4
Korean:
ban

Spanish

  • mitad
  • medio
  • incompleto
  • semi-
  • semi
  • a medias
  • en parte

Portuguese

  • metade
  • médio
  • número ímpar
  • semi-
  • parte-

French

  • moitié
  • demi
  • milieu
  • nombre impair
129 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
214 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
195 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
224 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
132 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
150 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
28 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
213 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
88 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
88 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
159 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
243 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4313 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2182 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2936 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1210 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2707X Morohashi
3501 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
608 New Nelson (John Haig)
1202 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1286 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
324 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
113 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1055 2001 Kanji
0a5.24 The Kanji Dictionary
4-5-3 SKIP code
9050.0 Four corner code
1-40-30 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
534a Unicode hex code

島

10 strokes
Radical:
mountain 山
Parts:
山 白 鳥
Variants:
嶋 嶌 嶹
island
Kun:
しま
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
245 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 島 【トウ】 Island, insula, island, islet
  • 島国 【シマグニ】 island country
  • 千島列島 【チシマレットウ】 Kurile Islands
  • 列島 【レットウ】 archipelago, chain of islands

Kun reading compounds

  • 島 【しま】 island, one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.), one's turf
  • 島国 【しまぐに】 island country
  • 千島 【ちしま】 Kurile Islands
  • 広島 【ひろしま】 Hiroshima (city, prefecture)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dao3
Korean:
do

Spanish

  • isla

Portuguese

  • ilha

French

  • île
292 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
380 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
358 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
173 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
230 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
183 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
489 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1522 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
286 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
286 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
455 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
543 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4103 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2081 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2820 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1967 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8108 Morohashi
3310 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1476 New Nelson (John Haig)
1948 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2098 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
379 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
362 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
852 2001 Kanji
3o7.9 The Kanji Dictionary
3-7-3 SKIP code
4-10-4 SKIP code
2772.7 Four corner code
1-37-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5cf6 Unicode hex code

超

12 strokes
Radical:
run 走 (赱)
Parts:
刀 口 土 走
transcend, super-, ultra-
Kun:
こ.える、 こ.す
On:
チョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
597 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 超 【チョウ】 super-, ultra-, hyper-, extreme, extremely, really, totally, absolutely, over, more than
  • 超音波 【チョウオンパ】 ultrasonic waves, ultrasound
  • 出超 【シュッチョウ】 excess of exports, favorable balance of trade, favourable balance of trade
  • 入超 【ニュウチョウ】 excess of imports

Kun reading compounds

  • 越える 【こえる】 to cross over, to cross, to pass through, to pass over (out of), to go beyond, to go past, to exceed, to surpass, to be more (than)
  • 越す 【こす】 to cross over (e.g. mountain), to go across, to get over (e.g. hardship), to pass time (e.g. a winter), to surpass, to be better than, to exceed, to move house, to go, to come

Readings

Japanese names:
まさる、 わたる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chao1
Korean:
cho

Spanish

  • trascender
  • sobresalir
  • super-
  • sobrepasar

Portuguese

  • transcender
  • ótimo
  • ultra-
  • super-

French

  • dépasser
  • super-
  • sur-
1594 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1006 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4543 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1051 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
933 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1816 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1000 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1037 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1074 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1757 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4107 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2084 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2824 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
391 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
37096 Morohashi
3313 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5852 New Nelson (John Haig)
385 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
411 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1589 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1470 2001 Kanji
3b9.18 The Kanji Dictionary
3-7-5 SKIP code
4780.6 Four corner code
1-36-22 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8d85 Unicode hex code

深

11 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
儿 冖 汁 木
deep, heighten, intensify, strengthen
Kun:
ふか.い、 -ぶか.い、 ふか.まる、 ふか.める、 み-
On:
シン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
484 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 深刻 【シンコク】 serious, severe, grave, acute
  • 深海 【シンカイ】 deep sea, depths of the sea, ocean depths
  • 以深 【イシン】 ... or deeper, ... and below
  • 海深 【カイシン】 depth of the sea

Kun reading compounds

  • 深い 【ふかい】 deep, profound, dense, thick, close (relationship), intense, strong, late
  • 深入り 【ふかいり】 getting deeply involved, going deeply into, going too far (into something)
  • 深まる 【ふかまる】 to deepen, to heighten, to intensify
  • 深める 【ふかめる】 to deepen, to heighten, to intensify

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shen1
Korean:
sim

Spanish

  • profundo
  • hondo
  • profundizar
  • profundizar en

Portuguese

  • fundo
  • aumentar
  • intensificar
  • fortalecer

French

  • profond
  • augmenter
  • intensifier
  • renforcer
258 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
342 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
325 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
552 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2606 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
593 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
690 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1341 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
536 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
545 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
121 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1212 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
636 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
385 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
480 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1339 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17687 Morohashi
524 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3206 New Nelson (John Haig)
1328 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1426 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
424 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
377 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
364 2001 Kanji
3a8.21 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
3719.4 Four corner code
1-31-28 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6df1 Unicode hex code

度

9 strokes
Radical:
house on cliff 广
Parts:
一 又 广 凵
degrees, occurrence, time, counter for occurrences, consider, attitude
Kun:
たび、 -た.い
On:
ド、 ト、 タク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
110 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 度 【ド】 degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.), counter for occurrences, strength (of glasses), glasses prescription, alcohol content (percentage), alcohol by volume, extent, degree, limit, presence of mind, composure
  • 度 【ド】 precisely, exactly, plumb, totally, very much, damn, stupid, cursed
  • 重度 【ジュウド】 severe (illness, disability, etc.), serious
  • 濃度 【ノウド】 concentration, density, cardinality
  • 法度 【ハット】 ban, prohibition, taboo, something forbidden, law, ordinance (esp. in the middle ages)
  • ご法度 【ゴハット】 forbidden, prohibited, banned, taboo
  • 忖度 【ソンタク】 surmise (about someone's feelings), guess, conjecture, (showing) deference (to), consideration (of someone's wishes), servility
  • 臆度 【オクタク】 guessing, speculation, supposition, hypothesis

Kun reading compounds

  • 度 【たび】 time (three times, each time, etc.), times
  • 度数 【どすう】 frequency, number of times, incidence, degree (e.g. temperature), strength (e.g. alcohol, lens, etc.)
  • 中度 【なかたび】 midway (through), halfway
  • 千度 【せんど】 thousand times

Readings

Japanese names:
のり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
du4, duo2, duo4
Korean:
do, tag

Spanish

  • grado
  • vez
  • veces

Portuguese

  • graus
  • ocorrência
  • tempo
  • sufixo para contagem de para ocorrências

French

  • degré
  • occurrence
  • fois
  • compteur d'occurrences
288 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
377 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
356 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
83 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1511 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
252 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
165 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1009 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.6 Japanese for Busy People
377 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
378 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
333 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
588 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3844 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1974 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2670 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1202 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9313 Morohashi
3100 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1616 New Nelson (John Haig)
1194 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1278 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
72 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
340 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
567 2001 Kanji
3q6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-6 SKIP code
3-3-5 SKIP code
0024.7 Four corner code
1-37-57 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5ea6 Unicode hex code

掘

11 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
｜ 尸 山 扎 凵
dig, delve, excavate
Kun:
ほ.る
On:
クツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1257 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 採掘 【サイクツ】 mining, digging, working (a mine)
  • 盗掘 【トウクツ】 illegal digging, illegal mining, grave robbing, tomb robbing

Kun reading compounds

  • 掘る 【ほる】 to dig, to excavate, to hollow, to delve into, to dig up (e.g. vegetables), (for two men) to have anal sex

Readings

Japanese names:
ぼり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jue2
Korean:
gul, gweol

Spanish

  • cavar
  • excavar
  • taladrar
  • hurgar en

Portuguese

  • cavar
  • cova
  • escavar

French

  • creuser
  • fouiller
  • déterrer
1189 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1276 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1943 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1265 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
576 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1803 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1941 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1259 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
897 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
601 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
364 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
454 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1070 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12264 Morohashi
496 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2204 New Nelson (John Haig)
1061 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1141 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1438 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1376 2001 Kanji
3c8.32 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
5707.2 Four corner code
1-23-01 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6398 Unicode hex code

削

9 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
刈 尚 月
plane, sharpen, whittle, pare, shave
Kun:
けず.る、 はつ.る、 そ.ぐ
On:
サク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
814 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 削除 【サクジョ】 deletion, elimination, erasure, striking out
  • 削減 【サクゲン】 cut, reduction, curtailment
  • 掘削 【クッサク】 digging out, excavation
  • 開削 【カイサク】 excavation, cutting, digging

Kun reading compounds

  • 削る 【けずる】 to shave (wood, leather, etc.), to sharpen (e.g. pencil), to plane, to whittle, to pare, to scrape off, to erode, to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.), to curtail, to reduce, to delete, to erase, to remove, to cross out, to strike out
  • 削る 【はつる】 to shave off (esp. concrete), to take a percentage, to take a cut
  • 削ぐ 【そぐ】 to chip (off), to shave off, to slice off, to cut off, to sharpen, to dampen (one's enthusiasm, interest, etc.), to reduce, to diminish, to weaken, to spoil

Readings

Japanese names:
げ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xue1, xiao1, xue4
Korean:
sag

Spanish

  • cepillo
  • cepillar
  • tallar
  • modelar

Portuguese

  • Avião
  • afiar
  • descascar
  • aparar

French

  • raboter
  • tailler
  • affiler
  • réduire
  • parer
  • supprimer
1298 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1453 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
690 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1164 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1092 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1611 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1718 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1320 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
195 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1837 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
972 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1316 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
119 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2000X Morohashi
1448 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
488 New Nelson (John Haig)
118 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
124 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1233 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1043 2001 Kanji
2f7.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-2 SKIP code
9220.0 Four corner code
1-26-79 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
524a Unicode hex code

坑

7 strokes
Radical:
earth 土
Parts:
亠 几 土
pit, hole
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2040 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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  • 坑 【コウ】 pit (esp. of a mine)
  • 坑口 【コウコウ】 pithead, minehead
  • 廃坑 【ハイコウ】 closure of a mine, abandoned mine, disused mine
  • 開坑 【カイコウ】 opening of mine

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
keng1
Korean:
gaeng

Spanish

  • hoyo
  • agujero
  • caverna
  • mina

Portuguese

  • buraco
  • furo

French

  • mine
  • fosse
  • trou
1245 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1853 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1063 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1524 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1148 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1613 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1721 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1928 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
369 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
277 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
174 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
208 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
312 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4932 Morohashi
236 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
987 New Nelson (John Haig)
306 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
328 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1108 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1457 2001 Kanji
3b4.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-4 SKIP code
4011.7 Four corner code
1-25-03 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5751 Unicode hex code