Jisho

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5 strokes
Radical:
divination
Parts:
fortune-telling, divining, forecasting, occupy, hold, have, get, take
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
694 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 占領 【センリョウ】 occupying, having (an area) all to oneself, military occupation, possession, capture, seizure
  • 占拠 【センキョ】 occupation, taking and maintaining exclusive control (of a location)
  • 寡占 【カセン】 oligopoly, control of a market
  • 買い手寡占 【カイテカセン】 oligopsony

Kun reading compounds

  • 占める 【しめる】 to occupy, to hold, to account for, to make up, to take up
  • 占う 【うらなう】 to tell someone's fortune, to divine (the future), to predict, to forecast

Readings

Japanese names:
うら、 しむ、 じめ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhan1, zhan4
Korean:
jeom

Spanish

  • adivinar
  • pronosticar
  • ocupar
  • poseer
  • tomar

Portuguese

  • Ler a sorte
  • advinhar
  • previsão
  • ocupar-se
  • segurar
  • manter
  • obter
  • tomar

French

  • bonne aventure
  • divination
  • prédiction
  • occuper
  • tenir
  • posséder
  • avoir
  • prendre
1491 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
851 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
799 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
985 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
383 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
153 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1706 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1822 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1016 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
250 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2496 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1263 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1729 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
48 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2780 Morohashi
2003 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
624 New Nelson (John Haig)
48 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
49 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
378 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1042 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1277 2001 Kanji
2m3.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-3 SKIP code
2160.0 Four corner code
1-32-74 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5360 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
castle
Kun:
しろ
On:
ジョウセイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
795 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 城 【ジョウ】 castle (in place names), castle, fortress
  • 城内 【ジョウナイ】 inside of a castle, area surrounded by castle walls
  • 荒城 【コウジョウ】 ruined castle
  • 開城 【カイジョウ】 surrender of a castle, surrender of a fortress, capitulation of a stronghold
  • 傾城 【ケイセイ】 beauty, siren, courtesan, prostitute
  • 傾国傾城 【ケイコクケイセイ】 woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty, femme fatale

Kun reading compounds

  • 城 【しろ】 castle
  • 城跡 【しろあと】 castle site, ruins of a castle
  • ハウルの動く城 【ハウルのうごくしろ】 Howl's Moving Castle (2004 animated film)
  • 砂の城 【すなのしろ】 sandcastle, sand castle

Readings

Japanese names:
いく、 がき、 き、 くに、 ぐしく、 ぐすく、 しき、 すく、 ぜい、 たち、 なり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cheng2
Korean:
seong

Spanish

  • castillo

Portuguese

  • Castelo

French

  • château
914 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
903 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
638 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1078 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
886 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
433 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
796 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
720 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
733 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
942 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
374 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
417 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
261 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
312 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
368 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5086P Morohashi
352 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1011 New Nelson (John Haig)
362 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
387 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
884 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1459 2001 Kanji
3b6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
4315.0 Four corner code
1-30-75 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
57ce Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
grain
Parts:
Variants:
rice plant
Kun:
いねいな-
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1038 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 稲架 【ハサ】 drying rice on a rack, rack for drying rice
  • 稲粟 【トウゾク】 rice and millet
  • 水稲 【スイトウ】 wet-land rice
  • 占城稲 【センジョウトウ】 Champa rice
  • 中手 【ナカテ】 mid-season crops, mid-season rice, mid-season vegetables, metacarpus
  • 奥手 【オクテ】 late-growing rice, late-ripening crops, late-blooming flowers, late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late), late bloomer

Kun reading compounds

  • 稲 【いね】 rice plant (Oryza sativa)
  • 稲刈り 【いねかり】 rice reaping, rice harvesting
  • 束稲 【つかいね】 sheaf of rice, bundle of rice plants
  • アフリカ稲 【アフリカいね】 African rice (Oryza glaberrima)

Readings

Japanese names:
いの、 しね、 せ、 な
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dao4
Korean:
do

Spanish

  • planta de arroz

Portuguese

  • planta de arroz

French

  • plant de riz
1656 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
966 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3294 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1293 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1588 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2125 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1220 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1283 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1233 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1443 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1561 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
824 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1129 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
919 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
25187P Morohashi
1219 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4158 New Nelson (John Haig)
910 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
976 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1719 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2278 2001 Kanji
5d9.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-9 SKIP code
2296.9 Four corner code
2296.3 Four corner code
1-16-80 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7a32 Unicode hex code