Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
kneel
Parts:
Variants:
instant, namely, as is, conform, agree, adapt
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1167 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 即 【ソク】 instantly, immediately, at once, equals, means, is, oneness (of two opposing things), inseparability
  • 即位 【ソクイ】 accession to the throne, enthronement
  • 相即 【ソウソク】 coming together and dissolving into oneness, being closely related, being inseparable
  • 即即 【ソクソク】 immediate sex (without taking a shower first)

Kun reading compounds

  • 就く 【つく】 to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.), to assume, to be hired, to be employed, to ascend (the throne), to accede, to start (on a journey), to commence, to depart, to study (under teacher), to be an apprentice
  • 就ける 【つける】 to install (a king, emperor, etc.), to appoint (to a post), to promote, to assign (to study under)
  • 即ち 【すなわち】 that is (to say), namely, i.e., precisely, exactly, just, nothing but, neither more nor less, (and) then

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji2
Korean:
jeug

Spanish

  • a la vez
  • sino
  • enseguida
  • es decir

Portuguese

  • instante
  • a saber
  • como está
  • comformar-se
  • concordar
  • adaptar-se

French

  • instantané
  • c'est-à-dire
  • en l'état
  • se conformer
  • être d'accord
  • être adapté
1534 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1052 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3886 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1678 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1113 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
648 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
463 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
471 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
700 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
253 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1439 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
763 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1036 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1474 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2855 Morohashi
1120 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
633 New Nelson (John Haig)
1462 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1572 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1102 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3844 2001 Kanji
2e5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-2 SKIP code
7772.0 Four corner code
1-34-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5373 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 金 【キン】 gold (metal), gold (color), gold (medal), first place (prize), something of great value, something golden (e.g. silence), money, gold coin, sum (of money), Friday, karat (measure of purity of gold), carat, metal (fourth phase of Wu Xing), Jin dynasty (of China; 1115-1234), Chin dynasty, Jurchen dynasty, gold general, testicles
  • 金色 【キンイロ】 gold (colour, color)
  • 集金 【シュウキン】 money collection
  • 納金 【ノウキン】 payment
  • 金色 【キンイロ】 gold (colour, color)
  • 金剛 【コンゴウ】 vajra (indestructible substance), diamond, adamantine, thunderbolt, Indra's weapon, Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth
  • 鬱金 【ウコン】 turmeric (Curcuma domestica)
  • 葛鬱金 【クズウコン】 arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea)
  • 漉油 【コシアブラ】 Acanthopanax sciadophylloides (species of flowering plant related to the aralias)

Kun reading compounds

  • 金 【かね】 money, metal
  • 金持ち 【かねもち】 rich person, wealthy person
  • 細かい金 【こまかいかね】 small change
  • 汚れた金 【よごれたかね】 dirty money

Readings

Japanese names:
かん、 きむ、 こ、 この、 ん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jin1
Korean:
gim, geum

Spanish

  • oro
  • dinero
  • metal

Portuguese

  • ouro

French

  • or
16 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
18 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
14 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
59 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4815 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
18 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
94 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
664 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
23 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
23 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
21 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1808 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2552 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1302 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1771 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
275 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40152 Morohashi
2057 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6211 New Nelson (John Haig)
269 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
287 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
79 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
72 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2872 2001 Kanji
8a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-6 SKIP code
8010.9 Four corner code
1-22-66 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
91d1 Unicode hex code