Jisho

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4 strokes
Radical:
cliff
Parts:
unlucky, misfortune, bad luck, disaster
On:
ヤク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2123 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 厄 【ヤク】 misfortune, bad luck, evil, disaster, unlucky year, critical year, year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky
  • 厄年 【ヤクドシ】 unlucky year, critical year, year (esp. age 25 and 42 for men, 19 and 33 for women) that is considered unlucky (orig. in Onmyōdō), bad year, annus horribilis
  • 災厄 【サイヤク】 calamity, disaster, accident
  • 大厄 【タイヤク】 calamity, disaster, great misfortune, grand climacteric

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
e4
Korean:
aeg

Spanish

  • desgracia
  • mala suerte
  • desastre
  • calamidad
  • abreviatura de año malo

Portuguese

  • infeliz
  • desgraça
  • sorte ruim
  • desaster

French

  • malchance
  • infortune
  • désastre
1859 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1915 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
816 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1829 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1116 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
68 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1341 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1424 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1721 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
257 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3665 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1870 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2550 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1427 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2893 Morohashi
2947 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
646 New Nelson (John Haig)
1415 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1519 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1026 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3356 2001 Kanji
2p2.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-2 SKIP code
7121.2 Four corner code
1-44-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5384 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
sun, day
Parts:
day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Kun:
-び-か
On:
ニチジツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
1 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 日 【ニチ】 Sunday, nth day (of the month), counter for days, Japan
  • 日時 【ニチジ】 date and time (of a meeting, departure, etc.), days and hours
  • 抗日 【コウニチ】 resistance against Japanese aggression, anti-Japanese (campaign, movement, etc.)
  • 在日 【ザイニチ】 resident in Japan (of a foreigner), situated in Japan (e.g. of an embassy), Zainichi, Zainichi Korean, North or South Korean national with permanent residency in Japan (who came to the country before 1945, or a descendant of such a person)
  • 日月 【ジツゲツ】 sun and moon, time, days and months, years, Sunday and Monday
  • 日外 【ジツガイ】 at one time, some time ago, once
  • 両日 【リョウジツ】 both days, two days
  • 三十日 【ミソカ】 last day of the month

Kun reading compounds

  • 日 【ひ】 day, days, sun, sunshine, sunlight, (the) day, daytime, daylight, date, deadline, (past) days, time (e.g. of one's childhood), case (esp. unfortunate), event
  • 日陰 【ひかげ】 shade, shadow, sunshine, sunlight
  • 在りし日 【ありしひ】 past days, bygone days, days of yore, the olden days, while still alive, during one's lifetime
  • あくる日 【あくるひ】 next day, following day

Readings

Japanese names:
あ、 あき、 いる、 く、 くさ、 こう、 す、 たち、 に、 にっ、 につ、 へ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ri4
Korean:
il

Spanish

  • día
  • solar
  • Japón
  • sol
  • rayo de sol

Portuguese

  • dia
  • sol
  • Japão

French

  • jour
  • soleil
  • Japon
  • compteur de jours
11 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
13 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
62 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2097 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
56 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
77 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
5 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
5 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
16 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
963 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3759 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1915 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2606 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
12 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13733 Morohashi
3027 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2410 New Nelson (John Haig)
12 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
12 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
33 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3878 2001 Kanji
4c0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-1 SKIP code
4-4-1 SKIP code
6010.0 Four corner code
1-38-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
65e5 Unicode hex code