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友

4 strokes
Radical:
right hand 又
Parts:
一 ノ 又
friend
Kun:
とも
On:
ユウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
622 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 友 【ユウ】 friend, affection (for siblings)
  • 友愛 【ユウアイ】 fraternity, friendship
  • 戦友 【センユウ】 comrade in arms, war buddy, fellow soldier
  • 盟友 【メイユウ】 sworn friend

Kun reading compounds

  • 友 【とも】 friend, companion, comrade, pal, accompaniment, companion (e.g. book), complement, accessory
  • 友達 【ともだち】 friend, companion
  • リア友 【リアとも】 real-life friend (as opposed to online friend)
  • 酒のお供 【さけのおとも】 appetizer or snack served with drinks, accompaniment to an (alcoholic) drink

Readings

Japanese names:
う、 ど、 ゆ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
you3
Korean:
u

Spanish

  • amigo
  • compañero

Portuguese

  • amigo

French

  • ami
145 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
234 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
214 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
543 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
858 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
158 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
30 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
70 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.18 Japanese for Busy People
264 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
264 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
79 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
268 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3670 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1873 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2553 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
711 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3119 Morohashi
2952 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
672 New Nelson (John Haig)
704 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
760 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
451 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
104 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1467 2001 Kanji
2h2.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-2 SKIP code
4-4-4 SKIP code
4004.7 Four corner code
1-45-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
53cb Unicode hex code

達

12 strokes (also 11)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
并 込 土 王 羊
Variants:
逹
accomplished, reach, arrive, attain
Kun:
-たち
On:
タツ、 ダ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
500 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 達人 【タツジン】 master, expert
  • 達意 【タツイ】 lucidity, intelligibility, perspicuity
  • 通達 【ツウタツ】 notification, official notice, directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration), being well versed (in), being proficient (in)
  • 御用達 【ゴヨウタシ】 purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.), company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele
  • 達 【ダチ】 friend
  • 達頼喇嘛 【ダライラマ】 Dalai Lama
  • 重炭酸曹達 【ジュウタンサンソウダ】 sodium bicarbonate, baking soda

Readings

Japanese names:
かつ、 さと、 て、 てつ、 とおる、 みち
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
da2
Korean:
dal

Spanish

  • realizar
  • alcanzar
  • llegar

Portuguese

  • efetuar
  • alcançar
  • chegar
  • atingir

French

  • suffixe pluriel
  • accompli
  • atteindre
  • aboutir
465 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
568 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
541 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
525 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4721 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
391 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
964 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1810 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
448 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
455 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
384 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
708 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3893 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2005 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2706 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
558 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39011P Morohashi
3139 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6088 New Nelson (John Haig)
552 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
591 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
154 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
594 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1455 2001 Kanji
2q9.8 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-9 SKIP code
3430.4 Four corner code
1-35-03 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9054 Unicode hex code

申

5 strokes
Radical:
field 田
Parts:
｜ 日 田
have the honor to, sign of the monkey, 3-5PM, ninth sign of Chinese zodiac
Kun:
もう.す、 もう.し-、 さる
On:
シン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
492 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 申請 【シンセイ】 application, request, petition
  • 申告 【シンコク】 report, return (e.g. tax), statement, declaration, notification, filing
  • 上申 【ジョウシン】 report to a superior
  • 具申 【グシン】 offering a full report to a superior

Kun reading compounds

  • 申す 【もうす】 to say, to be called, to do
  • 申すまでもなく 【もうすまでもなく】 needless to say, obviously, of course
  • 申 【さる】 the Monkey (ninth sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Monkey (around 4pm, 3-5pm, or 4-6pm), west-southwest, 7th month of the lunar calendar
  • 猿楽 【さるがく】 sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries), noh, fooling around
  • 庚申 【かのえさる】 Metal Monkey (57th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1920, 1980, 2040), Shōmen Kongō (deity), kōshin-machi (religious wake)
  • 甲申 【きのえさる】 Wood Monkey (21st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1944, 2004, 2064)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shen1
Korean:
sin

Spanish

  • decir
  • tener el honor de

Portuguese

  • tem a honra para

French

  • dire (humble)
  • s'appeler (humble)
  • j'ai l'honneur de
  • signe de la 9ème branche terrestre
  • signe du Singe (zodiaque)
  • 15 h à 17 h
254 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
338 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
322 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
347 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
93 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
204 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
740 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
185 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.9 Japanese for Busy People
309 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
309 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
585 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1332 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4319 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2186 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2942 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1126 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21726 Morohashi
3507 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3726 New Nelson (John Haig)
1117 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1198 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
253 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1655 2001 Kanji
0a5.39 The Kanji Dictionary
4-5-3 SKIP code
5000.6 Four corner code
1-31-29 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7533 Unicode hex code

請

15 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
二 亠 土 月 言 青
solicit, invite, ask
Kun:
こ.う、 う.ける
On:
セイ、 シン、 ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
524 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 請求 【セイキュウ】 claim, demand, charge, application, request, billing (for a service)
  • 請願 【セイガン】 petition
  • 招請 【ショウセイ】 invitation
  • 懇請 【コンセイ】 appeal, entreaty, request
  • 普請 【フシン】 building, construction, group effort by Buddhist practitioners, group activities by a community (e.g. cleaning, etc.)
  • 安普請 【ヤスブシン】 cheap structure (e.g. of houses)
  • 請 【ショウ】 request, invitation, privilege in criminal law given to nobles of the fifth rank or above (ritsuryō system)
  • 招待 【ショウタイ】 invitation
  • 招請 【ショウセイ】 invitation
  • 拝請 【ハイショウ】 humbly inviting

Kun reading compounds

  • 乞う 【こう】 to beg, to ask, to request, to invite, to pray, to wish
  • 乞うご期待 【こうごきたい】 don't miss it, stay tuned, coming soon, look forward to it
  • 受ける 【うける】 to receive, to get, to catch (e.g. a ball), to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.), to sustain (damage), to incur (a loss), to suffer (an injury), to feel (influence), to undergo (e.g. surgery), to take (a test), to accept (a challenge), to be given (e.g. life, talent), to find funny, to find humorous, to be amused (by), to follow, to succeed, to be descended from, to face (south, etc.), to be modified by, to obtain (a pawned item, etc.) by paying a fee, to be well-received, to become popular, to go down well

Readings

Japanese names:
うけ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qing3
Korean:
cheong

Spanish

  • solicitar
  • pedir
  • rogar
  • tomar el control
  • recibir

Portuguese

  • solicitar
  • convidar
  • perguntar

French

  • solliciter
  • inviter
  • demander
1479 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
657 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4390 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1190 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1759 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2323 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
661 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
672 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
878 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1695 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1983 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1060 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1426 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1550 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35640P Morohashi
1576 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5645 New Nelson (John Haig)
1536 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1656 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1799 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3046 2001 Kanji
7a8.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-8 SKIP code
0562.7 Four corner code
1-32-33 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8acb Unicode hex code