Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
right hand
Parts:
uncle, youth
On:
シュク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1950 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 叔母 【オバ】 aunt
  • 叔父 【オジ】 uncle
  • 伯叔 【ハクシュク】 brothers, one's father's brothers

Readings

Japanese names:
よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu1, shu2
Korean:
sug

Spanish

  • tío
  • tía

Portuguese

  • tio
  • juventude

French

  • oncle
  • tante
  • frère ou soeur cadets des parents
1367 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1994 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
861 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1445 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1121 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
649 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1667 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1782 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1766 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
271 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1622 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
852 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1168 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
725 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3154 Morohashi
1272 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
677 New Nelson (John Haig)
718 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
775 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1158 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1267 2001 Kanji
2h6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-2 SKIP code
2794.0 Four corner code
1-29-39 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
53d4 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
one
Parts:
Variants:
generation, world, society, public
Kun:
On:
セイソウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
135 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 世 【セイ】 counter for generations, epoch
  • 世紀 【セイキ】 century, era, of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
  • 近世 【キンセイ】 recent past, recent times, early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)
  • 創世 【ソウセイ】 creation of the world
  • 世 【セイ】 counter for generations, epoch
  • 世紀 【セイキ】 century, era, of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
  • 夜店 【ヨミセ】 night stall, night shop, night fair
  • 救世 【キュウセイ】 salvation

Kun reading compounds

  • 世 【よ】 world, society, public, life, lifetime, age, era, period, epoch, generation, reign, rule, the times, world (of existence)
  • 世の中 【よのなか】 society, the world, the times
  • 千代 【ちよ】 thousand years, very long period, forever
  • 君が代 【きみがよ】 Imperial reign, Kimigayo (Japanese national anthem)

Readings

Japanese names:
とし、 ゆ、 ゆき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi4
Korean:
se

Spanish

  • generación
  • mundo
  • edad

Portuguese

  • geração
  • mundo
  • sociedade
  • pública

French

  • génération
  • monde
  • société
  • public
263 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
344 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
327 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
152 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
95 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
177 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
105 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
335 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
252 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
252 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
156 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
13 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4308 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2178 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2932 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
28 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
31 Morohashi
3496 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
20 New Nelson (John Haig)
28 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
28 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
81 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
254 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1975 2001 Kanji
0a5.37 The Kanji Dictionary
4-5-2 SKIP code
4-4-4 SKIP code
4-5-4 SKIP code
4-4-2 SKIP code
4471.7 Four corner code
1-32-04 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e16 Unicode hex code