Jisho

×

5 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
only, free, in addition
Kun:
ただ
On:
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2288 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 只管打坐 【シカンタザ】 shikantaza, meditation practice where one stays intensely focused without focusing on any particular object
  • 只今 【シコン】 just now

Kun reading compounds

  • 只 【ただ】 ordinary, common, usual, free of charge, unaffected, as is, safe, only, merely, just, simply, but, however, nevertheless
  • 只今 【ただいま】 I'm home!, I'm back!, it's me!, now, at present, at the moment, just now, a moment ago, at once, right away, in a minute, shortly, soon

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi3, zhi1
Korean:
ji

Spanish

  • sólo
  • único
  • gratis
  • ordinario
  • común

Portuguese

French

  • le seul
  • gratuit
  • en plus
874 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1943 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
157 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2034 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2677 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1363 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1849 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
53 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3239 Morohashi
2155 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
694 New Nelson (John Haig)
53 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
55 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3761 2001 Kanji
3d2.8 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-2 SKIP code
6080.0 Four corner code
1-34-94 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
53ea Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
old 老 (耂)
Parts:
Variants:
someone, person
Kun:
もの
On:
シャ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
38 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 者 【シャ】 person, -er, expert, geisha, prostitute
  • 芸者 【ゲイシャ】 geisha, professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
  • 加害者 【カガイシャ】 perpetrator, wrong-doer, aggressor, assailant, offender

Kun reading compounds

  • 者 【もの】 person
  • 者ども 【ものども】 you, people
  • 弱き者 【よわきもの】 weak person, the weak
  • 若い者 【わかいもの】 young person, young people, youth, youngsters, young employee, young manservant, young follower

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhe3
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • persona

Portuguese

  • alguém
  • pessoa

French

  • personne
  • quelqu'un
235 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
314 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
298 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
22 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3685 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
56 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
240 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
769 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.6 Japanese for Busy People
164 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
164 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
148 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1578 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3980 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2047 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2765 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1264 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28852 Morohashi
3211 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4698 New Nelson (John Haig)
1256 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1345 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
19 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
302 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1478 2001 Kanji
4c4.13 The Kanji Dictionary
3-4-4 SKIP code
4-8-2 SKIP code
2-4-4 SKIP code
4460.0 Four corner code
1-28-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8005 Unicode hex code