Jisho

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名

6 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
口 夕
name, noted, distinguished, reputation
Kun:
な、 -な
On:
メイ、 ミョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
177 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 名 【メイ】 counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such), first name, famous, great, name, noun
  • 名画 【メイガ】 famous picture, masterpiece (painting), excellent film, film classic
  • 同名 【ドウメイ】 same name, homonym
  • 芸名 【ゲイメイ】 stage name
  • 名目 【メイモク】 name, title, appellation, (something) nominal, (under the) pretext (of), pretense
  • 苗字 【ミョウジ】 surname, family name, last name
  • 仮名 【カメイ】 alias, pseudonym, pen name, nom de plume
  • 同名 【ドウメイ】 same name, homonym

Kun reading compounds

  • 名 【な】 name, given name, title, fame, renown, reputation, pretext, pretense, justification, appearance
  • 名残 【なごり】 remains, traces, vestiges, relics, (the sorrow of) parting, end
  • 仮名 【かめい】 alias, pseudonym, pen name, nom de plume
  • 【カタカナ】 katakana, angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords

Readings

Japanese names:
と
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ming2
Korean:
myeong

Spanish

  • nombre
  • célebre
  • distinguido
  • reputación

Portuguese

  • nome
  • fama
  • distinção
  • reputação

French

  • nom
  • célèbre
  • fameux
  • réputation
140 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
55 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
71 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
116 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1170 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
131 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
34 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
346 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
82 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
82 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
82 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
285 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2693 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1371 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1857 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
113 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3297 Morohashi
2169 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
716 New Nelson (John Haig)
112 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
117 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
140 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
53 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2577 2001 Kanji
3d3.12 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-3 SKIP code
4-6-1 SKIP code
3-3-3 SKIP code
2760.0 Four corner code
1-44-30 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
540d Unicode hex code

辞

13 strokes
Radical:
bitter 辛
Parts:
十 口 立 舌 辛
Variants:
辭 辝 辤
resign, word, term, expression
Kun:
や.める、 いな.む
On:
ジ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
633 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 辞 【ジ】 address (e.g. opening or closing remarks), speech, words, ci (Chinese literary form), ancillary word
  • 辞意 【ジイ】 intention to resign
  • 弔辞 【チョウジ】 message of condolence, memorial address
  • 修辞 【シュウジ】 figure of speech, rhetorical flourish

Kun reading compounds

  • 辞める 【やめる】 to resign, to retire, to quit, to leave (one's job, etc.)
  • 否む 【いなむ】 to refuse, to decline, to deny

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ci2
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • renuncia
  • dimisión
  • palabra
  • discurso
  • retirarse
  • abandonar

Portuguese

  • pedir demissão
  • palavra
  • termo
  • expressão

French

  • démission
  • mot
  • terme
  • expression
626 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
528 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
500 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
868 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3860 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
594 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
945 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1918 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
688 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
701 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
931 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1785 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1726 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
922 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1245 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1511 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38638 Morohashi
1364 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6000 New Nelson (John Haig)
1497 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1613 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
605 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2255 2001 Kanji
5b8.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-7 SKIP code
2064.1 Four corner code
1-28-13 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8f9e Unicode hex code

矛

5 strokes
Radical:
spear 矛
Parts:
マ 矛
halberd, arms, festival float
Kun:
ほこ
On:
ム、 ボウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1538 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 矛盾 【ムジュン】 contradiction, inconsistency
  • 矛盾原理 【ムジュンゲンリ】 principle of contradiction, law of contradiction

Kun reading compounds

  • 矛 【ほこ】 long-handled Chinese spear, lance, pike, weapon, arms, grip of a bow, parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
  • 矛先 【ほこさき】 point of a spear, spearhead, focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.), aim, target, brunt, force (of an argument), edge
  • 銅矛 【どうほこ】 bronze hoko, bronze halberd, bronze spearhead
  • 鎚矛 【つちほこ】 mace

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mao2
Korean:
mo

Spanish

  • alabarda
  • armas

Portuguese

  • alabarda
  • armas
  • carro alegórico

French

  • hallebarde
  • armes
  • char de festival
1843 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1672 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3164 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1813 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1565 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
150 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
773 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
787 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
955 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1392 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2501 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1266 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1732 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1233 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23846 Morohashi
2008 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3974 New Nelson (John Haig)
1225 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1311 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1054 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3553 2001 Kanji
0a5.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-3 SKIP code
2-3-2 SKIP code
1722.2 Four corner code
1-44-23 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
77db Unicode hex code

盾

9 strokes
Radical:
eye 目
Parts:
十 厂 斤 目
shield, escutcheon, pretext
Kun:
たて
On:
ジュン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1476 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 相矛盾 【アイムジュン】 mutually contradictory
  • 形容矛盾 【ケイヨウムジュン】 contradictio in adjecto, contradiction between an adjective and the noun it modifies (wooden iron, hot ice, etc.)

Kun reading compounds

  • 盾 【たて】 shield, buckler, escutcheon, pretext
  • 楯突く 【たてつく】 to defy, to disobey, to rebel against, to oppose, to resist
  • 人間の盾 【にんげんのたて】 human shield
  • 円盾 【まるたて】 round shield, buckler

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dun4, shun3
Korean:
sun, don

Spanish

  • escudo
  • pretexto

Portuguese

  • escudo
  • brasão
  • escusa

French

  • bouclier
  • écu
  • prétexte
1375 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1640 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
215 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1814 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1559 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
984 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
772 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
786 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
956 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1381 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3729 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1907 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2590 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1870 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23171 Morohashi
3006 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3912 New Nelson (John Haig)
1853 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1997 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1286 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2679 2001 Kanji
5c4.8 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-7 SKIP code
3-4-5 SKIP code
7226.4 Four corner code
1-29-66 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
76fe Unicode hex code