Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
contain, include, hold in the mouth, bear in mind, understand, cherish
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
466 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 含有 【ガンユウ】 containing (an ingredient, mineral, etc.)
  • 含蓄 【ガンチク】 implication, significance, connotation, depth of meaning, complications of a problem
  • 内含 【ナイガン】 containing within (it), inclusion, (material) implication, material conditional

Kun reading compounds

  • 含む 【ふくむ】 to contain, to comprise, to have, to hold, to include, to embrace, to hold in the mouth, to bear in mind, to understand, to harbor (grudge, etc.), to harbour, to express (emotion, etc.), to imply
  • 含むところがある 【ふくむところがある】 to harbor ill feeling
  • 含める 【ふくめる】 to include (in a group or scope), to instruct, to make one understand, to include (a nuance), to put in (an implication), to put in (someone's) mouth, to permeate with flavor

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
han2
Korean:
ham

Spanish

  • incluir
  • tener en mente
  • entender
  • comprender
  • tener en la boca
  • contener

Portuguese

  • incluir
  • ter em conta
  • compreender
  • tratar com carinho

French

  • inclure
  • retenir
  • comprendre
  • chérir
1118 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
667 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
402 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1677 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
405 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
453 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1249 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1317 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1290 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
286 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2534 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1288 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1756 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1602 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3350 Morohashi
2041 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
743 New Nelson (John Haig)
1588 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1712 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1103 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2877 2001 Kanji
2a5.25 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-5 SKIP code
2-4-3 SKIP code
2-3-4 SKIP code
8060.2 Four corner code
1-20-62 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
542b Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
dish
Parts:
benefit, gain, profit, advantage
Kun:
ま.す
On:
エキヤク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
674 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 益 【エキ】 benefit, use, good, advantage, gain, profit, gains
  • 益金 【エキキン】 profit
  • 増益 【ゾウエキ】 increased (profit)
  • 公益 【コウエキ】 public interest, public benefit, public good
  • 益 【エキ】 benefit, use, good, advantage, gain, profit, gains
  • 益体もない 【ヤクタイモナイ】 useless, worthless, silly, trivial
  • 現世利益 【ゲンセリヤク】 benefits gained in this world through observance of the Buddhist teachings, happiness gained in this world through observance of the Buddhist teachings

Kun reading compounds

  • 益々 【ますます】 increasingly, more and more, decreasingly (when declining), less and less
  • 増す 【ます】 to increase, to grow

Readings

Japanese names:
まし、 ます
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yi4
Korean:
ig

Spanish

  • beneficio
  • ganancia
  • ventaja
  • provecho

Portuguese

  • benefício
  • ganho
  • lucro
  • vantagem

French

  • bénéfice
  • gain
  • profit
  • avantage
742 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
648 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
619 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
825 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
597 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
631 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1553 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1201 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
716 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
729 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
921 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1370 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2849 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1468 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1978 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1899 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
22972P Morohashi
2285 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3891 New Nelson (John Haig)
1881 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2026 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
707 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
974 2001 Kanji
2o8.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-7 SKIP code
2-5-5 SKIP code
2-2-8 SKIP code
8010.7 Four corner code
1-17-55 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
76ca Unicode hex code