Jisho

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6 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
suck, imbibe, inhale, sip
Kun:
す.う
On:
キュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
1054 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 吸収 【キュウシュウ】 absorption, suction, attraction
  • 吸血鬼 【キュウケツキ】 vampire, bloodsucker
  • 腹式呼吸 【フクシキコキュウ】 diaphragmatic breathing, abdominal breathing
  • 外呼吸 【ガイコキュウ】 external respiration

Kun reading compounds

  • 吸う 【すう】 to smoke, to breathe in, to inhale, to suck, to sip, to slurp, to absorb, to soak up, to kiss

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xi1
Korean:
heub

Spanish

  • aspirar
  • absorber
  • chupar
  • fumar

Portuguese

  • chupar
  • inalar
  • sugar

French

  • aspirer
  • absorber
  • inhaler
  • siroter
849 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
837 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1133 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
885 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1083 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
406 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1256 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1327 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
272 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
296 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
234 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
150 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
179 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
696 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3372P Morohashi
202 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
713 New Nelson (John Haig)
689 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
744 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
843 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3767 2001 Kanji
3d3.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-3 SKIP code
1-3-4 SKIP code
6704.7 Four corner code
1-21-59 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5438 Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
sweat, perspire
Kun:
あせ
On:
カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1502 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 汗 【カン】 khan (medieval ruler of a Tatary tribe)
  • 汗顔 【カンガン】 ashamed
  • 成吉思汗 【ジンギスカン】 jingisukan, grilled mutton and vegetable dish, slotted dome cast iron grill (used for jingisukan)
  • 大汗 【タイカン】 Great Khan, Grand Khan

Kun reading compounds

  • 汗 【あせ】 sweat, perspiration, moisture, condensation, gulp, oops
  • 汗だく 【あせだく】 dripping with sweat, bathed in perspiration
  • 滝汗 【たきあせ】 profuse sweating
  • 手汗 【てあせ】 palm sweat

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
han4, han2
Korean:
han

Spanish

  • sudor
  • transpiración

Portuguese

  • suar
  • transpirar

French

  • sueur
  • transpirer
1094 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1434 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2493 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1328 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
665 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
248 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1188 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1247 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
507 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1159 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
256 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
161 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
194 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1666 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17130 Morohashi
220 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3046 New Nelson (John Haig)
1651 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1780 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1084 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
355 2001 Kanji
3a3.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-3 SKIP code
3114.0 Four corner code
1-20-32 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6c57 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
sex, gender, nature
Kun:
さが
On:
セイショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
104 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 性 【セイ】 nature (of a person), sex, gender, sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.), gender, -ty, -ity, -ness, -cy
  • 性格 【セイカク】 character (of a person), personality, disposition, nature, characteristics, nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
  • 耐性 【タイセイ】 resistance (e.g. to antibiotics), tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
  • 社会性 【シャカイセイ】 sociality
  • 性 【ショウ】 nature, disposition, temperament, character, quality, that which does not change according to external influences
  • 性根 【ショウネ】 nature, character, disposition
  • 冷え性 【ヒエショウ】 sensitivity to cold
  • 凝り性 【コリショウ】 tendency to become totally absorbed in something, monomania, perfectionism, fastidiousness, meticulousness, susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders

Kun reading compounds

  • 性 【さが】 one's nature, one's destiny, custom, tradition, habit, convention

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xing4
Korean:
seong

Spanish

  • sexo
  • género
  • naturaleza
  • temperamento

Portuguese

  • sexo
  • gênero
  • natureza

French

  • sexe
  • genre
  • nature
  • propriétés
645 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
745 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
723 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
199 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1666 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
280 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
535 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
564 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
98 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
98 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
421 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
811 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
357 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
222 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
266 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1572 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10478 Morohashi
299 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1822 New Nelson (John Haig)
1558 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1679 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
119 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
690 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1172 2001 Kanji
4k5.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
1-1-7 SKIP code
9501.0 Four corner code
1-32-13 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6027 Unicode hex code