Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
call, call out to, invite
Kun:
よ.ぶ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
498 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 呼吸 【コキュウ】 breathing, respiration, knack, trick, secret (of doing something), harmony, balance, synchronization, accord, short interval, short pause
  • 呼応 【コオウ】 hailing each other, acting in concert, responding (to), sympathizing (with), agreement, concord
  • 連呼 【レンコ】 calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name), pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
  • 点呼 【テンコ】 roll-call, muster

Kun reading compounds

  • 呼ぶ 【よぶ】 to call out (to), to call, to invoke, to summon (a doctor, etc.), to invite, to designate, to name, to brand, to garner (support, etc.), to gather, to take as one's wife
  • 呼子鳥 【よぶこどり】 calling bird (esp. a cuckoo)

Readings

Japanese names:
よぶ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hu1
Korean:
ho

Spanish

  • llamar
  • aspirar

Portuguese

  • chamada
  • chamar para
  • convidar

French

  • appeler
  • inviter
867 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
856 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
640 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
914 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1000 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
410 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
571 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1254 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1325 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
197 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
301 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
324 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
205 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
246 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1497 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3471 Morohashi
273 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
769 New Nelson (John Haig)
1485 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1597 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
862 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3747 2001 Kanji
3d5.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
6204.9 Four corner code
1-24-38 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
547c Unicode hex code

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

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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

15 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
Variants:
utensil, vessel, receptacle, implement, instrument, ability, container, tool, set
Kun:
うつわ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
525 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 器 【キ】 device, instrument, vessel, container, ability, capacity, calibre, caliber
  • 機械 【キカイ】 machine, mechanism, instrument, appliance, apparatus
  • 呼吸器 【コキュウキ】 respiratory organs
  • 化学兵器 【カガクヘイキ】 chemical weapon

Kun reading compounds

  • 器 【うつわ】 bowl, vessel, container, ability, capacity, calibre, caliber
  • 器物 【きぶつ】 receptacle, container, vessel, utensil, implement, furniture, personal property, calibre, talent, ability
  • 横綱の器 【よこづなのうつわ】 mental characteristics expected of a grand champion

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi4
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • utensilio
  • vasija
  • receptáculo
  • envase
  • caldera

Portuguese

  • utensilio
  • vasol
  • receptaculo
  • implementar
  • instrumento
  • capacidade
  • recipiente
  • ferramenta
  • conjunto

French

  • ustensile
  • récipient
  • instrument
  • appareil
  • capacité
  • outil
  • service (de table)
372 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
475 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
452 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
483 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
994 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
398 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
419 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2378 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
527 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
536 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
682 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
334 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3367 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1742 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2368 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
122 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4349P Morohashi
2713 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
898 New Nelson (John Haig)
121 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
127 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
624 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3777 2001 Kanji
3d12.13 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-9 SKIP code
4-15-1 SKIP code
6666.3 Four corner code
1-20-79 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5668 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
sickness
Parts:
rapidly
Kun:
はや.い
On:
シツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1577 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 疾雷 【シツライ】 sudden and violent thunder
  • 癈疾 【ハイシツ】 disablement
  • 廃疾 【ハイシツ】 disablement, disability

Kun reading compounds

  • 早い 【はやい】 fast, quick, rapid, swift, speedy, brisk, prompt, early, soon, earlier than usual, premature, too soon, too early, easy, simple, quick, fast, as soon as ..., the moment ..., the instant ...

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji2
Korean:
jil

Spanish

  • enfermedad
  • enfermar
  • rápido
  • violento

Portuguese

  • ligeiramente

French

  • rapide
  • maladie
1331 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1724 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3041 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1789 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1544 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1812 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1954 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1736 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1349 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4064 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2061 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2793 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1702 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
22112 Morohashi
3279 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3797 New Nelson (John Haig)
1686 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1819 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1368 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
563 2001 Kanji
5i5.12 The Kanji Dictionary
3-5-5 SKIP code
0013.4 Four corner code
1-28-32 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
75be Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
afflicted, disease, suffer from, be ill
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
796 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 患者 【カンジャ】 patient
  • 患部 【カンブ】 affected part, diseased part, wound
  • 疾患 【シッカン】 disease, illness, disorder, condition, ailment
  • 病患 【ビョウカン】 sickness, disease

Kun reading compounds

  • 患う 【わずらう】 to be ill, to suffer from

Readings

Japanese names:
くろ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
huan4
Korean:
hwan

Spanish

  • aflicción
  • ansiedad
  • enfermedad
  • sufrir de
  • estar enfermo

Portuguese

  • aflição
  • doença
  • sofrer de
  • estar mal

French

  • maladie
  • affection
  • souffrir de
  • patient
1101 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1138 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1697 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1206 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1299 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1315 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1395 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1367 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
786 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3415 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1760 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2395 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
611 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10691 Morohashi
2747 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1871 New Nelson (John Haig)
604 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
650 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1431 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1658 2001 Kanji
4k7.18 The Kanji Dictionary
2-7-4 SKIP code
5033.6 Four corner code
1-20-21 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
60a3 Unicode hex code