Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
Variants:
lips
Kun:
くちびる
On:
シン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1992 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 唇音 【シンオン】 labial sound
  • 唇音化 【シンオンカ】 labialization
  • 下唇 【シタクチビル】 lower lip
  • 上唇 【ウワクチビル】 upper lip, labrum

Kun reading compounds

  • 唇 【くちびる】 lip, lips
  • 唇を奪う 【くちびるをうばう】 to steal a kiss, to snatch a kiss
  • 上唇 【うわくちびる】 upper lip, labrum
  • 下唇 【したくちびる】 lower lip

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chun2
Korean:
jin

Spanish

  • labios

Portuguese

  • Lábios

French

  • lèvres
1435 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1929 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4654 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1134 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1737 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1859 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1794 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
290 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3401 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1752 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2385 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2032 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3697 Morohashi
2737 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
807 New Nelson (John Haig)
2013 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2169 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1316 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3377 2001 Kanji
3d7.12 The Kanji Dictionary
2-7-3 SKIP code
7160.3 Four corner code
1-31-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5507 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
gate
Parts:
Variants:
closed, shut
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
951 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 閉鎖 【ヘイサ】 closing, closure, shutdown, lockout
  • 閉会 【ヘイカイ】 closure (of a ceremony, event, meeting, etc.)
  • 開閉 【カイヘイ】 opening and shutting, opening and closing
  • 幽閉 【ユウヘイ】 confinement, imprisonment, incarceration

Kun reading compounds

  • 閉じる 【とじる】 to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.), to shut
  • 閉ざす 【とざす】 to shut, to close, to fasten, to lock, to block (a street, entrance, etc.), to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.), to shut off, to cut off, to cover (e.g. in darkness), to consume (with negative feelings), to fill (e.g. with sadness), to bury (e.g. in grief)
  • 閉める 【しめる】 to close, to shut
  • 閉まる 【しまる】 to be shut, to close, to be closed, to be firm (of a body, face, etc.), to be well-knit, to be locked, to tighten, to be tightened, to become sober, to become tense
  • 閉てる 【たてる】 to shut, to close

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bi4
Korean:
pye

Spanish

  • cerrar
  • finalizar
  • dejar de hacer
  • guardar

Portuguese

  • fechado
  • fechar

French

  • fermer
  • clore
979 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
968 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1143 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4945 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
900 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
981 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2.16 Japanese for Busy People
397 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
401 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
216 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1839 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4116 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2090 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2832 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1637 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41222 Morohashi
3319 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6385 New Nelson (John Haig)
1623 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1751 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
931 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3847 2001 Kanji
8e3.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-8-3 SKIP code
7724.7 Four corner code
1-42-36 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9589 Unicode hex code