Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
Variants:
chant, recite, call upon, yell
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1123 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 唱和 【ショウワ】 cheering in chorus, saying in unison
  • 唱歌 【ショウカ】 singing, song, music class (at pre-WWII schools), song for music classes
  • 斉唱 【セイショウ】 singing in unison, chanting in unison
  • 主唱 【シュショウ】 advocacy, promotion

Kun reading compounds

  • 唱える 【となえる】 to recite, to chant, to cry, to yell, to shout, to advocate, to advance, to preach, to insist

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chang4
Korean:
chang

Spanish

  • cantar
  • recitar

Portuguese

  • canto
  • recital
  • gritar

French

  • chant
  • choeur
  • réciter
  • invoquer
  • hurlement
430 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
538 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
508 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1062 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
941 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
814 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1137 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1284 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1646 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1759 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1809 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
306 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
555 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
338 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
418 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
21 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3765 Morohashi
462 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
829 New Nelson (John Haig)
21 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
21 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
568 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3778 2001 Kanji
3d8.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
6606.0 Four corner code
1-30-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5531 Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
lack, yawn
Parts:
song, sing
Kun:
うたうた.う
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
519 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 歌劇 【カゲキ】 opera
  • 歌曲 【カキョク】 melody, tune, song
  • 演歌 【エンカ】 enka, traditional-style Japanese popular ballad, troubadour
  • 和歌 【ワカ】 waka, classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae

Kun reading compounds

  • 歌 【うた】 song, singing, classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka), modern poetry
  • 歌合 【うたあわせ】 poetry contest
  • 短歌 【たんか】 tanka, 31-mora Japanese poem
  • 替え歌 【かえうた】 parody (of a song), new lyrics to an old melody, song parody
  • 歌う 【うたう】 to sing, to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem, to express in the form of a poem, to recite (a poem)
  • 歌うたい 【うたうたい】 singer, vocalist, nagauta singer (in kabuki), singer of noh chants

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ge1
Korean:
ga

Spanish

  • canción
  • cantar

Portuguese

  • canção
  • cantar

French

  • chanson
  • chanter
166 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
90 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
84 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
478 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2422 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
256 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
201 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2170 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.18 Japanese for Busy People
392 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
395 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
200 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1125 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2296 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1187 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1621 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
480 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16167 Morohashi
1825 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2945 New Nelson (John Haig)
469 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
508 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
486 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
230 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3162 2001 Kanji
4j10.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-10-4 SKIP code
1768.2 Four corner code
1-18-46 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6b4c Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
small bird
Parts:
gather, meet, congregate, swarm, flock
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
210 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 集 【シュウ】 collection, compilation
  • 集荷 【シュウカ】 collection of cargo (esp. produce, etc.), cargo booking
  • 句集 【クシュウ】 collection of haiku poems
  • 歌集 【カシュウ】 collection of waka poems, anthology, songbook

Kun reading compounds

  • 集まる 【あつまる】 to gather, to collect, to assemble
  • 集める 【あつめる】 to collect, to assemble, to gather
  • 集う 【つどう】 to meet, to assemble, to congregate

Readings

Japanese names:
あつまり、 ず
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji2
Korean:
jib

Spanish

  • reunir
  • coleccionar
  • reunirse

Portuguese

  • juntar
  • reunião
  • congregar
  • enxame
  • bando

French

  • rassembler
  • réunir
  • collection
  • grouiller
  • attroupement
243 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
324 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
309 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
168 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5031 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
279 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
272 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1779 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.8 Japanese for Busy People
436 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
442 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
224 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1851 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3445 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1772 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2413 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
566 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41974 Morohashi
2771 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6500 New Nelson (John Haig)
559 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
601 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
224 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
399 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2464 2001 Kanji
8c4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-4 SKIP code
2090.4 Four corner code
1-29-24 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
96c6 Unicode hex code