Jisho

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商

11 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
亠 儿 并 冂 口 立
make a deal, selling, dealing in, merchant
Kun:
あきな.う
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
413 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 商 【ショウ】 quotient, business, merchant, dealer, second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale), Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE), Yin dynasty
  • 商会 【ショウカイ】 firm, company
  • 年商 【ネンショウ】 yearly (annual) turnover
  • 画商 【ガショウ】 picture dealer, commercial art gallery

Kun reading compounds

  • 商う 【あきなう】 to trade in (commercial goods), to deal in, to sell

Readings

Japanese names:
あき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shang1
Korean:
sang

Spanish

  • trato
  • negociación
  • vender
  • tratar con

Portuguese

  • Fazer um acordo
  • vender
  • comerciante

French

  • commerce
  • affaire
  • vente
  • distributeur
  • marchand
431 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
333 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
317 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
353 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
321 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
293 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
414 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1526 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.11 Japanese for Busy People
412 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
418 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
684 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
330 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2623 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1341 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1818 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
446 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3803 Morohashi
2116 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
832 New Nelson (John Haig)
439 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
471 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
375 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
375 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
449 2001 Kanji
2j9.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-9 SKIP code
3-8-3 SKIP code
2-4-7 SKIP code
3-6-5 SKIP code
0022.7 Four corner code
1-30-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5546 Unicode hex code

売

7 strokes
Radical:
scholar, bachelor 士
Parts:
儿 冖 士
Variants:
賣
sell
Kun:
う.る、 う.れる
On:
バイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
202 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 売春 【バイシュン】 prostitution
  • 売却 【バイキャク】 selling off, disposal by sale, sale
  • 乱売 【ランバイ】 underselling, panic selling
  • 転売 【テンバイ】 resale

Kun reading compounds

  • 売る 【うる】 to sell, to betray, to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.), to make (oneself) known, to establish (a reputation) for oneself, to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.), to provoke, to force on someone
  • 売れる 【うれる】 to sell (well), to be well known, to be popular, to be famous

Readings

Japanese names:
うり、 うる、 め
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mai4
Korean:
mae

Spanish

  • vender
  • ensanchar
  • propagar
  • ser vendido

Portuguese

  • Vender

French

  • vendre
301 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
211 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
192 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
131 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1067 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
47 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
147 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
466 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.8 Japanese for Busy People
239 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
239 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
187 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
397 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2722 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1391 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1878 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
329 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5647P Morohashi
2196 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
990 New Nelson (John Haig)
323 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
345 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
313 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
151 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1457 2001 Kanji
3p4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
4021.2 Four corner code
1-39-68 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
58f2 Unicode hex code

往

8 strokes
Radical:
step 彳
Parts:
丶 彳 王
Variants:
徃
journey, travel, chase away, let go, going, before, formerly
Kun:
い.く、 いにしえ、 さき.に、 ゆ.く
On:
オウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
1421 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 往復 【オウフク】 making a round trip, going and returning, coming and going, round-trip ticket, return ticket, correspondence, exchanging (of letters), keeping company (with), socializing, visiting each other
  • 往年 【オウネン】 years gone by, earlier years, former years, the past
  • 右往左往 【ウオウサオウ】 moving about in confusion, going every which way, going this way and that
  • 以往 【イオウ】 after, ... and later, before, prior to

Kun reading compounds

  • 行く 【いく】 to go, to move (towards), to head (towards), to leave (for), to move through, to travel across, to walk along (e.g. a road), to go (well, badly, etc.), to proceed, to turn out, to get along, to do (in a particular way), to go (with; a choice), to try, to pass (of time, seasons, etc.), to go by, to stream, to flow, to die, to pass away, to reach (a stage, extent, age, etc.), to get to, to go (so far as ...), to reach (of information, instructions, wind, etc.), to arrive, to continue ..., to go on ..., to (progress) steadily, to gradually ..., to progressively ..., to have an orgasm, to come, to cum, to trip, to get high, to have a drug-induced hallucination
  • 行く 【いく】 to go, to move (towards), to head (towards), to leave (for), to move through, to travel across, to walk along (e.g. a road), to go (well, badly, etc.), to proceed, to turn out, to get along, to do (in a particular way), to go (with; a choice), to try, to pass (of time, seasons, etc.), to go by, to stream, to flow, to die, to pass away, to reach (a stage, extent, age, etc.), to get to, to go (so far as ...), to reach (of information, instructions, wind, etc.), to arrive, to continue ..., to go on ..., to (progress) steadily, to gradually ..., to progressively ..., to have an orgasm, to come, to cum, to trip, to get high, to have a drug-induced hallucination

Readings

Japanese names:
みち
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wang3, wang4
Korean:
wang

Spanish

  • ir
  • tiempos antiguos
  • a veces

Portuguese

  • viagem
  • caça embora
  • deixada ir
  • indo

French

  • aller simple
  • aller
  • parer (coup)
  • voyage
  • parfois
555 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
652 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
623 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1283 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1605 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
875 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1277 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
579 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
918 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
940 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
520 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
621 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
348 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
217 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
261 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
889 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10073 Morohashi
292 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1733 New Nelson (John Haig)
880 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
945 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
677 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2072 2001 Kanji
3i5.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
2021.4 Four corner code
1-17-93 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f80 Unicode hex code

来

7 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
｜ 二 亠 木 米
Variants:
來
come, due, next, cause, become
Kun:
く.る、 きた.る、 きた.す、 き.たす、 き.たる、 き、 こ
On:
ライ、 タイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
102 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 来 【ライ】 next (year, spring, etc.), coming, since (e.g. last month), for (e.g. 20 years)
  • 来客 【ライキャク】 visitor, caller
  • 在来 【ザイライ】 pre-existing, already there, conventional
  • 再来 【サイライ】 return, coming back, second coming (e.g. of Christ), second advent, reincarnation

Kun reading compounds

  • 来る 【くる】 to come (spatially or temporally), to approach, to arrive, to come back, to do ... and come back, to come to be, to become, to get, to grow, to continue, to come from, to be caused by, to derive from, to come to (e.g. "when it comes to spinach ...")
  • 来る年 【くるとし】 the coming year
  • 来る 【きたる】 next (e.g. "next April"), forthcoming, coming, to come, to arrive, to be due to
  • 来るべき 【きたるべき】 expected to arrive (occur) in the near future
  • 来す 【きたす】 to cause, to induce, to bring about a result or state, to produce
  • 来す 【きたす】 to cause, to induce, to bring about a result or state, to produce
  • 来る 【きたる】 next (e.g. "next April"), forthcoming, coming, to come, to arrive, to be due to
  • 来るべき 【きたるべき】 expected to arrive (occur) in the near future
  • 来合わせる 【きあわせる】 to happen to come along
  • 来掛かる 【きかかる】 to happen to come
  • 不出来 【ふでき】 bad job, poor workmanship, bungle
  • 行ってき 【いってき】 bye, see ya (afterwards), have fun, get going, now
  • 来い 【こい】 come!, come on!
  • 来し方 【きしかた】 the past

Readings

Japanese names:
くり、 くる、 ごろ、 さ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lai2
Korean:
rae

Spanish

  • venir
  • llegar
  • acercarse
  • aproximarse

Portuguese

  • Vir
  • devido
  • próximo
  • causa
  • tornar-se

French

  • venir
  • dû à
  • suivant
  • causer
  • devenir
147 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
237 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
217 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
113 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
202 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
25 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
62 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
538 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.5 Japanese for Busy People
69 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
69 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
133 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
36 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4366 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2211 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2975 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1902 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14489 Morohashi
3551 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2565 New Nelson (John Haig)
1884 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2029 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
27 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
153 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1464 2001 Kanji
0a7.6 The Kanji Dictionary
4-7-3 SKIP code
5090.0 Four corner code
1-45-72 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6765 Unicode hex code