Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
Variants:
disclose, open, say
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1403 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 啓発 【ケイハツ】 enlightenment, development, edification, public awareness, illumination, education, inspiration
  • 啓蒙 【ケイモウ】 enlightenment, illumination
  • 拝啓 【ハイケイ】 Dear (so and so), Dear Sir, Dear Madam, To Whom It May Concern
  • 敬啓 【ケイケイ】 salutation at the end of a formal letter

Kun reading compounds

  • 啓く 【ひらく】 to enlighten, to edify

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 あきら、 さとし、 はじめ、 ひろ、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi3
Korean:
gye

Spanish

  • abrir
  • aclarar
  • revelar
  • decir

Portuguese

  • revelar
  • abrir
  • dizer

French

  • révéler
  • ouvrir
  • dire
1197 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1452 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
940 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1205 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1138 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1491 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1398 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1487 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1690 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
293 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3434 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1769 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2408 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1094 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3820X Morohashi
2763 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
828 New Nelson (John Haig)
1085 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1166 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1415 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3077 2001 Kanji
3d8.17 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-3 SKIP code
3860.4 Four corner code
1-23-28 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5553 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
sign 示 (礻)
Parts:
show, indicate, point out, express, display
Kun:
しめ.す
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
237 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 示談 【ジダン】 settlement out of court, private settlement
  • 示威 【ジイ】 demonstration, show of force
  • 内示 【ナイジ】 unofficial announcement
  • 開示 【カイジ】 release (e.g. information), disclosure (legal), show, indication, display
  • 示し 【シメシ】 lesson, discipline, example (e.g. set a bad example), revelation
  • 示唆 【シサ】 suggestion, hint, implication
  • 公示 【コウジ】 public announcement, official notice, edict
  • 内示 【ナイジ】 unofficial announcement

Kun reading compounds

  • 示す 【しめす】 to (take out and) show, to demonstrate, to tell, to exemplify, to make apparent, to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.), to indicate, to show, to represent, to signify, to display
  • 示偏 【しめすへん】 kanji "show" radical at left (radical 113)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi4
Korean:
si, gi

Spanish

  • mostrar
  • enseñar
  • indicar
  • revelar

Portuguese

  • espetáculo
  • indicar
  • apontar
  • expressar
  • mostrar

French

  • montrer
  • indiquer
  • signaler
  • exprimer
  • exposer
622 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
723 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
695 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
415 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3228 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
575 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
769 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
148 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
615 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
625 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
814 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1413 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2435 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1229 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1694 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1095 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24623 Morohashi
1936 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4060 New Nelson (John Haig)
1086 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1167 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
465 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
651 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3041 2001 Kanji
4e0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-1-4 SKIP code
1090.1 Four corner code
1-28-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
793a Unicode hex code