Jisho

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14 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
applaud, praise, esteem, happy, auspicious
Kun:
よみ.するよい
On:
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1553 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 歌留多 【カルタ】 karuta, traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta
  • 嘉納 【カノウ】 accepting with pleasure
  • 正嘉 【ショウカ】 Shōka era (1257.3.14-1259.3.26)

Kun reading compounds

  • 嘉する 【よみする】 to praise (someone of lower status), to extol, to applaud, to esteem

Readings

Japanese names:
ひろ、 よし、 よしみ、 かず、 よ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jia1
Korean:
ga

Spanish

  • bueno
  • bonito
  • alabar
  • alegrarse

Portuguese

French

1136 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1915 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2184 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2041 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2953 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1516 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2056 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
4176 Morohashi
2340 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
887 New Nelson (John Haig)
2852 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2868 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3p11.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-11 SKIP code
4046.1 Four corner code
1-18-37 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5609 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
Variants:
acquiesce, hear, listen to, be informed, receive
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
775 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 承 【ショウ】 second line of a four-line Chinese poem
  • 承諾 【ショウダク】 consent, approval, acceptance, agreement, compliance
  • 伝承 【デンショウ】 handing down (information), legend, tradition, folklore, transmission
  • 永承 【エイショウ】 Eishō era (1046.4.14-1053.1.11)
  • 承安 【ショウアン】 Shōan era (1171.4.21-1175.7.28), Jōan era
  • 承応 【ショウオウ】 Shōō era (1652.9.18-1655.4.13), Jōō era

Kun reading compounds

  • 承る 【うけたまわる】 to hear, to be told, to know, to receive (order), to undertake, to comply, to take (a reservation, etc.)
  • 受ける 【うける】 to receive, to get, to catch (e.g. a ball), to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.), to sustain (damage), to incur (a loss), to suffer (an injury), to feel (influence), to undergo (e.g. surgery), to take (a test), to accept (a challenge), to be given (e.g. life, talent), to find funny, to find humorous, to be amused (by), to follow, to succeed, to be descended from, to face (south, etc.), to be modified by, to obtain (a pawned item, etc.) by paying a fee, to be well-received, to become popular, to go down well

Readings

Japanese names:
つぐ、 こと、 すけ、 つぎ、 よし、 うけ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cheng2
Korean:
seung

Spanish

  • conceder
  • heredar
  • escuchar
  • ser informado

Portuguese

  • aquiescer
  • escutar
  • ser informado
  • receber

French

  • consentir
  • entendre
  • écouter
  • être informé
  • recevoir
639 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
736 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
713 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
861 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
197 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
854 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
557 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
760 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
942 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
972 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
819 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
848 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
16 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
7 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
7 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1919 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11852 Morohashi
16 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2088 New Nelson (John Haig)
1901 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2050 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
688 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3547 2001 Kanji
0a7.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-1-7 SKIP code
4-7-1 SKIP code
4-8-1 SKIP code
1-1-6 SKIP code
1723.2 Four corner code
1-30-21 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
627f Unicode hex code