Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
Variants:
entrust, request, send a message
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1903 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 嘱託 【ショクタク】 commission, entrusting with (work), part-time employee, temporary work
  • 嘱望 【ショクボウ】 having great hopes for (someone's future), expecting much of, pinning one's hopes on
  • 委嘱 【イショク】 commissioning, entrusting (with), request, appointment (to a position)
  • 遺嘱 【イショク】 dying wish (to be carried out after one's death)

Kun reading compounds

  • 嘱する 【しょくする】 to entrust (someone) with, to pin one's hopes on (someone's future), to have great expectations for, to have (someone) deliver (a letter, etc.), to leave (a message), to send word

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhu3
Korean:
chog

Spanish

  • confiar
  • solicitar
  • pedir
  • esperar

Portuguese

  • confiar
  • solicitação
  • enviar uma mensagem

French

  • charger de
  • appartenir
  • demander
  • envoyer un message
1429 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1890 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
989 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1297 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1144 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1638 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1751 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1437 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
311 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
881 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
506 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
650 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1973 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4249 Morohashi
718 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
894 New Nelson (John Haig)
1954 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2104 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1748 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3753 2001 Kanji
3d12.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-12 SKIP code
6702.7 Four corner code
1-30-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5631 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
eye
Parts:
eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor
Kun:
-めま-
On:
モクボク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
76 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 目 【モク】 order, item (of a budget revision, etc.), counter for go pieces, counter for surrounded positions
  • 目撃 【モクゲキ】 witnessing, observing, sighting
  • 着目 【チャクモク】 attention, giving one's attention, focusing
  • 細目 【サイモク】 particulars, details, specified items
  • 耳目 【ジモク】 eyes and ears, seeing and hearing, one's attention, one's interest
  • 不面目 【フメンボク】 shame, disgrace

Kun reading compounds

  • 目 【め】 eye, eyeball, eyesight, sight, vision, look, stare, gaze, glance, notice, attention, observation, eyes (of the world, public, etc.), an experience, viewpoint, discrimination, discernment, judgement, eye (e.g. for quality), (an) appearance, chance (of success), possibility (of a good result), spacing (between crossed strands of a net, mesh, etc.), opening, stitch, texture, weave, grain (of wood, paper), eye (of a storm, needle, etc.), intersection (on a go board), square (on a chessboard), dot (on a dice), pip, rolled number, graduation, division (of a scale), tooth (of a saw, comb, etc.), ordinal number suffix, somewhat, -ish, point (e.g. of change)
  • 目当て 【めあて】 mark, guide, landmark, purpose, aim, goal, intention, end, sight (on a firearm)
  • 蛇の目 【じゃのめ】 bull's-eye (pattern), double ring (pattern), umbrella with bull's-eye pattern
  • 負い目 【おいめ】 (feeling of) indebtedness, feeling obliged

Readings

Japanese names:
さかん、 さがん、 さっか、 さつか
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mu4
Korean:
mog

Spanish

  • ojo
  • mirada
  • percepción

Portuguese

  • olho
  • classe
  • olhar
  • visão
  • experiência
  • atenção
  • favor

French

  • oeil
  • regard
  • aperçu
  • numérateur ordinal
  • expérience
  • classe
  • faveur
  • pièce (Go)
25 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
30 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
72 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
65 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3127 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
22 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
75 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
191 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.11 Japanese for Busy People
55 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
55 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
168 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1376 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3777 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1927 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2619 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
15 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23105 Morohashi
3043 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3906 New Nelson (John Haig)
15 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
15 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
91 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
48 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3979 2001 Kanji
5c0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-2 SKIP code
4-5-1 SKIP code
6010.1 Four corner code
1-44-60 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
76ee Unicode hex code