Jisho

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On reading compounds

  • 乳嘴 【ニュウシ】 (mammary) nipple, teat
  • 砂嘴 【サシ】 spit, sandspit

Kun reading compounds

  • 嘴 【くちばし】 beak, bill
  • くちばしが黄色い 【くちばしがきいろい】 fledgling, young and inexperienced, green, wet behind the ears
  • 嘴 【くちばし】 beak, bill
  • 嘴黒阿比 【はしぐろあび】 common loon (Gavia immer), great northern diver, great northern loon
  • 大嘴 【おおはし】 toucan
  • いすかの嘴 【いすかのはし】 (something) not coming together (as one had hoped or expected), unfortunate turn of events, unexpected turn, (a) crossbill's beak (which has differently shaped upper and lower parts)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zui3
Korean:
chwi

Spanish

Portuguese

French

1000 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4256X Morohashi
905 New Nelson (John Haig)
3d13.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-13 SKIP code
6202.7 Four corner code
1-51-60 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5634 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
dainty, get thin, taper, slender, narrow, detailed, precise
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
537 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 細 【サイ】 detail, details
  • 細菌 【サイキン】 bacterium, bacteria, germ
  • 子細 【シサイ】 reasons, circumstances, significance, particulars, hindrance, obstruction, interference
  • 精細 【セイサイ】 fine, minute, detailed, meticulous, precise

Kun reading compounds

  • 細い 【ほそい】 thin, slender, fine, unlucky
  • 細い糸 【ほそいいと】 fine thread
  • 細る 【ほそる】 to get thin, to taper off
  • 細か 【こまか】 small, fine, detailed, stingy
  • 細かい 【こまかい】 small, fine, minute, minor, trivial, sensitive, attentive, careful, frugal, stingy
  • 細かい 【こまかい】 small, fine, minute, minor, trivial, sensitive, attentive, careful, frugal, stingy
  • 細かいこと 【こまかいこと】 trifles, minor details

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xi4
Korean:
se

Spanish

  • estrecho
  • fino
  • delgado
  • detallado
  • adelgazar
  • minucioso

Portuguese

  • franzino
  • emagrecer
  • afinar
  • delgado
  • estreito

French

  • menu
  • long et fin
  • délicat
  • mince
  • fluet
  • étroit
218 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
140 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
284 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
721 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3522 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
701 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
812 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1958 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
695 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
708 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
123 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1525 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1689 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
900 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1220 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1375 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27344 Morohashi
1333 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4472 New Nelson (John Haig)
1363 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1463 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
205 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2776 2001 Kanji
6a5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-5 SKIP code
2690.0 Four corner code
1-26-57 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d30 Unicode hex code

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 鴉髻 【アケイ】 jet-black hair
  • 阿片 【アヘン】 opium
  • 暁鴉 【ギョウア】 crow cawing in the morning, crows crying in the morning
  • 寒鴉 【カンア】 winter crow

Kun reading compounds

  • 烏 【からす】 crow (Corvus spp.), raven
  • 烏天狗 【からすてんぐ】 small, crow-billed tengu
  • 焼け野の鴉 【やけののからす】 blacker than black

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ya1
Korean:
a

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2851 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
46738 Morohashi
6951 New Nelson (John Haig)
11b5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-11 SKIP code
1722.7 Four corner code
7722.7 Four corner code
1-82-77 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9d09 Unicode hex code