Jisho

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国

8 strokes
Radical:
enclosure 囗
Parts:
丶 囗 王
Variants:
國 圀
country
Kun:
くに
On:
コク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
3 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 国益 【コクエキ】 national interest
  • 国営 【コクエイ】 government management, state management
  • 最恵国 【サイケイコク】 most favored nation, most favoured nation, MFN
  • 異国 【イコク】 foreign country

Kun reading compounds

  • 国 【くに】 country, state, region, national government, central government, home (i.e. hometown, home country), province (of Japan), land, earth
  • 国人 【こくじん】 indigenous person, inhabitant of a country, local, native, local lords and samurai, daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
  • お国 【おくに】 your native country, your hometown, my home country (i.e. Japan), countryside, country, daimyo's territory (Edo period)
  • 現国 【うつしくに】 world of mankind, this world

Readings

Japanese names:
くな、 こ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guo2
Korean:
gug

Spanish

  • país

Portuguese

  • País
  • terra
  • nação

French

  • pays
79 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
136 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
123 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
8 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1037 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
111 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
36 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
745 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.11 Japanese for Busy People
40 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
40 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
151 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
344 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3831 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1964 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2659 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
588 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4752 Morohashi
3087 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
950 New Nelson (John Haig)
581 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
624 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
158 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3172 2001 Kanji
3s5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-5 SKIP code
6010.3 Four corner code
1-25-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
56fd Unicode hex code

際

14 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
ノ 二 小 阡 癶 示
occasion, side, edge, verge, dangerous, adventurous, indecent, time, when
Kun:
きわ、 -ぎわ
On:
サイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
183 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 際 【サイ】 occasion, time, circumstances, (in) case (of), when
  • 際会 【サイカイ】 meeting, facing, confronting
  • 学際 【ガクサイ】 interdisciplinary
  • 援助交際 【エンジョコウサイ】 paid dating (esp. with an underage girl; oft. involving selling of sex), compensated dating

Kun reading compounds

  • 際 【きわ】 edge, brink, verge, side, time, moment of
  • 際立つ 【きわだつ】 to be prominent, to be conspicuous, to stand out, to be outstanding, to be remarkable, to be striking, to be notable
  • 今際の際 【いまわのきわ】 verge of death, dying moments

Readings

Japanese names:
わ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji4
Korean:
je

Spanish

  • límite
  • frontera
  • asociación
  • unión
  • ocasión

Portuguese

  • ocasião
  • lado
  • margem
  • limite
  • indecente
  • ousado
  • perigoso
  • vez
  • quando

French

  • occasion
  • côté
  • accotement
  • bord
  • dangereux
  • aventureux
  • indécent
  • temps
  • quand
612 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
710 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
683 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
300 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5018 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
424 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
992 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2073 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
618 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
628 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
474 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
750 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
874 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
503 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
646 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1305 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41820 Morohashi
714 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6478 New Nelson (John Haig)
1296 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1392 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
189 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
789 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3641 2001 Kanji
2d11.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-11 SKIP code
1-2-11 SKIP code
7729.1 Four corner code
1-26-61 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
969b Unicode hex code

標

15 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
二 小 木 示 西
signpost, seal, mark, stamp, imprint, symbol, emblem, trademark, evidence, souvenir, target
Kun:
しるべ、 しるし
On:
ヒョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
686 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 標 【ヒョウ】 mark, sign, target, plain wood showing the seating order of officials at court, nameplate
  • 標高 【ヒョウコウ】 elevation, height above sea level
  • 商標 【ショウヒョウ】 trademark
  • 登録商標 【トウロクショウヒョウ】 registered trademark

Kun reading compounds

  • 導 【しるべ】 guidance, guide
  • 印 【しるし】 mark, sign, symbol, emblem, badge, crest, flag, evidence, proof, token (of gratitude, affection, etc.)
  • 標旗 【ひょうき】 identification, marking flag

Readings

Japanese names:
しべ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
biao1
Korean:
pyo

Spanish

  • marca
  • signo
  • modelo

Portuguese

  • Sinal de tráfego
  • carimbo
  • marca
  • selo
  • sinal impresso
  • símbolo
  • emblema
  • marca registrada
  • evidência
  • lembrança
  • alvo

French

  • panneau
  • sceau
  • marque
  • tampon
  • empreinte
  • symbole
  • emblème
  • évidence
  • souvenir
  • cible
704 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
599 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
571 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
776 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2359 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
858 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
642 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2298 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
923 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
945 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1200 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1114 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1347 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
730 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
976 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1622 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
15442 Morohashi
1064 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2852 New Nelson (John Haig)
1608 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1734 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
628 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1841 2001 Kanji
4a11.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-11 SKIP code
4199.1 Four corner code
1-41-24 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6a19 Unicode hex code

準

13 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
十 汁 隹
Variants:
凖
semi-, correspond to, proportionate to, conform, imitate
Kun:
じゅん.じる、 じゅん.ずる、 なぞら.える、 のり、 ひと.しい、 みずもり
On:
ジュン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
425 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 準 【ジュン】 semi-, quasi-, associate
  • 準決勝 【ジュンケッショウ】 semifinal
  • 照準 【ショウジュン】 sight (e.g. of a gun), aim, alignment
  • 低水準 【テイスイジュン】 substandard, low-level

Kun reading compounds

  • 準じる 【じゅんじる】 to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.), to conform to (the law, standards, etc.), to be based on, to apply correspondingly, to be proportionate to, to correspond to, to be equivalent to, to be treated in the same way as
  • 準ずる 【じゅんずる】 to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.), to conform to (the law, standards, etc.), to be based on, to apply correspondingly, to be proportionate to, to correspond to, to be equivalent to, to be treated in the same way as
  • 準える 【なぞらえる】 to liken to, to compare to, to pattern after, to model after, to imitate

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhun3
Korean:
jun, jeol

Spanish

  • semi
  • asociado
  • norma
  • asemejar

Portuguese

  • semi-
  • corresponder-se
  • proporcional para
  • adaptar-se
  • imitar

French

  • demi-
  • correspondre à
  • proportionnel à
  • se conformer à
  • standard
637 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
733 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
709 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
547 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
791 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
498 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
704 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2041 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
778 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
792 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
614 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1233 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3541 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1828 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2486 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
571 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17934 Morohashi
2856 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3278 New Nelson (John Haig)
564 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
606 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
778 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
355 2001 Kanji
2k11.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-11-2 SKIP code
3040.1 Four corner code
1-29-64 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6e96 Unicode hex code

書

10 strokes
Radical:
say 曰
Parts:
日 聿
write
Kun:
か.く、 -が.き、 -がき
On:
ショ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
169 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 書 【ショ】 book, document, calligraphy (esp. Chinese), penmanship, handwriting, letter, note
  • 書院 【ショイン】 drawing room, study, writing alcove, publishing house
  • 投書 【トウショ】 letter (e.g. of complaint), letter to the editor, letter from a reader, contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.)
  • 議定書 【ギテイショ】 protocol

Kun reading compounds

  • 書く 【かく】 to write, to compose, to pen, to draw, to paint

Readings

Japanese names:
かき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu1
Korean:
seo

Spanish

  • escritura
  • escrito
  • escribir

Portuguese

  • escrever

French

  • écrire
92 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
159 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
142 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
130 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3719 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
70 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
58 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1216 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
131 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
131 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
181 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
998 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3292 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1703 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2314 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
333 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14294 Morohashi
2658 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2463 New Nelson (John Haig)
327 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
349 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
121 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
197 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1678 2001 Kanji
4c6.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-4 SKIP code
5060.1 Four corner code
1-29-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
66f8 Unicode hex code

誌

14 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
士 心 言
document, records
On:
シ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
851 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 誌 【シ】 magazine
  • 記す 【シルス】 to write down, to note down, to jot down, to take a note of, to mention, to describe, to give an account of, to inscribe, to mark, to brand, to remember, to engrave (in one's mind)
  • 風物詩 【フウブツシ】 feature of the season, something characteristic of a particular season, poem about natural scenery or a particular season
  • 日誌 【ニッシ】 journal, log

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi4
Korean:
ji

Spanish

  • documento
  • escrito
  • revista

Portuguese

  • Documentos
  • registros

French

  • document
  • dossier
891 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
880 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
950 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4366 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
919 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
902 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2141 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
574 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
583 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
524 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1687 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1950 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1043 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1406 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
608 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35501 Morohashi
1548 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5620 New Nelson (John Haig)
601 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
646 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
974 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3058 2001 Kanji
7a7.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-7 SKIP code
0463.1 Four corner code
1-27-79 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8a8c Unicode hex code

記

10 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
已 言
scribe, account, narrative
Kun:
しる.す
On:
キ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
149 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 記 【キ】 account, history, chronicle, annals, record, notice, note, as follows, Kojiki (earliest historical record of Japan, compiled in 712 CE), Records of Ancient Matters
  • 記憶 【キオク】 memory, recollection, remembrance, memory, storage
  • 手記 【シュキ】 note, memorandum, memo, memoirs, personal account
  • 左記 【サキ】 undermentioned (statement), the following, at left

Kun reading compounds

  • 記す 【しるす】 to write down, to note down, to jot down, to take a note of, to mention, to describe, to give an account of, to inscribe, to mark, to brand, to remember, to engrave (in one's mind)

Readings

Japanese names:
のり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji4
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • crónica
  • narración
  • memorizar
  • anotar
  • consignar por escrito

Portuguese

  • escriba
  • contar
  • narrativa
  • narrar

French

  • inscrire
  • compte-rendu
  • narration
180 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
105 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
95 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
147 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4318 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
301 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
895 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1149 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
371 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
372 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
633 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1660 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1843 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
974 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1321 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
535 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35244 Morohashi
1453 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5563 New Nelson (John Haig)
529 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
568 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
209 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
190 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3056 2001 Kanji
7a3.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-3 SKIP code
0761.7 Four corner code
1-21-13 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8a18 Unicode hex code

述

8 strokes (also 7)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
丶 十 込 木
mention, state, speak, relate
Kun:
の.べる
On:
ジュツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
379 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 述 【ジュツ】 dictation, verbal statement
  • 述語 【ジュツゴ】 predicate, predicate
  • 詳述 【ショウジュツ】 detailed explanation
  • 公述 【コウジュツ】 speaking at a public hearing

Kun reading compounds

  • 述べる 【のべる】 to state, to express, to say, to tell, to mention

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu4
Korean:
sul

Spanish

  • mencionar
  • expresar
  • contar

Portuguese

  • Mencionar
  • explanar
  • falar

French

  • mentionner
  • déclarer
  • parler
  • raconter
809 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
731 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
707 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
736 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4675 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
770 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
951 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
748 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
968 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1000 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
963 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
682 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3816 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1954 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2648 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1538 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38803P Morohashi
3075 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6030 New Nelson (John Haig)
1524 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1643 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
686 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1464 2001 Kanji
2q5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-5 SKIP code
3-2-5 SKIP code
3330.9 Four corner code
1-29-50 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8ff0 Unicode hex code