Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
fundamentals, radical (chem), counter for machines, foundation
Kun:
もともとい
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
241 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 基 【キ】 group, (free) radical, counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
  • 起因 【キイン】 to be caused by, to result from, to arise from, to stem from, to be due to, cause, origin
  • 塩基 【エンキ】 base
  • 開基 【カイキ】 founding (of a temple or sect), founder, laying the foundation (for something), base (topology), basis

Kun reading compounds

  • 元 【もと】 origin, source, beginning, basis, base, foundation, root, cause, (raw) material, ingredient, base, mix (e.g. for a cake), (soup) stock, (one's) side, capital, principal, cost price, root (of a plant), (tree) trunk, part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand), first three lines of a waka, counter for plants or trees, counter for falcons (in falconry)
  • 基 【もとい】 basis, foundation, cause
  • 失敗は成功のもと 【しっぱいはせいこうのもと】 failure teaches success, failure is a stepping-stone to success
  • 生兵法は大怪我のもと 【なまびょうほうはおおけがのもと】 a little learning is a dangerous thing
  • 基 【もとい】 basis, foundation, cause

Readings

Japanese names:
きい、 とも
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji1
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • fundamento
  • origen
  • base

Portuguese

  • fundamentais
  • radicais (Quim.)
  • comtador para máquinas
  • fundação

French

  • fondements
  • radical (chimie)
  • compteur de machines
  • fondations
755 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
670 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
641 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
382 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1098 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
688 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
435 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1493 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
450 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
457 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
691 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
354 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3312 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1716 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2330 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1783 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5197 Morohashi
2673 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1040 New Nelson (John Haig)
1767 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1904 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
251 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
726 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1972 2001 Kanji
3b8.12 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-5 SKIP code
2-8-3 SKIP code
4410.4 Four corner code
1-20-80 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
57fa Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
semi-, correspond to, proportionate to, conform, imitate
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

8 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
西
Variants:
value, price
Kun:
あたい
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
250 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 価 【カ】 valence, valency
  • 価格 【カカク】 price, value, cost
  • 時価 【ジカ】 current value, price, market value
  • 薬価 【ヤッカ】 drug price, cost of medicine

Kun reading compounds

  • 値 【あたい】 price, cost, value, worth, merit, value
  • 値する 【あたいする】 to be worth, to be worthy of, to deserve, to merit

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jia4, jie4
Korean:
ga

Spanish

  • valor
  • precio
  • coste
  • mérito

Portuguese

  • valor
  • preço

French

  • prix
  • valeur
563 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
657 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
626 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
202 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
422 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
762 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
317 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
421 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
427 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
425 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
86 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
95 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
64 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
67 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1617 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
628P Morohashi
87 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
188 New Nelson (John Haig)
1603 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1729 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
342 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
678 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2176 2001 Kanji
2a6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-6 SKIP code
2126.0 Four corner code
1-18-33 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4fa1 Unicode hex code

18 strokes
Radical:
leaf
Parts:
forehead, tablet, plaque, framed picture, sum, amount, volume
Kun:
ひたい
On:
ガク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
407 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 額 【ガク】 (picture) frame, framed picture, amount (esp. of money), sum
  • 額面 【ガクメン】 face value, par
  • 定額 【テイガク】 fixed amount (of money), fixed sum, flat sum
  • 税額 【ゼイガク】 amount of tax

Kun reading compounds

  • 額 【ひたい】 forehead, brow
  • 額当て 【ひたいあて】 (military) headband with reinforced metal plate, red headband
  • 広い額 【ひろいひたい】 high brow, broad forehead

Readings

Japanese names:
ぬか
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
e2
Korean:
aeg

Spanish

  • frente
  • cantidad de dinero
  • marco de un cuadro

Portuguese

  • testa
  • tablete
  • placa
  • quadro emoldurado
  • soma
  • quantia
  • volume

French

  • front
  • tablette
  • plaque
  • peinture (encadrée)
  • somme
  • montant
  • volume
748 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
665 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
635 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
522 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5136 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
749 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1010 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2756 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
838 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
857 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
861 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1892 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2273 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1174 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1604 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
301 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
43586 Morohashi
1805 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6644 New Nelson (John Haig)
295 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
316 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
821 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
761 2001 Kanji
9a9.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-9-9 SKIP code
3168.6 Four corner code
1-19-59 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
984d Unicode hex code