Jisho

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12 strokes (also 11)
Radical:
earth
Parts:
Variants:
degenerate, descend to, lapse into
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2087 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 堕落 【ダラク】 depravity, corruption, degradation
  • 堕胎 【ダタイ】 abortion, feticide
  • 落堕 【ラクダ】 marrying (of a monk), returning to secular life (of a monk)

Kun reading compounds

  • 堕ちる 【おちる】 to decline (of morals, character, etc.), to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation), to stoop (to), to sink (so low), to be ruined, to go under, to fall (into hell)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
duo4, hui1
Korean:
ta, hyu

Spanish

  • caer
  • derrumbarse
  • cometer un desliz

Portuguese

  • degenerado
  • descender

French

  • dégénérer
  • sombrer
  • s'abaisser
1539 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1979 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1092 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1511 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1156 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1742 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1865 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1693 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
357 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3501 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1804 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2456 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1324 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2822 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1033 New Nelson (John Haig)
1314 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1411 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1514 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3672 2001 Kanji
3b8.14 The Kanji Dictionary
2-9-3 SKIP code
2-8-3 SKIP code
7410.4 Four corner code
1-34-36 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5815 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
womb, uterus
On:
タイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1861 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 胎 【タイ】 womb
  • 胎児 【タイジ】 fetus, foetus, embryo, baby in the womb, unborn baby
  • 母胎 【ボタイ】 womb, uterus, parent body, base, basis
  • 堕胎 【ダタイ】 abortion, feticide

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tai1
Korean:
tae

Spanish

  • útero
  • feto
  • concebir

Portuguese

  • útero

French

  • utérus
  • foetus
1544 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1801 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3750 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1477 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1672 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1296 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1371 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1544 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1026 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1149 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
621 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
827 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
756 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29369 Morohashi
918 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4789 New Nelson (John Haig)
748 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
810 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1264 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3977 2001 Kanji
4b5.10 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-5 SKIP code
7326.0 Four corner code
1-34-59 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
80ce Unicode hex code

16 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
Variants:
medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit
Kun:
くすり
On:
ヤク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
702 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 薬 【ヤク】 dope, narcotic, drug
  • 薬価 【ヤッカ】 drug price, cost of medicine
  • 製薬 【セイヤク】 medicine manufacture, drug manufacture
  • 医薬 【イヤク】 medicine, Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau

Kun reading compounds

  • 薬 【くすり】 medicine, pharmaceuticals, (legal) drugs, pill, ointment, salve, efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.), (pottery) glaze, (illegal) drug, narcotic, small bribe
  • 薬指 【くすりゆび】 ring finger, third finger, fourth finger (in piano-playing), fourth toe

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yao4
Korean:
yag

Spanish

  • medicina
  • droga

Portuguese

  • remédio
  • produto químico
  • esmalte
  • pólvora
  • benefício

French

  • médicament
  • produit chimique
  • émail
  • poudre à canon
  • bénéfice
521 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
420 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
398 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
541 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4074 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
323 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
247 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2568 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.6 Japanese for Busy People
359 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
360 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
315 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
672 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3011 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1539 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2100 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1752 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
32188PX Morohashi
2375 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5224 New Nelson (John Haig)
1736 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1873 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
439 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1964 2001 Kanji
3k13.15 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-13 SKIP code
4490.4 Four corner code
1-44-84 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
85ac Unicode hex code