Jisho

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塞

13 strokes
Radical:
earth 土
Parts:
一 ハ 土 宀
close, shut, cover, block, obstruct
Kun:
ふさ.ぐ、 とりで、 み.ちる
On:
ソク、 サイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high

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On reading compounds

  • 塞源 【ソクゲン】 blockage of a source
  • 塞栓 【ソクセン】 embolus, abnormal substance (i.e. air) circulating in the blood
  • 梗塞 【コウソク】 stoppage, blocking, infarction, infarct
  • 閉塞 【ヘイソク】 blockage, blockade, blocking up, stoppage, obstruction, occlusion
  • 塞翁が馬 【サイオウガウマ】 the future is unpredictable, inscrutable are the ways of heaven, the irony of fate
  • 塞外 【サイガイ】 outside a fort, outside the Great Wall of China
  • 防塞 【ボウサイ】 fort, defensive position
  • 城塞 【ジョウサイ】 fortress, stronghold, citadel

Kun reading compounds

  • 塞ぐ 【ふさぐ】 to stop up, to close up, to block (up), to plug up, to shut up, to cover (ears, eyes, etc.), to close (eyes, mouth), to stand in the way, to obstruct, to occupy, to fill up, to take up, to perform one's role, to do one's duty, to feel depressed, to be in low spirits, to mope

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sai1, sai4, se4
Korean:
sae, saeg

Spanish

Portuguese

French

1324 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
465 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2924 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2033 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
5349 Morohashi
2330 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1069 New Nelson (John Haig)
2214 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1646 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
772 2001 Kanji
3m10.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-10 SKIP code
3010.4 Four corner code
1-26-41 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
585e Unicode hex code

爾

14 strokes
Radical:
mix, twine, cross 爻
Parts:
一 ｜ ハ 冂 爻
Variants:
尓 伱 你 儞 您
you, thou, second person
Kun:
なんじ、 しかり、 その、 のみ、 おれ、 しか
On:
ジ、 ニ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1

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On reading compounds

  • 自今 【ジコン】 from now on, hereafter
  • 爾後 【ジゴ】 thereafter
  • 卒爾 【ソツジ】 abrupt, sudden
  • 徒爾 【トジ】 uselessness

Kun reading compounds

  • 汝 【なんじ】 thou, you
  • 然り 【しかり】 yes, yea, aye, affirmative, to be so
  • 爾 【おれ】 you
  • 爾ら 【おれら】 you (plural), you all
  • 然 【しか】 like that, as such, yeah, uh-huh
  • 然り 【しかり】 yes, yea, aye, affirmative, to be so

Readings

Japanese names:
ちか、 み
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
er3
Korean:
i

Spanish

  • tú
  • eso
  • cerca

Portuguese

French

69 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1945 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2250 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2154 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
4407 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2230 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3001 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
19750 Morohashi
3587 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3521 New Nelson (John Haig)
2074 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2867 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
0a14.3 The Kanji Dictionary
4-14-1 SKIP code
1022.7 Four corner code
1-28-04 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
723e Unicode hex code

維

14 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
小 幺 糸 隹
fiber, tie, rope
On:
イ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
643 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 維持 【イジ】 maintenance, preservation, improvement
  • 維新 【イシン】 reformation, revolution, renewal, Meiji Restoration, Nippon Ishin no Kai, Japan Innovation Party
  • 化学繊維 【カガクセンイ】 synthetic fiber, synthetic fibre, chemical fiber, chemical fibre
  • 合成繊維 【ゴウセイセンイ】 synthetic fibre, synthetic fiber

Readings

Japanese names:
これ、 たもつ、 つぐ、 ゆい、 ゆき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wei2
Korean:
yu

Spanish

  • soga
  • cuerda
  • atar
  • énfasis

Portuguese

  • fibra
  • laço
  • corda

French

  • fibre
  • cordon
  • corde
  • conservation
1007 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
926 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3552 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1187 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1634 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2540 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1231 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1295 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1297 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1540 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1733 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
926 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1251 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1353 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27568 Morohashi
1370 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4516 New Nelson (John Haig)
1341 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1441 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1722 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2775 2001 Kanji
6a8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-8 SKIP code
2091.4 Four corner code
1-16-61 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7dad Unicode hex code