Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
grave, tomb
Kun:
はか
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
1337 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 墓石 【ボセキ】 tombstone, gravestone
  • 墓参り 【ハカマイリ】 visit to a grave
  • 陵墓 【リョウボ】 imperial tomb, imperial mausoleum
  • 周堤墓 【シュウテイボ】 grave-site with circular embankment (Jomon period)

Kun reading compounds

  • 墓 【はか】 grave, gravesite, tomb
  • 墓石 【ぼせき】 tombstone, gravestone
  • 火垂るの墓 【ほたるのはか】 Grave of Fireflies (film)
  • 御墓 【みはか】 imperial tomb

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mu4
Korean:
myo

Spanish

  • tumba

Portuguese

  • tumba
  • túmulo

French

  • tombe
  • tombeau
869 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
809 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
788 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1349 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4027 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
650 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1165 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1979 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1429 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1518 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1156 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
361 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2930 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1505 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2037 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
236 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5431X Morohashi
2332 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1073 New Nelson (John Haig)
231 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
246 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
781 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1972 2001 Kanji
3k10.18 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-10 SKIP code
4410.4 Four corner code
1-42-72 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5893 Unicode hex code

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

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 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

14 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
inscription, signature (of artisan)
On:
メイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1394 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 銘 【メイ】 inscription, epitaph, (manufacturer's) engraved signature, motto, maxim, precept
  • 銘柄 【メイガラ】 brand, make, description, trading name of stocks and securities
  • 座右銘 【ザユウメイ】 favourite motto, pet saying
  • 鐘銘 【ショウメイ】 inscription on a temple bell

Readings

Japanese names:
たか、 み、 め
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ming2
Korean:
myeong

Spanish

  • inscripción
  • firma de artesano

Portuguese

  • inscrição
  • assinatura (de artesão)

French

  • inscription (gravée)
  • signature (d'un artisan)
1847 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1182 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4852 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1731 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1848 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2155 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1552 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1654 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1600 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1822 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2158 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1135 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1536 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
281 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40385 Morohashi
1724 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6265 New Nelson (John Haig)
275 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
293 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1738 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2877 2001 Kanji
8a6.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-6 SKIP code
8716.0 Four corner code
1-44-35 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9298 Unicode hex code