Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
go slowly
Parts:
Variants:
summer
Kun:
なつ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
659 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 夏 【カ】 Xia dynasty (of China; c. 2070-1600 BCE; possibly mythological), Hsia dynasty
  • 夏季 【カキ】 summer season
  • 初夏 【ショカ】 early summer, fourth month of the lunar calendar
  • 盛夏 【セイカ】 midsummer, height of summer
  • 夏 【ゲ】 summer (on the lunisolar calendar: 16th day of the 4th month to the 15th day of the 7th month)
  • 夏至 【ゲシ】 summer solstice
  • 一夏 【イチゲ】 one summer (during which a monk attends a summer retreat)
  • 半夏 【ハンゲ】 crow dipper (Pinellia tuber), 11th day after the summer solstice, last seed-sowing and rice-planting day

Kun reading compounds

  • 夏 【なつ】 summer
  • 夏季 【かき】 summer season
  • 初夏 【しょか】 early summer, fourth month of the lunar calendar
  • 常夏 【とこなつ】 everlasting summer

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xia4, jia3
Korean:
ha

Spanish

  • verano

Portuguese

  • verão

French

  • été
52 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
88 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
82 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
580 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
58 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
163 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
148 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1161 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.10 Japanese for Busy People
461 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
469 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
97 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
402 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2619 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1339 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1815 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
302 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5720 Morohashi
2113 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1120 New Nelson (John Haig)
296 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
317 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
188 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3167 2001 Kanji
4i7.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-8 SKIP code
2-7-3 SKIP code
1024.7 Four corner code
1040.7 Four corner code
1-18-38 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
590f Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
step
Parts:
Variants:
benevolence, virtue, goodness, commanding respect
On:
トク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1091 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 徳 【トク】 virtue, benevolence, profit, benefit, advantage
  • 徳義 【トクギ】 morals, morality, sincerity
  • 高徳 【コウトク】 eminent virtue
  • 大徳 【ダイトク】 great virtue, virtuous priest, priest, rich person

Readings

Japanese names:
あつ、 なる、 のり、 ゆき、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
de2
Korean:
deog

Spanish

  • benevolencia
  • virtud
  • moralidad
  • beneficioso
  • rentable

Portuguese

  • benevolência
  • virtude
  • bondade
  • comandando respeito

French

  • bienveillance
  • vertu
  • bonté
  • respectable
851 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
783 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
762 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
839 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1633 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
592 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1284 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2063 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1038 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1079 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
644 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
637 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
842 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
486 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
623 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
894 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10237P Morohashi
684 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1767 New Nelson (John Haig)
885 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
950 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
801 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2058 2001 Kanji
3i11.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-11 SKIP code
2423.6 Four corner code
1-38-33 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5fb3 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
humanity, virtue, benevolence, charity, man, kernel
On:
ジンニン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1332 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 仁 【ジン】 benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism), consideration, compassion, humanity, charity, human, kernel, nucleolus
  • 任侠 【ニンキョウ】 chivalry, chivalrous spirit, helping the weak and fighting the strong, yakuza
  • 同仁 【ドウジン】 universal benevolence
  • 一視同仁 【イッシドウジン】 loving every human being with impartiality, universal brotherhood, universal benevolence
  • 仁 【ジン】 benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism), consideration, compassion, humanity, charity, human, kernel, nucleolus
  • 仁王 【ニオウ】 two Deva kings, guardian gods of Buddhism who stand at the entrance of a Buddhist temple
  • 亜麻仁 【アマニ】 flaxseed, linseed
  • 仁 【ジン】 benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism), consideration, compassion, humanity, charity, human, kernel, nucleolus
  • 任侠 【ニンキョウ】 chivalry, chivalrous spirit, helping the weak and fighting the strong, yakuza
  • 永仁 【エイニン】 Einin era (1293.8.5-1299.4.25)
  • 薏苡仁 【ヨクイニン】 coix seed (used in traditional Chinese medicine)

Readings

Japanese names:
きみ、 く、 さと、 しのぶ、 じ、 と、 のり、 ひと、 ひとし、 ひろ、 まさ、 まさし、 やす、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ren2
Korean:
in

Spanish

  • humanidad
  • benevolencia
  • bondad
  • caridad

Portuguese

  • humanidade
  • virtude
  • benevolência
  • caridade
  • homem
  • núcleo

French

  • humanité
  • vertu
  • bienveillance
  • charité
  • grandeur d'âme
  • homme
  • noyau
820 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
917 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
906 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1346 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
349 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
829 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1035 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
57 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1619 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1727 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1879 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
56 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
21 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
11 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
11 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
997 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
349 Morohashi
20 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
110 New Nelson (John Haig)
988 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1063 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
832 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2172 2001 Kanji
2a2.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-2 SKIP code
2121.0 Four corner code
1-31-46 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4ec1 Unicode hex code