Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
big, very
Parts:
Variants:
strange, strangeness, curiosity
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1367 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 奇 【キ】 strange, unconventional, eccentric, novel, odd, odd number
  • 奇異 【キイ】 odd, strange, queer, peculiar
  • 物好き 【モノズキ】 (idle) curiosity, fancifulness, whimsy, (having) strange tastes
  • 怪奇 【カイキ】 bizarre, strange, weird, mysterious, grotesque

Kun reading compounds

  • 奇しき 【くしき】 strange, mysterious, queer
  • 奇しき 【くしき】 strange, mysterious, queer
  • 奇しくも 【くしくも】 strangely, oddly, miraculously, mysteriously

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi2, ji1
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • extraño
  • raro
  • sospechoso

Portuguese

  • estranho
  • estranheza
  • curiousidade

French

  • étrange
  • étrangeté
  • curieux (bizarre)
1123 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1189 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1176 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1048 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1176 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
752 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1360 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1444 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1292 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
414 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2756 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1409 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1902 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
128 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5892 Morohashi
2217 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1150 New Nelson (John Haig)
126 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
133 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1160 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1449 2001 Kanji
3d5.17 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
3-5-3 SKIP code
4062.1 Four corner code
1-20-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5947 Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
sincerity, admonish, warn, prohibit, truth, fidelity
Kun:
まこと
On:
セイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1128 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 誠実 【セイジツ】 sincere, honest, faithful
  • 誠意 【セイイ】 sincerity, good faith
  • 至誠 【シセイ】 sincerity, devotion
  • 赤誠 【セキセイ】 sincerity, true heart, devotion

Kun reading compounds

  • 誠 【まこと】 truth, reality, fact, sincerity, honesty, faithfulness, good faith, indeed, really, absolutely, truly, actually, very, quite
  • 誠に 【まことに】 indeed, really, absolutely, truly, actually, very, quite
  • 嘘から出たまこと 【うそからでたまこと】 something intended as a lie or joke which (by chance) ends up being true, lie turned truth

Readings

Japanese names:
きよ、 さと、 しげ、 とも、 のぶ、 ま、 まこ、 まさ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cheng2
Korean:
seong

Spanish

  • sinceridad
  • confianza
  • verdad

Portuguese

  • sinceridade
  • advertir
  • avisar
  • proíbir
  • verdade
  • fidelidade

French

  • sincérité
  • avertir
  • prévenir
  • interdire
  • vérité
  • fidélité
825 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
923 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
912 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1244 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4352 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
745 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1758 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1935 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
718 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
731 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
943 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1683 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1922 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1023 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1382 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
369 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35497P Morohashi
1523 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5606 New Nelson (John Haig)
363 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
388 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
963 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3059 2001 Kanji
7a6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-6 SKIP code
0365.0 Four corner code
1-32-31 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8aa0 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
house on cliff 广
Parts:
广
commonplace, ordinary, employment
On:
ヨウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2038 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 庸 【ヨウ】 tax paid to avoid forced labor (ritsuryō period), tax in kind, mediocrity
  • 庸君 【ヨウクン】 stupid ruler
  • 登用 【トウヨウ】 appointment, assignment, promotion
  • 凡庸 【ボンヨウ】 mediocre, ordinary, commonplace, banal

Readings

Japanese names:
つね、 のぶ、 やす
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yong1
Korean:
yong

Spanish

  • común
  • ordinario
  • mediocre
  • contratar
  • dar empleo

Portuguese

  • lugar comum
  • comum
  • emprego

French

  • banal
  • ordinaire
  • emploi
1875 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1909 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1520 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1302 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1260 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1507 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1696 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1812 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1728 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
594 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3881 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1998 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2697 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1190 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9378 Morohashi
3128 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1624 New Nelson (John Haig)
1182 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1266 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1428 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
553 2001 Kanji
3q8.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-8 SKIP code
0022.7 Four corner code
1-45-39 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5eb8 Unicode hex code