Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
big, very
Parts:
play music, speak to a ruler, complete
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1067 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 奏 【ソウ】 report to the emperor
  • 奏功 【ソウコウ】 success, achievement, fruition
  • 合奏 【ガッソウ】 ensemble (e.g. orchestra, chamber group, etc.), concert
  • 四重奏 【シジュウソウ】 instrumental quartet

Kun reading compounds

  • 奏でる 【かなでる】 to play an instrument (esp. string instruments), to dance

Readings

Japanese names:
すすむ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zou4
Korean:
ju

Spanish

  • dirigirse al emperador
  • tocar un instrumento
  • completar

Portuguese

  • tocar música
  • audiência
  • completar

French

  • jouer de la musique
  • concert
  • parler à l'Empereur
  • mener à bien
930 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
918 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
845 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1178 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1643 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1178 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
951 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1544 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1646 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1679 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
418 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3185 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1645 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2233 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1585 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5915 Morohashi
2577 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1156 New Nelson (John Haig)
1571 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1693 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
890 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1463 2001 Kanji
0a9.17 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-4 SKIP code
4-9-4 SKIP code
5043.0 Four corner code
1-33-53 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
594f Unicode hex code

16 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
广
Variants:
recommend, mat, advise, encourage, offer
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1082 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 薦挙 【センキョ】 recommendation
  • 仙骨 【センコツ】 sacrum, sacral bone, hermitry, appearance of a hermit, unworldliness, unusual physique, outstanding appearance
  • 他薦 【タセン】 recommendation (by others)
  • 自薦 【ジセン】 self-recommendation, self-nomination, putting oneself forward

Kun reading compounds

  • 勧める 【すすめる】 to recommend (someone to do), to advise, to encourage, to urge, to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.), to suggest, to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)

Readings

Japanese names:
こも
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian4
Korean:
cheon

Spanish

  • recomendación
  • consejo
  • recomendar
  • aconsejar

Portuguese

  • recomendar
  • esteira
  • aconselhar
  • encorajar
  • oferecer

French

  • recommander
  • natte
  • conseiller
  • encourager
  • proposer
1499 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1389 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4067 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1748 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1707 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2683 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1631 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1741 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1411 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
670 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3008 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1537 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2097 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2019 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
32143P Morohashi
2373 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5219 New Nelson (John Haig)
2000 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2156 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1849 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1950 2001 Kanji
3k13.25 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-13 SKIP code
3-6-11 SKIP code
3-6-10 SKIP code
2-3-14 SKIP code
4422.7 Four corner code
1-33-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
85a6 Unicode hex code