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媒

12 strokes
Radical:
woman, female 女
Parts:
女 木 甘
mediator, go-between
Kun:
なこうど
On:
バイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1900 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 媒体 【バイタイ】 medium, media
  • 媒酌 【バイシャク】 matchmaking, acting as a go-between
  • 溶媒 【ヨウバイ】 solvent
  • 冷媒 【レイバイ】 refrigerant, coolant

Kun reading compounds

  • 仲人 【なこうど】 matchmaker, go-between, intermediary, middleman, mediator, intercessor

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mei2
Korean:
mae

Spanish

  • mediación
  • mediador
  • intermediario
  • casamentero

Portuguese

  • mediador
  • ir entre

French

  • médiateur
  • intermédiaire
1692 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1862 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1241 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1403 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1198 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1496 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1595 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1760 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
450 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
686 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
412 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
518 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1777 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6498 Morohashi
564 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1247 New Nelson (John Haig)
1761 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1898 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1522 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1764 2001 Kanji
3e9.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
4449.4 Four corner code
1-39-62 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5a92 Unicode hex code

酌

10 strokes
Radical:
wine, alcohol 酉
Parts:
丶 勹 酉
Variants:
bar-tending, serving sake, the host, draw (water), ladle, scoop, pump
Kun:
く.む
On:
シャク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2271 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 酌 【シャク】 pouring alcohol, person pouring alcohol (esp. a woman)
  • 酌婦 【シャクフ】 barmaid, waitress
  • 晩酌 【バンシャク】 drink at home with one's evening meal, dinner-time drink
  • 媒酌 【バイシャク】 matchmaking, acting as a go-between

Kun reading compounds

  • 酌む 【くむ】 to pour (sake), to serve, to drink (together), to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.), to sympathize with, to intuit, to understand

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhuo2
Korean:
jag

Spanish

  • servir sake
  • sacar
  • bombear

Portuguese

  • Trabalhar em bares
  • servindo sake
  • o anfitrião
  • sucção (água)
  • concha
  • balde
  • bomba

French

  • servir à boire
  • hôte
  • tirer (de l'eau)
  • louche
  • pompe
1343 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1919 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4778 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1835 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1831 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1863 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2022 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1591 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1788 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1854 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
982 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1331 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1441 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39768X Morohashi
1461 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6162 New Nelson (John Haig)
1429 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1536 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1400 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3252 2001 Kanji
7e3.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-3 SKIP code
1762.0 Four corner code
1-28-64 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
914c Unicode hex code

人

2 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
人
person
Kun:
ひと、 -り、 -と
On:
ジン、 ニン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
5 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 人 【ジン】 -ian (e.g. Italian), -ite (e.g. Tokyoite), -er (e.g. performer, etc.), person working with ..., man, person, people
  • 人為 【ジンイ】 human work, human agency, art, artificiality
  • 米人 【ベイジン】 American person
  • 俳人 【ハイジン】 haiku poet
  • 人 【ニン】 counter for people
  • 人気 【ニンキ】 popularity, public favor, condition (e.g. market), tone, character, nature
  • 同人 【ドウジン】 same person, said person, the person in question, coterie, clique, fraternity, kindred spirits, comrade, colleague, dōjin, doujin, Japanese fans or hobbyists who produce their own magazines, manga, software, etc.
  • 代人 【ダイニン】 substitute, deputy, proxy, representative, agent

Kun reading compounds

  • 人 【ひと】 person, someone, somebody, human beings, mankind, man, people, humans, human (Homo sapiens), (other) people, others, character, personality, nature, capable person, competent person, suitable person, right person, adult, grown-up, I, me, one
  • 人一倍 【ひといちばい】 (much) more than others, exceedingly, extremely, unusually
  • 貴人 【きじん】 aristocrat, nobleman, dignitary, person of high rank
  • いい人 【いいひと】 good-natured person, good person, (one's) lover, boyfriend, girlfriend

Readings

Japanese names:
じ、 と、 ね、 ひこ、 ふみ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ren2
Korean:
in

Spanish

  • persona

Portuguese

  • pessoa

French

  • être humain
  • personne
30 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
39 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
39 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
9 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
339 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
14 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.5 Japanese for Busy People
1 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
15 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
42 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4175 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2111 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2857 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
960 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
344 Morohashi
3368 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
99 New Nelson (John Haig)
951 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1023 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
7 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1262 2001 Kanji
2a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-2-4 SKIP code
8000.0 Four corner code
1-31-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4eba Unicode hex code