Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
child, seed
Parts:
chief, beginning
Kun:
かしら
On:
モウボウミョウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2127 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 孟子 【モウシ】 Mencius (372-289 BCE), Mengzi, Mencius (one of the Four Books)
  • 孟夏 【モウカ】 beginning of summer, fourth month of the lunar calendar
  • 孔孟 【コウモウ】 Confucius and Mencius
  • 論孟 【ロンモウ】 the Confucian Analects and the Discourses of Mencius

Readings

Japanese names:
たけし、 たけ、 はる、 はじめ、 つとむ、 おさ、 はい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
meng4
Korean:
maeng, mang

Spanish

  • jefe
  • principio
  • comienzo
  • grande

Portuguese

French

1269 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
667 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2049 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2760 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1412 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1906 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
6960 Morohashi
2220 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1291 New Nelson (John Haig)
2872 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2c5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
2-2-5 SKIP code
1710.7 Four corner code
1-44-50 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5b5f Unicode hex code

16 strokes
Radical:
dog 犬 (犭)
Parts:
Variants:
seize, get, find, earn, acquire, can, may, able to
Kun:
え.る
On:
カク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
964 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 獲得 【カクトク】 acquisition, possession
  • 獲得形質 【カクトクケイシツ】 acquired characteristics (as opposed to inherited)
  • 乱獲 【ランカク】 excessive fishing, overfishing, overhunting, excessive taking
  • 収獲 【シュウカク】 catch (fishing), bag (hunting), haul

Kun reading compounds

  • 得る 【える】 to get, to earn, to acquire, to procure, to gain, to secure, to attain, to obtain, to win, to understand, to comprehend, to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment), to get (ill), to be able to ..., can ...

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
huo4
Korean:
hoeg

Spanish

  • agarrar
  • coger
  • conseguir
  • adquirir
  • ganar
  • tocarle (algo) a uno

Portuguese

  • prender
  • obter
  • achar
  • ganhar
  • adquirir
  • poder
  • ser capaz de

French

  • prise
  • capturer
  • obtenir
  • gagner
  • acquérir
  • pouvoir
  • pouvoir faire
1079 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1234 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2912 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1364 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1532 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1313 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1392 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1408 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1310 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
959 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
537 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
699 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
708 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
20758X Morohashi
779 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3609 New Nelson (John Haig)
701 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
757 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1839 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2967 2001 Kanji
3g13.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-13 SKIP code
4424.7 Four corner code
1-19-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7372 Unicode hex code