Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
roof
Parts:
room, apartment, chamber, greenhouse, cellar
Kun:
むろ
On:
シツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
550 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 室 【シツ】 room, wife (of someone of high rank), scabbard, Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
  • 室長 【シツチョウ】 section chief, laboratory manager, office head, room monitor
  • 同室 【ドウシツ】 same room, sharing a room, occupying the same room
  • 皇室 【コウシツ】 Imperial household

Kun reading compounds

  • 室 【むろ】 greenhouse, icehouse, cellar
  • 室町 【むろまち】 Muromachi period (1336-1573)
  • 石室 【せきしつ】 stone hut, rock chamber, tomb, stone burial chamber
  • 氷室 【こおりむろ】 ice house, ice room, cold room

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi4
Korean:
sil

Spanish

  • habitación
  • cuarto
  • caverna
  • guarida
  • gruta

Portuguese

  • quarto
  • apartamento
  • câmara
  • estufa
  • porão

French

  • pièce
  • appartement
  • chambre
  • serre
  • cave
232 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
152 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
136 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
421 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1300 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
278 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
157 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1183 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.5 Japanese for Busy People
166 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
166 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
331 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
477 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2802 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1442 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1943 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
761 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7136 Morohashi
2254 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1327 New Nelson (John Haig)
754 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
816 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
176 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
772 2001 Kanji
3m6.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-6 SKIP code
3010.4 Four corner code
1-28-28 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5ba4 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
evening, sunset
Parts:
outside
Kun:
そとほかはず.すはず.れると-
On:
ガイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
81 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 外 【ガイ】 outside ..., beyond ..., not included in ...
  • 外圧 【ガイアツ】 external pressure, outside pressure, foreign pressure
  • 渉外 【ショウガイ】 public relations, client liaison, client relations
  • 在外 【ザイガイ】 overseas, abroad
  • 外科 【ゲカ】 surgery (branch of medicine), department of surgery
  • 外科医 【ゲカイ】 surgeon

Kun reading compounds

  • 外 【そと】 outside, exterior, the open (air), other place, somewhere else, outside one's group (family, company, etc.)
  • 外壁 【がいへき】 outer wall
  • 大外 【おおそと】 far out wide, far outside
  • 家の外 【いえのそと】 outside the house
  • 他 【ほか】 another place, some other place, somewhere else, outside, another (person or thing), other, different, something else, someone else, the rest, et al., beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.), outside, except, but, other than, apart from, besides, in addition to, as well as, on top of
  • 他に 【ほかに】 else, in addition, besides
  • この外 【このほか】 besides, moreover, in addition
  • 思いのほか 【おもいのほか】 unexpectedly, surprisingly
  • 外す 【はずす】 to remove, to take off, to detach, to unfasten, to undo, to drop (e.g. from a team), to remove (from a position), to exclude, to expel, to leave (e.g. one's seat), to go away from, to step out, to slip away, to dodge (a question, blow, etc.), to evade, to sidestep, to avoid (e.g. peak season), to miss (a target, chance, punch, etc.)
  • 外れる 【はずれる】 to be disconnected, to get out of place, to be off, to be out (e.g. of gear), to miss the mark, to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation), to draw a blank (e.g. lottery), to be removed, to be excluded, to be contrary to, to go against

Readings

Japanese names:
うい、 け、 ふか
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wai4
Korean:
oe

Spanish

  • fuera
  • exterior
  • otro
  • desatar
  • estar desatado
  • estar desconectado

Portuguese

  • Exterior

French

  • extérieur
56 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
96 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
91 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
120 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1168 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
42 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
38 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
139 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.11 Japanese for Busy People
83 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
83 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
150 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
404 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
215 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
135 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
163 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
112 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5750 Morohashi
186 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1125 New Nelson (John Haig)
111 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
116 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
69 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
105 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2554 2001 Kanji
2m3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-2 SKIP code
2320.0 Four corner code
1-19-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5916 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
dog 犬 (犭)
Parts:
dog
Kun:
いぬいぬ-
On:
ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
1326 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 犬猿の仲 【ケンエンノナカ】 like cats and dogs, (on) very bad terms, relationship of dogs and monkeys
  • 犬猿 【ケンエン】 cats and dogs (as an example of a bad relationship), dogs and monkeys
  • 柴犬 【シバイヌ】 shiba inu (dog breed), shiba, brushwood dog
  • ポメラニア犬 【ポメラニアケン】 Pomeranian (dog)

Kun reading compounds

  • 犬 【いぬ】 dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris), squealer, rat, snitch, informer, informant, spy, loser, asshole, counterfeit, inferior, useless, wasteful
  • 犬合わせ 【いぬあわせ】 dog fighting, dog fight
  • 野良犬 【のらいぬ】 stray dog
  • 柴犬 【しばいぬ】 shiba inu (dog breed), shiba, brushwood dog

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
quan3, quan2
Korean:
gyeon

Spanish

  • perro

Portuguese

  • Cão

French

  • chien
66 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
73 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
17 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1295 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2868 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
578 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
216 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
107 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.17 Japanese for Busy People
280 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
280 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
319 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1295 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4275 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2160 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2912 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
243 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
20234 Morohashi
3464 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3553 New Nelson (John Haig)
238 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
253 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
29 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1463 2001 Kanji
3g0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-4 SKIP code
4303.0 Four corner code
1-24-04 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
72ac Unicode hex code