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害

10 strokes
Radical:
roof 宀
Parts:
二 亠 口 土 宀
harm, injury
On:
ガイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
358 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 害 【ガイ】 injury, harm, evil influence, damage
  • 害虫 【ガイチュウ】 harmful insect, noxious insect, vermin, pest
  • 薬害 【ヤクガイ】 harmful side effects of a medicine or drug
  • 傷害 【ショウガイ】 injury, inflicting bodily injury

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hai4
Korean:
hae, hal

Spanish

  • desastre
  • obstáculo
  • daño
  • lesión

Portuguese

  • dano
  • injúria

French

  • tort
  • mal
  • blessure
362 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
460 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
437 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
425 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1306 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
450 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
468 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1181 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
518 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
527 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
785 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
481 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2826 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1457 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1962 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1565 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7165 Morohashi
2272 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1333 New Nelson (John Haig)
1551 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1671 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
428 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
538 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
777 2001 Kanji
3m7.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-7 SKIP code
3060.1 Four corner code
1-19-18 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5bb3 Unicode hex code

虫

6 strokes
Radical:
insect 虫
Parts:
虫
Variants:
蟲
insect, bug, temper
Kun:
むし
On:
チュウ、 キ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N2
1351 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 虫垂炎 【チュウスイエン】 appendicitis
  • 虫えい 【チュウエイ】 gall (abnormal plant growth formed by insects)
  • 幼虫 【ヨウチュウ】 larva, grub, maggot
  • 寄生虫 【キセイチュウ】 parasite
  • 虫部 【キブ】 insect radical, worm radical
  • 蟻巻 【アリマキ】 aphid, plant louse, plant lice

Kun reading compounds

  • 虫 【むし】 insect, bug, cricket, moth, worm, roundworm, thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings, (one's) unconscious, nervousness, fretfulness, person devoted to one thing, single-minded person, valve core, mushi (type of game played with a stripped deck)
  • 虫歯 【むしば】 tooth decay, cavity, decayed tooth, dental caries
  • 苦虫 【にがむし】 bitter-tasting bug
  • 馬追虫 【うまおいむし】 Hexacentrus japonicus (species of katydid), Hexacentrus unicolor (species of katydid)

Readings

Japanese names:
む
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chong2, hui3
Korean:
hwe, chung

Spanish

  • insecto
  • bicho

Portuguese

  • inseto
  • bichinho
  • temperamento

French

  • insecte
  • vermine
  • ver
  • reptile
  • colère
114 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
74 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
56 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1073 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4115 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
133 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
875 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
324 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
873 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
893 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
466 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1604 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4343 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2199 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2959 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
523 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
32804 Morohashi
3530 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5275 New Nelson (John Haig)
517 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
556 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
60 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1671 2001 Kanji
6d0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-6-3 SKIP code
2-4-2 SKIP code
5013.6 Four corner code
1-35-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
866b Unicode hex code

駆

14 strokes
Radical:
horse 馬
Parts:
丶 ノ 匚 杰 馬
Variants:
駈 驅 敺
drive, run, gallop, advance, inspire, impel
Kun:
か.ける、 か.る
On:
ク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1033 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 駆使 【クシ】 using freely, making full use of, having a good command of, working (someone) hard, driving (someone) on
  • 駆除 【クジョ】 extermination (of pests), eradication, stamping out (e.g. a social evil)
  • 先駆 【センク】 forerunner, precursor, pioneer, leader, outrider, outriding
  • 上手く行く 【ウマクイク】 to go smoothly, to turn out well, to do the trick, to have peaceful relations

Kun reading compounds

  • 翔る 【かける】 to soar, to fly, to run, to dash
  • 駆ける 【かける】 to run, to dash, to race, to gallop (on horseback), to canter, to advance (against one's enemy), to charge (on horseback)
  • 駆る 【かる】 to spur on, to urge forward, to impel, to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qu1
Korean:
gu

Spanish

  • galopar
  • hacer correr a un caballo
  • avanzar

Portuguese

  • dirigir
  • corrida
  • galope
  • avançar
  • inspirar
  • impelir

French

  • conduire
  • courir
  • galoper
  • aiguillonner
  • pousser à
1183 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1477 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5200 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1271 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1910 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1882 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2049 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1611 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1916 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2293 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1185 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1619 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2002 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
44634 Morohashi
1823 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6736 New Nelson (John Haig)
1983 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2137 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1743 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3475 2001 Kanji
10a4.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-10-4 SKIP code
7131.4 Four corner code
1-22-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
99c6 Unicode hex code

除

10 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
一 个 阡 示
exclude, division (x/3), remove, abolish, cancel, except
Kun:
のぞ.く、 -よ.け
On:
ジョ、 ジ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
594 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 除 【ジョ】 division
  • 除外 【ジョガイ】 exception, exclusion
  • 切除 【セツジョ】 cut off, cut out, ablation, resection, surgical removal
  • 防除 【ボウジョ】 prevention (of plant disease and insect damage), (pest) control, extermination (of harmful insects), protection (against natural disasters)
  • 除 【ジョ】 division
  • 除外 【ジョガイ】 exception, exclusion
  • 分解掃除 【ブンカイソウジ】 overhaul, taking apart and cleaning
  • 掃き掃除 【ハキソウジ】 sweeping and cleaning

Kun reading compounds

  • 除く 【のぞく】 to remove, to eliminate, to eradicate, to exclude, to except

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chu2
Korean:
je

Spanish

  • eliminar
  • quitar
  • excluir
  • dividir

Portuguese

  • excluir
  • divisão (mat.)
  • remover
  • abolir
  • cancelar
  • exceto

French

  • exclure
  • division (opération)
  • enlever
  • abolir
  • annuler
813 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
910 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
711 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
688 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4993 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
530 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
986 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1059 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1065 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1112 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
958 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
732 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
546 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
333 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
412 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1674 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41669 Morohashi
456 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6449 New Nelson (John Haig)
1658 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1787 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
905 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3641 2001 Kanji
2d7.10 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
7829.4 Four corner code
1-29-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9664 Unicode hex code