Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
thumb, inch
Parts:
shoot, shine into, onto, archery
Kun:
い.るさ.すう.つ
On:
シャ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
937 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 射 【シャ】 archery, mapping, map, morphism, arrow
  • 射撃 【シャゲキ】 firing, shooting, fire, gunshot, marksmanship
  • 照射 【ショウシャ】 irradiation, radiation, beaming, exposure (to light), illumination
  • 投射 【トウシャ】 projection (of an image)

Kun reading compounds

  • 射る 【いる】 to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
  • 射す 【さす】 to shine
  • 撃つ 【うつ】 to shoot (a gun, person, etc.), to fire

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
she4, shi2, ye4
Korean:
sa, seog

Spanish

  • disparar
  • tirar
  • radiar
  • liberar

Portuguese

  • dispare
  • brilha dentro
  • sobre
  • arte do arco e flexa

French

  • lancer une flèche
  • tir à l'arc
  • sur
  • briller
893 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
882 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1000 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4603 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
989 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1222 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1144 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
900 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
922 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1015 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
505 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1850 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
979 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1327 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1257 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7434 Morohashi
1458 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1380 New Nelson (John Haig)
1249 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1338 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
902 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
848 2001 Kanji
0a10.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-3 SKIP code
2440.0 Four corner code
2420.0 Four corner code
1-28-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c04 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
water
Kun:
みずみず-
On:
スイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
223 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 水 【スイ】 Wednesday, shaved ice (served with flavored syrup), water (fifth of the five elements)
  • 水位 【スイイ】 water level
  • 用水 【ヨウスイ】 irrigation water, water for fire, city water, cistern water
  • 浄水 【ジョウスイ】 clean water, purified water

Kun reading compounds

  • 水 【みず】 water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water), fluid (esp. in an animal tissue), liquid, flood, floodwaters, water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout, break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
  • 水揚げ 【みずあげ】 landing, unloading (e.g. a ship), catch (of fish), takings, sales (of a shop), defloration (e.g. of a geisha), preservation (of cut flowers, in ikebana)
  • 飲み水 【のみみず】 drinking water, potable water
  • 呼び水 【よびみず】 pump-priming, rousing, stimulation

Readings

Japanese names:
うず、 ずみ、 つ、 ど、 み、 みさ、 みつ、 みな、 みん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shui3
Korean:
su

Spanish

  • agua

Portuguese

  • água

French

  • eau
14 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
16 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
40 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
144 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2482 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
16 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
68 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
54 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
21 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
21 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
19 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1151 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
10 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
132 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17083 Morohashi
10 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3030 New Nelson (John Haig)
130 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
137 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
166 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
31 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1142 2001 Kanji
3a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-1-3 SKIP code
4-4-3 SKIP code
1223.0 Four corner code
1-31-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6c34 Unicode hex code

10 strokes (also 9)
Radical:
town (阝 right) 邑 (阝)
Parts:
county, district
Kun:
こおり
On:
グン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
965 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 郡 【グン】 district, county, district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryō period), commandery (in China)
  • 郡部 【グンブ】 rural districts, counties
  • 共産国家郡 【キョウサンコッカグン】 Communist bloc
  • 国郡 【コクグン】 provinces and districts

Kun reading compounds

  • 郡 【ぐん】 district, county, district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryō period), commandery (in China)
  • 郡司 【ぐんじ】 district governor (under the ritsuryō system)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jun4
Korean:
gun

Spanish

  • condado
  • distrito

Portuguese

  • condado
  • distrito
  • comarca

French

  • comté
  • arrondissement
384 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
491 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
467 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
797 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4764 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
480 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1828 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1146 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
193 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
193 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
552 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
758 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1858 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
984 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1333 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1860 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39436 Morohashi
1466 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6143 New Nelson (John Haig)
1843 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1986 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
541 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3544 2001 Kanji
2d7.12 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-3 SKIP code
1-7-2 SKIP code
1762.7 Four corner code
1-23-20 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
90e1 Unicode hex code