Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
thumb, inch
Parts:
inquire, fathom, look for
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1398 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 尋 【ヒロ】 fathom
  • 尋問 【ジンモン】 questioning, interrogation, examination (of a witness)
  • 討尋 【トウジン】 minute investigation, thorough inquiry, thorough enquiry
  • 審尋 【シンジン】 hearing, interrogation

Kun reading compounds

  • 尋ねる 【たずねる】 to ask, to enquire, to inquire, to search, to look for, to look into, to investigate
  • 尋 【ひろ】 fathom
  • 八尋 【やひろ】 great length, great size

Readings

Japanese names:
ず、 つぐ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xun2, xin2
Korean:
sim

Spanish

  • pedir
  • preguntar
  • desentrañar
  • buscar

Portuguese

  • indagar
  • aprofundar
  • procurar

French

  • demander
  • interroger
  • rechercher
  • brasse
1451 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1831 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1585 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1569 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1224 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1705 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1082 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1132 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1326 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
508 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2918 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1498 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2027 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1154 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7447X Morohashi
2322 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1385 New Nelson (John Haig)
1145 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1228 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1523 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3548 2001 Kanji
3d9.29 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-9 SKIP code
1734.6 Four corner code
1-31-50 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c0b Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
crow, raven
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2042 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 烏克蘭 【ウクライナ】 Ukraine
  • 烏焉魯魚 【ウエンロギョ】 miswriting a word, using the wrong kanji to write a word
  • 露宇 【ロウ】 Russia and Ukraine
  • 金烏 【キンウ】 sun
  • 烏秋 【オウチュウ】 black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
  • 烏滸 【オコ】 foolish thing, stupid thing, absurdity

Kun reading compounds

  • 烏 【からす】 crow (Corvus spp.), raven
  • 烏河豚 【からす】 Chinese puffer (Takifugu chinensis)
  • 闇夜に烏 【やみよにからす】 something indistinct, a crow in a pitch-black night
  • 八咫の烏 【やたのからす】 Yatagarasu (mythical raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition), three-legged crow inhabiting the sun in Chinese mythology
  • 安んぞ 【いずくんぞ】 how, why

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wu1, wu4
Korean:
o

Spanish

  • cuervo

Portuguese

French

  • corneille
  • corbeau
229 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1256 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
4088 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2811 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1963 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18998 Morohashi
3421 New Nelson (John Haig)
1944 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2094 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4d6.5 The Kanji Dictionary
3-6-4 SKIP code
2732.7 Four corner code
1-17-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
70cf Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
eye
Parts:
Variants:
prefecture
Kun:
か.ける
On:
ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
140 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 県 【ケン】 prefecture (Japan), county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.), department (France), province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
  • 県営 【ケンエイ】 (under) prefectural management
  • 都道府県 【トドウフケン】 prefectures (of Japan), largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
  • 同県 【ドウケン】 the same prefecture, the said prefecture

Readings

Japanese names:
あがた、 がた
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xian4
Korean:
hyeon

Spanish

  • prefectura

Portuguese

  • Condado
  • prefeitura (região)

French

  • préfecture
  • département
203 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
291 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
273 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
195 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1362 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
381 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
226 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1252 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
194 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
194 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
336 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1380 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3269 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1687 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2294 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
126 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23210P Morohashi
2641 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3918 New Nelson (John Haig)
513 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
552 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
326 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1241 2001 Kanji
3n6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-3 SKIP code
3-4-5 SKIP code
2-5-4 SKIP code
2690.1 Four corner code
1-24-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
770c Unicode hex code