Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
thumb, inch
Parts:
guidance, leading, conduct, usher
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
354 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 導入 【ドウニュウ】 introduction, bringing in, installation, setting up, importation, introduction (to a story, lecture, etc.), introductory part
  • 導火線 【ドウカセン】 fuse
  • 超伝導 【チョウデンドウ】 superconductivity, super-conductivity
  • 主導 【シュドウ】 leadership, initiative, spearhead

Kun reading compounds

  • 導く 【みちびく】 to guide, to lead, to show the way, to conduct, to derive, to deduce

Readings

Japanese names:
みち
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dao3, dao4
Korean:
do

Spanish

  • guía
  • enseñanza
  • conductor
  • guiar
  • ser guiado

Portuguese

  • orientação
  • conduzindo
  • conduta
  • organizador

French

  • directives
  • mener
  • guider
  • conduire
684 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
782 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
759 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
524 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1354 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
755 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
481 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2413 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
703 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
716 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
480 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
510 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3587 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1845 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2509 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
284 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7463P Morohashi
2888 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1388 New Nelson (John Haig)
278 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
296 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
810 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
948 2001 Kanji
5c9.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-12-3 SKIP code
3-5-9 SKIP code
3-6-9 SKIP code
2-11-3 SKIP code
3834.3 Four corner code
1-38-19 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c0e Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
enclosure
Parts:
Variants:
cause, factor, be associated with, depend on, be limited to
Kun:
よ.るちな.む
On:
イン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
636 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 因 【イン】 cause, factor, hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions), the basis of one's argument (in hetuvidya)
  • 因縁 【インネン】 fate, destiny, connection, tie, bond, origin, pretext, justification, hetu and prataya (direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things)
  • 主因 【シュイン】 primary cause, main factor
  • 勝因 【ショウイン】 cause of victory, reason for (one's) success

Kun reading compounds

  • 依る 【よる】 to be due to, to be caused by, to depend on, to turn on, to be based on, to come from, to be based at (a location, an organization), to be headquartered at
  • よるところが大きい 【よるところがおおきい】 depending largely on, playing a large role in, due largely to
  • 因む 【ちなむ】 to be associated (with), to be connected (with)

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yin1
Korean:
in

Spanish

  • causa
  • origen
  • depender de
  • contar con

Portuguese

  • causa
  • fator
  • seja associado com
  • contar com
  • ser limitado para

French

  • cause
  • facteur
  • associé à
  • dépendre de
  • limité à
548 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
643 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
614 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
646 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1026 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
462 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
420 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
311 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
554 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
563 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
406 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
337 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3792 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1936 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2629 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
590 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4693 Morohashi
3054 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
939 New Nelson (John Haig)
583 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
626 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
485 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
655 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1463 2001 Kanji
3s3.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-3 SKIP code
6043.0 Four corner code
1-16-88 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
56e0 Unicode hex code