Jisho

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3 strokes
Radical:
small, insignificant
Parts:
little, small
Kun:
ちい.さいこ-お-さ-
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
114 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 小 【ショウ】 smallness, small item, short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days), elementary school, smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name), inferior, younger (of two people with the same name), junior, unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m)
  • 小雨 【コサメ】 light rain, drizzle
  • 微小 【ビショウ】 microscopic
  • 中小 【チュウショウ】 small and medium

Kun reading compounds

  • 小さい 【ちいさい】 small, little, tiny, slight, below average (in degree, amount, etc.), minor, small, low (e.g. sound), soft (e.g. voice), unimportant, petty, insignificant, trifling, trivial, young, juvenile
  • 小さい頃 【ちいさいころ】 as a child, when one was a child

Readings

Japanese names:
いさら、 こう、 さざ、 しゃお、 ちいさ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiao3
Korean:
so

Spanish

  • poco
  • pequeño

Portuguese

  • Pequeno
  • pouco

French

  • petit
24 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
27 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
36 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
63 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1355 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
33 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
46 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
21 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.15 Japanese for Busy People
27 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
27 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
88 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
511 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
7 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
106 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7473 Morohashi
7 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1389 New Nelson (John Haig)
105 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
110 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
126 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
15 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1141 2001 Kanji
3n0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-1-2 SKIP code
9000.0 Four corner code
1-30-14 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c0f Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
sun, day
Parts:
evening, twilight, season's end, livelihood, make a living, spend time
Kun:
く.れるく.らす
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
978 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 暮雨 【ボウ】 evening rain
  • 暮雲 【ボウン】 twilight clouds
  • 歳暮 【セイボ】 year-end gift, end of the year, year end
  • 朝々暮々 【チョウチョウボボ】 every morning and evening

Kun reading compounds

  • 暮れる 【くれる】 to get dark, to grow dark, to end (of a day, year, season, etc.), to come to an end, to close, to be sunk in (e.g. despair), to be lost in (e.g. thought), to be overcome with
  • 暮らす 【くらす】 to live, to get along, to spend (time)

Readings

Japanese names:
ぐらし、 ぐれ、 ぽ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mu4
Korean:
mo

Spanish

  • anochecer
  • vivir
  • finalizar
  • obscurecerse
  • acabar

Portuguese

  • meio de vida
  • ganhar a vida
  • gastar tempo

French

  • mener sa vie
  • vivre
  • arriver à son terme
  • coucher de soleil
982 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1789 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
915 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4041 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1140 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
606 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2190 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1428 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1517 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1158 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
979 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2971 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1522 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2070 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
237 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14128X Morohashi
2354 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2508 New Nelson (John Haig)
232 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
247 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
979 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1978 2001 Kanji
3k11.14 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-11 SKIP code
2-10-4 SKIP code
2-7-7 SKIP code
4460.3 Four corner code
1-42-75 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
66ae Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
ten, complete
Parts:
Variants:
eminent, table, desk, high
On:
タク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1348 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 卓 【タク】 table, desk, counter for tables, desks, etc., offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony), tabletop incense burner
  • 卓越 【タクエツ】 preeminence, excellence, superiority, transcendence
  • 聖卓 【セイタク】 altar (esp. Christian)
  • 音声調整卓 【オンセイチョウセイタク】 mixing board (console, desk), (audio) mixer

Readings

Japanese names:
すぐる、 たか、 たかし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhuo1, zhuo2
Korean:
tag

Spanish

  • exceder
  • sobrepasar
  • eminente
  • mesa
  • escritorio

Portuguese

  • eminente
  • tabela
  • mesa
  • alta

French

  • éminent
  • haut
  • table
1553 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1428 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
802 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1761 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1111 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
660 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1679 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1794 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1030 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
246 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2561 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1307 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1777 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
51 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2741 Morohashi
2064 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
616 New Nelson (John Haig)
51 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
52 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1157 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1255 2001 Kanji
2m6.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-6 SKIP code
2-6-2 SKIP code
2140.6 Four corner code
1-34-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5353 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
history, chronicle
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
511 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 史 【シ】 history
  • 史家 【シカ】 historian
  • 通史 【ツウシ】 overview of history
  • 正史 【セイシ】 official history, authorized history

Readings

Japanese names:
あきら、 あや、 お、 こ、 ちか、 とし、 なか、 のぶ、 ひさ、 ひと、 ふみ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi3
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • historia
  • crónica

Portuguese

  • história
  • crônica

French

  • histoire
  • chronique
411 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
523 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
496 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
563 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
91 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
81 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
398 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
183 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
332 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
332 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
705 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
317 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4324 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2188 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2946 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
699 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3249 Morohashi
3510 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
697 New Nelson (John Haig)
692 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
747 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
300 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
450 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1666 2001 Kanji
0a5.38 The Kanji Dictionary
4-5-4 SKIP code
5004.6 Four corner code
5000.6 Four corner code
1-27-43 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
53f2 Unicode hex code