Jisho

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6 strokes
Radical:
small, insignificant
Parts:
be pointed, sharp, taper, displeased, angry, edgy
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2133 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 先端 【センタン】 pointed end, tip, point, cusp (of a leaf, crescent moon, etc.), apex (of a curve), forefront, vanguard, spearhead, leading edge
  • 先鋭 【センエイ】 radical, acute, sharp
  • 肺尖 【ハイセン】 pulmonary apex, apex of a lung
  • 刀尖 【トウセン】 tip of a sword

Kun reading compounds

  • 尖る 【とがる】 to taper to a point, to become pointed, to become sharp, to look displeased, to look sour, to be on edge, to be touchy
  • 切っ先 【きっさき】 point (of a sword, etc.), pointed verbal attack
  • 雛頭 【ひなさき】 slightly protruding part of the front of an eboshi, clitoris
  • 鋭い 【するどい】 sharp (knife, claws, etc.), pointed, sharp (pain, tone, etc.), acute, stabbing, cutting (remark, criticism, etc.), stinging, biting, fierce (attack), pointed (question, look, etc.), piercing (gaze), shrill (sound), keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.), acute, sharp (eye, mind, etc.), astute, shrewd, discerning, penetrating (insight, question, etc.), perceptive

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian1
Korean:
cheom

Spanish

  • puntiagudo
  • afilado
  • disgustado
  • hacerse puntiagudo
  • hacerse afilado

Portuguese

French

1357 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2700 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1864 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
7480 Morohashi
2176 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1393 New Nelson (John Haig)
2903 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2912 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3n3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-3 SKIP code
9043.0 Four corner code
1-32-77 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c16 Unicode hex code

17 strokes
Radical:
stone
Parts:
reef, sunken rock
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1977 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 礁 【ショウ】 reef
  • 礁湖 【ショウコ】 barrier lagoon, coral-reef lagoon
  • 環礁 【カンショウ】 atoll, circular coral reef
  • 座礁 【ザショウ】 running aground, being stranded, grounding, beaching

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jiao1
Korean:
cho

Spanish

  • arrecife
  • roca hundida
  • escollo

Portuguese

  • recife
  • rocha submersa

French

  • récif
  • écueil
1413 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1792 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3220 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1706 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1575 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1768 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1900 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1553 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1411 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1588 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
840 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1148 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
565 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24502 Morohashi
1243 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4048 New Nelson (John Haig)
558 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
600 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1878 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3340 2001 Kanji
5a12.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-12 SKIP code
1063.1 Four corner code
1-30-44 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7901 Unicode hex code