Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
river 巛 (川, 巜)
Parts:
Variants:
nest, rookery, hive, cobweb, den
Kun:
す.くう
On:
ソウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1588 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 巣窟 【ソウクツ】 den, haunt, hangout, nest, lair
  • 巣穴 【スアナ】 nesting hole, burrow, den
  • 卵巣 【ランソウ】 ovary
  • 病巣 【ビョウソウ】 focus, nidus, lesion

Kun reading compounds

  • 巣 【す】 nest, rookery, breeding place, hive, den, haunt, (spider's) web
  • 巣食う 【すくう】 to build a nest, to nest, to hang out (of a bad group), to be based (in), to haunt, to lodge (in one's mind; of an evil thought, delusion, etc.), to be planted, to luck (in one's heart)
  • 古巣 【ふるす】 old haunts, former homes
  • 浮き巣 【うきす】 floating nest
  • 巣食う 【すくう】 to build a nest, to nest, to hang out (of a bad group), to be based (in), to haunt, to lodge (in one's mind; of an evil thought, delusion, etc.), to be planted, to luck (in one's heart)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chao2
Korean:
so

Spanish

  • nido
  • colmena
  • guarida

Portuguese

  • ninho
  • viveiro
  • colméia
  • teia
  • escondrijo

French

  • nid
  • colonie (fous)
  • ruche
  • toile (araignée)
  • antre
560 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1521 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1233 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
141 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1491 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1246 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1431 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1538 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1640 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1862 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
517 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2861 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1477 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1987 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1946 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8696P Morohashi
2295 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2705 New Nelson (John Haig)
1927 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2077 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
570 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
964 2001 Kanji
3n8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-8 SKIP code
9090.4 Four corner code
3290.4 Four corner code
1-33-67 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5de3 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
say
Parts:
Variants:
exchange, spare, substitute, per-
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
979 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 移替 【イタイ】 changing (person in charge, etc.), shifting
  • 衰替 【スイタイ】 weakening, declining

Kun reading compounds

  • 替える 【かえる】 to replace, to convert, to change, to exchange, to interchange, to renew, to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
  • 替わる 【かわる】 to succeed, to relieve, to replace, to take the place of, to substitute for, to take over for, to represent, to hand over (telephone), to be exchanged, to change (places with), to switch

Readings

Japanese names:
かえ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ti4
Korean:
che

Spanish

  • cambio
  • sustitución
  • intercambio
  • cambiar
  • sustituir
  • intercambiar
  • convertir

Portuguese

  • troca
  • reserva
  • substituto
  • por-

French

  • substituer
  • remplacer
  • échanger
1548 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
849 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2140 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1398 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
611 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
744 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
757 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
375 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1001 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3457 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1780 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2424 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
850 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14300 Morohashi
2783 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2486 New Nelson (John Haig)
842 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
905 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1547 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1478 2001 Kanji
4c8.12 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-4 SKIP code
5560.3 Four corner code
1-34-56 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
66ff Unicode hex code