Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
work
Parts:
distinction, difference, variation, discrepancy, margin, balance
Kun:
さ.すさ.し
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
449 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 差 【サ】 difference, variation, difference
  • 差し 【サシ】 between (e.g. two people), face to face, hindrance, impediment, arrhythmic section of recitative, playing with only 2 players, prefix used for stress or emphasis, counter for traditional dance songs
  • 落差 【ラクサ】 difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water), head, drop (e.g. of a waterfall), fall distance, difference, gap
  • 賃金格差 【チンギンカクサ】 pay gap, wage gap, wage differential

Kun reading compounds

  • 差す 【さす】 to shine, to be visible, to be tinged with, to rise (of water levels), to flow in, to be felt (i.e. as an emotion), to come over one, to hold up (an umbrella, etc.), to put up, to raise, to extend one's arm straight ahead (in dance), to insert, to put in, to wear (a sword) in one's belt, to wear at one's side, to carry under one's arm, to insert one's arm under an opponent's arm, to pole (a boat), to pour, to add (liquid), to serve (drinks), to put on (lipstick, etc.), to apply, to colour, to dye, to light (a fire), to burn, to shut, to close, to lock, to fasten, to stop in the midst of, to leave undone
  • 差し 【さし】 between (e.g. two people), face to face, hindrance, impediment, arrhythmic section of recitative, playing with only 2 players, prefix used for stress or emphasis, counter for traditional dance songs
  • 尺 【さし】 ruler, measure
  • 旗指 【はたさし】 samurai who carries his general's banner while riding into battle, small war flag attached to the back of one's armour during battle
  • 一差し 【ひとさし】 one dance, one game (e.g. of shogi)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chai1, cha1, cha4, ci1
Korean:
cha, chi

Spanish

  • distinción
  • diferencia
  • remanente
  • poner
  • echar
  • verter

Portuguese

  • distinção
  • diferença
  • variação
  • discrepancia
  • margem
  • equilíbrio

French

  • différence
  • distinction (entre)
  • variation
  • divergence
  • marge
  • balance
399 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
508 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
482 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
614 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3662 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
662 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
492 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1164 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
658 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
669 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
674 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
553 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4104 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2082 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2821 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
560 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8732 Morohashi
3311 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1537 New Nelson (John Haig)
554 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
593 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
544 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
972 2001 Kanji
2o8.4 The Kanji Dictionary
3-7-3 SKIP code
2-6-4 SKIP code
2-2-8 SKIP code
2-3-7 SKIP code
8021.1 Four corner code
1-26-25 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5dee Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
packed, close, pressed, reprove, rebuke, blame
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1020 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 詰問 【キツモン】 cross-examination, close questioning, demanding an explanation
  • 難詰 【ナンキツ】 reprimand
  • 面詰 【メンキツ】 reprimanding (a person) personally, personal reproof

Kun reading compounds

  • 詰める 【つめる】 to stuff into, to jam, to cram, to pack, to fill, to plug, to stop up, to shorten, to move closer together, to reduce (spending), to conserve, to focus intently on, to strain oneself to do, to go through thoroughly, to work out (details), to bring to a conclusion, to wind up, to be on duty, to be stationed, to corner (esp. an opponent's king in shogi), to trap, to checkmate, to cut off (one's finger as an act of apology), to catch (one's finger in a door, etc.), to do non-stop, to do continuously, to keep doing (without a break), to do completely, to do thoroughly, to force someone into a difficult situation by ...
  • 詰め 【つめ】 stuffing, packing, end (esp. the foot of a bridge), lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony, tea master, endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively), sweet eel sauce, middle-aged woman, appointment to a particular workplace, using as the sole ground of judgement (judgment), continuing, keep doing for period of time
  • 詰める 【つめる】 to stuff into, to jam, to cram, to pack, to fill, to plug, to stop up, to shorten, to move closer together, to reduce (spending), to conserve, to focus intently on, to strain oneself to do, to go through thoroughly, to work out (details), to bring to a conclusion, to wind up, to be on duty, to be stationed, to corner (esp. an opponent's king in shogi), to trap, to checkmate, to cut off (one's finger as an act of apology), to catch (one's finger in a door, etc.), to do non-stop, to do continuously, to keep doing (without a break), to do completely, to do thoroughly, to force someone into a difficult situation by ...
  • お詰め 【おつめ】 lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony, tea master
  • 詰まる 【つまる】 to be packed (with), to be full (space, schedule, etc.), to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.), to be clogged, to be plugged up, to shorten (width, interval, etc.), to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.), to narrow, to be at a loss, to be hard pressed, to end up, to be settled, to become a geminate consonant, to hit the ball near the handle of the bat
  • 詰まるところ 【つまるところ】 in short, in brief, to sum up, ultimately, in the end, in the long run, when all is said and done, what it all comes down to, when you get right down to it
  • 詰む 【つむ】 to become fine (of fabric), to be checkmated, to be hard pressed, to be at a loss, to reach the limits

Readings

Japanese names:
ずめ、 づめ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jie2
Korean:
hil

Spanish

  • pedir informes
  • empaquetar
  • rellenar
  • reprobar
  • reprender
  • trabajar duro

Portuguese

  • empacotado
  • fechar
  • pressionar
  • reprovar
  • repreender
  • culpa

French

  • hermétiquement clos
  • conserve
  • coincé
  • réprimande
  • blâme
1144 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1035 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4359 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1507 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
901 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1142 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1195 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1576 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1678 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1920 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1021 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1380 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
349 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35440 Morohashi
1521 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5609 New Nelson (John Haig)
343 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
367 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1665 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3077 2001 Kanji
7a6.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-6 SKIP code
0466.1 Four corner code
1-21-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8a70 Unicode hex code