Jisho

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3 strokes
Radical:
oneself 己 (巳, 已, 㔾)
Parts:
Variants:
stop, halt, previously, already, long ago
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2140 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 以降 【イコウ】 on and after, from ... onward, since
  • 以下 【イカ】 not exceeding ..., not more than ..., ... and under, ... and below, ... or fewer, below (a standard, level, etc.), under, beneath, less than, the following, the below-mentioned, the rest, followed by ..., including ..., ... and other (employees, officials, etc.)
  • 生滅滅已 【ショウメツメツイ】 going beyond life and death and entering Nirvana

Kun reading compounds

  • 止む 【やむ】 to cease, to stop, to be over
  • やむを得ない 【やむをえない】 cannot be helped, unavoidable
  • 既に 【すでに】 already, too late

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yi3
Korean:
i

Spanish

  • abandono
  • parada
  • dejar
  • abandonar
  • parar
  • ya
  • antes
  • hace tiempo

Portuguese

French

1461 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
31 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
4185 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2861 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
8743 Morohashi
3377 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1539 New Nelson (John Haig)
2937 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2944 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
0a3.13 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-1 SKIP code
1771.7 Four corner code
1-54-65 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5df2 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
how, what, alas, question mark, exclamation mark
Kun:
かな
On:
サイ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 快哉 【カイサイ】 joy, exultation
  • 悦哉 【エッサイ】 musket (male Japanese sparrowhawk)

Kun reading compounds

  • 哉 【かな】 how!, what!, alas!
  • 悲しいかな 【かなしいかな】 sad to say, how sad, alas
  • 果たせるかな 【はたせるかな】 as expected
  • 候哉 【そうろうや】 I wonder if ...

Readings

Japanese names:
か、 すけ、 とし、 ちか、 はじめ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zai1
Korean:
jae

Spanish

  • ¿cómo?
  • ¿qué?
  • exclamación

Portuguese

French

777 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1940 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1006 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2037 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
4084 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2071 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2807 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
3596 Morohashi
3294 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
779 New Nelson (John Haig)
2704 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2741 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4n5.4 The Kanji Dictionary
3-6-3 SKIP code
4-9-4 SKIP code
4365.0 Four corner code
1-26-40 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
54c9 Unicode hex code