Jisho

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年

6 strokes
Radical:
pestle 干
Parts:
一 ノ 干 乞
Variants:
秊
year, counter for years
Kun:
とし
On:
ネン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
6 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 年 【ネン】 year, counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school), period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
  • 年会 【ネンカイ】 conference, annual convention
  • 往年 【オウネン】 years gone by, earlier years, former years, the past
  • 平年 【ヘイネン】 non-leap year, average year (for rainfall, temperature, etc.), normal year

Kun reading compounds

  • 年 【とし】 year, age, years, past one's prime, old age
  • 年明け 【としあけ】 beginning of the year, early in the New Year
  • いい年 【いいとし】 mature age, advanced age, maturity, age when one is old enough to know better
  • 御年 【おんとし】 age (esp. advanced)

Readings

Japanese names:
ね
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nian2
Korean:
nyeon

Spanish

  • año
  • edad

Portuguese

  • Ano

French

  • année
  • compteur d'années
126 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
20 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
64 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
3 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
188 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
64 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
51 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
342 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
45 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
45 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
24 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
574 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2528 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1284 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1752 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1045 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9168 Morohashi
2035 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1593 New Nelson (John Haig)
1036 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1114 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
13 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
51 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2355 2001 Kanji
0a6.16 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-4 SKIP code
4-6-3 SKIP code
8050.0 Four corner code
1-39-15 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e74 Unicode hex code

合

6 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
一 个 口
fit, suit, join, 0.1
Kun:
あ.う、 -あ.う、 あ.い、 あい-、 -あ.い、 -あい、 あ.わす、 あ.わせる、 -あ.わせる
On:
ゴウ、 ガッ、 カッ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
41 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 合 【ゴウ】 gō, traditional unit of volume, approx. 180 ml, gō, traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 square meters, one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain, conjunction, sum, total, synthesis (in dialectics), minor premise (in hetuvidya), counter for covered containers, counter for matches, battles, etc.
  • 合意 【ゴウイ】 (coming to an) agreement, consent, mutual understanding, accord, consensus
  • 複合 【フクゴウ】 composite, combined, complex
  • 整合 【セイゴウ】 adjustment, coordination, integration, conformity
  • 合宿 【ガッシュク】 lodging together, training camp, boarding house
  • 合作 【ガッサク】 collaboration, joint work
  • 合戦 【カッセン】 battle, fight, fighting, engagement, contest
  • 合羽 【カッパ】 raincoat

Kun reading compounds

  • 合う 【あう】 to come together, to merge, to unite, to meet, to fit, to match, to suit, to agree with, to be correct, to be profitable, to be equitable, to do ... to each other, to do ... together
  • 合うも不思議、合わぬも不思議 【あうもふしぎ、あわぬもふしぎ】 dreams and fortune-telling are hit-and-miss
  • 合い 【あい】 between-season wear, spring and autumn clothing, spring and fall clothing, together, condition, situation, state, -ish
  • 合言葉 【あいことば】 password, watchword, motto, slogan
  • 立会い 【たちあい】 presence (e.g. of an observer), observation, observer, witness, trading session (at an exchange), rising from a crouch to charge, initial charge, face-off
  • 地合い 【じあい】 texture (cloth, fabric, paper), market tone, undertone, balance between the position of white and black stones
  • 合わす 【あわす】 to match (rhythm, speed, etc.), to join together, to unite, to combine, to add up, to face, to be opposite (someone), to compare, to check with, to cause to meet (e.g. an unpleasant fate), to place together, to connect, to overlap, to mix, to combine, to put blade to blade, to fight
  • 合わせる 【あわせる】 to match (rhythm, speed, etc.), to join together, to unite, to combine, to add up, to face, to be opposite (someone), to compare, to check with, to cause to meet (e.g. an unpleasant fate), to place together, to connect, to overlap, to mix, to combine, to put blade to blade, to fight
  • 合わせる顔がない 【あわせるかおがない】 too ashamed to meet

Readings

Japanese names:
あう、 あん、 い、 か、 こう、 ごお、 に、 ね、 や、 わい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
he2
Korean:
hab

Spanish

  • adecuado
  • apropiado
  • correcto
  • sentar bien
  • ser adecuado
  • ser correcto
  • hacer juego

Portuguese

  • encaixe
  • unir

French

  • correspondre
  • convenir
  • joindre
  • go (0,18 l ou 0,33 m)
77 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
134 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
121 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
46 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
383 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
195 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
135 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
270 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.2 Japanese for Busy People
159 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
159 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
271 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
284 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2511 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1274 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1740 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
259 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3287 Morohashi
2019 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
715 New Nelson (John Haig)
253 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
269 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
33 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
124 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2877 2001 Kanji
2a4.18 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-4 SKIP code
8060.1 Four corner code
1-25-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5408 Unicode hex code

衆

12 strokes
Radical:
blood 血
Parts:
皿 糸 血
Variants:
眾
masses, great numbers, multitude, populace
Kun:
おお.い
On:
シュウ、 シュ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
450 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 衆 【シュウ】 great numbers (of people), numerical superiority, masses, people, folk, clique, bunch
  • 衆院 【シュウイン】 House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
  • 若い衆 【ワカイシュ】 young man, youth, lad, servant boy, young shopboy
  • 全会衆 【ゼンカイシュウ】 the whole assembly, the whole congregation
  • 衆 【シュウ】 great numbers (of people), numerical superiority, masses, people, folk, clique, bunch
  • 衆院 【シュウイン】 House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
  • 若い衆 【ワカイシュ】 young man, youth, lad, servant boy, young shopboy
  • 僧衆 【ソウシュウ】 large number of priests

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhong4
Korean:
jung

Spanish

  • multitud
  • masas

Portuguese

  • massas
  • grandes números
  • multidão
  • população

French

  • foule
  • grand nombre
  • multitude
  • peuple
806 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
901 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
705 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
570 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4210 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
651 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1720 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1762 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
792 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
806 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1194 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1612 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3325 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1724 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2342 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1874 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
33981 Morohashi
2683 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5417 New Nelson (John Haig)
1857 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2001 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
232 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
948 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
865 2001 Kanji
5h7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-6 SKIP code
2723.2 Four corner code
1-29-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8846 Unicode hex code

国

8 strokes
Radical:
enclosure 囗
Parts:
丶 囗 王
Variants:
國 圀
country
Kun:
くに
On:
コク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
3 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 国益 【コクエキ】 national interest
  • 国営 【コクエイ】 government management, state management
  • 最恵国 【サイケイコク】 most favored nation, most favoured nation, MFN
  • 異国 【イコク】 foreign country

Kun reading compounds

  • 国 【くに】 country, state, region, national government, central government, home (i.e. hometown, home country), province (of Japan), land, earth
  • 国人 【こくじん】 indigenous person, inhabitant of a country, local, native, local lords and samurai, daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
  • お国 【おくに】 your native country, your hometown, my home country (i.e. Japan), countryside, country, daimyo's territory (Edo period)
  • 現国 【うつしくに】 world of mankind, this world

Readings

Japanese names:
くな、 こ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guo2
Korean:
gug

Spanish

  • país

Portuguese

  • País
  • terra
  • nação

French

  • pays
79 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
136 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
123 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
8 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1037 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
111 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
36 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
745 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.11 Japanese for Busy People
40 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
40 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
151 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
344 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3831 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1964 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2659 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
588 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4752 Morohashi
3087 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
950 New Nelson (John Haig)
581 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
624 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
158 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3172 2001 Kanji
3s5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-5 SKIP code
6010.3 Four corner code
1-25-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
56fd Unicode hex code

大

3 strokes
Radical:
big, very 大
Parts:
大
large, big
Kun:
おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
On:
ダイ、 タイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
7 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 大 【ダイ】 large, big, great, huge, vast, major, important, serious, severe, great, prominent, eminent, distinguished, -sized, as big as, the size of, university, large (e.g. serving size), large option, long month (i.e. having 31 days)
  • 大尉 【タイイ】 captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF), lieutenant (Navy), flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
  • 国大 【コクダイ】 national university
  • 電通大 【デンツウダイ】 University of Electro-Communications
  • 大 【タイ】 nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)
  • 大尉 【タイイ】 captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF), lieutenant (Navy), flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
  • 御大 【オンタイ】 boss, governor, headman

Kun reading compounds

  • 大きい 【おおきい】 big, large, great, loud, extensive, spacious, important, decisive, valuable, older, grown up

Readings

Japanese names:
うふ、 お、 おう、 た、 たかし、 とも、 はじめ、 ひろ、 ひろし、 まさ、 まさる、 もと、 わ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
da4, dai4
Korean:
dae, da, tae

Spanish

  • grande
  • muy
  • mucho

Portuguese

  • grande
  • enorme

French

  • grand
22 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
25 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
53 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
7 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1171 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
32 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
40 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
48 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.2 Japanese for Busy People
26 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
26 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
87 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
408 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4224 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2133 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2882 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
108 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5831 Morohashi
3416 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1133 New Nelson (John Haig)
107 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
112 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
5 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
14 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1463 2001 Kanji
0a3.18 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-4 SKIP code
4003.0 Four corner code
1-34-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5927 Unicode hex code

統

12 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
亠 儿 厶 小 幺 糸
Variants:
綂
overall, relationship, ruling, governing
Kun:
す.べる、 ほび.る
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
125 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 統括 【トウカツ】 unification, bringing together, generalization, control, supervision
  • 統一 【トウイツ】 unity, consolidation, uniformity, unification, compatible
  • 総統 【ソウトウ】 supreme ruler, generalissimo, president (of Taiwan), führer, fuehrer
  • 継統 【ケイトウ】 accession to the throne

Kun reading compounds

  • 統べる 【すべる】 to rule over, to govern, to command, to control, to integrate, to consolidate, to unite, to incorporate

Readings

Japanese names:
のり、 むね
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tong3
Korean:
tong

Spanish

  • continuado
  • relacionado
  • control
  • controlar
  • supervisar

Portuguese

  • global
  • relacionamento
  • controlar
  • governante

French

  • général
  • relation
  • gouverner
  • régner
682 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
780 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
757 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
239 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3536 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
521 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1631 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2333 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
830 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
849 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1000 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1535 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1710 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
916 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1239 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1359 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27447 Morohashi
1352 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4487 New Nelson (John Haig)
1347 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1447 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
273 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
762 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2757 2001 Kanji
6a6.10 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-6 SKIP code
2091.3 Four corner code
1-37-93 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d71 Unicode hex code

領

14 strokes
Radical:
leaf 頁
Parts:
一 个 ハ 卩 目 貝 頁
jurisdiction, dominion, territory, fief, reign
Kun:
えり
On:
リョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
138 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 領 【リョウ】 territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.), counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
  • 領域 【リョウイキ】 area, domain, territory, field, range, region, regime
  • 学習指導要領 【ガクシュウシドウヨウリョウ】 government course (curriculum) guidelines
  • 綱領 【コウリョウ】 general plan, main points, summary, platform (e.g. for a campaign), mission statement

Kun reading compounds

  • 襟 【えり】 collar, lapel, neckband, neck, nape of the neck, scruff of the neck
  • 襟足 【えりあし】 hairline at the nape of the neck, nape
  • 盤領 【まるえり】 round collar (of traditional Japanese clothing)

Readings

Japanese names:
よう、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ling3
Korean:
ryeong

Spanish

  • punto clave
  • control
  • controlar

Portuguese

  • jurisdição
  • domínio
  • território
  • feudo
  • reino

French

  • domaine
  • juridiction
  • territoire
  • fief
735 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
825 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
806 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
338 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5124 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
849 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1008 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
834 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
853 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
999 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1888 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1567 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
828 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1133 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1417 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
43423 Morohashi
1224 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6628 New Nelson (John Haig)
1405 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1507 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
452 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
804 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2861 2001 Kanji
9a5.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-9 SKIP code
8128.6 Four corner code
8138.6 Four corner code
1-46-46 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9818 Unicode hex code

選

15 strokes (also 14)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
｜ 二 ハ 込 已
elect, select, choose, prefer
Kun:
えら.ぶ、 え.る、 よ.る
On:
セン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
57 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 選 【セン】 selection, choice, choosing, picking, election
  • 選挙 【センキョ】 election
  • 抽選 【チュウセン】 lottery, raffle, drawing (of lots)
  • 公選 【コウセン】 public election, election by popular vote

Kun reading compounds

  • 選ぶ 【えらぶ】 to choose, to select
  • 選ぶところがない 【えらぶところがない】 being the same thing (as), being indistinguishable (from)
  • 選る 【よる】 to choose, to select, to pick out
  • 選る 【よる】 to choose, to select, to pick out

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xuan3
Korean:
seon

Spanish

  • elegir
  • seleccionar

Portuguese

  • eleger
  • selecionar
  • escolher
  • preferir

French

  • élection
  • sélection
  • choisir
  • préférer
449 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
556 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
527 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
105 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4744 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
522 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
967 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2419 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
800 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
814 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
264 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
721 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3931 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2026 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2734 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1822 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39127P Morohashi
3169 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6114 New Nelson (John Haig)
1804 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1944 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
341 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
626 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3561 2001 Kanji
2q12.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-12 SKIP code
3-2-12 SKIP code
3730.8 Four corner code
1-33-10 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9078 Unicode hex code

挙

10 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
ハ 尚 手
Variants:
擧 舉
raise, plan, project, behavior, actions
Kun:
あ.げる、 あ.がる、 こぞ.る
On:
キョ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
257 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 挙 【キョ】 action, behavior, behaviour, move, recommendation (of a person for a position)
  • 挙式 【キョシキ】 holding a ceremony, wedding ceremony
  • 暴挙 【ボウキョ】 violence, reckless action, (an) outrage
  • 快挙 【カイキョ】 brilliant achievement, spectacular feat, splendid accomplishment, remarkable deed

Kun reading compounds

  • 上げる 【あげる】 to raise, to elevate, to do up (one's hair), to fly (a kite, etc.), to launch (fireworks, etc.), to surface (a submarine, etc.), to land (a boat), to deep-fry, to show someone (into a room), to give, to send someone (away), to enrol (one's child in school), to enroll, to increase (price, quality, status, etc.), to develop (talent, skill), to improve, to make (a loud sound), to raise (one's voice), to earn (something desirable), to praise, to give (an example, etc.), to cite, to summon up (all of one's energy, etc.), to arrest, to nominate, to summon (for geishas, etc.), to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.), to bear (a child), to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding), (of the tide) to come in, to vomit, to do for (the sake of someone else), to complete ..., to humbly do ...
  • 上がる 【あがる】 to rise, to go up, to come up, to ascend, to be raised, to enter (esp. from outdoors), to come in, to go in, to enter (a school), to advance to the next grade, to get out (of water), to come ashore, to increase, to improve, to make progress, to be promoted, to advance, to be made (of profit, etc.), to occur (esp. of a favourable result), to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.), to be finished, to be done, to be over, to stop (of rain), to lift, to stop (working properly), to cut out, to give out, to die, to win (in a card game, etc.), to be arrested, to turn up (of evidence, etc.), to be deep fried, to be spoken loudly, to get nervous, to get stage fright, to be offered (to the gods, etc.), to go, to visit, to eat, to drink, to be listed (as a candidate), to serve (in one's master's home), to be complete, to finish, above, north of
  • 挙る 【こぞる】 to assemble everything together, to do something as a group

Readings

Japanese names:
たか
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ju3
Korean:
geo

Spanish

  • tener lugar
  • elevar
  • completamente
  • levantar
  • poner un ejemplo
  • prosperar

Portuguese

  • levantar
  • plano
  • projeto
  • comportamento
  • ações

French

  • faire monter
  • plan
  • projet
  • conduite
  • actions
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1902 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
523 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1356 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1207 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
801 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
815 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1189 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
849 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3106 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1588 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2169 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1957 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
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2456 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2150 New Nelson (John Haig)
1938 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2088 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
434 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
539 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
947 2001 Kanji
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