Jisho

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6 strokes
Radical:
pestle
Parts:
Variants:
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

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 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:
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

7 strokes
Radical:
thumb, inch
Parts:
Variants:
vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
34 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 対 【タイ】 versus, against, vs., v., to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180), toward ..., to ..., with ..., against ..., anti-, equal footing, equal terms, opposite
  • 対案 【タイアン】 counter-proposal, counter-suggestion
  • 国対 【コクタイ】 Committee of the National Diet
  • 相対 【ソウタイ】 relativity, relative, facing (e.g. a problem), confronting
  • 対 【ツイ】 pair, couple, set, antithesis, counter for items that come in pairs, counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
  • 対句 【ツイク】 couplet, antithesis
  • 一対 【イッツイ】 pair, couple
  • 双対 【ソウツイ】 duality

Kun reading compounds

  • 対手 【たいしゅ】 opponent (in combat)
  • 向かう 【むかう】 to face, to go towards, to head towards

Readings

Japanese names:
つし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dui4
Korean:
dae

Spanish

  • opuesto
  • contrario
  • por serie

Portuguese

  • vis-um-vis
  • contrário
  • até mesmo
  • igual
  • versus
  • anti-
  • compara

French

  • vis-à-vis
  • en face
  • régulier
  • égal
  • opposition
  • anti-
  • comparer
461 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
356 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
336 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
55 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2067 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
370 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
476 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
405 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
365 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
366 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
363 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
502 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1025 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
556 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
735 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1742 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7419 Morohashi
831 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1375 New Nelson (John Haig)
1726 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1862 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
39 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
286 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
448 2001 Kanji
2j5.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-3 SKIP code
0440.0 Four corner code
1-34-48 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5bfe Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
广
Variants:
apply, answer, yes, OK, reply, accept
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
266 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 応 【オウ】 agreement, affirmative, aye, yes, OK, okay, yeah, all right
  • 応援 【オウエン】 aid, assistance, help, support, reinforcement, cheering, rooting (for), support
  • 呼応 【コオウ】 hailing each other, acting in concert, responding (to), sympathizing (with), agreement, concord
  • 饗応 【キョウオウ】 entertaining with food and drink, treating to dinner, wining and dining

Kun reading compounds

  • 応える 【こたえる】 to respond, to answer, to meet (e.g. demands, expectations), to affect, to take a toll, to strike home, to have an effect on, to be hard on someone (e.g. heat, cold, work, illness, etc.), to be a strain

Readings

Japanese names:
お、 たか、 まさ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ying1, ying4
Korean:
eung

Spanish

  • contestar
  • responder
  • aceptar
  • apropiado
  • adecuado

Portuguese

  • Candidatar-se
  • resposta
  • sim
  • OK
  • aceitar

French

  • postuler
  • oui
  • OK
  • accepter
  • combler (satisfaire)
  • répondre
556 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
651 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
622 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
413 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1504 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
718 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
530 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
509 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
827 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
846 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1119 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
768 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3804 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1946 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2640 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
614 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10347P Morohashi
3066 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1789 New Nelson (John Haig)
607 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
653 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
362 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
663 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
558 2001 Kanji
3q4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-4 SKIP code
0023.0 Four corner code
1-17-94 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5fdc Unicode hex code