Jisho

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幹

13 strokes
Radical:
pestle 干
Parts:
个 十 干 日
Variants:
榦
tree trunk, main part, talent, capability
Kun:
みき
On:
カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
364 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 幹 【ミキ】 (tree) trunk, (arrow) shaft, (tool) handle, backbone, base
  • 幹事 【カンジ】 executive secretary, coordinator, organizer, person in charge of making arrangements
  • 主幹 【シュカン】 chief editor, managing editor, manager, person in charge
  • 基幹 【キカン】 mainstay, nucleus, key

Kun reading compounds

  • 幹 【みき】 (tree) trunk, (arrow) shaft, (tool) handle, backbone, base

Readings

Japanese names:
つよし、 まさ、 もと、 えだ、 き、 くる、 たかし、 つね、 とも、 み、 もとき、 よし、 より
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gan4, han2
Korean:
gan

Spanish

  • tronco del árbol
  • punto importante
  • base

Portuguese

  • Tronco de árvore

French

  • tronc d'arbre
  • pièce principale
751 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
667 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
637 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
761 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
790 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
763 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1254 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1938 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1189 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1248 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1230 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
576 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2152 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1130 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1531 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1669 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9183 Morohashi
1718 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1596 New Nelson (John Haig)
1654 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1783 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
770 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1555 2001 Kanji
4c9.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-5 SKIP code
4844.1 Four corner code
1-20-20 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e79 Unicode hex code

事

8 strokes
Radical:
hook 亅
Parts:
一 亅 口 ヨ
Variants:
亊 叓
matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
Kun:
こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
On:
ジ、 ズ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
18 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 事 【ジ】 individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle)
  • 事業 【ジギョウ】 business, enterprise, venture, (commercial) activity, (business) operation, industry, (social) project, undertaking, enterprise, work, activity, program, service
  • 商事 【ショウジ】 commercial affairs
  • 有事 【ユウジ】 emergency

Kun reading compounds

  • 事 【こと】 thing, matter, incident, occurrence, event, something serious, trouble, crisis, circumstances, situation, state of affairs, work, business, affair, after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to, nominalizing suffix, pretending to ..., playing make-believe ..., alias, also known as, otherwise known as, or, necessity, need, you should ..., I advise that you ..., it's important to ...
  • 事柄 【ことがら】 matter, thing, affair, circumstance
  • 神事 【しんじ】 Shinto ritual
  • いい事 【いいこと】 good thing, nice thing, good excuse, good grounds, good opportunity, interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
  • 仕える 【つかえる】 to serve, to work for, to attend

Readings

Japanese names:
ろ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi4
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • cosa
  • hecho
  • asunto
  • acción

Portuguese

  • matéria
  • coisa
  • fato
  • negócios
  • razão
  • possivelmente

French

  • fait
  • chose
  • matière
  • affaire
  • raison
  • peut-être
230 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
309 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
293 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
32 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
272 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
73 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
108 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
768 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.7 Japanese for Busy People
80 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
80 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
237 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
30 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4384 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2220 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2986 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1164 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
241 Morohashi
3567 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
71 New Nelson (John Haig)
1156 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1240 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
10 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
300 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1547 2001 Kanji
0a8.15 The Kanji Dictionary
4-8-3 SKIP code
5000.7 Four corner code
1-27-86 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e8b Unicode hex code

会

6 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
二 个 厶
Variants:
會
meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Kun:
あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる
On:
カイ、 エ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
4 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 会 【カイ】 meeting, assembly, party, gathering, conference, athletic meet, society, association, club
  • 会員 【カイイン】 member, the membership
  • 例会 【レイカイ】 regular meeting
  • 際会 【サイカイ】 meeting, facing, confronting
  • 会 【エ】 gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.)
  • 会釈 【エシャク】 slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude), nod, salutation, consideration, thoughtfulness
  • 法会 【ホウエ】 Buddhist service (e.g. memorial service)
  • 御斎会 【ゴサイエ】 imperial event at which high monks recited the Golden Light Sutra to pray for national security and good harvests (held annually at the palace from the 8th to the 14th of the first lunar month, between the Nara and Muromachi periods)

Kun reading compounds

  • 会う 【あう】 to meet, to encounter, to see, to have an accident, to have a bad experience
  • 逢うは別れの始め 【あうはわかれのはじめ】 we meet only to part, meeting is the first step to parting
  • 会わせる 【あわせる】 to make (someone) to meet, to let (someone) meet, to expose to, to subject to

Readings

Japanese names:
あい、 い
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hui4, kuai4
Korean:
hoe, goe, gwal

Spanish

  • asociación
  • reunión
  • encontrarse con
  • reunirse

Portuguese

  • encontro
  • reunião
  • festa
  • associação
  • entrevista
  • une

French

  • réunion
  • rencontre
  • meeting
  • parti
  • association
  • entrevue
  • rejoindre
54 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
93 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
87 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
12 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
381 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
116 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
454 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
158 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
158 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
59 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
47 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2512 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1275 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1741 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
759 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
460 Morohashi
2020 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
143 New Nelson (John Haig)
752 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
814 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
16 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
119 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2871 2001 Kanji
2a4.19 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-4 SKIP code
2-3-3 SKIP code
8073.1 Four corner code
1-18-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f1a Unicode hex code