Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
house on cliff 广
Parts:
广
Variants:
abolish, obsolete, cessation, discarding, abandon
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
698 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 廃棄 【ハイキ】 disposal, abandonment, scrapping, discarding, abolition, annulment, cancellation, abrogation, repeal
  • 廃案 【ハイアン】 rejected bill (project)
  • 退廃 【タイハイ】 (moral) decay, (social) decline, decadence, corruption, degeneration, deterioration, decline (in prosperity)
  • 改廃 【カイハイ】 reform and (or) abolition, alteration or repeal, revision, reorganization, reorganisation

Kun reading compounds

  • 廃れる 【すたれる】 to go out of use, to become obsolete, to die out, to go out of fashion, to go out of style, to decline (e.g. of morals), to be lost, to go into decline (of a town, business, etc.)
  • 廃る 【すたる】 to go out of use, to become obsolete, to die out, to go out of fashion, to go out of style, to be hurt (of honour, reputation, etc.), to be harmed, to be sullied

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fei4
Korean:
pye

Spanish

  • obsoleto
  • descarte
  • abandono
  • descartar
  • desechar
  • ser obsoleto
  • ser desechado

Portuguese

  • cancelar
  • obsoleto
  • trégua
  • descarte
  • desembaraço

French

  • abolition
  • obsolète
  • cessation
  • déchets
  • mettre au rebut
  • abandonner
1687 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1014 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1526 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1100 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1261 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
961 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
992 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1412 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
595 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3902 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2010 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2712 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1722 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9425 Morohashi
3146 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1630 New Nelson (John Haig)
1706 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1841 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1527 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
557 2001 Kanji
3q9.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-9 SKIP code
0021.5 Four corner code
1-39-49 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5ec3 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
Variants:
Buddha, the dead, France
Kun:
ほとけ
On:
ブツフツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
819 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 仏 【ブツ】 Buddha, Buddhism
  • 仏像 【ブツゾウ】 statue of Buddha, image of Buddha, Buddhist statue, Buddhist image
  • 石仏 【セキブツ】 stone Buddhist image, unemotional person, taciturn person
  • 成仏 【ジョウブツ】 attaining Buddhahood, becoming a Buddha, entering Nirvana, going to heaven, resting in peace, dying (peacefully)
  • 仏 【フツ】 France, French (language)
  • 仏語 【フツゴ】 French (language)
  • 渡仏 【トフツ】 going to France
  • 滞仏 【タイフツ】 staying in France

Kun reading compounds

  • 仏 【ほとけ】 Buddha, Shakyamuni, Buddhist image, figure of Buddha, the dead, dead person, departed soul, merciful person
  • 仏顔 【ほとけがお】 gentle face
  • 神仏 【しんぶつ】 gods and Buddha, Shinto and Buddhism
  • 吾が仏 【あがほとけ】 my dear, my Buddha

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fo2, fu2
Korean:
bul

Spanish

  • Buda
  • Francia
  • muerto
  • difunto

Portuguese

  • Buddha
  • o morto
  • França

French

  • Bouddha
  • France
  • défunt
711 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
805 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
784 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
678 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
351 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
249 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
300 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
128 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
583 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
592 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
416 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
57 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
20 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
10 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
10 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
973 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
364 Morohashi
19 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
111 New Nelson (John Haig)
964 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1037 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
644 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2171 2001 Kanji
2a2.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-2 SKIP code
2223.0 Four corner code
1-42-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4ecf Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
weapon, lance
Parts:
break, destroy, censure, be chipped, be scratched, be broken, be ruined
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 毀損 【キソン】 damage, injury, defamation, harm
  • 毀壊 【キカイ】 breaking, demolishing, smashing, destroying, wrecking, being broken, being ruined, being destroyed, being worn out
  • 焼毀 【ショウキ】 completely destroying by fire
  • 誹毀 【ヒキ】 defamation, libel, calumny, slander

Kun reading compounds

  • 毀つ 【こぼつ】 to destroy, to break, to damage
  • 壊す 【こわす】 to break, to destroy, to demolish, to wreck, to ruin, to spoil, to damage, to break (a bill, etc.)
  • 毀れる 【こぼれる】 to be chipped, to be nicked
  • 壊れる 【こわれる】 to be broken, to break, to fall apart, to collapse, to be destroyed, to be damaged, to break (down), to stop working, to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.), to collapse, to break down (of a relationship, negotiations, etc.), to be broken off, to be ruined (of an atmosphere, one's image, etc.)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hui3
Korean:
hwe

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2460 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1897 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2246 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1592 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
16654 Morohashi
1791 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3000 New Nelson (John Haig)
2067 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1532 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3b10.14 The Kanji Dictionary
1-9-4 SKIP code
1-8-4 SKIP code
7714.7 Four corner code
1-52-44 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6bc0 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
divide, distinguish, choose
Parts:
Variants:
explanation
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1097 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 釈明 【シャクメイ】 explanation, vindication
  • 釈放 【シャクホウ】 release, liberation, acquittal
  • 保釈 【ホシャク】 bail, releasing on bail
  • 講釈 【コウシャク】 explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.), lecture, exposition, explanation (in a pompous fashion), (long-winded) lecture, storytelling
  • 釈然 【シャクゼン】 fully satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.), happy, cleared of doubt

Readings

Japanese names:
しゃ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi4
Korean:
seog

Spanish

  • explicación
  • interpretación
  • perdón
  • abreviatura de Buda

Portuguese

  • explicação

French

  • explication
  • justification
802 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
885 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1214 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4809 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
660 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1841 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1395 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
595 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
605 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
763 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1800 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1876 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
997 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1349 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1927 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40120P Morohashi
1484 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6203 New Nelson (John Haig)
1908 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2057 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1494 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2262 2001 Kanji
6b5.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-4 SKIP code
2798.7 Four corner code
1-28-65 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
91c8 Unicode hex code