Jisho

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8 strokes (also 7)
Radical:
long stride
Parts:
prolong, stretching
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
747 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 延滞 【エンタイ】 arrears, (being) overdue, delay (e.g. in payment), procrastination
  • 延期 【エンキ】 postponement, deferment, adjournment
  • 熱延 【ネツエン】 hot rolling
  • 圧延 【アツエン】 rolling, extending by applying pressure

Kun reading compounds

  • 伸びる 【のびる】 to stretch, to extend, to lengthen, to grow (of hair, height, grass, etc.), to straighten out, to be flattened, to become smooth, to spread (of paint, cream, etc.), to stretch out (e.g. of a hand), to extend, to lose elasticity, to become slack, to become soggy (e.g. of noodles), to make progress, to develop, to expand, to increase, to improve, to be exhausted, to get groggy, to be stunned (by a blow), to pass out, to collapse, to be prolonged (of a meeting, life span, etc.), to be extended (e.g. of a deadline), to lengthen (e.g. of the days), to be postponed, to be delayed, to be put off
  • 延べる 【のべる】 to lay out (a futon), to make (bed), to spread out, to stretch, to widen, to postpone, to extend
  • 延べ 【のべ】 futures, credit (buying), stretching, total (preceding counter, unit, etc.), aggregate, gross
  • 延べ板 【のべいた】 hammered-out plates
  • 伸ばす 【のばす】 to grow long (e.g. hair, nails), to lengthen, to extend, to stretch, to reach out, to hold out, to straighten, to smooth out, to spread evenly (dough, cream, etc.), to dilute, to thin out, to postpone, to prolong, to strengthen, to develop, to expand

Readings

Japanese names:
たか、 のぶ、 のべ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yan2
Korean:
yeon

Spanish

  • prolongar
  • alargar
  • aplazar
  • posponer
  • total
  • alargado
  • estirado
  • ensanchar
  • estirar

Portuguese

  • prolongar
  • esticar

French

  • prolonger
  • allonger
  • étendre
743 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
831 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
814 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
758 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1547 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
706 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
514 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
739 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1115 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1167 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
689 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
599 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3812 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1952 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2646 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
399 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9569X Morohashi
3073 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1657 New Nelson (John Haig)
392 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
419 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
858 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3567 2001 Kanji
2q5.4 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-5 SKIP code
3-2-5 SKIP code
1240.1 Four corner code
1-17-68 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5ef6 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
legs
Parts:
beginning, former time, origin
Kun:
もと
On:
ゲンガン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
192 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 元 【ゲン】 unknown (e.g. in an equation), element (of a set), yuan (monetary unit of China), New Taiwan dollar, Yuan dynasty (of China; 1271-1368), Yüan dynasty, Mongol dynasty
  • 原価 【ゲンカ】 cost price
  • 中元 【チュウゲン】 15th day of the 7th lunar month, (last day of) Bon lantern festival, mid-year gift, summer gift, Bon Festival gifts
  • 抗原 【コウゲン】 antigen
  • 元祖 【ガンソ】 originator, pioneer, inventor, founder, progenitor, primogenitor, founder of a family line
  • 元日 【ガンジツ】 New Year's Day

Kun reading compounds

  • 元 【もと】 origin, source, beginning, basis, base, foundation, root, cause, (raw) material, ingredient, base, mix (e.g. for a cake), (soup) stock, (one's) side, capital, principal, cost price, root (of a plant), (tree) trunk, part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand), first three lines of a waka, counter for plants or trees, counter for falcons (in falconry)
  • 元 【もと】 former, ex-, past, one-time, earlier times, the past, previous state, formerly, previously, originally, before
  • 家元 【いえもと】 head of a school (of music, dance), head family of a school
  • 胸元 【むなもと】 breast, chest, pit of the stomach, solar plexus, epigastrium

Readings

Japanese names:
ちか、 はじめ、 はる、 ゆき、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yuan2
Korean:
weon

Spanish

  • comienzo
  • principio
  • origen
  • jefe

Portuguese

  • começo
  • tempo anterior
  • origem

French

  • commencement
  • origine
  • ancien temps
68 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
117 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
106 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
328 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
275 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
106 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
121 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
60 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.10 Japanese for Busy People
137 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
137 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
245 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
141 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2428 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1226 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1690 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
59 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1340 Morohashi
1929 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
343 New Nelson (John Haig)
59 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
63 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
408 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
89 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3057 2001 Kanji
0a4.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-1-3 SKIP code
1021.1 Four corner code
1-24-21 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5143 Unicode hex code