Jisho

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式

6 strokes
Radical:
shoot, arrow 弋
Parts:
工 弋
style, ceremony, rite, function, method, system, form, expression
On:
シキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
251 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 式 【シキ】 way, style, fashion, method, system, form, type, ceremony, rite, ritual, celebration, wedding (ceremony), equation, formula, expression, enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryō legal codes)
  • 式場 【シキジョウ】 ceremonial hall (e.g. wedding, funeral), hall for ceremonies, place of ceremony
  • 硬式 【コウシキ】 hard (esp. of hardball, tennis, etc.)
  • 型式 【カタシキ】 model (e.g. of a vehicle), type

Readings

Japanese names:
のり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi4
Korean:
sig

Spanish

  • ceremonia
  • método
  • sistema
  • forma

Portuguese

  • estilo
  • cerimônia
  • rito
  • método
  • sistema
  • formulário

French

  • type
  • protocole
  • cérémonie
  • rituel
  • fonction
  • processus
  • système
  • forme
417 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
311 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
295 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
185 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1556 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
349 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
515 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
306 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
525 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
534 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
796 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
602 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3785 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1931 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2623 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
359 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9663 Morohashi
3049 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1676 New Nelson (John Haig)
353 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
377 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
356 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
269 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1456 2001 Kanji
4n3.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-3 SKIP code
4310.0 Four corner code
1-28-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f0f Unicode hex code

短

12 strokes
Radical:
arrow 矢
Parts:
并 口 矢 豆 乞
short, brevity, fault, defect, weak point
Kun:
みじか.い
On:
タン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
689 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 短 【タン】 fault, defect, weak point, minor, 5-point card, short
  • 短歌 【タンカ】 tanka, 31-mora Japanese poem
  • 長短 【チョウタン】 (relative) length, advantages and disadvantages, pluses and minuses, strong and weak points, merits and demerits
  • 車高短 【シャコウタン】 lowered car, car with lowered suspension

Kun reading compounds

  • 短い 【みじかい】 short, brief

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
duan3
Korean:
dan

Spanish

  • pequeño
  • breve
  • defecto
  • corto

Portuguese

  • curto
  • brevidade
  • falta
  • defeito
  • ponto fraco

French

  • court
  • bref
  • faute
  • défaut
  • point faible
466 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
362 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
342 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
789 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3172 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
261 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
230 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1633 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
215 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
215 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
90 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1395 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1515 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
801 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1093 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1454 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23978 Morohashi
1182 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3982 New Nelson (John Haig)
1442 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1550 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
403 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2373 2001 Kanji
3d9.27 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-7 SKIP code
8141.8 Four corner code
1-35-27 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
77ed Unicode hex code

距

12 strokes
Radical:
foot 足 (⻊)
Parts:
匚 口 止 巨 足
long-distance, spur, fetlock
Kun:
へだ.たる、 けづめ
On:
キョ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1191 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 距 【キョ】 tubular nectary, spur
  • 距離 【キョリ】 distance, range, interval, difference (e.g. in opinion), gap, distance, metric
  • 緯距 【イキョ】 latitude
  • 経距 【ケイキョ】 departure (surveying, etc.)

Kun reading compounds

  • 隔たる 【へだたる】 to be distant
  • 蹴爪 【けづめ】 spur (of a chicken, pheasant, etc.), cockspur, calcar, fetlock

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ju4
Korean:
geo

Spanish

  • larga distancia
  • distante
  • separar

Portuguese

  • Longa distância

French

  • longue distance
  • éperon (botanique)
  • fanon (de cheval)
1157 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1245 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4548 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1110 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1791 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1294 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1369 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1007 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1760 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1905 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1013 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1370 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1289 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
37481 Morohashi
1511 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5866 New Nelson (John Haig)
1281 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1375 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1590 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3775 2001 Kanji
7d5.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-5 SKIP code
1-7-4 SKIP code
6111.7 Four corner code
1-21-87 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8ddd Unicode hex code

離

19 strokes
Radical:
small bird 隹
Parts:
亠 凵 禹 隹
detach, separation, disjoin, digress
Kun:
はな.れる、 はな.す
On:
リ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
555 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 離 【リ】 li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
  • 離宮 【リキュウ】 imperial villa, royal villa, detached palace
  • 短距離 【タンキョリ】 short distance, short range, short-haul
  • 近距離 【キンキョリ】 short distance

Kun reading compounds

  • 離れる 【はなれる】 to be separated, to be apart, to be distant, to leave, to go away, to leave (a job, etc.), to quit, to give up, to lose connection with, to drift away from
  • 離す 【はなす】 to separate, to part, to divide, to keep apart

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
li2
Korean:
ri

Spanish

  • separarse
  • apartarse
  • separar
  • apartar

Portuguese

  • separar
  • separação
  • digressão
  • divagação

French

  • séparer
  • détacher
  • diviser
  • s'écarter
1897 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
641 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5040 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
909 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1887 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2889 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1281 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1355 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1008 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1857 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2364 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1195 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1663 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1505 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
42140X Morohashi
1836 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6517 New Nelson (John Haig)
1492 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1605 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1923 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
475 2001 Kanji
8c10.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-11-8 SKIP code
0041.4 Four corner code
1-46-05 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
96e2 Unicode hex code

地

6 strokes
Radical:
earth 土
Parts:
土 也
ground, earth
On:
チ、 ジ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
40 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 地 【チ】 earth, ground, land, soil, place, territory, bottom (of a package, book, etc.), earth (one of the five elements)
  • 地位 【チイ】 (social) position, status, standing, position (in a company, organization, etc.), post, rank
  • 奥地 【オクチ】 interior, backwoods, hinterland, back regions
  • 対地 【タイチ】 ground to ground
  • 地 【ジ】 ground, land, earth, soil, the region in question, the local area, skin, texture, fabric, material, weave, base, background, one's true nature, narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story), real life, actuality, captured territory, noh chorus, accompaniment music (in Japanese dance), basic phrase (in Japanese music; usu. repetitive), base part (of multiple shamisens)
  • 地合い 【ジアイ】 texture (cloth, fabric, paper), market tone, undertone, balance between the position of white and black stones
  • 下地 【シタジ】 groundwork, foundation, inclination, aptitude, elementary knowledge (of), grounding (in), undercoat, first coat, soy sauce
  • 築地 【ツイジ】 mud wall with a roof, roofed mud wall

Readings

Japanese names:
どま
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
di4, de5
Korean:
ji

Spanish

  • suelo
  • tierra
  • terreno
  • posición

Portuguese

  • terra
  • chão

French

  • sol
  • terre
111 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
184 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
167 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
40 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1056 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
143 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
143 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
241 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
118 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
118 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
146 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
367 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
236 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
152 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
181 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
521 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4890 Morohashi
204 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
976 New Nelson (John Haig)
515 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
554 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
45 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
130 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1456 2001 Kanji
3b3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-3 SKIP code
4411.2 Four corner code
1-35-47 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5730 Unicode hex code

対

7 strokes
Radical:
thumb, inch 寸
Parts:
寸 文
Variants:
對
vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare
Kun:
あいて、 こた.える、 そろ.い、 つれあ.い、 なら.ぶ、 むか.う
On:
タイ、 ツイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
34 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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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

空

8 strokes
Radical:
cave 穴
Parts:
儿 宀 工 穴
empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum
Kun:
そら、 あ.く、 あ.き、 あ.ける、 から、 す.く、 す.かす、 むな.しい
On:
クウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
304 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 空 【クウ】 empty air, sky, shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon), emptiness, air force, fruitlessness, meaninglessness, void (one of the five elements), empty (e.g. set)
  • 空域 【クウイキ】 airspace
  • 領空 【リョウクウ】 territorial airspace
  • 防空 【ボウクウ】 air defense, air defence

Kun reading compounds

  • 空 【そら】 sky, the air, the heavens, weather, far-off place, distant place, state of mind, feeling, (from) memory, (by) heart, falsehood, lie, somehow, vaguely, fake
  • 空模様 【そらもよう】 look of the sky, weather
  • 定めなき空 【さだめなきそら】 changeable weather
  • 晴れた空 【はれたそら】 clear sky, cloudless sky
  • 開く 【あく】 to open (e.g. doors), to open (e.g. business, etc.), to be empty, to be vacant, to be available, to be free, to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.), to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.), to come to an end, to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.), to have a hole, to form a gap, to have an interval (between events)
  • 空き 【あき】 space, room, gap, emptiness, vacancy, opening, empty seat, free time, time to spare, disuse, unused thing
  • 空き缶 【あきかん】 empty can
  • 開ける 【あける】 to open (a door, etc.), to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package), to unlock, to open (for business, etc.), to empty, to remove, to make space, to make room, to move out, to clear out, to be away from (e.g. one's house), to leave (temporarily), to dawn, to grow light, to end (of a period, season), to begin (of the New Year), to leave (one's schedule) open, to make time (for), to make (a hole), to open up (a hole)
  • 空 【から】 emptiness, being empty, not carrying anything, unburdened, empty-handed, dishonoured (bill, promise, etc.), false, no-show (reservation), put-on (cheeriness, courage, etc.), empty (compliments), insincere
  • 空手 【からて】 karate, being empty-handed, having nothing in one's hands
  • もぬけの殻 【もぬけのから】 completely empty (of a residence, etc.), vacant, deserted, body from which the soul has left, corpse, shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
  • 空く 【すく】 to become less crowded, to thin out, to get empty, to be hungry
  • 空かす 【すかす】 to feel hungry, to get hungry
  • 虚しい 【むなしい】 empty, void, vacant, vain, fruitless, futile, ineffective, lifeless

Readings

Japanese names:
うつ、 き、 く
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kong1, kong4
Korean:
gong

Spanish

  • cielo
  • atmósfera
  • vacío
  • vacante
  • quedarse vacío
  • vaciar

Portuguese

  • esvaziar
  • ceú
  • desocupado
  • vazio
  • vácuo

French

  • vide
  • ciel
  • vacant
  • creux
65 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
66 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
15 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
233 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3317 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
184 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
77 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
723 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.17 Japanese for Busy People
140 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
140 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
461 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1452 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2767 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1418 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1913 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1327 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
25415 Morohashi
2227 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4192 New Nelson (John Haig)
1317 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1414 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
304 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
73 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
772 2001 Kanji
3m5.12 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
2-5-3 SKIP code
3010.1 Four corner code
1-22-85 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7a7a Unicode hex code

誘

14 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
ノ 乃 禾 言
Variants:
唀
entice, lead, tempt, invite, ask, call for, seduce, allure
Kun:
さそ.う、 いざな.う
On:
ユウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
993 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 誘致 【ユウチ】 attraction, lure, invitation
  • 誘拐 【ユウカイ】 abduction, kidnapping, kidnaping
  • 不招請勧誘 【フショウセイカンユウ】 unsolicited promotion
  • 劇場型勧誘 【ゲキジョウガタカンユウ】 advertising fraudulent investment schemes with glossy brochures, phone calls, etc.

Kun reading compounds

  • 誘う 【さそう】 to invite, to ask (someone to do), to call (for), to take (someone) along, to tempt, to lure, to entice, to seduce, to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.), to arouse (e.g. sympathy), to provoke
  • 誘う 【さそう】 to invite, to ask (someone to do), to call (for), to take (someone) along, to tempt, to lure, to entice, to seduce, to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.), to arouse (e.g. sympathy), to provoke

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
you4
Korean:
yu

Spanish

  • tentación
  • seducción
  • invitación
  • tentar
  • seducir
  • invitar
  • atraer

Portuguese

  • atrair
  • primazia
  • tentação
  • convidar
  • perguntar
  • pedir
  • seduzir
  • fascinação

French

  • inviter
  • entraîner
  • tenter
  • inciter
  • séduire
  • charme
1870 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1196 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4371 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1222 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1757 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1684 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1799 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
274 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1691 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1952 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1044 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1407 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
925 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35525 Morohashi
1550 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5625 New Nelson (John Haig)
916 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
982 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1729 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3045 2001 Kanji
7a7.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-7 SKIP code
1-7-8 SKIP code
0262.7 Four corner code
1-45-22 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8a98 Unicode hex code

導

15 strokes
Radical:
thumb, inch 寸
Parts:
并 込 寸 自 首
guidance, leading, conduct, usher
Kun:
みちび.く
On:
ドウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
354 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 導入 【ドウニュウ】 introduction, bringing in, installation, setting up, importation, introduction (to a story, lecture, etc.), introductory part
  • 導火線 【ドウカセン】 fuse
  • 超伝導 【チョウデンドウ】 superconductivity, super-conductivity
  • 主導 【シュドウ】 leadership, initiative, spearhead

Kun reading compounds

  • 導く 【みちびく】 to guide, to lead, to show the way, to conduct, to derive, to deduce

Readings

Japanese names:
みち
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dao3, dao4
Korean:
do

Spanish

  • guía
  • enseñanza
  • conductor
  • guiar
  • ser guiado

Portuguese

  • orientação
  • conduzindo
  • conduta
  • organizador

French

  • directives
  • mener
  • guider
  • conduire
684 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
782 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
759 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
524 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1354 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
755 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
481 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2413 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
703 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
716 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
480 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
510 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3587 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1845 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2509 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
284 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7463P Morohashi
2888 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1388 New Nelson (John Haig)
278 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
296 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
810 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
948 2001 Kanji
5c9.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-12-3 SKIP code
3-5-9 SKIP code
3-6-9 SKIP code
2-11-3 SKIP code
3834.3 Four corner code
1-38-19 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c0e Unicode hex code

弾

12 strokes
Radical:
bow 弓
Parts:
十 尚 弓 田
Variants:
彈
bullet, twang, flip, snap
Kun:
ひ.く、 -ひ.き、 はず.む、 たま、 はじ.く、 はじ.ける、 ただ.す、 はじ.きゆみ
On:
ダン、 タン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
853 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 弾 【ダン】 counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.), counter for bullets
  • 弾圧 【ダンアツ】 oppression, suppression, pressure
  • 防弾 【ボウダン】 bulletproof, bombproof
  • 砲弾 【ホウダン】 shell, cannonball
  • 弾棋 【ダンギ】 ancient Chinese board game similar to go
  • 弾指 【ダンシ】 snapping the fingers (esp. by striking the side of the middle finger with the thumb; to indicate consent, joy, a warning, etc.), moment, instant, criticism, shunning, rejection

Kun reading compounds

  • 弾く 【ひく】 to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
  • 弾む 【はずむ】 to spring, to bound, to bounce, to be stimulated, to be encouraged, to get lively, to pay handsomely, to splurge, to part eagerly with (money, etc.), to breathe hard, to pant, to be out of breath
  • 玉 【たま】 ball, sphere, globe, orb, bead (of sweat, dew, etc.), drop, droplet, ball (in sports), pile (of noodles, etc.), bullet, bulb (i.e. a light bulb), lens (of glasses, etc.), bead (of an abacus), ball (i.e. a testicle), gem, jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively), pearl, female entertainer (e.g. a geisha), person (when commenting on their nature), character, item, funds or person used as part of a plot, egg, okonomiyaki, coin, precious, beautiful, excellent
  • 弾傷 【たまきず】 bullet wound, gunshot wound
  • 弾く 【はじく】 to flip, to snap, to flick, to repel, to use (an abacus), to calculate, to strum, to pluck the strings (of a guitar, etc.)
  • 弾ける 【はじける】 to burst open, to split open, to pop, to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor), to bounce, to bound
  • 弾正台 【だんじょうだい】 Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (1869-1871), Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (under the ritsuryō system)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dan4, tan2
Korean:
tan

Spanish

  • bala
  • pelota
  • chasquido
  • golpe seco
  • chasquear
  • tocar (piano
  • guitarra
  • etc.)

Portuguese

  • Bala (arma)
  • fanhoso
  • sacudidela
  • estalo

French

  • boulet
  • rebond
  • chiquenaude
  • vibration
1570 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
933 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1575 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1099 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1272 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1880 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1539 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1641 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
590 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
613 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
697 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
418 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
524 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1950 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9836P Morohashi
572 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1699 New Nelson (John Haig)
1931 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2081 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1529 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3555 2001 Kanji
3h9.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
1925.6 Four corner code
1-35-38 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f3e Unicode hex code