Jisho

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4 strokes
Radical:
bow
Parts:
condolences, mourning, funeral
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1840 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 弔問 【チョウモン】 condolence call, visiting a bereaved family to offer condolences
  • 弔辞 【チョウジ】 message of condolence, memorial address
  • 慶弔 【ケイチョウ】 congratulations and condolences
  • 哀弔 【アイチョウ】 sympathetic condolences

Kun reading compounds

  • 弔う 【とむらう】 to mourn for, to grieve for, to condole with (the bereaved family, etc.), to hold a memorial service for, to hold a funeral service for
  • 弔う 【とむらう】 to mourn for, to grieve for, to condole with (the bereaved family, etc.), to hold a memorial service for, to hold a funeral service for

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
diao4
Korean:
jo, jeog

Spanish

  • condolencias
  • luto
  • entierro
  • funeral
  • dar el pésame
  • enterrar

Portuguese

  • condolencias
  • velório
  • funeral

French

  • condoléances
  • deuil
  • funérailles
1588 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1987 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
80 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1690 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1269 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1796 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1934 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1815 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
606 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4240 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2139 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2888 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1241 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9698 Morohashi
3432 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1680 New Nelson (John Haig)
1233 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1319 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1032 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3544 2001 Kanji
0a4.41 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-1 SKIP code
1752.7 Four corner code
1-36-04 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f14 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
part of speech, words, poetry
Kun:
ことば
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1636 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 詞 【シ】 words, writing, lyrics, ci (form of Chinese poetry), independent word
  • 詞華集 【シカシュウ】 anthology (of poems), florilegium
  • 作詞 【サクシ】 (writing) song lyrics
  • 固有名詞 【コユウメイシ】 proper noun

Kun reading compounds

  • 言葉 【ことば】 language, dialect, word, phrase, expression, term, speech, (manner of) speaking, (use of) language, words, remark, statement, comment, learning to speak, language acquisition
  • 詞書き 【ことばがき】 foreword to a collection of poems, preface, explanatory notes, captions
  • 枕詞 【まくらことば】 pillow word, decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature, preface, introduction
  • 花言葉 【はなことば】 language of flowers (e.g. the use of red roses to signify love), floriography

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ci2
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • parte de oración
  • palabras
  • poesía

Portuguese

  • parte de discurso
  • palavras
  • poesia

French

  • partie du discours
  • mots
  • poésie
799 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
890 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
879 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1624 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4335 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
807 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
900 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1665 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
843 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
862 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1205 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1671 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1897 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1007 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1363 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1883 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35394 Morohashi
1503 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5582 New Nelson (John Haig)
1865 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2009 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
946 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3049 2001 Kanji
7a5.15 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-5 SKIP code
0762.0 Four corner code
1-27-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8a5e Unicode hex code