Jisho

×

8 strokes
Radical:
bow
Parts:
Variants:
all the more, increasingly
Kun:
いやいよ.いよわた.る
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1687 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 弥撒 【ミサ】 (Catholic) Mass
  • 弥勒 【ミロク】 Maitreya (Bodhisattva), Miroku
  • 沙弥 【シャミ】 male Buddhist novice
  • 伊邪那美 【イザナミ】 Izanami (Shinto goddess)
  • 弥久 【ビキュウ】 extending over a long time
  • 弥縫 【ビホウ】 patching up

Kun reading compounds

  • 弥生 【やよい】 third month of the lunar calendar, Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE), Yayoi culture, thick growth (of grass, etc.)
  • 弥栄 【いやさか】 prosperity, prospering, flourishing, best of luck, all the best, hurray, hoorah
  • 弥 【いや】 more and more, increasingly, extremely, very
  • 弥生 【やよい】 third month of the lunar calendar, Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE), Yayoi culture, thick growth (of grass, etc.)
  • 愈 【いよいよ】 more and more, all the more, increasingly, at last, finally, beyond doubt, (at the) last moment, worst possible time
  • 渡る 【わたる】 to cross over, to go across, to extend, to cover, to range, to span

Readings

Japanese names:
わたる、 みつ、 ひろ、 よ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mi2
Korean:
mi

Spanish

  • más aún
  • progresivamente

Portuguese

French

1536 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1565 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1980 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
832 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2065 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1012 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
344 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
214 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
258 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
9753 Morohashi
288 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1689 New Nelson (John Haig)
2241 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1322 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3h5.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
1829.0 Four corner code
1-44-79 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f25 Unicode hex code

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  • 勒 【ロク】 bit (horse mouthpiece), second stroke in the Eight Principles of Yong, rightward stroke
  • 勒する 【ロクスル】 to manage, to carve, to write (for posterity)
  • 弥勒 【ミロク】 Maitreya (Bodhisattva), Miroku
  • 鉄勒 【テツロク】 Tiele people, a Central Asian Turkic people

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
le4, lei1
Korean:
reug

Spanish

Portuguese

French

5089 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2386 Morohashi
545 New Nelson (John Haig)
2g9.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-9-2 SKIP code
4452.7 Four corner code
1-80-53 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
52d2 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
kind of grass, sacred tree
On:
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2086 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 菩薩 【ボサツ】 bodhisattva, one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha, High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court), title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory
  • 菩提 【ボダイ】 bodhi, enlightenment, happiness in the next world

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pu2
Korean:
bo

Spanish

  • sonido 'bo' en sánscrito

Portuguese

French

3978 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2868 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1992 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
31205X Morohashi
5093 New Nelson (John Haig)
2957 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2963 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3k8.21 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-8 SKIP code
2-4-8 SKIP code
4460.1 Four corner code
1-42-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
83e9 Unicode hex code

17 strokes (also 16)
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
salvation, Buddha
On:
サツサチ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
1984 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • さつま芋 【サツマイモ】 sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
  • 薩英戦争 【サツエイセンソウ】 Anglo-Satsuma War (1863), Bombardment of Kagoshima
  • 菩薩 【ボサツ】 bodhisattva, one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha, High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court), title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory
  • 観自在菩薩 【カンジザイボサツ】 Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva), Avalokitesvara, Kannon, Kwannon, Guanyin, Buddhist deity of compassion
  • 菩薩 【ボサツ】 bodhisattva, one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha, High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court), title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory

Readings

Japanese names:
さっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sa4
Korean:
sal

Spanish

  • Buda
  • sonido 'satsu' en sánscrito

Portuguese

French

4066 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2684 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3016 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2104 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
32189P Morohashi
5217 New Nelson (John Haig)
2956 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2962 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3k13.14 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-14 SKIP code
2-4-14 SKIP code
4421.4 Four corner code
1-27-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
85a9 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
ten, complete
Parts:
half, middle, odd number, semi-, part-
Kun:
なか.ば
On:
ハン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
224 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 半 【ハン】 half, semi-, partial, half-past, odd number, han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
  • 半額 【ハンガク】 half the amount (of money), half price, half fare
  • 四畳半 【ヨジョウハン】 four and a half tatami mats, four-and-a-half-mat room, small room esp. for assignations
  • 過半 【カハン】 the greater part

Kun reading compounds

  • 半ば 【なかば】 middle, halfway, midway, half (of), one half, half (e.g. done, jokingly), partly, in part, partially, mostly, almost, nearly
  • 半ば過ぎ 【なかばすぎ】 beyond the middle

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ban4
Korean:
ban

Spanish

  • mitad
  • medio
  • incompleto
  • semi-
  • semi
  • a medias
  • en parte

Portuguese

  • metade
  • médio
  • número ímpar
  • semi-
  • parte-

French

  • moitié
  • demi
  • milieu
  • nombre impair
129 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
214 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
195 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
224 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
132 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
150 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
28 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
213 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
88 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
88 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
159 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
243 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4313 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2182 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2936 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1210 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2707X Morohashi
3501 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
608 New Nelson (John Haig)
1202 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1286 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
324 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
113 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1055 2001 Kanji
0a5.24 The Kanji Dictionary
4-5-3 SKIP code
9050.0 Four corner code
1-40-30 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
534a Unicode hex code

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  • 結跏 【ケッカ】 lotus position (meditation and yoga posture), padmasana, sitting with legs crossed and feet placed on opposing thighs
  • 半跏 【ハンカ】 half lotus position (meditation posture), sitting with one foot placed on the opposite thigh

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jia1
Korean:
ga

Spanish

Portuguese

French

37457 Morohashi
5860 New Nelson (John Haig)
7d5.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-5 SKIP code
6610.0 Four corner code
1-76-72 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8dcf Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
Variants:
think
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
132 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 思春期 【シシュンキ】 puberty, adolescence
  • 思考 【シコウ】 thought, consideration, thinking
  • 相思 【ソウシ】 mutual affection, mutual love
  • 哀思 【アイシ】 sad feeling

Kun reading compounds

  • 思う 【おもう】 to think, to consider, to believe, to reckon, to think (of doing), to plan (to do), to judge, to assess, to regard, to imagine, to suppose, to dream, to expect, to look forward to, to feel, to be (in a state of mind), to desire, to want, to recall, to remember
  • 思う存分 【おもうぞんぶん】 to one's heart's content, to one's complete satisfaction, as much as one likes, heartily, thoroughly, without restraint, to the full

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
si1, sai1
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • pensar
  • considerar

Portuguese

  • pensar

French

  • penser
84 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
147 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
131 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
149 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3001 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
95 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
173 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
966 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.8 Japanese for Busy People
99 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
99 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
202 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
776 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3173 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1633 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2221 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
612 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10462 Morohashi
2564 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1824 New Nelson (John Haig)
605 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
651 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
26 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
175 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3658 2001 Kanji
5f4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-4 SKIP code
6033.0 Four corner code
1-27-55 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
601d Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
consider, reflect, think
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2246 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 惟神 【カンナガラ】 as a god, as was done in the age of the gods
  • 思惟 【シイ】 thought, thinking, contemplation, consideration, using wisdom to get to the bottom of things, focusing one's mind, deep contemplation, concentrated thought, deliberating, pondering, reflecting
  • 思惟 【シイ】 thought, thinking, contemplation, consideration, using wisdom to get to the bottom of things, focusing one's mind, deep contemplation, concentrated thought, deliberating, pondering, reflecting

Kun reading compounds

  • 思い見る 【おもいみる】 to reflect carefully
  • 此れ 【これ】 this, this one, this person, now, this point (in time), here, used to stress the subject of a sentence, I, me
  • 思うに 【おもうに】 presumably, conceivably, in my opinion, in my view, I think (that), upon thought, upon reflection

Readings

Japanese names:
ただ、 よし、 のぶ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wei2
Korean:
yu

Spanish

  • este
  • simplemente
  • solamente
  • considerar
  • meditar
  • pensar
  • reflexionar

Portuguese

French

1709 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1290 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2073 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
582 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
352 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
438 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
10820 Morohashi
481 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1890 New Nelson (John Haig)
2276 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2375 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4k8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
9001.4 Four corner code
1-16-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
60df Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
statue, picture, image, figure, portrait
On:
ゾウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
856 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 像 【ゾウ】 image, figure, statue, picture, portrait, figure, form, shape, appearance, image
  • 像主 【ゾウシュ】 subject (of a portrait or bust), a person posing for a portrait or bust, (historically) patron, someone who commissions a Buddhist temple or work of art
  • 実像 【ジツゾウ】 real image, real form, real-life image, true picture, actual conditions, actual circumstances
  • 将来像 【ショウライゾウ】 vision of the future

Readings

Japanese names:
かた
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiang4
Korean:
sang

Spanish

  • estatua
  • imagen
  • figura

Portuguese

  • estátua
  • gravura
  • imagem
  • figura
  • retrato

French

  • statue
  • image
  • figure
  • portrait
  • représentation
664 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
762 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
740 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
906 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
540 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
524 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
334 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2061 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
740 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
753 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
940 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
133 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
187 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
123 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
144 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1996 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1084 Morohashi
166 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
308 New Nelson (John Haig)
1977 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2131 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
796 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2151 2001 Kanji
2a12.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-12 SKIP code
2723.2 Four corner code
1-33-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
50cf Unicode hex code