Jisho

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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

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 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

16 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
sew, stitch, embroider
Kun:
ぬ.う
On:
ホウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1723 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 縫製 【ホウセイ】 sewing (by machine)
  • 縫腋 【ホウエキ】 stitched side of some traditional Japanese clothing, clothing with such a stitched side, robe with a round collar, stitched sides and a ran, worn by the emperor and high-ranking officials
  • 弥縫 【ビホウ】 patching up
  • 天衣無縫 【テンイムホウ】 perfect beauty with no trace of artifice, flawless

Kun reading compounds

  • 縫う 【ぬう】 to sew, to stitch, to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

Readings

Japanese names:
ぬい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
feng2, feng4
Korean:
bong

Spanish

  • cosido
  • zurcido
  • bordado
  • coser
  • zurcir
  • bordar

Portuguese

  • costurar
  • cozer
  • borda

French

  • coudre
  • suturer
  • broder
1804 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1327 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3582 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1235 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1645 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2746 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1349 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1432 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1571 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1557 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1781 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
950 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1284 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1577 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27805P Morohashi
1406 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4550 New Nelson (John Haig)
1563 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1685 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1846 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2755 2001 Kanji
6a9.15 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-10 SKIP code
1-6-9 SKIP code
2793.4 Four corner code
1-43-05 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7e2b Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
bamboo 竹 (⺮)
Parts:
Variants:
scheme, plan, policy, step, means
On:
サク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
209 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 策 【サク】 plan, policy, means, measure, stratagem, scheme, fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong, right upward flick
  • 作戦 【サクセン】 tactics, strategy, military operation, naval operation
  • 施策 【シサク】 policy, measure
  • 国策 【コクサク】 national policy

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ce4
Korean:
chaeg

Spanish

  • esquema
  • plan
  • estrategia

Portuguese

  • esquema
  • plano
  • política
  • passo
  • meios

French

  • moyen
  • plan
  • stratégie
  • politique
  • projet
  • mesures
795 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
883 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
873 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
256 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3393 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
695 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1604 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1767 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
880 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
901 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1057 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1477 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3320 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1720 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2338 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
957 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
26009 Morohashi
2679 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4284 New Nelson (John Haig)
948 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1019 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
256 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
945 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2364 2001 Kanji
6f6.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-6 SKIP code
8890.2 Four corner code
1-26-86 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7b56 Unicode hex code