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弱

10 strokes
Radical:
bow 弓
Parts:
冫 弓
weak, frail
Kun:
よわ.い、 よわ.る、 よわ.まる、 よわ.める
On:
ジャク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
958 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 弱 【ジャク】 a little less than, a little under, slightly fewer than, weakness, the weak, low (setting), -lower (seismic intensity)
  • 弱者 【ジャクシャ】 weak person, the weak, vulnerable person, disadvantaged person
  • 精神薄弱 【セイシンハクジャク】 feeble-mindedness, intellectual disability
  • 薄弱 【ハクジャク】 feebleness, weakness, weak

Kun reading compounds

  • 弱い 【よわい】 weak, frail, delicate, tender, unskilled, weak (wine)
  • 弱い経済 【よわいけいざい】 weak economy
  • 弱る 【よわる】 to weaken, to grow weak, to wane, to decline (of one's health), to be downcast, to be dejected, to be dispirited, to be troubled, to be at a loss, to be perplexed, to be annoyed
  • 弱まる 【よわまる】 to abate, to weaken, to be emaciated, to be dejected, to be perplexed
  • 弱める 【よわめる】 to weaken

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ruo4
Korean:
yag

Spanish

  • débil
  • endeble
  • delicado
  • debilitarse
  • debilitar

Portuguese

  • frágil
  • fraco

French

  • faible
  • fragile
236 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
154 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
138 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
819 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
650 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
595 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
169 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1647 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
218 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
218 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
112 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
610 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1499 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
792 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1080 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1244 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9791P Morohashi
1167 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1692 New Nelson (John Haig)
1236 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1323 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
196 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3553 2001 Kanji
3h7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-5 SKIP code
1712.7 Four corner code
1-28-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f31 Unicode hex code

含

7 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
一 个 口
contain, include, hold in the mouth, bear in mind, understand, cherish
Kun:
ふく.む、 ふく.める
On:
ガン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
466 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 含有 【ガンユウ】 containing (an ingredient, mineral, etc.)
  • 含蓄 【ガンチク】 implication, significance, connotation, depth of meaning, complications of a problem
  • 内含 【ナイガン】 containing within (it), inclusion, (material) implication, material conditional

Kun reading compounds

  • 含む 【ふくむ】 to contain, to comprise, to have, to hold, to include, to embrace, to hold in the mouth, to bear in mind, to understand, to harbor (grudge, etc.), to harbour, to express (emotion, etc.), to imply
  • 含むところがある 【ふくむところがある】 to harbor ill feeling
  • 含める 【ふくめる】 to include (in a group or scope), to instruct, to make one understand, to include (a nuance), to put in (an implication), to put in (someone's) mouth, to permeate with flavor

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
han2
Korean:
ham

Spanish

  • incluir
  • tener en mente
  • entender
  • comprender
  • tener en la boca
  • contener

Portuguese

  • incluir
  • ter em conta
  • compreender
  • tratar com carinho

French

  • inclure
  • retenir
  • comprendre
  • chérir
1118 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
667 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
402 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1677 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
405 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
453 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1249 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1317 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1290 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
286 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2534 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1288 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1756 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1602 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3350 Morohashi
2041 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
743 New Nelson (John Haig)
1588 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1712 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1103 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2877 2001 Kanji
2a5.25 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-5 SKIP code
2-4-3 SKIP code
2-3-4 SKIP code
8060.2 Four corner code
1-20-62 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
542b Unicode hex code

市

5 strokes
Radical:
turban, scarf 巾
Parts:
亠 巾
market, city, town
Kun:
いち
On:
シ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
42 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 市 【シ】 city
  • 市営 【シエイ】 (under) municipal management (transport, housing, etc.), city facility management
  • 同市 【ドウシ】 same city
  • 田園都市 【デンエントシ】 garden city

Kun reading compounds

  • 市 【いち】 market, fair
  • 市中 【しちゅう】 in the city, in the community
  • 骨董市 【こっとういち】 antique market, flea market
  • 草市 【くさいち】 flower market during Obon, fair of plants and flowers (as offerings)

Readings

Japanese names:
い、 ち
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi4
Korean:
si

Spanish

  • mercado
  • ciudad

Portuguese

  • mercado
  • cidade

French

  • marché
  • ville
  • cité
222 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
144 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
130 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
78 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
284 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
119 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
162 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
195 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.4 Japanese for Busy People
181 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
181 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
547 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
556 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2487 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1258 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1724 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
419 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8775 Morohashi
1993 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1549 New Nelson (John Haig)
412 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
440 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
305 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
109 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
444 2001 Kanji
2j3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-3 SKIP code
4-4-3 SKIP code
0022.7 Four corner code
1-27-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e02 Unicode hex code

況

8 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
儿 口 汁
Variants:
况
condition, situation
Kun:
まし.て、 いわ.んや、 おもむき
On:
キョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
490 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 実況 【ジッキョウ】 actual state (of things), real state, actual condition, real condition, actual scene, live, on-the-scene, reporting live, live coverage, live broadcasting, Let's Play (playthrough of a video game with player commentary)
  • 市況 【シキョウ】 market conditions

Kun reading compounds

  • 況して 【まして】 still more, to say nothing of, not to mention, still less
  • 況してや 【ましてや】 much less, to say nothing of
  • 況んや 【いわんや】 much more, not to mention, not to speak of, to say nothing of, let alone

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kuang4
Korean:
hwang

Spanish

  • condición
  • situación
  • estado de las cosas

Portuguese

  • condição
  • situação

French

  • situation
  • condition
  • encore moins
  • encore plus
  • à plus forte raison
1163 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
658 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2516 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1267 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
673 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
850 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
869 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1017 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1172 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
395 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
252 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
299 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
147 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17264 Morohashi
337 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3086 New Nelson (John Haig)
145 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
156 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1200 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
357 2001 Kanji
3a5.21 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
3611.0 Four corner code
1-22-23 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6cc1 Unicode hex code