Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
bow
Parts:
counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread, put up (tent)
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
403 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 張 【チョウ】 Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.
  • 張本人 【チョウホンニン】 originator, ringleader, perpetrator, main culprit, person responsible
  • 海外出張 【カイガイシュッチョウ】 overseas business trip
  • 伸長 【シンチョウ】 expansion, extension, elongation, stretching

Kun reading compounds

  • 張る 【はる】 to stick, to paste, to affix, to stretch, to spread, to strain, to tighten, to put up (e.g. a tent), to form (e.g. ice on a pond), to fill, to swell, to stick out, to push out, to post (a link, etc. online), to be expensive, to keep a watch on, to be on the lookout, to slap, to become one tile away from completion, to span, to generate

Readings

Japanese names:
はり、 わり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhang1
Korean:
jang

Spanish

  • expansión
  • ensanchamiento
  • exageración
  • ensanchar
  • hinchar
  • desplegar

Portuguese

  • alongar
  • sufixo para contagem de para arcos & instrumentos de corda
  • esticar
  • espalhar
  • erguer (tenda)

French

  • allonger
  • étirer
  • étaler
  • compteur d'arcs et instruments à cordes
  • monter (tente)
675 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
775 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
752 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
462 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1570 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
681 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
516 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1879 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.4 Japanese for Busy People
1106 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1158 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1185 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
612 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
573 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
348 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
431 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1940 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9812 Morohashi
474 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1694 New Nelson (John Haig)
1921 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2071 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
744 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3565 2001 Kanji
3h8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
1123.2 Four corner code
1-36-05 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f35 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
catalpa tree, woodblock printing
Kun:
あずさ
On:
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2301 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 梓 【アズサ】 Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa), yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata), Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus), printing block, catalpa bow, catalpa medium
  • 梓宮 【シキュウ】 Emperor's coffin (made of catalpa wood)
  • 上梓 【ジョウシ】 wood-block printing, publication

Kun reading compounds

  • 梓 【あずさ】 Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa), yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata), Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus), printing block, catalpa bow, catalpa medium
  • 梓巫女 【あずさみこ】 female medium who summons spirits by sounding the string of a catalpa bow

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zi3
Korean:
jae, ja

Spanish

  • árbol del catalpa

Portuguese

French

  • catalpa
2268 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1366 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2113 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1207 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
655 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
873 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1512 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14845 Morohashi
962 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2688 New Nelson (John Haig)
1498 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1614 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4a7.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-7 SKIP code
4094.1 Four corner code
1-16-20 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6893 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 琳派 【リンパ】 Rimpa school (of painting, 17th-early 20th century)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lin2
Korean:
rim

Spanish

  • joya
  • tintineo de joyas

Portuguese

French

2160 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1262 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
683 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
913 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
21077 Morohashi
3646 New Nelson (John Haig)
2554 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2610 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4f8.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-8 SKIP code
1419.0 Four corner code
1-46-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7433 Unicode hex code