Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
bristle, beard
Parts:
carve, engrave, chisel
Kun:
ほ.る-ぼ.り
On:
チョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1533 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 彫刻 【チョウコク】 carving, engraving, sculpture
  • 彫金 【チョウキン】 chasing, metal carving, metal engraving
  • 木彫 【モクチョウ】 wood carving, wooden sculpture, woodcraft

Kun reading compounds

  • 彫る 【ほる】 to carve, to engrave, to sculpt, to chisel, to tattoo

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
diao1
Korean:
jo

Spanish

  • esculpir
  • grabar
  • cincelar

Portuguese

  • cinzelar
  • esculpir
  • cinzel

French

  • sculpter
  • graver
  • ciseler
1590 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1366 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
236 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1167 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1274 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1412 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1149 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1202 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1358 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
617 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2117 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1104 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1503 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1726 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9995P Morohashi
1683 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1719 New Nelson (John Haig)
1710 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1846 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1430 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3660 2001 Kanji
3j8.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-3 SKIP code
7222.2 Four corner code
1-36-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f6b Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
Variants:
polish
Kun:
みが.く
On:
タク
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2022 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 琢磨 【タクマ】 polish (jewels), cultivation
  • 彫琢 【チョウタク】 carving and polishing

Kun reading compounds

  • 磨く 【みがく】 to polish, to shine, to burnish, to scour, to scrub, to brush (teeth), to grind (e.g. a lens), to refine (a skill, etc.), to improve, to hone, to polish (up), to cultivate (one's character)

Readings

Japanese names:
あや、 たか
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhuo2, zuo2
Korean:
tag

Spanish

  • brillo
  • esmalte
  • abrillantar

Portuguese

French

2946 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1963 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1608 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2158 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1222 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
661 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
883 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
21058X Morohashi
971 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3640 New Nelson (John Haig)
2560 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2613 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4f8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-7 SKIP code
1113.2 Four corner code
1-34-86 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7422 Unicode hex code