Jisho

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14 strokes
Radical:
step
Parts:
indications, sign, omen, symptom, collect, seek, refer to, question
Kun:
しるし
On:
チョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
850 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 徴 【チョウ】 sign, indication, symptom, call, summons, requisition, expropriation
  • 兆候 【チョウコウ】 sign, indication, omen, symptom
  • 追徴 【ツイチョウ】 supplementary charge, additional collection
  • 吉兆 【キッチョウ】 lucky omen, good omen
  • 徴 【チ】 fourth degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale)
  • 徴 【チョウ】 sign, indication, symptom, call, summons, requisition, expropriation
  • 変徴 【ヘンチ】 note a semitone below the fourth degree of the Chinese and Japanese pentatonic scale

Kun reading compounds

  • 徴 【しるし】 sign, indication, omen

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zheng1
Korean:
jing, chi

Spanish

  • llamar
  • reunir
  • reclutar
  • signo
  • síntoma
  • efecto

Portuguese

  • indicações
  • sinal
  • presságios
  • sintoma
  • colecionar
  • procurar
  • referir-se
  • perguntar

French

  • indication
  • signe
  • symptôme
  • chercher
  • collecter (taxes)
  • appel
1596 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1026 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1634 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1384 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1285 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2265 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1420 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1509 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1148 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
636 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
841 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
485 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
622 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
896 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10238P Morohashi
683 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1768 New Nelson (John Haig)
887 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
952 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1702 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2066 2001 Kanji
3i11.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-11 SKIP code
2824.0 Four corner code
1-36-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5fb4 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
use 用 (甩)
Parts:
utilize, business, service, use, employ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
107 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 用 【ヨウ】 business, task, errand, engagement, use, purpose, for the use of ..., used for ..., made for ..., call of nature, excretion
  • 用意 【ヨウイ】 preparation, arrangements, provision, getting ready, laying out (e.g. a meal)
  • 登用 【トウヨウ】 appointment, assignment, promotion
  • 効用 【コウヨウ】 use, utility, effect, benefit

Kun reading compounds

  • 用いる 【もちいる】 to use, to make use of, to utilize, to utilise

Readings

Japanese names:
たから
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yong4
Korean:
yong

Spanish

  • uso
  • empleo
  • trabajo
  • usar
  • hacer uso de

Portuguese

  • utilizar
  • negócios
  • serviço
  • usar
  • empregar

French

  • se servir de
  • affaires
  • service
  • utiliser
  • employer
146 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
235 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
215 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
102 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2993 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
110 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
219 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
193 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.19 Japanese for Busy People
107 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
107 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
308 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1329 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3694 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1889 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2569 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1189 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21703 Morohashi
2976 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3721 New Nelson (John Haig)
1181 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1265 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
177 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
116 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3653 2001 Kanji
2r3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-3 SKIP code
4-5-1 SKIP code
7722.0 Four corner code
1-45-49 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7528 Unicode hex code

3 strokes
Radical:
work
Parts:
craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
299 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 工 【コウ】 (factory) worker
  • 工員 【コウイン】 factory worker
  • 起工 【キコウ】 setting to work
  • 商工 【ショウコウ】 commerce and industry
  • 工夫 【クフウ】 devising (a way), contriving, inventing, thinking up, figuring out, coming up with, working out, device, design, idea, plan, invention, dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
  • 工面 【クメン】 contrivance, managing (to raise money), one's financial condition
  • 竹細工 【タケザイク】 bamboo work, bamboo ware
  • 寄せ木細工 【ヨセギザイク】 wooden mosaic work, parquetry, wooden mosaic (e.g. on a piece of furniture), marquetry, marqueterie
  • 具合 【グアイ】 condition, state, health, state (of health), way, manner, circumstance, luck, face, dignity, decency, propriety
  • 工面 【クメン】 contrivance, managing (to raise money), one's financial condition

Readings

Japanese names:
もく
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gong1
Korean:
gong

Spanish

  • construcción
  • fabricación
  • obrero

Portuguese

  • ofício
  • construção

French

  • ingénierie
  • industrie
  • construction
  • radical katakana E (no. 48)
71 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
125 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
113 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
169 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1451 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
77 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
161 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
39 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.16 Japanese for Busy People
139 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
139 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
379 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
550 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4190 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2118 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2866 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
76 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8714 Morohashi
3381 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1532 New Nelson (John Haig)
76 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
80 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
173 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
84 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3172 2001 Kanji
0a3.6 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-1 SKIP code
1010.0 Four corner code
1-25-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5de5 Unicode hex code