Jisho

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忌

7 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
已 心
mourning, abhor, detestable, death anniversary
Kun:
い.む、 い.み、 い.まわしい
On:
キ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1882 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 忌 【キ】 mourning, mourning period, anniversary of one's death
  • 忌避 【キヒ】 evasion, avoidance, shirking, recusation (of a judge), taking exception (to a judge), challenge
  • 回忌 【カイキ】 death anniversary, anniversary of a person's death
  • 七回忌 【シチカイキ】 sixth anniversary of a death

Kun reading compounds

  • 忌む 【いむ】 to avoid, to refrain from, to shun, to detest
  • 忌むべき 【いむべき】 abominable, detestable
  • 忌み 【いみ】 mourning, abstinence, taboo, religious purification, pure, holy
  • 忌み明け 【いみあけ】 end of mourning
  • 子忌み 【ねいみ】 collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
  • 物忌み 【ものいみ】 purification through fasting and abstinence, confinement to one's house on inauspicious days to avoid misfortune (Onmyōdō practice)
  • 忌まわしい 【いまわしい】 abhorrent, abominable, detestable, disgusting, horrid, repugnant, ominous, inauspicious, unlucky

Readings

Japanese names:
いまわ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji4
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • aborrecer
  • detestar
  • luto

Portuguese

  • luto
  • odiar
  • detestável
  • aniversário de morte

French

  • deuil
  • détester
  • répugnant
  • anniversaire du décès
1122 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1819 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1463 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1522 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1287 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
462 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1797 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1935 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1697 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
769 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2735 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1401 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1889 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
606 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10310 Morohashi
2207 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1786 New Nelson (John Haig)
599 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
644 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1121 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3558 2001 Kanji
4k3.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
1733.1 Four corner code
1-20-87 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5fcc Unicode hex code

日

4 strokes
Radical:
sun, day 日
Parts:
日
day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Kun:
ひ、 -び、 -か
On:
ニチ、 ジツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
1 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 日 【ニチ】 Sunday, nth day (of the month), counter for days, Japan
  • 日時 【ニチジ】 date and time (of a meeting, departure, etc.), days and hours
  • 抗日 【コウニチ】 resistance against Japanese aggression, anti-Japanese (campaign, movement, etc.)
  • 在日 【ザイニチ】 resident in Japan (of a foreigner), situated in Japan (e.g. of an embassy), Zainichi, Zainichi Korean, North or South Korean national with permanent residency in Japan (who came to the country before 1945, or a descendant of such a person)
  • 日月 【ジツゲツ】 sun and moon, time, days and months, years, Sunday and Monday
  • 日外 【ジツガイ】 at one time, some time ago, once
  • 両日 【リョウジツ】 both days, two days
  • 三十日 【ミソカ】 last day of the month

Kun reading compounds

  • 日 【ひ】 day, days, sun, sunshine, sunlight, (the) day, daytime, daylight, date, deadline, (past) days, time (e.g. of one's childhood), case (esp. unfortunate), event
  • 日陰 【ひかげ】 shade, shadow, sunshine, sunlight
  • 在りし日 【ありしひ】 past days, bygone days, days of yore, the olden days, while still alive, during one's lifetime
  • あくる日 【あくるひ】 next day, following day

Readings

Japanese names:
あ、 あき、 いる、 く、 くさ、 こう、 す、 たち、 に、 にっ、 につ、 へ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ri4
Korean:
il

Spanish

  • día
  • solar
  • Japón
  • sol
  • rayo de sol

Portuguese

  • dia
  • sol
  • Japão

French

  • jour
  • soleil
  • Japon
  • compteur de jours
11 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
13 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
62 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2097 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
56 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
77 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
5 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
5 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
16 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
963 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3759 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1915 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2606 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
12 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13733 Morohashi
3027 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2410 New Nelson (John Haig)
12 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
12 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
33 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3878 2001 Kanji
4c0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-1 SKIP code
4-4-1 SKIP code
6010.0 Four corner code
1-38-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
65e5 Unicode hex code