Jisho

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忍

7 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
丶 刀 心
endure, bear, put up with, conceal, secrete, spy, sneak
Kun:
しの.ぶ、 しの.ばせる
On:
ニン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1700 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 忍 【ニン】 endurance, forbearance, patience, self-restraint
  • 忍耐 【ニンタイ】 endurance, perseverance, patience
  • 無生法忍 【ムショウホウニン】 anutpattika-dharma-ksanti (recognition that nothing really arises or perishes)
  • 中忍 【チュウニン】 ninja commander

Kun reading compounds

  • 忍 【しのぶ】 squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii), Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern), color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue), shinobu-wake (Edo-period women's hairstyle), clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
  • 忍ぶ 【しのぶ】 to conceal oneself, to hide, to endure, to bear, to stand, to put up with
  • 軒忍 【のきしのぶ】 weeping fern (Lepisorus thunbergianus)
  • 立忍 【たちしのぶ】 Japanese claw fern (Onychium japonicum), carrot fern
  • 忍ばせる 【しのばせる】 to conceal, to hide

Readings

Japanese names:
おし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ren3
Korean:
in

Spanish

  • resistencia
  • aguante
  • oculto
  • escondido
  • resistir
  • aguantar
  • soportar
  • ocultarse
  • esconderse
  • ir a hurtadillas

Portuguese

  • suporte
  • carregar
  • tolerar
  • esconder
  • ocultar
  • espionar
  • furtivo

French

  • supporter
  • endurer
  • dissimuler
  • cacher
  • secret
  • espion
  • se glisser
  • subrepticement
1677 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1373 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1648 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1060 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1288 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
463 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1414 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1503 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1775 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
771 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2750 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1407 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1899 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
604 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10312P Morohashi
2212 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1787 New Nelson (John Haig)
597 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
642 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1122 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3558 2001 Kanji
4k3.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
1733.2 Four corner code
1-39-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5fcd Unicode hex code

石

5 strokes
Radical:
stone 石
Parts:
口 石
stone
Kun:
いし
On:
セキ、 シャク、 コク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N3
342 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 石 【セキ】 counter for jewels in a watch, counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
  • 石材 【セキザイ】 (building) stone
  • 一石 【イッセキ】 one game (of go)
  • 投石 【トウセキ】 stone throwing
  • 石神 【シャクジン】 stone which is worshipped, image of a god in stone
  • 石南花 【シャクナゲ】 rhododendron
  • 電磁石 【デンジシャク】 electromagnet
  • 界磁石 【カイジシャク】 field magnet
  • 石 【コク】 koku, traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres, measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
  • 石高 【コクダカ】 (crop) yield, stipend (orig. assessed on the basis of a crop), salary
  • 一石 【イッコク】 one koku (measure)

Kun reading compounds

  • 石 【いし】 stone, jewel, precious stone, flint (in a lighter), stone, stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.), calculus
  • 石垣 【いしがき】 stone wall
  • 墓石 【ぼせき】 tombstone, gravestone
  • 敷石 【しきいし】 paving stone, pavement

Readings

Japanese names:
いさ、 いす、 いわ、 し、 せっく、 と
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi2, dan4
Korean:
seog

Spanish

  • piedra

Portuguese

  • pedra

French

  • pierre
44 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
72 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
45 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
276 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3176 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
102 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
763 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
172 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
78 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
78 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
102 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1397 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3689 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1884 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2564 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
114 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24024 Morohashi
2971 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3985 New Nelson (John Haig)
113 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
118 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
347 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
44 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3377 2001 Kanji
5a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-3 SKIP code
1026.0 Four corner code
1060.0 Four corner code
1-32-48 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
77f3 Unicode hex code