Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
intention, plan, resolve, aspire, motive, hopes, shilling
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
823 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 【シリング】 shilling
  • 志向 【シコウ】 intention, aim, preference (for), orientation (towards a goal)
  • 遺志 【イシ】 wishes of a deceased person, dying wish
  • 立志 【リッシ】 fixing one's aim in life, deciding one's life goal

Kun reading compounds

  • 【シリング】 shilling
  • 志す 【こころざす】 to plan, to intend, to aspire to, to set aims (sights on)
  • 志 【こころざし】 will, resolution, intention, ambition, aim, goal, kindness, goodwill, kind offer, gift (as a token of gratitude)
  • 志ある者は事ついに成る 【こころざしあるものはことついになる】 where there's a will, there's a way, with ambition one can achieve anything
  • お志 【おこころざし】 kindness, courtesy
  • 青雲の志 【せいうんのこころざし】 high (lofty) ambition

Readings

Japanese names:
じん、 べ、 べし、 ゆき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi4
Korean:
ji

Spanish

  • intención
  • deseo
  • aspiración
  • ambición
  • aspirar
  • desear
  • voluntad

Portuguese

  • intenção
  • plano
  • resolver
  • aspirar
  • motivo
  • esperanças
  • shilling (din.)

French

  • dessein
  • intention
  • plan
  • motif
  • aspirer à
  • résolution
  • espoirs
  • shilling
623 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
718 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
692 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
622 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1064 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
757 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
527 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
464 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
573 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
582 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
756 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
770 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2725 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1394 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1881 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
607 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10331 Morohashi
2199 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1785 New Nelson (John Haig)
600 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
645 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
668 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1458 2001 Kanji
3p4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
4033.1 Four corner code
1-27-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5fd7 Unicode hex code

19 strokes
Radical:
leaf
Parts:
petition, request, vow, wish, hope
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
894 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 願 【ガン】 prayer, wish, vow
  • 願書 【ガンショ】 (written) application, written request, petition, written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple
  • 本願 【ホンガン】 Amida Buddha's original vow, long-cherished desire
  • 祈願 【キガン】 prayer (for something), supplication

Kun reading compounds

  • 願う 【ねがう】 to desire, to wish, to hope, to beg, to request, to implore, to pray, to have something done for oneself

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yuan4
Korean:
weon

Spanish

  • petición
  • deseo
  • anhelo
  • desear
  • pedir
  • rogar

Portuguese

  • petição
  • solicitação
  • voto
  • desejo
  • esperança

French

  • demande
  • prière
  • souhait
  • voeu
  • espoir
368 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
469 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
446 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
869 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
255 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
428 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1011 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2.15 Japanese for Busy People
581 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
590 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
862 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1897 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2320 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1199 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1637 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
137 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
43623 Morohashi
1845 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6653 New Nelson (John Haig)
135 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
143 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
637 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3361 2001 Kanji
9a10.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-10-9 SKIP code
3-3-16 SKIP code
7128.6 Four corner code
1-20-74 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9858 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
old 老 (耂)
Parts:
Variants:
someone, person
Kun:
もの
On:
シャ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
38 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 者 【シャ】 person, -er, expert, geisha, prostitute
  • 芸者 【ゲイシャ】 geisha, professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
  • 加害者 【カガイシャ】 perpetrator, wrong-doer, aggressor, assailant, offender

Kun reading compounds

  • 者 【もの】 person
  • 者ども 【ものども】 you, people
  • 弱き者 【よわきもの】 weak person, the weak
  • 若い者 【わかいもの】 young person, young people, youth, youngsters, young employee, young manservant, young follower

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhe3
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • persona

Portuguese

  • alguém
  • pessoa

French

  • personne
  • quelqu'un
235 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
314 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
298 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
22 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3685 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
56 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
240 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
769 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.6 Japanese for Busy People
164 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
164 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
148 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1578 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3980 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2047 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2765 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1264 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28852 Morohashi
3211 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4698 New Nelson (John Haig)
1256 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1345 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
19 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
302 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1478 2001 Kanji
4c4.13 The Kanji Dictionary
3-4-4 SKIP code
4-8-2 SKIP code
2-4-4 SKIP code
4460.0 Four corner code
1-28-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8005 Unicode hex code