Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
grudge, show resentment, be jealous
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2137 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 怨言 【エンゲン】 grudge, complaint, reproach
  • 怨恨 【エンコン】 enmity, grudge
  • 旧怨 【キュウエン】 old grudge
  • 宿怨 【シュクエン】 old grudge, old score
  • 怨霊 【オンリョウ】 revengeful ghost, apparition
  • 怨念 【オンネン】 deep-seated grudge, hatred
  • 呪怨 【ジュウオン】 Ju-on, The Grudge (Japanese horror movie)

Kun reading compounds

  • 恨む 【うらむ】 to bear a grudge against, to resent, to blame, to curse, to feel bitter towards
  • 恨み 【うらみ】 resentment, grudge, malice, bitterness, matter for regret, regret
  • 恨み言 【うらみごと】 grudge, complaint, reproach
  • 恨めしい 【うらめしい】 reproachful, hateful, bitter

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yuan4
Korean:
weon

Spanish

Portuguese

French

  • rancune
  • ressentiment
  • jalousie
1663 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1375 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3179 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2227 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1432 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10479 Morohashi
2570 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1819 New Nelson (John Haig)
1420 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1524 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4k5.20 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-4 SKIP code
2733.1 Four corner code
1-17-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6028 Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
hate, detest
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1808 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 憎悪 【ゾウオ】 hatred, abhorrence, loathing, detestation
  • 憎悪犯罪 【ゾウオハンザイ】 hate crime

Kun reading compounds

  • 憎む 【にくむ】 to hate, to detest
  • 憎い 【にくい】 hateful, detestable, abominable, vexing, provoking, amazing, fantastic, admirable, lovely, wonderful
  • 憎らしい 【にくらしい】 odious, hateful, detestable, horrible, (speaking ironically) darling
  • 憎しみ 【にくしみ】 hatred
  • 憎しみ合う 【にくしみあう】 to hate each other, to hate mutually

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zeng1
Korean:
jeung

Spanish

  • odiar
  • detestar

Portuguese

  • odiar
  • detesta

French

  • haine
  • détester
1532 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1775 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1757 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1217 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
548 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1365 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1452 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1462 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
828 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
845 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
489 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
626 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
633 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11188P Morohashi
687 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1969 New Nelson (John Haig)
626 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
673 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1704 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1178 2001 Kanji
4k11.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-11 SKIP code
9806.6 Four corner code
1-33-94 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
618e Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
Variants:
meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
4 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 会 【カイ】 meeting, assembly, party, gathering, conference, athletic meet, society, association, club
  • 会員 【カイイン】 member, the membership
  • 例会 【レイカイ】 regular meeting
  • 際会 【サイカイ】 meeting, facing, confronting
  • 会 【エ】 gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.)
  • 会釈 【エシャク】 slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude), nod, salutation, consideration, thoughtfulness
  • 法会 【ホウエ】 Buddhist service (e.g. memorial service)
  • 御斎会 【ゴサイエ】 imperial event at which high monks recited the Golden Light Sutra to pray for national security and good harvests (held annually at the palace from the 8th to the 14th of the first lunar month, between the Nara and Muromachi periods)

Kun reading compounds

  • 会う 【あう】 to meet, to encounter, to see, to have an accident, to have a bad experience
  • 逢うは別れの始め 【あうはわかれのはじめ】 we meet only to part, meeting is the first step to parting
  • 会わせる 【あわせる】 to make (someone) to meet, to let (someone) meet, to expose to, to subject to

Readings

Japanese names:
あい、 い
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hui4, kuai4
Korean:
hoe, goe, gwal

Spanish

  • asociación
  • reunión
  • encontrarse con
  • reunirse

Portuguese

  • encontro
  • reunião
  • festa
  • associação
  • entrevista
  • une

French

  • réunion
  • rencontre
  • meeting
  • parti
  • association
  • entrevue
  • rejoindre
54 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
93 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
87 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
12 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
381 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
116 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
454 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
158 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
158 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
59 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
47 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2512 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1275 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1741 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
759 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
460 Morohashi
2020 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
143 New Nelson (John Haig)
752 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
814 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
16 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
119 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2871 2001 Kanji
2a4.19 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-4 SKIP code
2-3-3 SKIP code
8073.1 Four corner code
1-18-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f1a Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
623 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 苦 【ク】 pain, anguish, suffering, distress, anxiety, worry, trouble, difficulty, hardship, duhkha (suffering)
  • 苦境 【クキョウ】 difficult situation, adverse circumstances, predicament, trouble, dilemma, distress
  • 生活苦 【セイカツク】 hardships of life (esp. due to lack of money), life's struggles
  • 病苦 【ビョウク】 pain of sickness

Kun reading compounds

  • 苦しい 【くるしい】 painful, difficult, tough, hard, distressing, (psychologically) difficult, stressful, awkward (e.g. position), straitened (circumstances), tight (financial situation), needy, struggling, strained (interpretation, explanation, etc.), lame (e.g. excuse), forced (e.g. smile), far-fetched, hard to do, unpleasant
  • 苦しい言い訳 【くるしいいいわけ】 lame excuse, poor excuse
  • 苦しむ 【くるしむ】 to suffer, to groan, to be worried
  • 苦しめる 【くるしめる】 to torment, to pain, to inflict (physical) pain, to hurt, to harass, to cause (emotional) pain, to afflict, to distress, to bother, to trouble, to stump, to baffle
  • 苦い 【にがい】 bitter
  • 苦い薬 【にがいくすり】 bitter medicine
  • 苦る 【にがる】 to feel bitter, to scowl

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ku3
Korean:
go

Spanish

  • sufrimiento
  • pena
  • doloroso
  • penoso
  • trabajoso
  • amargo

Portuguese

  • sofrimento
  • experiência
  • preocupar
  • dificuldade
  • sentir- se amargo
  • tristeza

French

  • souffrir
  • peine
  • affliction
  • souci
  • amer
  • renfrogné
197 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
283 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
264 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
597 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3928 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
264 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
864 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
687 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
545 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
554 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
342 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
646 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2789 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1433 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1932 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
230 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30797P Morohashi
2243 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5009 New Nelson (John Haig)
225 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
239 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
344 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
295 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1977 2001 Kanji
3k5.24 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
4460.4 Four corner code
1-22-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
82e6 Unicode hex code