Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
Variants:
suspicious, mystery, apparition
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1634 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 怪 【カイ】 mystery, wonder
  • 怪獣 【カイジュウ】 monster
  • 奇々怪々 【キキカイカイ】 very strange, bizarre, weird, mysterious
  • 夜道怪 【ヤドウカイ】 folk monster who wanders at night injuring and kidnapping people
  • 怪我 【ケガ】 injury, wound, mistake, accident, loss
  • けが人 【ケガニン】 wounded person, injured person
  • 物怪 【モッケ】 unexpected
  • 物の怪 【モノノケ】 (vengeful) ghost, specter, spectre

Kun reading compounds

  • 怪しい 【あやしい】 suspicious, dubious, questionable, dodgy, shady, fishy, doubtful, unsure, uncertain, unlikely, implausible, untrustworthy, unreliable, clumsy, awkward, shaky, poor, strange, weird, eerie, spooky, uncanny, ominous (e.g. weather), threatening, dangerous (e.g. financial situation), uncertain, suspicious (of a potential amorous relation), mysterious, bewitching, alluring, enticing, enchanting
  • 怪しい手つきで 【あやしいてつきで】 clumsily, with clumsy hands
  • 怪しむ 【あやしむ】 to suspect

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guai4
Korean:
goe

Spanish

  • desconfiado
  • receloso
  • misterio
  • fantasma
  • sospechoso
  • desconfiar
  • recelar
  • dudar
  • sospechar

Portuguese

  • Suspeito
  • mistério
  • aparição

French

  • méfiant
  • mystère
  • apparition
1061 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1367 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1665 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1176 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1291 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1476 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1573 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1450 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
809 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
354 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
220 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
264 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
723 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10483 Morohashi
297 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1821 New Nelson (John Haig)
716 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
773 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1172 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1172 2001 Kanji
4k5.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
9701.4 Four corner code
1-18-88 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
602a Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
dish
Parts:
Variants:
steal, rob, pilfer
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
1051 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 盗聴 【トウチョウ】 interception (email), wiretap, bug
  • 盗賊 【トウゾク】 thief, robber, burglar, bandit
  • 怪盗 【カイトウ】 mysterious thief, phantom thief
  • 劫盗 【ゴウトウ】 robbery, robber

Kun reading compounds

  • 盗む 【ぬすむ】 to steal, to plagiarize, to steal (a technique, idea, etc.), to watch and learn, to do stealthily, to do during scant time, to steal a base
  • 盗み 【ぬすみ】 stealing, theft
  • 盗み足 【ぬすみあし】 stealthy steps

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dao4
Korean:
do

Spanish

  • robo
  • robar
  • ratear
  • sisar

Portuguese

  • roubar
  • roubo
  • furtar

French

  • vol
  • dérober
  • chaparder
1649 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
957 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3115 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1026 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
757 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1100 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1151 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
268 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1372 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3309 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1714 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2327 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1463 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23000 Morohashi
2670 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3894 New Nelson (John Haig)
1451 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1559 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1465 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
374 2001 Kanji
5h6.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-5 SKIP code
3710.7 Four corner code
1-37-80 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
76d7 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
sire, good belt, gentleman
On:
シン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1790 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 紳士 【シンシ】 gentleman
  • 紳士協定 【シンシキョウテイ】 gentlemen's agreement
  • 貴紳 【キシン】 noble, men of rank, notables
  • 縉紳 【シンシン】 person of rank, person of status, ranked official

Readings

Japanese names:
まこと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shen1
Korean:
sin

Spanish

  • noble
  • caballero

Portuguese

  • sire
  • cavalheiro
  • artigos p/ cavalheiros

French

  • gentilhomme
  • seigneur
  • écharpe de chevalier
1439 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1080 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3518 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1645 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1628 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1109 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1161 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1299 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1528 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1690 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
901 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1221 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1373 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27348 Morohashi
1334 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4467 New Nelson (John Haig)
1361 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1461 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1474 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2755 2001 Kanji
6a5.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-5 SKIP code
2590.6 Four corner code
1-31-34 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d33 Unicode hex code

3 strokes
Radical:
scholar, bachelor
Parts:
gentleman, scholar, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)
Kun:
さむらい
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
526 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 士 【シ】 man (esp. one who is well-respected), samurai, person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed), member
  • 士官 【シカン】 officer
  • 飛行士 【ヒコウシ】 pilot
  • 公認会計士 【コウニンカイケイシ】 certified public accountant

Kun reading compounds

  • 侍 【さむらい】 warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period), samurai, man in attendance (on a person of high standing), retainer
  • 二四六九士 【にしむくさむらい】 nishimuku samurai (mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days)

Readings

Japanese names:
お、 ま
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi4
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • caballero
  • samurai
  • hombre

Portuguese

  • cavalheiro
  • samurai

French

  • gentilhomme
  • samouraï
  • radical samouraï (no. 33)
410 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
521 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
494 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
301 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1160 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
59 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1173 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
41 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
572 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
581 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
755 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
393 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4213 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2129 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2877 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
325 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5638 Morohashi
3405 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1117 New Nelson (John Haig)
319 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
341 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
386 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
441 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1472 2001 Kanji
3p0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-2 SKIP code
4010.0 Four corner code
1-27-46 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
58eb Unicode hex code