Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
mercy
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1811 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 慈善 【ジゼン】 charity, benevolence, philanthropy
  • 慈悲 【ジヒ】 mercy, compassion, clemency, pity, charity, benevolence, rufous hawk-cuckoo, northern hawk-cuckoo
  • 具慈 【グジ】 tilefish (Branchiostegus spp.), blanquillo, horse-head fish
  • 仁慈 【ジンジ】 kind-hearted, benevolence

Kun reading compounds

  • 慈しむ 【いつくしむ】 to love (someone weaker than oneself), to be affectionate towards, to treat with tender loving care

Readings

Japanese names:
しげ、 ちか、 めぐみ、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ci2
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • amar
  • encariñarse
  • misericordia
  • tener misericordia

Portuguese

  • misericórdia

French

  • miséricorde
  • pitié
  • affection
1328 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1829 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
612 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1194 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1309 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2701 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1547 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1649 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1778 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
794 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2949 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1515 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2053 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1401 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10980P Morohashi
2339 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1924 New Nelson (John Haig)
1389 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1490 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1624 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
958 2001 Kanji
2o11.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-10 SKIP code
2-9-4 SKIP code
8033.3 Four corner code
1-27-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6148 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
Variants:
virtuous, good, goodness
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
765 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 善 【ゼン】 good, goodness, right, virtue
  • 善意 【ゼンイ】 virtuous mind, good intentions, good will, positive mindset, bona fides, good faith
  • 親善 【シンゼン】 friendship, goodwill, friendly relations, amity
  • 独善 【ドクゼン】 self-righteousness, self-justified

Kun reading compounds

  • 良い 【よい】 good, excellent, fine, nice, pleasant, agreeable, sufficient, enough, ready, prepared, profitable (deal, business offer, etc.), beneficial, OK, all right, fine, no problem, easy to ...
  • 善い行い 【よいおこない】 good deed
  • いい事 【いいこと】 good thing, nice thing, good excuse, good grounds, good opportunity, interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
  • いい人 【いいひと】 good-natured person, good person, (one's) lover, boyfriend, girlfriend
  • 良く 【よく】 nicely, properly, well, skillfully, skilfully, frequently, often, I'm glad that you ..., thank you for ..., (you have) quite the nerve to, I don't know how you can ...
  • 善くも 【よくも】 how dare ..., how could ..., surprisingly, unexpectedly

Readings

Japanese names:
たる、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shan4
Korean:
seon

Spanish

  • bondad
  • virtud

Portuguese

  • bom
  • virtuoso
  • bondade

French

  • bien
  • bonté
  • vertu
831 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
929 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
735 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
643 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
606 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
717 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
415 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1799 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1139 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1191 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
676 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
295 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2921 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1501 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2030 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1044 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3904 Morohashi
2325 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
859 New Nelson (John Haig)
1035 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1112 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
949 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
977 2001 Kanji
2o10.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-10 SKIP code
2-3-9 SKIP code
2-9-3 SKIP code
8060.5 Four corner code
8060.1 Four corner code
1-33-17 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5584 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
turban, scarf
Parts:
market, city, town
Kun:
いち
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
42 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 市 【シ】 city
  • 市営 【シエイ】 (under) municipal management (transport, housing, etc.), city facility management
  • 同市 【ドウシ】 same city
  • 田園都市 【デンエントシ】 garden city

Kun reading compounds

  • 市 【いち】 market, fair
  • 市中 【しちゅう】 in the city, in the community
  • 骨董市 【こっとういち】 antique market, flea market
  • 草市 【くさいち】 flower market during Obon, fair of plants and flowers (as offerings)

Readings

Japanese names:
い、 ち
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi4
Korean:
si

Spanish

  • mercado
  • ciudad

Portuguese

  • mercado
  • cidade

French

  • marché
  • ville
  • cité
222 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
144 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
130 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
78 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
284 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
119 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
162 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
195 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.4 Japanese for Busy People
181 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
181 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
547 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
556 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2487 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1258 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1724 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
419 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8775 Morohashi
1993 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1549 New Nelson (John Haig)
412 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
440 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
305 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
109 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
444 2001 Kanji
2j3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-3 SKIP code
4-4-3 SKIP code
0022.7 Four corner code
1-27-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e02 Unicode hex code