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慌

12 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
川 忙 艾 亡
disconcerted, be confused, lose one's head
Kun:
あわ.てる、 あわ.ただしい
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
1826 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 世界恐慌 【セカイキョウコウ】 worldwide financial crisis, global depression
  • 経済恐慌 【ケイザイキョウコウ】 financial panic, economic crisis, economic crash

Kun reading compounds

  • 慌てる 【あわてる】 to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised), to be flustered, to panic, to hurry, to rush, to hasten
  • 慌てる乞食はもらいが少ない 【あわてるこじきはもらいがすくない】 slow and steady wins the race, there is luck in the last helping
  • 慌ただしい 【あわただしい】 busy, hectic, hurried, rushed, rapid, quick, sudden

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
huang1
Korean:
hwang

Spanish

  • preocupación
  • desconcierto
  • confusión
  • estar confundido
  • perder la cabeza

Portuguese

  • desconcertado
  • ser confundido
  • perder a cabeça

French

  • déconcerté
  • confus
  • précipité
  • écervelé
1259 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1956 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1725 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1692 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1311 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1378 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1465 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1459 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
822 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
707 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
425 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
532 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
631 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11057X Morohashi
580 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1917 New Nelson (John Haig)
624 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
671 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1533 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1157 2001 Kanji
4k9.10 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
9401.1 Four corner code
1-25-18 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
614c Unicode hex code

乞

3 strokes
Radical:
second 乛 (乙, ⺄, 乚)
Parts:
一 ノ 乙 人 乞
Variants:
beg, invite, ask
Kun:
こ.う
On:
コツ、 キツ、 キ、 キケ、 コチ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2478 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 乞食 【コジキ】 beggar, begging
  • 乞丐 【コツガイ】 beggar, bum
  • 行乞 【ギョウコツ】 going on an alms round (for food), going begging (for food), going to ask for alms of food, pindacara
  • 乞巧奠 【キッコウデン】 Festival to Plead for Skills (progenitor festival of Tanabata)
  • 乞丐 【コツガイ】 beggar, bum

Kun reading compounds

  • 乞う 【こう】 to beg, to ask, to request, to invite, to pray, to wish
  • 乞高評 【こうこうひょう】 with the author's compliments

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi3
Korean:
geol, gi

Spanish

  • petición
  • imploración
  • invitación
  • pedir
  • implorar
  • invitar

Portuguese

French

  • mendier
  • demander
  • inviter à
262 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1020 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2457 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1707 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
472 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
170 Morohashi
1961 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
59 New Nelson (John Haig)
462 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
501 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2356 2001 Kanji
0a3.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-1 SKIP code
2-2-2 SKIP code
8071.7 Four corner code
1-24-80 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e5e Unicode hex code

食

9 strokes
Radical:
eat, food 食 (飠)
Parts:
食
eat, food
Kun:
く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む
On:
ショク、 ジキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
328 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 食 【ショク】 food, foodstuff, eating, appetite, meal, portion
  • 食 【ショク】 eclipse (solar, lunar, etc.), occultation
  • 飽食 【ホウショク】 eating until one is full, eating one's fill, gorging (on), satiation, having adequate food, having all one needs (for daily living), plenty
  • 会食 【カイショク】 eating together, dining together, having a meal together
  • 食 【ショク】 food, foodstuff, eating, appetite, meal, portion
  • 食堂 【ジキドウ】 dining hall (at a temple)
  • 断食 【ダンジキ】 fasting, fast
  • 斎食 【サイジキ】 morning meal (for priests, monks, etc.), food offering at a Buddhist ceremony

Kun reading compounds

  • 食う 【くう】 to eat, to live, to make a living, to survive, to bite, to sting (as insects do), to tease, to torment, to taunt, to make light of, to make fun of, to encroach on, to eat into, to consume, to defeat a superior, to threaten a position, to consume time, to consume resources, to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event), to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time
  • 食うや食わず 【くうやくわず】 (living) from hand to mouth, living on the fringe of subsistence
  • 食らう 【くらう】 to eat, to drink, to wolf, to knock back, to receive (e.g. a blow), to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable), to undergo (trouble)
  • 食べる 【たべる】 to eat, to live on (e.g. a salary), to live off, to subsist on
  • 食べるラー油 【たべるラーゆ】 chili oil mixed with chopped garlic, onions, etc.
  • 食む 【はむ】 to eat (fodder, grass, etc.), to receive (a salary), to receive a stipend from one's lord

Readings

Japanese names:
ぐい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi2, si4
Korean:
sig, sa

Spanish

  • alimento
  • comida
  • eclipse
  • comer

Portuguese

  • comer
  • comida
  • alimento

French

  • manger
  • nourriture
253 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
163 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
146 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
269 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5154 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
283 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
99 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1159 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
322 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
322 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
131 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1900 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2578 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1316 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1787 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1484 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
44014 Morohashi
2075 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6674 New Nelson (John Haig)
1472 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1582 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
207 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
180 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2865 2001 Kanji
8b0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-7 SKIP code
8073.2 Four corner code
1-31-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
98df Unicode hex code

少

4 strokes
Radical:
small, insignificant 小
Parts:
ノ 小
few, little
Kun:
すく.ない、 すこ.し
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
287 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 少 【ショウ】 small, little, few
  • 少輔 【ショウ】 assistant vice-minister (ritsuryō system, early Meiji period)
  • 最少 【サイショウ】 fewest, least, smallest (number), lowest, minimum, youngest
  • 過少 【カショウ】 too few, too little, insufficient

Kun reading compounds

  • 少ない 【すくない】 few, little, small (amount), low, scarce, insufficient, seldom, rare
  • 少し 【すこし】 a little, a bit, a small amount, a few, some, slightly, somewhat, a little while, a short time, a moment, a minute, a little way, a short distance
  • 少しも 【すこしも】 (not) at all, (not) a bit, (not) in the least, (not) in the slightest

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shao3, shao4
Korean:
so

Spanish

  • poco
  • pequeño
  • un poco
  • apenas

Portuguese

  • poucos
  • pequenos

French

  • un petit peu
  • un peu
93 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
160 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
143 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
231 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
166 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
129 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
47 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
88 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.17 Japanese for Busy People
144 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
144 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
105 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
512 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4278 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2163 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2915 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
107 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7475 Morohashi
3467 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1390 New Nelson (John Haig)
106 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
111 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
153 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
95 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1160 2001 Kanji
3n1.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-4 SKIP code
1-1-3 SKIP code
9020.0 Four corner code
1-30-15 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c11 Unicode hex code