Jisho

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慣

14 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
ハ 忙 毋 目 母 貝
Variants:
accustomed, get used to, become experienced
Kun:
な.れる、 な.らす
On:
カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
1177 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 慣習 【カンシュウ】 custom, convention, common practice, becoming accustomed (to)
  • 慣行 【カンコウ】 customary practice, habit, traditional event
  • 旧慣 【キュウカン】 old customs
  • 購買習慣 【コウバイシュウカン】 buying habit

Kun reading compounds

  • 慣れる 【なれる】 to get used to, to grow accustomed to, to become familiar with, to become skilled in, to become experienced at, to become tame, to become domesticated, to get used to doing
  • 慣らす 【ならす】 to accustom, to train (e.g. one's ear), to tame, to domesticate, to train (an animal)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guan4
Korean:
gwan

Spanish

  • costumbre
  • acostumbrarse
  • acostumbrar

Portuguese

  • acostumado
  • acostuma-se a
  • torna-se experimentado

French

  • avoir l'habitude
  • s'accoutumer
  • coutumes
  • expérience
574 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
668 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
638 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1293 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1756 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
442 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
547 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
915 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
937 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
655 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
827 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
843 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
487 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
624 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
634 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11111 Morohashi
685 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1970 New Nelson (John Haig)
627 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
674 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
786 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1161 2001 Kanji
4k11.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-11 SKIP code
1-1-13 SKIP code
9708.6 Four corner code
1-20-23 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6163 Unicode hex code

用

5 strokes
Radical:
use 用 (甩)
Parts:
用
utilize, business, service, use, employ
Kun:
もち.いる
On:
ヨウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
107 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 用 【ヨウ】 business, task, errand, engagement, use, purpose, for the use of ..., used for ..., made for ..., call of nature, excretion
  • 用意 【ヨウイ】 preparation, arrangements, provision, getting ready, laying out (e.g. a meal)
  • 登用 【トウヨウ】 appointment, assignment, promotion
  • 効用 【コウヨウ】 use, utility, effect, benefit

Kun reading compounds

  • 用いる 【もちいる】 to use, to make use of, to utilize, to utilise

Readings

Japanese names:
たから
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yong4
Korean:
yong

Spanish

  • uso
  • empleo
  • trabajo
  • usar
  • hacer uso de

Portuguese

  • utilizar
  • negócios
  • serviço
  • usar
  • empregar

French

  • se servir de
  • affaires
  • service
  • utiliser
  • employer
146 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
235 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
215 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
102 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2993 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
110 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
219 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
193 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.19 Japanese for Busy People
107 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
107 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
308 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1329 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3694 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1889 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2569 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1189 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21703 Morohashi
2976 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3721 New Nelson (John Haig)
1181 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1265 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
177 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
116 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3653 2001 Kanji
2r3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-3 SKIP code
4-5-1 SKIP code
7722.0 Four corner code
1-45-49 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7528 Unicode hex code

語

14 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
口 五 言
word, speech, language
Kun:
かた.る、 かた.らう
On:
ゴ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
301 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 語 【ゴ】 word, term, language, speech
  • 語学 【ゴガク】 study of foreign languages, linguistics
  • 標語 【ヒョウゴ】 motto, slogan, catchword
  • 造語 【ゾウゴ】 coinage, invention of a new word, coined word

Kun reading compounds

  • 語る 【かたる】 to talk about, to speak of, to tell, to narrate, to recite, to chant, to indicate, to show
  • 語るに落ちる 【かたるにおちる】 to let slip a secret, to let the cat out of the bag
  • 語らう 【かたらう】 to talk, to tell, to recite, to pledge, to conspire with

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yu3, yu4
Korean:
eo

Spanish

  • palabra
  • discurso
  • lenguaje
  • hablar
  • conversar
  • narrar

Portuguese

  • palavra
  • discurso
  • língua

French

  • langage
  • mot
  • raconter
209 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
124 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
112 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
274 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4374 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
231 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
87 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2136 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
67 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
67 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
154 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1685 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1944 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1040 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1402 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
353 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35533 Morohashi
1543 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5628 New Nelson (John Haig)
347 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
371 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
211 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
231 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3077 2001 Kanji
7a7.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-7 SKIP code
0166.1 Four corner code
1-24-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8a9e Unicode hex code

句

5 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
勹 口
phrase, clause, sentence, passage, paragraph, counter for haiku
On:
ク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
1244 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 句 【ク】 section (i.e. of text), sentence, passage, paragraph, phrase, verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry), haiku, first 17 morae of a renga, etc., maxim, saying, idiom, expression, clause (e.g. in a database query language)
  • 区切り 【クギリ】 pause (in speech, writing, etc.), punctuation, break, end, (place to) stop, pause, milestone (e.g. in a project)
  • 絶句 【ゼック】 being lost for words, becoming speechless, jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
  • 慣用句 【カンヨウク】 idiom, set phrase, idiomatic phrase

Readings

Japanese names:
すく
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ju4, gou1
Korean:
gu, gwi

Spanish

  • frase
  • cláusula
  • sentencia
  • oración
  • párrafo

Portuguese

  • frase
  • cláusula
  • sentença
  • passagem
  • parágrafo

French

  • phrase
  • clause
  • paragraphe
  • passage
  • compteur de haïku
592 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
683 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
655 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1258 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
745 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
795 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1123 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
337 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
337 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
663 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
315 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3685 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1881 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2561 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
65 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3234 Morohashi
2967 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
693 New Nelson (John Haig)
65 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
69 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
650 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2549 2001 Kanji
3d2.13 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-3 SKIP code
2762.0 Four corner code
1-22-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
53e5 Unicode hex code