Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
consolation, amusement, seduce, cheer, make sport of, comfort, console
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1158 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 慰謝 【イシャ】 consolation
  • 慰安 【イアン】 solace, relaxation
  • 弔慰 【チョウイ】 condolence, sympathy
  • 自慰 【ジイ】 masturbation, onanism, self-consolation

Kun reading compounds

  • 慰める 【なぐさめる】 to comfort, to console, to amuse
  • 慰む 【なぐさむ】 to feel comforted, to be in good spirits, to feel better, to forget one's worries, to trifle with, to fool around with

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wei4
Korean:
wi

Spanish

  • consolar
  • confortar
  • aliviar
  • alegrar

Portuguese

  • consolo
  • divertimento
  • sedução
  • torce
  • levar na esportiva
  • conforto
  • consolar

French

  • réconforter
  • divertissement
  • séduire
  • consoler
  • remonter
  • s'amuser de
1008 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1466 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1758 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1066 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1317 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2404 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1618 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1726 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1702 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
798 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3557 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1835 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2497 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1105 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11135 Morohashi
2867 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1972 New Nelson (John Haig)
1096 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1177 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1761 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3758 2001 Kanji
4k11.13 The Kanji Dictionary
2-11-4 SKIP code
7433.0 Four corner code
1-16-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6170 Unicode hex code

15 strokes
Radical:
rain
Parts:
Variants:
spirits, soul
Kun:
たま
On:
レイリョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1458 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 霊 【レイ】 soul, spirit, departed soul, ghost
  • 霊園 【レイエン】 (garden) cemetery, park-style cemetery, memorial park
  • 心霊 【シンレイ】 spirit (e.g. human spirit), soul, spirit, ghost, ethereal being
  • 英霊 【エイレイ】 spirits of war dead, person of great ability, soul of a talented person
  • 霊 【リョウ】 vengeful spirit, revengeful ghost
  • 霊異 【レイイ】 miracle, wonder, wondrous thing
  • 怨霊 【オンリョウ】 revengeful ghost, apparition
  • 新精霊 【アラショウリョウ】 spirit of someone on the first Obon after their death

Kun reading compounds

  • 魂 【たましい】 soul, spirit
  • 魂送り 【たまおくり】 sending off the spirits of the dead

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ling2
Korean:
ryeong

Spanish

  • espíritu
  • alma
  • dios

Portuguese

  • espíritos
  • alma
  • fantasmas

French

  • esprits
  • âmes
1923 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1361 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5056 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1299 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1891 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2390 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1168 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1225 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1688 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1867 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3480 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1793 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2442 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1808 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
42309P Morohashi
2805 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6532 New Nelson (John Haig)
1791 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1930 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1815 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3174 2001 Kanji
8d7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-7 SKIP code
1010.2 Four corner code
1-46-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
970a Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
Variants:
pagoda, tower, steeple
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1708 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 塔 【トウ】 tower, steeple, spire, stupa, pagoda, dagoba
  • 塔跡 【トウアト】 ruins of a tower
  • バベルの塔 【バベルノトウ】 Tower of Babel
  • 鉄塔 【テットウ】 steel tower, electricity pylon, transmission tower

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ta3, da5
Korean:
tab

Spanish

  • pagoda
  • torre
  • capitel

Portuguese

  • pagode
  • torre
  • campanário

French

  • pagode
  • tour
  • clocher
1651 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1516 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1109 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1570 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
437 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1558 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1840 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1991 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1438 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
383 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
683 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
411 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
517 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
260 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5332X Morohashi
561 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1052 New Nelson (John Haig)
254 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
270 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1517 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1477 2001 Kanji
3b9.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
4416.1 Four corner code
1-37-67 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5854 Unicode hex code