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成

6 strokes
Radical:
spear, halberd 戈
Parts:
ノ 戈
turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach
Kun:
な.る、 な.す、 -な.す
On:
セイ、 ジョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
116 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 成果 【セイカ】 (good) result, outcome, fruits (of one's labors), product, accomplishment
  • 成案 【セイアン】 definite plan
  • 合成 【ゴウセイ】 composition, synthesis, compounding, combining, composite photo, (function) composition
  • 集大成 【シュウタイセイ】 (large) compilation, culmination (of hard work)
  • 成仏 【ジョウブツ】 attaining Buddhahood, becoming a Buddha, entering Nirvana, going to heaven, resting in peace, dying (peacefully)
  • 成就 【ジョウジュ】 fulfillment, fulfilment, realization, realisation, completion

Kun reading compounds

  • 成る 【なる】 to become, to get, to grow, to turn, to reach, to attain, to result in, to turn out, to end up, to prove (to be), to consist of, to be composed of, to be made up of, to be completed, to be realized, to succeed, to be attained, to be accomplished, to change (into), to turn (into), to transform, to come (to do), to begin (to do), to grow (to do), to come to, to amount to, to add up to, to make, to play (the part of), to act as, to be used for, to be useful for, to serve as, to be promoted, to do ...
  • 成るべく 【なるべく】 as (much) as possible, as (much) as one can, wherever practicable, if possible
  • 為す 【なす】 to build up, to establish, to form, to become (a state), to accomplish, to achieve, to succeed in, to change into, to do, to perform, to intend to, to attempt, to try
  • なす角 【なすかく】 formed angle, angle made

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 あきら、 しげ、 そん、 たえ、 なお、 なり、 なる、 のり、 ひら、 まさ、 よし、 り
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cheng2
Korean:
seong

Spanish

  • convertirse en
  • resultar
  • consistir en
  • hacerse
  • llegar a ser
  • llevar a cabo
  • lograr

Portuguese

  • tornar-se
  • obter
  • crescer
  • passar
  • alcançar

French

  • se changer en
  • devenir
  • obtenir
  • croissance
  • s'écouler
  • accomplir
439 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
545 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
515 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
115 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1799 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
224 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
549 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
322 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
261 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
261 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
377 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
836 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4352 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2202 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2964 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
367 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11542P Morohashi
3537 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2025 New Nelson (John Haig)
361 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
386 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
160 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
466 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1459 2001 Kanji
4n2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-6-4 SKIP code
3-5-1 SKIP code
5320.0 Four corner code
1-32-14 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6210 Unicode hex code

都

11 strokes (also 10)
Radical:
town (阝 right) 邑 (阝)
Parts:
邦 老 日
Variants:
都
metropolis, capital, all, everything
Kun:
みやこ
On:
ト、 ツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
123 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 都 【ト】 Metropolis (of Tokyo), (Tokyo) Metropolitan District, metropolitan prefecture, counter for cities and towns, capital
  • 都営 【トエイ】 (under) metropolitan government management
  • 遷都 【セント】 relocation of the capital, transfer of the capital
  • 東都 【トウト】 the Eastern Capital (now Tokyo), Yedo, Edo
  • 都度 【ツド】 each (every) time, whenever
  • 都合 【ツゴウ】 circumstances, condition, convenience, arranging, managing, lending money, raising money, in all, in total, all told

Kun reading compounds

  • 都 【みやこ】 capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital), seat of government, capital (of music, fashion, etc.), city (e.g. of light), location of the Imperial Palace
  • 都入り 【みやこいり】 arriving in the capital
  • 京の都 【きょうのみやこ】 Kyoto
  • 花の都 【はなのみやこ】 City of Flowers (nickname for various cities, esp. Paris and Florence)

Readings

Japanese names:
くに、 ず、 ち、 づめ、 みや
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
du1, dou1
Korean:
do

Spanish

  • metrópoli
  • capital

Portuguese

  • metropole
  • capital

French

  • métropole
  • capitale
287 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
376 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
355 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
92 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4769 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
173 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
265 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1419 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.12 Japanese for Busy People
188 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
188 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
338 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
761 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2120 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1106 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1505 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1863 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39497P Morohashi
1686 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6148 New Nelson (John Haig)
1846 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1989 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
384 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1444 2001 Kanji
2d8.13 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-3 SKIP code
1-8-2 SKIP code
4762.7 Four corner code
1-37-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
90fd Unicode hex code

謝

17 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
寸 言 身
apologize, thank, refuse
Kun:
あやま.る
On:
シャ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
1028 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 謝罪 【シャザイ】 apology
  • 謝意 【シャイ】 gratitude, thanks
  • 慰謝 【イシャ】 consolation
  • 代謝 【タイシャ】 metabolism, renewal, regeneration, replacing the old with the new

Kun reading compounds

  • 謝る 【あやまる】 to apologize, to apologise

Readings

Japanese names:
さ、 ざ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xie4
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • disculparse
  • agradecer
  • rehusar

Portuguese

  • pedir desculpas
  • agradecer
  • recusar

French

  • excuses
  • remerciements
  • refus
630 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
728 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
701 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1162 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4423 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
765 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1767 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
901 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
923 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
947 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1708 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2048 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1079 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1465 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1258 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35827 Morohashi
1620 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5687 New Nelson (John Haig)
1250 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1339 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
819 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3048 2001 Kanji
7a10.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-10 SKIP code
0460.0 Four corner code
1-28-53 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8b1d Unicode hex code

菲

11 strokes (also 12)
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
艾 非
thin, inferior
Kun:
うす.い
On:
ヒ

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  • 非才 【ヒサイ】 lack of ability, incompetence, incapacity
  • 菲沃斯 【ヒヨス】 henbane (Hyoscyamus niger)
  • 芳菲 【ホウヒ】 scent of flowers

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fei1, fei3
Korean:
bi

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3970 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
31220X Morohashi
5082 New Nelson (John Haig)
3k8.10 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-8 SKIP code
2-4-8 SKIP code
4411.1 Four corner code
1-72-43 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
83f2 Unicode hex code

聯

17 strokes
Radical:
ear 耳
Parts:
幺 耳
Variants:
聨
party, gang, clique
Kun:
つら.なる、 つら.ねる
On:
レン
1967 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 連合 【レンゴウ】 union, combination, alliance, confederation, coalition, association, RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
  • 連関 【レンカン】 connection, relation, linkage
  • 対聯 【ツイレン】 couplet (Chinese poetry), pair of hanging scrolls
  • 朝鮮総聯 【チョウセンソウレン】 General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (abbr.), Chongryon

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lian2
Korean:
ryeon

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3713 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2948 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1797 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
29153 Morohashi
1419 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4737 New Nelson (John Haig)
2676 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2716 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
6e11.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-11 SKIP code
1217.2 Four corner code
1-46-94 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
806f Unicode hex code