Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
spear, halberd
Parts:
Variants:
frolic, play, sport
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1880 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 冗談 【ジョウダン】 joke, jest, funny story
  • 戯曲 【ギキョク】 drama, play, Chinese opera
  • 遊戯 【ユウギ】 play, playing, game, play and dance (at a kindergarten or elementary school)
  • 性戯 【セイギ】 sex act, sexual play
  • 冗談 【ジョウダン】 joke, jest, funny story
  • 戯作 【ゲサク】 cheap literature, writing for amusement, light literature popular in the late Edo period

Kun reading compounds

  • 戯れる 【たわむれる】 to be playful, to gambol, to be amused (with something), to play, to sport, to frolic, to joke, to flirt with, to have elegance, to have refinement
  • 戯れる 【たわむれる】 to be playful, to gambol, to be amused (with something), to play, to sport, to frolic, to joke, to flirt with, to have elegance, to have refinement
  • 戯れる 【じゃれる】 to play around (of a cat, dog, etc.), to frisk, to gambol, to frolic

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xi4, hu1
Korean:
heui, hwi, ho

Spanish

  • jugueteo
  • broma
  • diversión
  • teatro
  • función
  • juguetear
  • bromear
  • flirtear

Portuguese

  • brincadeira
  • jogo
  • esporte

French

  • divertissement
  • jeu
  • sport
1138 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1632 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
246 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1298 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1331 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2350 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1573 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1679 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1901 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
840 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2351 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1208 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1654 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2013 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11665 Morohashi
1875 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2041 New Nelson (John Haig)
1994 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2149 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1766 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1259 2001 Kanji
4n11.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-11-4 SKIP code
2325.0 Four corner code
1-21-26 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
622f Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
lid
Parts:
mingle, mixing, association, coming & going
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
178 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 交 【コウ】 association, fellowship, change (of season, year, etc.)
  • 交易 【コウエキ】 trade, commerce
  • 親交 【シンコウ】 intimacy, friendship, friendly relations
  • 国交 【コッコウ】 diplomatic relations

Kun reading compounds

  • 交わる 【まじわる】 to cross, to intersect, to join, to meet, to associate with, to mingle with, to consort with, to have a sexual relationship, to copulate
  • 交える 【まじえる】 to mix, to combine, to include, to exchange (words, fire, etc.), to cross (e.g. swords), to join together
  • 混じる 【まじる】 to be mixed, to be blended with, to be combined, to associate with, to mingle with, to interest, to join
  • 混じる 【まじる】 to be mixed, to be blended with, to be combined, to associate with, to mingle with, to interest, to join
  • 混ざる 【まざる】 to be mixed, to be blended with, to associate with, to mingle with, to join
  • 混ぜる 【まぜる】 to mix, to stir, to blend
  • 交わす 【かわす】 to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.), to intersect, to cross, to interlace, ... with one another, ... to each other
  • 交わす 【かわす】 to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.), to intersect, to cross, to interlace, ... with one another, ... to each other
  • 交々 【こもごも】 alternately, in succession

Readings

Japanese names:
かた
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jiao1
Korean:
gyo

Spanish

  • cambio
  • reemplazo
  • mezcla
  • asociación
  • cruzarse
  • mezclarse
  • cruzar
  • mezclar

Portuguese

  • Misturar-se
  • misturando
  • associação
  • vindo & indo

French

  • mélanger
  • échanges
  • association
  • mêler
  • aller et venir
212 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
128 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
115 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
200 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
290 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
86 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
298 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
293 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
114 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
114 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
504 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
38 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2508 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1272 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1738 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1283 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
291 Morohashi
2015 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
90 New Nelson (John Haig)
1275 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1368 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
269 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
120 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
466 2001 Kanji
2j4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-4 SKIP code
2-4-2 SKIP code
0040.8 Four corner code
1-24-82 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4ea4 Unicode hex code