Jisho

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4 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
hand
Kun:
て--てた-
On:
シュ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
60 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 手術 【シュジュツ】 surgery, operation, procedure, skill with one's hands, sleight of hand
  • 手記 【シュキ】 note, memorandum, memo, memoirs, personal account
  • 二塁手 【ニルイシュ】 second baseman
  • 名手 【メイシュ】 master, expert, brilliant move (in go, shogi, etc.), excellent move
  • 交際上手 【コウサイジョウズ】 good at socializing, sociability, being a good mixer
  • 処世上手 【ショセイジョウズ】 knowing how to get on in the world, knowing the secret of success in life

Kun reading compounds

  • 手 【て】 hand, arm, forepaw, foreleg, handle, hand, worker, help, trouble, care, effort, means, way, trick, move, technique, workmanship, hand, handwriting, kind, type, sort, one's hands, one's possession, ability to cope, hand (of cards), direction, move (in go, shogi, etc.)
  • 手足 【てあし】 hands and feet, limbs, person at one's beck and call, person at hand, reliable worker
  • 逆手 【ぎゃくて】 underhand grip, backhand grip (e.g. in tennis), unexpected twist, turning the tables (on an opponent)
  • 担い手 【にないて】 bearer, carrier, person bearing responsibility, person in charge, supporter

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shou3
Korean:
su

Spanish

  • mano

Portuguese

  • mão

French

  • main
28 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
35 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
32 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
42 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1827 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
37 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
54 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
118 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.19 Japanese for Busy People
57 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
57 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
170 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
847 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4267 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2155 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2907 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
644 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11768 Morohashi
3456 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2060 New Nelson (John Haig)
637 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
687 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
57 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
30 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2247 2001 Kanji
3c0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-3 SKIP code
2-1-3 SKIP code
2050.0 Four corner code
1-28-74 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
624b Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
wine, alcohol
Parts:
Variants:
vinegar, sour, acid, tart
Kun:
On:
サク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1955 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 酢酸 【サクサン】 acetic acid
  • 酢酸エチル 【サクサンエチル】 ethyl acetate
  • 木酢 【モクサク】 wood vinegar, pyroligneous acid
  • 鉛酢 【エンサク】 Goulard's extract, subacetate of lead, vinegar of lead

Kun reading compounds

  • 酢 【す】 vinegar
  • 酢の物 【すのもの】 vinegared dish, pickled dish
  • お酢 【おす】 vinegar
  • 合成酢 【ごうせいす】 synthetic vinegar

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zuo4
Korean:
cho, jag

Spanish

  • vinagre
  • agrio
  • ácido

Portuguese

  • vinagre
  • azedo
  • ácido
  • picante

French

  • vinaigre
  • aigre
  • acide
  • sur (goût)
1300 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1633 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4783 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1605 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1833 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1654 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1867 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2027 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1592 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1792 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1910 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1016 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1373 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1446 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39824 Morohashi
1516 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6169 New Nelson (John Haig)
1434 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1542 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1596 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3254 2001 Kanji
7e5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-5 SKIP code
1861.1 Four corner code
1-31-61 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9162 Unicode hex code