Jisho

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才

3 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
一 ノ 亅
genius, years old, cubic shaku
On:
サイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
1497 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 才 【サイ】 ability, gift, talent, aptitude, genius, sai, traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
  • 歳 【サイ】 ... years old, age (of) ...
  • 鬼才 【キサイ】 wizard, genius, remarkable talent, exceptional ability
  • 英才 【エイサイ】 genius, brilliance, unusual talent, gifted person, person of unusual talent

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cai2
Korean:
jae

Spanish

  • talento
  • capacidad
  • habilidad
  • años de edad

Portuguese

  • gênio
  • anos antigos

French

  • génie
  • "(x) ans" (âge)
  • shaku cubique (18,04 ml)
217 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
139 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
126 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
639 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
270 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
574 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
553 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
35 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
551 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
560 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
739 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
853 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4218 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2131 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2880 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
688 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11769 Morohashi
3410 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2059 New Nelson (John Haig)
681 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
736 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
85 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1447 2001 Kanji
0a3.27 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-3 SKIP code
5000.0 Four corner code
4020.0 Four corner code
1-26-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
624d Unicode hex code

色

6 strokes
Radical:
colour, prettiness 色
Parts:
勹 巴 色
color
Kun:
いろ
On:
ショク、 シキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
621 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 色 【ショク】 counter for colours
  • 紫色 【ムラサキイロ】 purple, violet
  • 彩色 【サイシキ】 colouring, coloring, colouration, coloration, painting
  • 色 【シキ】 rupa (form), visible objects (i.e. color and form)
  • 色彩 【シキサイ】 colour, color, hue, tints
  • 彩色 【サイシキ】 colouring, coloring, colouration, coloration, painting
  • 極彩色 【ゴクサイシキ】 richly colored, richly coloured

Kun reading compounds

  • 色 【いろ】 colour, color, hue, tint, tinge, shade, complexion, skin colour, skin color, look (on one's face), expression, appearance, air, feeling, personality, character, tone (of one's voice, etc.), tune, sound, ring, love, lust, sensuality, love affair, lover, paramour, beauty, sexiness, physical appeal, kind, type, variety
  • 色合い 【いろあい】 colouring, coloring, shade (of colour), hue, tone, tinge, tint, flavour, nuance, feel, sense, look
  • 紫色 【むらさきいろ】 purple, violet
  • 橙色 【だいだいいろ】 orange (color, colour)

Readings

Japanese names:
しか、 しこ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
se4, shai3
Korean:
saeg

Spanish

  • color
  • aspecto

Portuguese

  • cor

French

  • couleur
94 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
162 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
145 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
326 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3889 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
241 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
243 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
345 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.20 Japanese for Busy People
204 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
204 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
316 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1599 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2522 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1280 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1748 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1769 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30602 Morohashi
2029 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4956 New Nelson (John Haig)
1753 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1890 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
405 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
127 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2556 2001 Kanji
2n4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-4 SKIP code
2771.7 Four corner code
1-31-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8272 Unicode hex code

兼

10 strokes
Radical:
eight 八
Parts:
一 ｜ ハ 并 ヨ
concurrently, and, beforehand, in advance
Kun:
か.ねる、 -か.ねる
On:
ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1164 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 兼 【ケン】 cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study), and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary), in addition to, at the same time
  • 兼任 【ケンニン】 serving concurrently as, holding the additional post of

Kun reading compounds

  • 兼ねる 【かねる】 to be unable to, to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do, to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously, to contain (or combine) two or more features, to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.), to do alongside, to hesitate to do something (out of consideration for others), to think of the future (as well as the present)

Readings

Japanese names:
かね
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian1
Korean:
gyeom

Spanish

  • concurrentemente
  • y
  • además
  • por añadidura
  • agarrar
  • coger
  • combinarse

Portuguese

  • Concorrentemente
  • e

French

  • simultanément
  • et
  • cumuler
769 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
850 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1042 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
598 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
669 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1078 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1268 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1081 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1129 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1324 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
765 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2850 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1469 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1979 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1611 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1483 Morohashi
2286 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
381 New Nelson (John Haig)
1597 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1723 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1307 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
964 2001 Kanji
2o8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-7 SKIP code
8023.7 Four corner code
1-23-83 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
517c Unicode hex code

備

12 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
化 厂 艾 用
Variants:
僃
equip, provision, preparation
Kun:
そな.える、 そな.わる、 つぶさ.に
On:
ビ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
356 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 備蓄 【ビチク】 stocking up (in case of emergency), stockpile, reserves, storing, laying in (supplies)
  • 備考 【ビコウ】 note (for reference), remarks, N.B.
  • 配備 【ハイビ】 deployment, disposition, posting, stationing
  • 無防備 【ムボウビ】 defenseless, defenceless, unprotected, vulnerable

Kun reading compounds

  • 備える 【そなえる】 to furnish with, to equip with, to provide, to install, to prepare for, to make preparations for, to make provision for, to possess (all that is needed), to be endowed with, to be equipped with, to be born with, to have since birth
  • 備わる 【そなわる】 to be furnished with, to be provided with, to be equipped with, to be possessed of, to be endowed with, to be gifted with, to be among, to be one of
  • 具に 【つぶさに】 in detail, with great care, completely, fully

Readings

Japanese names:
びっ、 びん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bei4
Korean:
bi

Spanish

  • equipar
  • aprovisionar
  • preparación
  • preparativo
  • proveer
  • preparar
  • estar dotado de
  • estar surtido

Portuguese

  • equipe
  • provisão
  • preparação

French

  • équiper
  • préparation
  • approvisionnement
700 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
795 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
774 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
321 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
519 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
750 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
332 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1539 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
768 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
782 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
613 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
124 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
165 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
109 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
126 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1191 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
967 Morohashi
146 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
284 New Nelson (John Haig)
1183 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1267 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
201 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
763 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2153 2001 Kanji
2a10.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-10 SKIP code
2422.7 Four corner code
1-40-87 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5099 Unicode hex code