Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
criticism, strike
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
568 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 非難 【ヒナン】 criticism, blame, censure, attack, reproach
  • 批准 【ヒジュン】 ratification
  • 高批 【コウヒ】 your valued criticism

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pi1
Korean:
bi, byeol

Spanish

  • criticar
  • golpear

Portuguese

  • Críticar
  • bater

French

  • critique
  • commentaire
973 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
963 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
771 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1848 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1523 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
556 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1029 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1068 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1051 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
865 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
294 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
187 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
223 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
656 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11845 Morohashi
250 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2086 New Nelson (John Haig)
649 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
701 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
854 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1356 2001 Kanji
3c4.13 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-4 SKIP code
5201.0 Four corner code
1-40-67 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6279 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
evaluate, criticism, comment
On:
ヒョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
454 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 評 【ヒョウ】 criticism, commentary, review
  • 評価 【ヒョウカ】 valuation, appraisal, evaluation, assessment, estimation, rating, judging, appreciation, recognition, acknowledgement, rating highly, praising
  • 総評 【ソウヒョウ】 general comment
  • 大好評 【ダイコウヒョウ】 very highly commended, highly lauded, very well-received, very popular

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ping2
Korean:
pyeong

Spanish

  • criticar
  • crítica
  • comentario

Portuguese

  • avaliar
  • críticar
  • comentário
  • crítica

French

  • évaluer
  • critiquer
  • commenter
863 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
797 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
776 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
428 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4339 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
627 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
899 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1663 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1028 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1067 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
948 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1676 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1895 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1005 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1361 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1499 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35383X Morohashi
1501 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5587 New Nelson (John Haig)
1487 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1599 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
358 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
764 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3055 2001 Kanji
7a5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-5 SKIP code
0164.9 Four corner code
1-41-30 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8a55 Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
horn
Parts:
Variants:
unravel, notes, key, explanation, understanding, untie, undo, solve, answer, cancel, absolve, explain, minute
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
176 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 解 【カイ】 solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.), root (e.g. of a polynomial), solution (to a given problem), answer, explanation, interpretation
  • 解禁 【カイキン】 lifting a ban, raising an embargo, opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.), publishing contents, revealing information
  • 瓦解 【ガカイ】 collapse, downfall
  • 明解 【メイカイ】 clear explanation
  • 解熱 【ゲネツ】 lowering a fever, alleviation of fever
  • 解脱 【ゲダツ】 liberation from earthly desires and the woes of man, deliverance of one's soul, moksha, mukti, vimukti
  • 雪消 【ユキゲ】 snow melting, water from melting snow
  • 義解 【ギゲ】 explanation (of the meaning), interpretation

Kun reading compounds

  • 解く 【とく】 to untie, to unfasten, to unwrap, to undo, to unbind, to unpack, to unsew, to unstitch, to solve, to work out, to answer, to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.), to clear up, to remove (suspicion), to appease, to dissolve (a contract), to cancel, to remove (a prohibition), to lift (a ban), to raise (a siege), to release (from duty), to relieve, to dismiss, to comb (out), to card, to untangle (hair)
  • 溶かす 【とかす】 to dissolve, to melt
  • 梳かす 【とかす】 to comb out, to brush, to untangle, to unravel
  • 解ける 【とける】 to be solved, to be resolved, to loosen, to come untied, to come undone, to be removed (of restrictions), to be lifted (e.g. a ban), to be broken (spells, curses, etc.), to dissipate (of anger, tension, etc.), to melt away, to ease, to be appeased, to be resolved (of a dispute, misunderstanding, etc.), to be cleared up
  • 溶ける 【とける】 to melt, to thaw, to fuse, to dissolve
  • 解く 【ほどく】 to undo, to untie, to unfasten, to unlace, to unravel, to loosen, to unpack
  • 解す 【ほぐす】 to unravel, to untie, to untangle, to loosen, to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.), to relax, to ease
  • 分かる 【わかる】 to understand, to comprehend, to grasp, to see, to get, to follow, to become clear, to be known, to be discovered, to be realized, to be realised, to be found out, I know!, I think so too!

Readings

Japanese names:
さとる、 とけ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jie3, jie4, xie4
Korean:
hae, gae

Spanish

  • desenredar
  • desatar
  • liberar
  • aclarar
  • resolver
  • peinarse
  • aflojar

Portuguese

  • solucionar
  • notas
  • chave
  • explicação
  • compreensão
  • desamarrar
  • desfazer
  • resolveer
  • resposta
  • cancelar
  • absolver
  • explicar
  • deta

French

  • délier
  • notes
  • clé
  • explication
  • compréhension
  • défaire
  • résoudre
  • répondre
  • annuler
  • absoudre
  • expliquer
  • minute
567 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
662 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
632 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
192 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4306 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
577 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
892 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1923 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
474 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
482 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
293 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1651 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1913 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1017 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1375 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1831 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35067 Morohashi
1517 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5548 New Nelson (John Haig)
1814 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1955 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
142 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
769 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2555 2001 Kanji
4g9.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-6 SKIP code
2725.2 Four corner code
1-18-82 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
89e3 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
divide
On:
ボウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1918 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 剖検 【ボウケン】 autopsy, necropsy
  • 法医解剖 【ホウイカイボウ】 medicolegal autopsy, forensic autopsy
  • 行政解剖 【ギョウセイカイボウ】 autopsy initiated by government authorities

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pou1, pou3, po3
Korean:
bu

Spanish

  • dividir
  • distinguir

Portuguese

  • divida

French

  • disséquer
  • diviser
1813 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1908 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
693 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1805 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1093 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1830 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1979 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1609 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
201 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2103 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1095 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1492 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
489 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2034 Morohashi
1670 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
492 New Nelson (John Haig)
478 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
517 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1313 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
443 2001 Kanji
2f8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-2 SKIP code
0260.0 Four corner code
1-43-22 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5256 Unicode hex code