Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
clear (the land), open, break up (land)
Kun:
ひら.く
On:
タク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1526 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 拓殖 【タクショク】 colonization, colonisation, development, settlement, exploitation
  • 拓銀 【タクギン】 Takushoku Bank
  • 干拓 【カンタク】 land reclamation (from sea)
  • 未開拓 【ミカイタク】 undeveloped (area), unexplored (field of study), wild (areas), untapped area

Kun reading compounds

  • 拓く 【ひらく】 to open (e.g. path), to clear (the way), to break up (e.g. land)

Readings

Japanese names:
つ、 ひろ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tuo4, ta4
Korean:
cheog, tag

Spanish

  • aclarar
  • despejar la tierra
  • calcar

Portuguese

  • limpar (a terra)
  • abrir
  • abrir (terra)

French

  • défricher
  • conquête (terrain)
1554 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1415 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1873 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1780 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1349 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
586 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1833 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1983 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1263 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
876 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
375 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
237 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
282 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
658 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11958 Morohashi
317 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2115 New Nelson (John Haig)
651 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
703 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1181 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1377 2001 Kanji
3c5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
5106.0 Four corner code
1-34-83 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
62d3 Unicode hex code

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On reading compounds

  • 跋 【バツ】 epilogue, postscript, envoi
  • 跋文 【バツブン】 afterword, epilogue, postscript

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ba2
Korean:
bal

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4553 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
37446 Morohashi
5867 New Nelson (John Haig)
7d5.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-5 SKIP code
6314.4 Four corner code
1-76-77 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8dcb Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
sign 示 (礻)
Parts:
Variants:
祿
fief, allowance, pension, grant, happiness
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2126 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 禄 【ロク】 stipend, reward
  • 禄高 【ロクダカ】 (amount of a samurai's) stipend
  • 元禄 【ゲンロク】 Genroku era (1688.9.30-1704.3.13)
  • 永禄 【エイロク】 Eiroku era (1558.2.28-1570.4.23)

Readings

Japanese names:
とし、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lu4
Korean:
rog

Spanish

  • feliz
  • contento
  • feudo
  • sueldo de funcionario

Portuguese

French

3250 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1998 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1589 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2179 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1264 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
684 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
915 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
24741P Morohashi
1002 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4096 New Nelson (John Haig)
2602 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2648 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4e8.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-8 SKIP code
3723.2 Four corner code
1-47-29 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7984 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
roof
Parts:
bureaucrat, the government, organ
On:
カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
230 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 官 【カン】 government service, the bureaucracy
  • 官界 【カンカイ】 bureaucracy
  • 代官 【ダイカン】 local governor (Edo period), local magistrate, bailiff, deputy official (Middle Ages), acting administrator
  • 自衛官 【ジエイカン】 Japanese Self-Defense Force official, Self-Defense Force official

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guan1
Korean:
gwan

Spanish

  • gobierno
  • gubernamental (lugar
  • persona)
  • órgano del cuerpo

Portuguese

  • burocracia
  • o governo

French

  • fonctionnaire
  • gouvernemental
364 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
465 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
441 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
225 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1295 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
318 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
462 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
672 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
326 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
326 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
540 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
469 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2766 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1417 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1912 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1279 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7107 Morohashi
2226 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1322 New Nelson (John Haig)
1271 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1363 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
202 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
498 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
777 2001 Kanji
3m5.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
3077.7 Four corner code
1-20-17 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5b98 Unicode hex code