Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
Variants:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1870 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 挟殺 【キョウサツ】 rundown
  • 挟瞼器 【キョウケンキ】 entropion forceps

Kun reading compounds

  • 挟む 【はさむ】 to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks), to grip (from both sides), to put between, to sandwich between, to insert, to interpose, to catch (e.g. a finger in a door), to trap, to pinch, to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings), to interpose (e.g. an objection), to interject, to throw in (e.g. a joke), to be on either side of (a road, table, etc.), to have between each other, to be across (a street, river, etc.), to harbour (feelings), to cast (e.g. doubt)
  • 挟まる 【はさまる】 to get between, to be caught in
  • 差し挟む 【さしはさむ】 to insert, to interrupt, to slip in a word, to harbor (e.g. doubts), to harbour, to entertain (e.g. a theory)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xie2
Korean:
hyeob

Spanish

  • insertar
  • interponer
  • intercalar
  • meter entre
  • unir (dos extremos)

Portuguese

  • Um pouco
  • entre

French

  • pincer
  • entre deux
1165 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1923 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
570 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1354 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1437 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1473 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
886 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
450 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
277 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
335 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1275 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
377 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2146 New Nelson (John Haig)
1267 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1357 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1258 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3c6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
5503.0 Four corner code
1-22-20 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
631f Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
say
Parts:
write
Kun:
か.く-が.き-がき
On:
ショ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
169 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 書 【ショ】 book, document, calligraphy (esp. Chinese), penmanship, handwriting, letter, note
  • 書院 【ショイン】 drawing room, study, writing alcove, publishing house
  • 投書 【トウショ】 letter (e.g. of complaint), letter to the editor, letter from a reader, contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.)
  • 議定書 【ギテイショ】 protocol

Kun reading compounds

  • 書く 【かく】 to write, to compose, to pen, to draw, to paint

Readings

Japanese names:
かき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu1
Korean:
seo

Spanish

  • escritura
  • escrito
  • escribir

Portuguese

  • escrever

French

  • écrire
92 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
159 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
142 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
130 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3719 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
70 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
58 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1216 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
131 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
131 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
181 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
998 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3292 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1703 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2314 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
333 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14294 Morohashi
2658 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2463 New Nelson (John Haig)
327 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
349 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
121 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
197 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1678 2001 Kanji
4c6.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-4 SKIP code
5060.1 Four corner code
1-29-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
66f8 Unicode hex code