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挨

10 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
厶 扎 矢 乞
approach, draw near, push open
Kun:
ひら.く
On:
アイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2258 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 挨拶 【アイサツ】 greeting, greetings, salutation, salute, polite set phrase used when meeting or parting from someone, speech (congratulatory or appreciative), address, reply, response, courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.), revenge, retaliation, a fine thing to say, dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment), relationship (between people), connection, intervention, mediation, mediator
  • 挨拶代わり 【アイサツガワリ】 substitute for a proper greeting (e.g. gift)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ai1, ai2
Korean:
ae

Spanish

  • empujar
  • acercarse

Portuguese

French

1910 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1101 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
510 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
383 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
12082 Morohashi
2160 New Nelson (John Haig)
2248 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1310 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1363 2001 Kanji
3c7.12 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
5303.4 Four corner code
1-16-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6328 Unicode hex code

拶

9 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
夕 巛 扎
be imminent, draw close
Kun:
せま.る
On:
サツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 舞台挨拶 【ブタイアイサツ】 on-stage speech by the director and cast on the opening day of a movie or play
  • 年頭挨拶 【ネントウアイサツ】 New Year's greetings

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zan3, za1
Korean:
chal

Spanish

  • acercarse
  • ser inminente

Portuguese

French

1888 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1102 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
451 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
336 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
12004 Morohashi
2134 New Nelson (John Haig)
2261 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
713 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1360 2001 Kanji
3c6.13 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
5202.7 Four corner code
1-27-02 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
62f6 Unicode hex code

円

4 strokes
Radical:
open country 冂
Parts:
一 ｜ 亠 冂
Variants:
圓
circle, yen, round
Kun:
まる.い、 まる、 まど、 まど.か、 まろ.やか
On:
エン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
69 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 円 【エン】 yen (Japanese monetary unit), circle
  • 円滑 【エンカツ】 smooth, undisturbed, uninterrupted, harmonious
  • 楕円 【ダエン】 ellipse
  • 同心円 【ドウシンエン】 concentric circles

Kun reading compounds

  • 丸い 【まるい】 round, circular, spherical, curved, smooth, harmonious, calm, peaceful, amiable, amicable
  • 丸 【まる】 circle, entirety, whole, full, complete, money, dough, moola, enclosure inside a castle's walls, soft-shelled turtle, suffix for ship names, suffix for names of people (esp. infants), suffix for names of swords, armour, musical instruments, etc., suffix for names of dogs, horses, etc.
  • 丸い 【まるい】 round, circular, spherical, curved, smooth, harmonious, calm, peaceful, amiable, amicable
  • 黒円 【くろまる】 black spot, black dot, bull's-eye, middle dot, interpunct
  • 円居 【まどい】 sitting in a circle, pleasant gathering
  • 円か 【まどか】 round, tranquil, contentedly at ease
  • 円か 【まどか】 round, tranquil, contentedly at ease
  • 円やか 【まろやか】 round, circular, spherical, mellow (flavour, voice, etc.), mild, smooth

Readings

Japanese names:
つぶら、 のぶ、 まどか、 みつ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yuan2
Korean:
weon

Spanish

  • circular
  • redondo
  • yen

Portuguese

  • círculo
  • iene
  • redondo

French

  • cercle
  • yen
  • rond
48 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
50 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
4 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
2 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
617 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
159 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
20 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
78 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.12 Japanese for Busy People
13 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
13 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
14 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
159 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3673 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1875 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2555 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
185 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1513 Morohashi
2955 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
385 New Nelson (John Haig)
1811 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1952 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
260 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
25 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3645 2001 Kanji
2r2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-2 SKIP code
7722.0 Four corner code
1-17-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5186 Unicode hex code

札

5 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
乙 木
tag, paper money, counter for bonds, placard, bid
Kun:
ふだ
On:
サツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
921 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 札 【サツ】 banknote, bill, note, paper money
  • 札束 【サツタバ】 bundle of banknotes, stack of bills, large sum of money
  • 落札 【ラクサツ】 successful bid, winning a tender
  • 応札 【オウサツ】 making a bid, tendering a bid

Kun reading compounds

  • 札 【ふだ】 ticket, token, check, receipt, label, tag, sign, card, plate, playing card, charm, talisman, slip of paper posted on shrine pillars by pilgrims
  • 札所 【ふだしょ】 temple which issues amulets
  • 立て札 【たてふだ】 sign on a post (usu. wooden and with a small roof, containing information about a sight, warning, congratulations, etc.), public notice, bulletin board, notice board
  • 合札 【あいふだ】 check (e.g. baggage claim), tag, token, tally, score

Readings

Japanese names:
さっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zha2
Korean:
chal

Spanish

  • etiqueta
  • papel moneda
  • billete
  • tarjeta señal

Portuguese

  • etiqueta
  • dinheiro de papel
  • número de contratos
  • letreiro
  • oferta

French

  • étiquette
  • billet de banque
  • compteur d'obligations
  • affiche
  • offre
513 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1304 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
811 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2171 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1536 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
617 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
145 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1157 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1212 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
984 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1067 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1011 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
546 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
723 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
216 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14422 Morohashi
817 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2533 New Nelson (John Haig)
212 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
225 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
449 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1856 2001 Kanji
4a1.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-1 SKIP code
4291.0 Four corner code
1-27-05 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
672d Unicode hex code