Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
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

9 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:

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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

7 strokes
Radical:
dog 犬 (犭)
Parts:
status quo, conditions, circumstances, form, appearance
On:
ジョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
298 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 状 【ジョウ】 form, shape, appearance, state, condition, circumstances, letter, correspondence
  • 状況 【ジョウキョウ】 state of affairs, situation, conditions, circumstances
  • 内情 【ナイジョウ】 internal conditions, true state of affairs
  • 形状 【ケイジョウ】 shape, form

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhuang4
Korean:
jang, sang

Spanish

  • estado
  • condición
  • circunstancias
  • situación

Portuguese

  • condicional
  • condições
  • circunstâncias
  • formulário
  • aparecimento

French

  • état des choses
  • conditions
  • circonstances
  • lettre
  • forme
  • apparence
818 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
739 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
717 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
414 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2839 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
512 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
727 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
365A Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
626 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
636 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
829 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1296 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
322 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
204 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
244 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
244 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
20257 Morohashi
272 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3556 New Nelson (John Haig)
239 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
254 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
430 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
672 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1263 2001 Kanji
2b5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-4 SKIP code
3313.4 Four corner code
1-30-85 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
72b6 Unicode hex code