Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
shake, wave, wag, swing
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
614 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 振り子 【フリコ】 pendulum
  • 振興 【シンコウ】 promotion, encouragement
  • 奪三振 【ダツサンシン】 striking a batter out
  • 不振 【フシン】 dullness, slump, stagnation, inactivity, depression

Kun reading compounds

  • 振る 【ふる】 to wave, to shake, to swing, to sprinkle, to throw (dice), to cast (actor), to allocate (work), to turn down (someone), to reject, to jilt, to dump, to abandon, to give up, to ruin, to add kana indicating a reading of a word, to slightly change headings, to change directions, to extract by broiling, to prepare an infusion of, to decoct, to carry with great vigor (e.g. a portable shrine), to bring up a topic, to lead to a topic, to replace, to substitute, to set up a joke for someone else
  • 振る舞い 【ふるまい】 behavior, behaviour, conduct, entertainment, treat, feast, banquet
  • 振れる 【ふれる】 to swing, to shake, to wave, to veer, to deflect, to lean towards
  • 振るう 【ふるう】 to swing, to wield (physically), to exert, to exercise (e.g. power, ability), to exhibit, to display, to wield (metaphorically), to flourish, to prosper, to thrive

Readings

Japanese names:
ふり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhen4
Korean:
jin

Spanish

  • sacudir
  • ondear
  • agitar
  • vibrar
  • balancear

Portuguese

  • agitar
  • onda
  • sacudir
  • balançar

French

  • secouer
  • saupoudrer
  • remuer
  • balancer
  • feindre
1437 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
600 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1920 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1612 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1357 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1320 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
954 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
984 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
770 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
892 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
515 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
316 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
388 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2030 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12093 Morohashi
430 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2171 New Nelson (John Haig)
2011 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2167 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1338 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1365 2001 Kanji
3c7.14 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
5103.2 Four corner code
1-31-22 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
632f Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
staff, cane
Kun:
つえ
On:
ジョウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2387 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 杖 【ジョウ】 public caning (60-100 strokes; second least severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
  • 杖鼓 【ジョウコ】 janggu (Korean hourglass drum), janggo, changgo
  • 聖杖 【セイジョウ】 holy staff, sacred staff
  • 金剛杖 【コンゴウヅエ】 pilgrim's staff

Kun reading compounds

  • 杖 【つえ】 cane, walking stick, staff, wand
  • 杖状 【つえじょう】 staff-shaped
  • 魔法の杖 【まほうのつえ】 magic wand
  • 転ばぬ先の杖 【ころばぬさきのつえ】 prevention is better than cure, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, look before you leap, forewarned is forearmed, a stitch in time saves nine, a walking stick before stumbling

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhang4
Korean:
jang

Spanish

  • caña
  • bastón
  • vara
  • dependencia

Portuguese

French

2183 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
422 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1026 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
736 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
14469 Morohashi
2555 New Nelson (John Haig)
2504 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2566 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4a3.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-3 SKIP code
4590.0 Four corner code
1-30-83 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6756 Unicode hex code