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

9 strokes (also 8)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
Variants:
escape, flee, shirk, evade, set free
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
931 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 逃亡 【トウボウ】 escape, flight, running away, elopement, fleeing
  • 逃走 【トウソウ】 flight, desertion, escape

Kun reading compounds

  • 逃げる 【にげる】 to run away, to flee, to get away (e.g. from danger), to escape, to break out, to leave (e.g. one's spouse), to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.), to evade, to dodge, to shirk, to back away, to win without being overtaken, to hold off the other contenders (until the finish), to keep the lead (and win), to escape (of heat, a gas, etc.), to leak out (e.g. of a scent), to be lost (e.g. of flavor), to fail to hold an ideal posture
  • 逃げるが勝ち 【にげるがかち】 he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day, discretion is the better part of valor, fleeing is winning
  • 逃がす 【にがす】 to set free, to let go, to release, to miss (e.g. a chance), to lose, to let get away, to fail to catch
  • 逃す 【のがす】 to miss (e.g. a chance), to lose, to let get away, to set free, to let go, to fail to ...
  • 逃れる 【のがれる】 to escape

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tao2
Korean:
do

Spanish

  • escape
  • huida
  • fuga
  • dejar escapar
  • escapar
  • dejar huir
  • huir
  • fugarse

Portuguese

  • escapar
  • fugir
  • esquivar
  • libertar

French

  • s'évader
  • s'échapper
  • fuir
  • se dérober à
  • libérer
1642 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
864 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4682 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1169 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
955 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1566 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1669 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
283 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
689 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3839 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1970 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2666 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
289 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38845P Morohashi
3095 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6038 New Nelson (John Haig)
283 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
301 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1298 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1257 2001 Kanji
2q6.5 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-6 SKIP code
3230.1 Four corner code
1-38-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9003 Unicode hex code