Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
Variants:
insert, put in, graft, wear (sword)
Kun:
さ.すはさ.む
On:
ソウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1908 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 挿入 【ソウニュウ】 insertion, incorporation, infixing
  • 挿話 【ソウワ】 episode, side story, story within a story, aside, anecdote
  • 外挿 【ガイソウ】 extrapolation
  • 内挿 【ナイソウ】 interpolation

Kun reading compounds

  • 挿す 【さす】 to insert, to put in, to plant (a cutting), to strike, to arrange (flowers), to wear (a sword) in one's belt, to shut, to close, to lock, to fasten
  • 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)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cha1
Korean:
sab

Spanish

  • insertar
  • injertar
  • hacer pasar

Portuguese

  • inserir
  • inserido
  • enxertar
  • usar (espada)

French

  • insérer
  • greffer
  • mettre dans
  • porter (épée)
1517 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1744 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1916 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1358 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1651 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1765 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1478 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
894 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
517 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
317 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
390 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1125 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12119 Morohashi
431 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2167 New Nelson (John Haig)
1116 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1197 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1340 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1355 2001 Kanji
3c7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
5205.6 Four corner code
1-33-62 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
633f Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
field
Parts:
Variants:
brush-stroke, picture
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
199 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 絵 【エ】 picture, drawing, painting, sketch, image (TV, film, etc.), picture, footage
  • 画家 【ガカ】 painter, artist
  • 洋画 【ヨウガ】 Western painting, Western film, Western movie
  • 邦画 【ホウガ】 Japanese film, Japanese painting
  • 画 【カク】 stroke (of a kanji)
  • 描く 【エガク】 to draw, to paint, to sketch, to depict, to describe, to picture in one's mind, to imagine, to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)
  • 参画 【サンカク】 taking part (in planning), participation
  • 家族計画 【カゾクケイカク】 family planning
  • 絵 【エ】 picture, drawing, painting, sketch, image (TV, film, etc.), picture, footage
  • 描く 【エガク】 to draw, to paint, to sketch, to depict, to describe, to picture in one's mind, to imagine, to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)
  • 似顔絵 【ニガオエ】 portrait, likeness, sketch (of a face)
  • 影絵 【カゲエ】 shadow picture, silhouette, shadowgraph

Kun reading compounds

  • 描く 【えがく】 to draw, to paint, to sketch, to depict, to describe, to picture in one's mind, to imagine, to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)
  • 画する 【かくする】 to draw (a line), to demarcate, to mark, to divide, to map out, to plan

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hua4
Korean:
hwa, hoeg

Spanish

  • dibujo
  • trazo
  • puntuar
  • interrumpir

Portuguese

  • gravura

French

  • trait de plume
  • dessin
  • écran
  • compteur de traits de kanji
167 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
91 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
85 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
150 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
50 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
477 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
222 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
991 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.14 Japanese for Busy People
343 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
343 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
235 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
176 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3723 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1904 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2586 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1178 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21739P Morohashi
3000 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3733 New Nelson (John Haig)
1170 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1254 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
176 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
155 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3175 2001 Kanji
0a8.7 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-6 SKIP code
1077.2 Four corner code
1-18-72 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
753b Unicode hex code