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

12 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
Variants:
picture, drawing, painting, sketch
On:
カイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
895 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 絵画 【カイガ】 painting, picture
  • 絵画館 【カイガカン】 art or picture gallery
  • 絵 【エ】 picture, drawing, painting, sketch, image (TV, film, etc.), picture, footage
  • 絵の具 【エノグ】 paint, coloring materials, colors, colours
  • 巴 【トモエ】 tomoe, heraldic design composed of two or more interlocked comma-shaped figures
  • 踏み絵 【フミエ】 fumi-e, fumie, tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample, allegiance test, loyalty test

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hui4
Korean:
hoe

Spanish

  • cuadro
  • dibujo
  • pintura

Portuguese

  • gravura
  • desenho
  • pintura
  • esboço

French

  • image
  • dessin
  • peinture
  • esquisse
172 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
95 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
89 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
976 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3537 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
380 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
819 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2332 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
345 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
345 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
617 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1530 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1704 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
910 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1233 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1358 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27464P Morohashi
1346 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4488 New Nelson (John Haig)
1346 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1446 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
214 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2771 2001 Kanji
6a6.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-6 SKIP code
2893.1 Four corner code
1-19-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d75 Unicode hex code