Jisho

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掌

12 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
冖 口 尚 手
manipulate, rule, administer, conduct, palm of hand
Kun:
てのひら、 たなごころ
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1757 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 手のひら 【テノヒラ】 palm (of the hand)
  • 掌握 【ショウアク】 grasping, seizing, holding, commanding, having control over
  • 合掌 【ガッショウ】 pressing one's hands together in prayer, triangular frame of a thatched roof, yours sincerely, yours truly, sincerely yours
  • 鞅掌 【オウショウ】 being busy with

Kun reading compounds

  • 手のひら 【てのひら】 palm (of the hand)
  • 手のひら返し 【てのひらがえし】 sudden reversal (of behavior, opinion, attitude, etc.), about-face, flip-flop
  • 手のひら 【てのひら】 palm (of the hand)
  • 掌の玉 【たなごころのたま】 apple of one's eye

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhang3
Korean:
jang

Spanish

  • manipular
  • controlar
  • palma de la mano

Portuguese

  • manipular
  • regra
  • administrar
  • conduta
  • palma de mão

French

  • paume
  • manipuler
  • administrer
  • diriger
  • gouverner
1402 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1618 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1366 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1210 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1360 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1748 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
499 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
508 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1677 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
850 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3215 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1666 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2256 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
809 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12248 Morohashi
2602 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2200 New Nelson (John Haig)
801 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
864 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1537 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1047 2001 Kanji
3n9.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-7 SKIP code
2-3-9 SKIP code
9050.2 Four corner code
1-30-24 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
638c Unicode hex code

蹠

18 strokes
Radical:
foot 足 (⻊)
Parts:
一 口 广 凵 止 杰 足
sole of foot
Kun:
あしうら、 あしのうら
On:
セキ

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 対蹠 【タイショ】 antipodal, diametrical opposition
  • 足蹠 【ソクセキ】 sole (of the foot)

Kun reading compounds

  • 足裏 【あしうら】 sole of the foot

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi2
Korean:
cheog

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4583 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
37815 Morohashi
5906 New Nelson (John Haig)
7d11.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-11 SKIP code
6013.7 Four corner code
1-77-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8e60 Unicode hex code

膿

17 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
一 ｜ 厂 日 月 衣 辰
pus, fester, discharge
Kun:
う.む、 うみ
On:
ノウ、 ドウ

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 膿 【ウミ】 pus, corruption, rot, evils
  • 膿痂疹 【ノウカシン】 impetigo

Kun reading compounds

  • 膿む 【うむ】 to fester, to form pus
  • 膿 【うみ】 pus, corruption, rot, evils
  • 膿汁 【のうじゅう】 pus
  • 血膿 【ちうみ】 bloody pus

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nong2
Korean:
nong

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3826 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
29938 Morohashi
4884 New Nelson (John Haig)
2455 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2528 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4b13.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-13 SKIP code
7523.2 Four corner code
1-39-31 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
81bf Unicode hex code

疱

10 strokes
Radical:
sickness 疒
Parts:
勹 已 疔
Variants:
皰 靤
smallpox, blister
Kun:
もがさ
On:
ホウ

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 疱疹 【ホウシン】 herpes, blister
  • 疱瘡 【ホウソウ】 smallpox, variola, vaccination against smallpox, pockmarks (left by smallpox)
  • 水疱 【スイホウ】 blister
  • 膿疱 【ノウホウ】 pustule, pustula

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pao4
Korean:
po

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3036 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
22082 Morohashi
3791 New Nelson (John Haig)
5i5.6 The Kanji Dictionary
3-5-5 SKIP code
0011.2 Four corner code
1-65-55 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
75b1 Unicode hex code

症

10 strokes
Radical:
sickness 疒
Parts:
一 止 疔
symptoms, illness
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1111 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 症 【ショウ】 illness, condition, -pathy
  • 症候群 【ショウコウグン】 syndrome
  • 自閉症 【ジヘイショウ】 autism
  • 後遺症 【コウイショウ】 prognostic symptoms, after-effect, sequela

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zheng4, zheng1
Korean:
jeung

Spanish

  • síntoma
  • señal
  • enfermedad

Portuguese

  • sintomas
  • doença

French

  • symptôme
  • maladie
1397 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
955 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3039 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1563 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1545 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1318 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1400 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1363 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1350 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4065 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2062 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2794 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1701 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
22140 Morohashi
3280 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3795 New Nelson (John Haig)
1685 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1816 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1369 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
573 2001 Kanji
5i5.4 The Kanji Dictionary
3-5-5 SKIP code
0011.1 Four corner code
1-30-41 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
75c7 Unicode hex code