Jisho

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揺

12 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
干 扎 凵 爪
Variants:
搖
swing, shake, sway, rock, tremble, vibrate
Kun:
ゆ.れる、 ゆ.る、 ゆ.らぐ、 ゆ.るぐ、 ゆ.する、 ゆ.さぶる、 ゆ.すぶる、 うご.く
On:
ヨウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1079 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 揺曳 【ヨウエイ】 flutter, linger
  • 揺蕩 【ヨウトウ】 shaking, swaying

Kun reading compounds

  • 揺れる 【ゆれる】 to shake, to sway, to rock, to swing, to tremble, to jolt, to pitch, to roll, to flicker, to become unstable, to become unsettled, to be shaken, to waver
  • 揺る 【ゆる】 to shake, to jolt, to rock (cradle), to swing
  • 揺るがす 【ゆるがす】 to shake, to swing, to sway, to shock
  • 揺らぐ 【ゆらぐ】 to swing, to sway, to shake, to tremble, to waver, to feel shaken, to become unstable
  • 揺るぐ 【ゆるぐ】 to shake, to waver, to tremble
  • 揺する 【ゆする】 to shake, to jolt, to rock (cradle), to swing, to blackmail, to extort, to shake down
  • 揺さぶる 【ゆさぶる】 to shake, to jolt, to rock, to swing, to sway, to shake (e.g. the political world), to disturb, to shock, to upset, to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
  • 揺すぶる 【ゆすぶる】 to shake, to jolt, to rock, to swing

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yao2
Korean:
yo

Spanish

  • cimbreo
  • temblor
  • estremecimiento
  • oscilación
  • balanceo
  • cimbrar
  • temblar
  • estremecerse
  • oscilar
  • mecerse
  • balancearse

Portuguese

  • balançar
  • agitar
  • oscilação
  • sacudir
  • tremer
  • vibrar

French

  • balancer
  • secouer
  • osciller
  • trembler
  • vibrer
1877 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1604 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1965 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1437 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1373 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1648 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1761 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1789 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
918 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
723 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
434 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
543 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1986 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12445P Morohashi
594 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2235 New Nelson (John Haig)
1967 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2118 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1543 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1376 2001 Kanji
3c9.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
5207.2 Four corner code
1-45-41 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
63fa Unicode hex code

大

3 strokes
Radical:
big, very 大
Parts:
大
large, big
Kun:
おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
On:
ダイ、 タイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
7 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 大 【ダイ】 large, big, great, huge, vast, major, important, serious, severe, great, prominent, eminent, distinguished, -sized, as big as, the size of, university, large (e.g. serving size), large option, long month (i.e. having 31 days)
  • 大尉 【タイイ】 captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF), lieutenant (Navy), flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
  • 国大 【コクダイ】 national university
  • 電通大 【デンツウダイ】 University of Electro-Communications
  • 大 【タイ】 nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)
  • 大尉 【タイイ】 captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF), lieutenant (Navy), flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
  • 御大 【オンタイ】 boss, governor, headman

Kun reading compounds

  • 大きい 【おおきい】 big, large, great, loud, extensive, spacious, important, decisive, valuable, older, grown up

Readings

Japanese names:
うふ、 お、 おう、 た、 たかし、 とも、 はじめ、 ひろ、 ひろし、 まさ、 まさる、 もと、 わ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
da4, dai4
Korean:
dae, da, tae

Spanish

  • grande
  • muy
  • mucho

Portuguese

  • grande
  • enorme

French

  • grand
22 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
25 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
53 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
7 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1171 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
32 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
40 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
48 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.2 Japanese for Busy People
26 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
26 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
87 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
408 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4224 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2133 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2882 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
108 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5831 Morohashi
3416 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1133 New Nelson (John Haig)
107 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
112 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
5 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
14 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1463 2001 Kanji
0a3.18 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-4 SKIP code
4003.0 Four corner code
1-34-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5927 Unicode hex code

地

6 strokes
Radical:
earth 土
Parts:
土 也
ground, earth
On:
チ、 ジ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
40 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 地 【チ】 earth, ground, land, soil, place, territory, bottom (of a package, book, etc.), earth (one of the five elements)
  • 地位 【チイ】 (social) position, status, standing, position (in a company, organization, etc.), post, rank
  • 奥地 【オクチ】 interior, backwoods, hinterland, back regions
  • 対地 【タイチ】 ground to ground
  • 地 【ジ】 ground, land, earth, soil, the region in question, the local area, skin, texture, fabric, material, weave, base, background, one's true nature, narrative (i.e. descriptive part of a story), real life, actuality, captured territory, noh chorus, accompaniment music (in Japanese dance), basic phrase (in Japanese music; usu. repetitive), base part (of multiple shamisens)
  • 地合い 【ジアイ】 texture (cloth, fabric, paper), market tone, undertone, balance between the position of white and black stones
  • 下地 【シタジ】 groundwork, foundation, inclination, aptitude, elementary knowledge (of), grounding (in), undercoat, first coat, soy sauce
  • 築地 【ツイジ】 mud wall with a roof, roofed mud wall

Readings

Japanese names:
どま
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
di4, de5
Korean:
ji

Spanish

  • suelo
  • tierra
  • terreno
  • posición

Portuguese

  • terra
  • chão

French

  • sol
  • terre
111 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
184 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
167 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
40 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1056 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
143 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
143 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
241 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
118 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
118 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
146 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
367 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
236 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
152 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
181 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
521 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4890 Morohashi
204 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
976 New Nelson (John Haig)
515 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
554 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
45 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
130 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1456 2001 Kanji
3b3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-3 SKIP code
4411.2 Four corner code
1-35-47 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5730 Unicode hex code