Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
Variants:
swing, shake, sway, rock, tremble, vibrate
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

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 揺籃 【ヨウラン】 cradle
  • 子持ち甘藍 【コモチカンラン】 Brussels sprout

Kun reading compounds

  • 茶籠 【ちゃかご】 basket for tea ceremony instruments

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lan2
Korean:
ram

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3452 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
26648 Morohashi
4369 New Nelson (John Haig)
6f15.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-15 SKIP code
8810.7 Four corner code
1-68-55 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7c43 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
moon, month
Parts:
Variants:
period, time, date, term
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
117 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 期 【キ】 period, time, opportunity, chance, occasion, age, term (e.g. in office), session (e.g. of parliament), stage (e.g. of a disease), season (e.g. of a TV series)
  • 期間 【キカン】 period, term, interval
  • 周期 【シュウキ】 cycle, period
  • 当期 【トウキ】 current term (period)
  • 期 【ゴ】 time, moment, limit, time of death, last moment, midnight in red-light districts during the Edo period
  • 期日 【キジツ】 fixed date, appointed date, set date, deadline, due date
  • 一期 【イチゴ】 one's whole life, one's lifetime
  • 非業の最期 【ヒゴウノサイゴ】 unnatural death, violent death

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji1, qi1, qi2
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • período
  • plazo
  • intención
  • propósito

Portuguese

  • período
  • tempo
  • data
  • termo

French

  • période
  • temps
  • date
  • terme
183 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
269 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
251 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
119 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3785 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
619 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
614 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1671 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
449 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
456 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
690 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1008 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2139 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1120 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1520 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1781 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14378 Morohashi
1704 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4836 New Nelson (John Haig)
1765 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1902 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
247 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
394 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1946 2001 Kanji
4b8.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-4 SKIP code
4782.0 Four corner code
1-20-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
671f Unicode hex code