Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
广
Variants:
chafe, rub, polish, grind, scrape
Kun:
ま.するさす.るす.る
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1252 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 摩擦 【マサツ】 friction, rubbing, chafing, discord, friction, strife, conflict
  • 摩天楼 【マテンロウ】 skyscraper
  • 研磨 【ケンマ】 grinding, polishing, refining (a skill, knowledge, etc.), applying oneself (to study), disciplining oneself
  • あん摩 【アンマ】 massage (esp. anma, a traditional form of Japanese massage), masseur, masseuse, massager, blind person

Kun reading compounds

  • 摩する 【まする】 to rub, to scrub, to scrape, to draw near, to press
  • 摩る 【さする】 to rub, to pat, to stroke, to massage
  • 擦る 【する】 to rub, to chafe, to strike (match), to file, to frost (glass), to lose (e.g. a match), to forfeit, to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mo2, ma1
Korean:
ma

Spanish

  • roce
  • fricción
  • caricia

Portuguese

  • escoriação
  • raspar
  • polir
  • alcance
  • arranhão

French

  • irriter
  • gratter
  • caresser
  • frictionner
  • polir
  • moudre
1830 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1074 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5392 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1783 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1380 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2428 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1530 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1631 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1415 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
852 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3938 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2030 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2740 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
646 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12613P Morohashi
3175 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2264 New Nelson (John Haig)
639 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
689 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1768 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
547 2001 Kanji
3q12.6 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-12 SKIP code
3-11-4 SKIP code
0025.2 Four corner code
1-43-64 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6469 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Kyoto, the capital
On:
ラク
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2302 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 洛 【ラク】 the capital (esp. Kyoto)
  • 洛外 【ラクガイ】 outside Kyoto or the capital
  • 京洛 【キョウラク】 capital (esp. Kyoto)
  • 入洛 【ジュラク】 proceeding to Kyoto, entering Kyoto

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
luo4
Korean:
rag

Spanish

  • antigua región de China
  • Kyoto

Portuguese

French

2541 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
818 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
463 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
348 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
17383 Morohashi
3119 New Nelson (John Haig)
2302 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2396 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
377 2001 Kanji
3a6.13 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
3716.4 Four corner code
1-45-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6d1b Unicode hex code

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 歌留多 【カルタ】 karuta, traditional Japanese playing cards, esp. hyakunin isshu karuta or iroha karuta
  • 哥老会 【カロウカイ】 Gelaohui (secret Chinese society of the late Qing dynasty)
  • インド八哥 【インドハッカ】 common myna (Acridotheres tristis), Indian myna, common mynah, Indian mynah
  • 哥倫比亜 【コロンビア】 Colombia
  • 摩納哥 【モナコ】 Monaco
  • 五色青海鸚哥 【ゴシキゼイガイインコ】 rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus), rainbow lory

Kun reading compounds

  • うた沢 【うたざわ】 slow-paced style of shamisen music with vocal accompaniment (popular during the late Edo period)
  • うた沢節 【うたざわぶし】 slow-paced style of shamisen music with vocal accompaniment (popular during the late Edo period)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ge1
Korean:
ga

Spanish

Portuguese

French

56 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1193 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3641 Morohashi
801 New Nelson (John Haig)
3d7.16 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-5 SKIP code
1062.1 Four corner code
1-51-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
54e5 Unicode hex code