Jisho

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擬

17 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
匕 マ 扎 疋 矢 乞
mimic, aim (a gun) at, nominate, imitate
Kun:
まが.い、 もど.き
On:
ギ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1990 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 擬 【ギ】 pseudo-, quasi-
  • 疑似 【ギジ】 pseudo, quasi, false, para-, mock, sham, suspected (case, e.g. of disease)

Kun reading compounds

  • 紛い 【まがい】 imitation, sham, -like
  • 紛い物 【まがいもの】 imitation, fake, sham
  • 擬き 【もどき】 -like, pseudo-, mock ..., imitation ..., in the style of ..., comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts), criticism, censure
  • 銀竜草擬 【ぎんりょうそうもどき】 Indian pipe (Monotropa uniflora)
  • 太平洋赤坊擬 【たいへいようあかぼうもどき】 Longman's beaked whale (Indopacetus pacificus), Indo-Pacific beaked whale, tropical bottlenose whale

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ni3
Korean:
eui

Spanish

  • imitar
  • comparar
  • parecerse
  • suponer

Portuguese

  • imitar
  • alvo (uma arma)
  • nomear
  • imita

French

  • imitation
  • pointer une arme
  • nommer
  • comparer
1139 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1851 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2026 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1356 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1387 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1517 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1618 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1791 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
930 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
969 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
540 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
706 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1423 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12870 Morohashi
788 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2307 New Nelson (John Haig)
1411 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1514 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1869 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1370 2001 Kanji
3c14.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-14 SKIP code
5708.1 Four corner code
1-21-28 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
64ec Unicode hex code

似

7 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
丶 人 化
Variants:
佀
becoming, resemble, counterfeit, imitate, suitable
Kun:
に.る、 ひ.る
On:
ジ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
923 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 似我蜂 【ジガバチ】 red-banded sand wasp (Ammophila sabulosa), thread-waisted wasp (any wasp of family Sphecidae, incl. digger wasps and mud daubers)
  • 酷似 【コクジ】 resembling closely, being strikingly similar, bearing a strong likeness
  • 疑似 【ギジ】 pseudo, quasi, false, para-, mock, sham, suspected (case, e.g. of disease)

Kun reading compounds

  • 似る 【にる】 to resemble, to look like, to be like, to be alike, to be similar, to take after

Readings

Japanese names:
にた
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
si4, shi4
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • parecerse a
  • parecerse
  • ser similar

Portuguese

  • formação
  • lembra
  • falsificar
  • imitar
  • conveniente

French

  • ressembler
  • devenir
  • contrefaire
  • imiter
  • approprié
625 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
724 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
696 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1219 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
376 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
775 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
311 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
350 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1486 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1583 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1172 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
77 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
71 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
43 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
46 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1038 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
485 Morohashi
63 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
138 New Nelson (John Haig)
1029 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1106 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
669 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2162 2001 Kanji
2a5.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-5 SKIP code
2820.0 Four corner code
1-27-87 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f3c Unicode hex code

書

10 strokes
Radical:
say 曰
Parts:
日 聿
write
Kun:
か.く、 -が.き、 -がき
On:
ショ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
169 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 書 【ショ】 book, document, calligraphy (esp. Chinese), penmanship, handwriting, letter, note
  • 書院 【ショイン】 drawing room, study, writing alcove, publishing house
  • 投書 【トウショ】 letter (e.g. of complaint), letter to the editor, letter from a reader, contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.)
  • 議定書 【ギテイショ】 protocol

Kun reading compounds

  • 書く 【かく】 to write, to compose, to pen, to draw, to paint

Readings

Japanese names:
かき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu1
Korean:
seo

Spanish

  • escritura
  • escrito
  • escribir

Portuguese

  • escrever

French

  • écrire
92 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
159 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
142 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
130 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3719 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
70 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
58 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1216 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
131 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
131 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
181 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
998 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3292 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1703 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2314 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
333 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14294 Morohashi
2658 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2463 New Nelson (John Haig)
327 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
349 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
121 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
197 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1678 2001 Kanji
4c6.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-4 SKIP code
5060.1 Four corner code
1-29-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
66f8 Unicode hex code

簡

18 strokes
Radical:
bamboo 竹 (⺮)
Parts:
日 竹 門 乞
Variants:
simplicity, brevity
Kun:
えら.ぶ、 ふだ
On:
カン、 ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
983 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 簡 【カン】 simplicity, brevity, letter, note, correspondence, bamboo writing strip (in ancient China), simplified Chinese character
  • 簡易 【カンイ】 simplicity, convenience, easiness, quasi-
  • 書簡 【ショカン】 letter, note, epistle, correspondence
  • 来簡 【ライカン】 correspondence, received letter
  • 不料簡 【フリョウケン】 indiscretion, bad idea, thoughtlessness, indiscreetness

Kun reading compounds

  • 札 【ふだ】 ticket, token, check, receipt, label, tag, sign, card, plate, playing card, charm, talisman, slip of paper posted on shrine pillars by pilgrims

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian3
Korean:
gan

Spanish

  • simple
  • breve
  • aproximado
  • carta

Portuguese

  • simplicidade
  • brevidade

French

  • simplicité
  • brièveté
843 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
829 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
870 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3444 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1103 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
802 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2788 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1533 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1634 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
358 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1490 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3380 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1746 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2374 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1635 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
26520P Morohashi
2721 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4358 New Nelson (John Haig)
1621 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1749 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1002 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2378 2001 Kanji
6f12.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-12 SKIP code
3-14-4 SKIP code
8822.7 Four corner code
1-20-42 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7c21 Unicode hex code