Jisho

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17 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
mimic, aim (a gun) at, nominate, imitate
Kun:
まが.いもど.き
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1990 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

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

14 strokes (also 15)
Radical:
eat, food 食 (飠)
Parts:
food, bait, prey, tempting profit
Kun:
えばえさもち
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2277 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 採餌 【サイジ】 feeding (by animals), food getting
  • 好餌 【コウジ】 bait, decoy, lure, easy prey, easy victim, sucker

Kun reading compounds

  • 餌 【えさ】 (animal) feed, fodder, pet food, bait, lure, enticement
  • 餌場 【えさば】 feeding ground
  • 撒き餌 【まきえ】 scattered animal feed, ground bait
  • 毒餌 【どくえ】 poisonous bait
  • 餌 【えさ】 (animal) feed, fodder, pet food, bait, lure, enticement
  • 餌場 【えさば】 feeding ground
  • 釣り餌 【つりえ】 bait (for fishing)
  • 練り餌 【ねりえ】 paste bird feed, paste fishing bait

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
er3
Korean:
i

Spanish

  • comida
  • comida para animales
  • cebo
  • presa
  • tentación

Portuguese

French

5167 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
776 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2257 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1597 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
44146X Morohashi
6690 New Nelson (John Haig)
2797 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1588 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
8b6.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-6 SKIP code
8174.0 Four corner code
8172.0 Four corner code
1-17-34 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
990c Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
Variants:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 鉤状 【コウジョウ】 hooklike, hook-shaped, unciform
  • 鉤虫 【コウチュウ】 hookworm

Kun reading compounds

  • 鉤 【かぎ】 hook, hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
  • かぎ括弧 【かぎかっこ】 square bracket, Japanese-style quotation marks
  • 自在鉤 【じざいかぎ】 pothook (for hanging a pot, etc. over a fire)
  • ひっかけ鉤 【ひっかけかぎ】 grappling hook, grappling iron
  • 針 【はり】 needle, pin, hook, stinger, thorn, hand (e.g. clock, etc.), pointer, staple (for a stapler), needlework, sewing, malice, counter for stitches
  • 鉤素 【はりす】 snell (fishing), leader, trace, cast
  • 蚊針 【かばり】 fishing fly
  • 毛鉤 【けばり】 (artificial) fly, fly lure

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gou1
Korean:
gu

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4841 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1939 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
40319 Morohashi
6250 New Nelson (John Haig)
8a5.17 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-5 SKIP code
8712.0 Four corner code
1-78-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9264 Unicode hex code