Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
rap 攴 (攵)
Parts:
Variants:
number, strength, fate, law, figures
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
148 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 数 【スウ】 several, a few, a number of, number, quantity, amount, counting, calculation, figures, numbers, number, numeral, figure, number, destiny, fate, outcome, course of events, trend
  • 数億年 【スウオクネン】 several hundred million years
  • 複数 【フクスウ】 plural, multiple, plural (number)
  • 枚数 【マイスウ】 the number of flat things, win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers
  • 数 【スウ】 several, a few, a number of, number, quantity, amount, counting, calculation, figures, numbers, number, numeral, figure, number, destiny, fate, outcome, course of events, trend
  • 数億年 【スウオクネン】 several hundred million years
  • 数牌 【シューパイ】 suited tiles

Kun reading compounds

  • 数 【かず】 number, amount
  • 数多く 【かずおおく】 in great numbers
  • 手数 【てすう】 trouble, bother, number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.), number of punches
  • 口数 【くちかず】 number of words a person speaks, number of dependents, number of mouths to feed, number of shares, items, applications, etc.
  • 数える 【かぞえる】 to count, to enumerate
  • 屡々 【しばしば】 often, again and again, frequently, repeatedly

Readings

Japanese names:
じゅ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu4, shu3, shuo4
Korean:
su, chog

Spanish

  • número
  • cifra
  • contar

Portuguese

  • número
  • vigor
  • destino
  • lei
  • figuras

French

  • nombre
  • compter
  • destin
  • loi
  • chiffres
262 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
168 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
151 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
188 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2057 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
429 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
592 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2169 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.6 Japanese for Busy People
225 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
225 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
529 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
945 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2245 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1170 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1591 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
938 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13319 Morohashi
1790 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2353 New Nelson (John Haig)
929 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
998 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
159 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
227 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1066 2001 Kanji
4i9.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-9-4 SKIP code
9844.0 Four corner code
1-31-84 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6570 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
cart, car
Parts:
flats, counter for houses, eaves
Kun:
のき
On:
ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1416 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 軒 【ケン】 counter for buildings (esp. houses), suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
  • 軒昂 【ケンコウ】 high-spirited, in high spirits
  • 一軒一軒 【イッケンイッケン】 each house, every house, house to house, door to door

Kun reading compounds

  • 軒 【のき】 eaves, narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
  • 軒並み 【のきなみ】 row of houses, every house, each house, every door, all, totally, altogether, across the board
  • 傍軒 【そばのき】 barge course

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xuan1
Korean:
heon

Spanish

  • alero del tejado
  • contador para casas
  • alto

Portuguese

  • apartamentos
  • sufixo para contagem de casas
  • beiral de telhados

French

  • gouttière
  • auvent
  • compteur de maisons
1215 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1260 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4611 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
953 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
939 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1187 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1246 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
508 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1772 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1851 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
980 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1328 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1667 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38187 Morohashi
1459 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5944 New Nelson (John Haig)
1652 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1781 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1393 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1555 2001 Kanji
7c3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-3 SKIP code
5104.0 Four corner code
1-24-14 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8ed2 Unicode hex code