Jisho

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新

13 strokes
Radical:
axe 斤
Parts:
亠 并 斤 木 立 辛
new
Kun:
あたら.しい、 あら.た、 あら-、 にい-
On:
シン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
51 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 新 【シン】 new, neo-, newness, novelty, Gregorian calendar, Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE), Hsin dynasty
  • 新鋭 【シンエイ】 young and energetic, up-and-coming, new and excellent, newly produced, up-and-comer
  • 維新 【イシン】 reformation, revolution, renewal, Meiji Restoration, Nippon Ishin no Kai, Japan Innovation Party
  • 改新 【カイシン】 reformation

Kun reading compounds

  • 新しい 【あたらしい】 new, novel, fresh, recent, latest, up-to-date, modern
  • 新しい女 【あたらしいおんな】 liberated woman
  • 新た 【あらた】 new, fresh, novel
  • 新田 【しんでん】 new rice field, newly developed rice field, wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)

Readings

Japanese names:
あせ、 あたらし、 し、 に、 にっ、 につ、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xin1
Korean:
sin

Spanish

  • nuevo
  • fresco

Portuguese

  • novo

French

  • nouveau
256 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
165 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
148 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
36 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2080 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
178 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
55 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1965 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.5 Japanese for Busy People
174 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
174 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
85 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
956 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2239 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1166 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1587 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1516 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13572 Morohashi
1784 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2387 New Nelson (John Haig)
1502 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1619 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
80 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
226 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
454 2001 Kanji
5b8.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-9-4 SKIP code
0292.1 Four corner code
1-31-23 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
65b0 Unicode hex code

撰

15 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
｜ 二 ハ 已 扎
composing, editing, compiling, selecting
Kun:
せん.する、 えら.む、 えら.ぶ
On:
サン、 セン
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

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  • 撰 【セン】 anthology (of poetry, etc.), compilation, collection, selection
  • 選集 【センシュウ】 selection (e.g. of poems, texts), anthology, selected extracts
  • 特選 【トクセン】 special selection, special approval, special prize, highest honours
  • 百選 【ヒャクセン】 top hundred, hundred best

Kun reading compounds

  • 撰する 【せんする】 to write (prose, etc.), to compile (an anthology)
  • 選ぶ 【えらぶ】 to choose, to select

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhuan4
Korean:
chan, cheon

Spanish

Portuguese

French

1996 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
911 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
672 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
12753X Morohashi
2277 New Nelson (John Haig)
2253 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2357 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1361 2001 Kanji
3c12.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-12 SKIP code
5708.1 Four corner code
1-32-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
64b0 Unicode hex code

姓

8 strokes
Radical:
woman, female 女
Parts:
女 生
surname
On:
セイ、 ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1628 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 姓 【セイ】 surname, family name, hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
  • 姓名 【セイメイ】 (full) name, family name and given name
  • 旧姓 【キュウセイ】 one's original family name, maiden name
  • 同姓 【ドウセイ】 same surname
  • 姓 【セイ】 surname, family name, hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
  • 俗姓 【ゾクショウ】 secular surname (of a priest)
  • 小百姓 【コビャクショウ】 peasant, small farmer

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xing4
Korean:
seong

Spanish

  • apellido

Portuguese

  • sobrenome

French

  • nom de famille
1471 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1766 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1203 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1150 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
450 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
846 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1746 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1869 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
598 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
440 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
334 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
209 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
251 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1571 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6178 Morohashi
279 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1196 New Nelson (John Haig)
1557 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1678 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1163 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1772 2001 Kanji
3e5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
4541.0 Four corner code
1-32-11 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
59d3 Unicode hex code

氏

4 strokes
Radical:
clan 氏
Parts:
氏
family name, surname, clan
Kun:
うじ、 -うじ
On:
シ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
84 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 氏 【シ】 Mr, Mrs, Ms, Miss, clan, he, him, counter for people
  • 氏族 【シゾク】 clan, family
  • 両氏 【リョウシ】 both persons
  • 同氏 【ドウシ】 the said person, he, she, same surname

Kun reading compounds

  • 氏 【うじ】 family name, lineage, birth, clan
  • 氏名 【しめい】 (full) name, identity
  • 杜氏 【とうじ】 chief brewer at a sake brewery
  • 漢氏 【あやうじ】 Aya clan

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi4, zhi1
Korean:
ssi, ji

Spanish

  • apellido
  • clan
  • señor

Portuguese

  • nome de família
  • sobrenome
  • clã

French

  • nom de famille
  • nom
  • clan
  • Monsieur
620 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
522 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
495 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
177 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2478 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
361 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1456 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
223 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
566 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
575 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
744 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1148 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3669 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1872 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2552 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1845 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17026 Morohashi
2951 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3020 New Nelson (John Haig)
1828 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1970 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
223 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
443 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2656 2001 Kanji
0a4.25 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-2 SKIP code
4-4-4 SKIP code
7274.0 Four corner code
1-27-65 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6c0f Unicode hex code

録

16 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
ヨ 水 金 隶
record
Kun:
しる.す、 と.る
On:
ロク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
546 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 録 【ロク】 record, transcript
  • 録音 【ロクオン】 (audio) recording
  • 付録 【フロク】 appendix, supplement, annex, extra (of a newspaper or magazine)
  • 採録 【サイロク】 recording, transcription

Kun reading compounds

  • 撮る 【とる】 to take (a photograph), to record (audio or video), to film, to shoot

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lu4
Korean:
rog, ye

Spanish

  • registro
  • transcripción
  • copia

Portuguese

  • gravar

French

  • enregistrer
543 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
640 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
611 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
416 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4879 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
665 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
980 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2523 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
538 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
547 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
730 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1830 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2186 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1147 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1554 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1153 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40519P Morohashi
1742 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6298 New Nelson (John Haig)
1144 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1226 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
633 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2842 2001 Kanji
8a8.16 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-8 SKIP code
8713.2 Four corner code
1-47-31 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9332 Unicode hex code