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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On reading compounds

  • 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

星

9 strokes
Radical:
sun, day 日
Parts:
日 生
Variants:
皨
star, spot, dot, mark
Kun:
ほし、 -ぼし
On:
セイ、 ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
844 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 星 【セイ】 Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), Singapore
  • 星座 【セイザ】 constellation, astrological sign, star sign, zodiac sign
  • 新星 【シンセイ】 nova, new face, new star
  • 小惑星 【ショウワクセイ】 asteroid
  • 客星 【カクセイ】 celestial body seen only for a short time (e.g. comet)
  • 七星 【シチセイ】 the Big Dipper (asterism), the Plough, the Plow

Kun reading compounds

  • 星 【ほし】 star (usu. excluding the Sun), planet (usu. excluding Earth), heavenly body, star (glyph, symbol, shape), asterisk, star (actor, player, etc.), dot, spot, fleck, bullseye, perp, perpetrator, culprit, offender, suspect, one's star (that determines one's fate), one's fortune, point, score, star point (intersection marked with a dot), hoshi, (pyrotechnic) star
  • 星空 【ほしぞら】 starry sky
  • 四三の星 【しそうのほし】 the Big Dipper (asterism), the Plough, the Plow
  • 希望の星 【きぼうのほし】 ray of light, ray of hope, promising talent

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xing1
Korean:
seong

Spanish

  • estrella
  • punto pequeño
  • resultado de un juego

Portuguese

  • estrela
  • ponto
  • marca

French

  • étoile
  • point
  • marque
264 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
171 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
154 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
877 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2121 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
838 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
599 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
946 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
730 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
743 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
463 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
973 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3089 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1577 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2156 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1570 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13837 Morohashi
2435 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2452 New Nelson (John Haig)
1556 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1676 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
181 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3872 2001 Kanji
4c5.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-5 SKIP code
6010.4 Four corner code
1-32-17 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
661f Unicode hex code

残

10 strokes
Radical:
death, decay 歹 (歺)
Parts:
二 戈 歹
Variants:
殘
remainder, leftover, balance
Kun:
のこ.る、 のこ.す、 そこな.う、 のこ.り
On:
ザン、 サン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
380 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 残 【ザン】 remainder, the rest, what is left
  • 残虐 【ザンギャク】 cruel, brutal, savage, barbarous
  • 敗残 【ハイザン】 survival after defeat, decline (of a person, business, etc.), ruin
  • 遺残 【イザン】 persistence, vestigial remnant

Kun reading compounds

  • 残る 【のこる】 to remain, to be left
  • 残す 【のこす】 to leave (behind), to leave (undone), to not finish, to save, to set aside, to reserve, to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death), to bequeath, to stay (in the ring), to hold on
  • 残り 【のこり】 remainder, remnant, the rest, what is left, balance, leftovers
  • 残り惜しい 【のこりおしい】 regrettable, reluctant

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
can2
Korean:
jan

Spanish

  • resto
  • balance
  • quedar
  • dejar

Portuguese

  • restante
  • restos
  • balança

French

  • reste
  • solde (compte)
409 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
520 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
493 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
492 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2445 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
315 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
655 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
650 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
661 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
223 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1134 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1179 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
640 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
851 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
816 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16459 Morohashi
943 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2976 New Nelson (John Haig)
808 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
871 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
382 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
546 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3159 2001 Kanji
0a10.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
1325.0 Four corner code
1-27-36 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6b8b Unicode hex code

骸

16 strokes
Radical:
bone 骨
Parts:
丶 ノ 亠 人 冂 冖 月 骨
bone, body, corpse
Kun:
むくろ
On:
ガイ、 カイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high

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  • 骸骨 【ガイコツ】 skeleton
  • 骸晶 【ガイショウ】 hopper crystal, skeleton crystal
  • 死骸 【シガイ】 (dead) body, corpse, carcass, remains
  • 形骸 【ケイガイ】 (soulless) body, framework (of a building, etc.), skeleton, remains, ruin, wreck, mere shell, mere name, dead letter

Kun reading compounds

  • 躯 【むくろ】 (dead) body, corpse

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hai2
Korean:
hae

Spanish

  • huesos
  • restos mortales
  • cadáver

Portuguese

French

5240 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2125 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2301 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1625 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
45164 Morohashi
6789 New Nelson (John Haig)
2874 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1641 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4b12.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-10-6 SKIP code
7028.2 Four corner code
1-19-28 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9ab8 Unicode hex code