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

熱

15 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
丶 儿 九 土 杰
heat, temperature, fever, mania, passion
Kun:
あつ.い
On:
ネツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
700 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 熱 【ネツ】 heat, fever, temperature, zeal, passion, enthusiasm, mania, craze, rage
  • 熱意 【ネツイ】 zeal, enthusiasm, ardor, ardour
  • 発熱 【ハツネツ】 generation of heat, (attack of) fever, pyrexia
  • 解熱 【ゲネツ】 lowering a fever, alleviation of fever

Kun reading compounds

  • 熱い 【あつい】 hot (to the touch), passionate (feelings, etc.), ardent, hot (e.g. gaze), hot (e.g. temper), zealous, enthusiastic, fired up, intense, severe, extreme, hot (topic), of interest
  • 熱い暗黒物質 【あついあんこくぶっしつ】 hot dark matter

Readings

Japanese names:
あた
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
re4
Korean:
yeol

Spanish

  • calor
  • fiebre
  • pasión
  • caliente

Portuguese

  • calor
  • temperatura
  • febre
  • mania
  • paixão

French

  • chaleur
  • fièvre
  • température
  • manie
  • passion
490 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
589 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
560 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
629 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2797 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
300 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
720 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2408 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
645 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
655 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
866 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1283 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3555 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1834 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2495 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1530 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19360 Morohashi
2866 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3473 New Nelson (John Haig)
1516 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1634 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
627 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1440 2001 Kanji
4d11.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-11-4 SKIP code
4433.1 Four corner code
4533.1 Four corner code
1-39-14 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
71b1 Unicode hex code

血

6 strokes
Radical:
blood 血
Parts:
皿 血
blood
Kun:
ち
On:
ケツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
832 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 血液 【ケツエキ】 blood
  • 血圧 【ケツアツ】 blood pressure
  • 脳出血 【ノウシュッケツ】 cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral haemorrhage
  • 熱血 【ネッケツ】 hot blood, warm blood, zeal, fervor, fervour, ardor, ardour, enthusiasm

Kun reading compounds

  • 血 【ち】 blood, blood, ancestry, lineage, stock, (the) blood, feelings, passions
  • 血筋 【ちすじ】 lineage, stock, descent, strain, blood relationship
  • 黄色い血 【きいろいち】 blood low in blood cells (caused by frequent blood donations), yellow blood
  • 生き血 【いきち】 lifeblood

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xie3, xue4
Korean:
hyeol

Spanish

  • sangre
  • consanguinidad

Portuguese

  • sangue

French

  • sang
389 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
288 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
270 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
637 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4205 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
344 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
876 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
337 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
789 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
803 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
928 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1611 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4339 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2196 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2955 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1460 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
33964 Morohashi
3526 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5411 New Nelson (John Haig)
1448 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1556 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
489 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
265 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
874 2001 Kanji
5h1.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-6-2 SKIP code
2710.0 Four corner code
1-23-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8840 Unicode hex code

硬

12 strokes
Radical:
stone 石
Parts:
一 ノ 口 日 田 石
Variants:
stiff, hard
Kun:
かた.い
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1101 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 硬 【コウ】 hardness
  • 硬貨 【コウカ】 coin, hard currency
  • 生硬 【セイコウ】 crude, immature, unpolished
  • 重硬 【ジュウコウ】 heavy and hard (of a wood)

Kun reading compounds

  • 硬い 【かたい】 hard, solid, tough, stiff, tight, wooden, unpolished (e.g. writing), strong, firm (not viscous or easily moved), safe, steady, honest, steadfast, obstinate, stubborn, bookish, formal, stuffy
  • かたいことは言いっこなし 【かたいことはいいっこなし】 let's put formalities aside, let's not speak so stiffly

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ying4
Korean:
gyeong

Spanish

  • rígido
  • duro
  • firme

Portuguese

  • duro
  • rígido

French

  • dur
  • raide
1260 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1149 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3193 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1598 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
766 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1635 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1009 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1046 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1309 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1403 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1518 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
802 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1095 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
702 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24230 Morohashi
1183 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4008 New Nelson (John Haig)
695 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
750 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1571 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3366 2001 Kanji
5a7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-7 SKIP code
1164.6 Four corner code
1-25-37 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
786c Unicode hex code

派

9 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
厂 汁 斤
faction, group, party, clique, sect, school
On:
ハ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
164 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 派 【ハ】 clique, group, coterie, (political) faction, wing, party, camp, school, sect, denomination
  • 派遣 【ハケン】 dispatch, despatch, deployment, temporary employee (esp. from an agency), temporary worker, agency temp
  • 硬派 【コウハ】 hard-liners, diehards, hawks, (young) man with traditionally masculine interests, tough boy, man's man, hard news, reporter who covers political and economic affairs, strait-laced type (with respect to relationships), bullish traders
  • 右派 【ウハ】 right wing

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pai4, pa1
Korean:
pa

Spanish

  • grupo
  • división
  • rama
  • enviar
  • mandar

Portuguese

  • facção
  • grupo
  • partido
  • claque
  • seita
  • escola

French

  • faction
  • groupe
  • parti
  • clan
  • secte
  • école
857 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
965 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
955 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
293 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2547 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
516 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1471 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
812 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
912 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
934 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1191 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1192 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
456 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
281 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
341 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1872 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17428 Morohashi
381 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3126 New Nelson (John Haig)
1855 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1999 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
286 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
892 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
365 2001 Kanji
3a6.21 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
3213.2 Four corner code
1-39-41 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6d3e Unicode hex code

挽

10 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
一 ｜ 儿 勹 扎 免
saw, turn (lathe), grind
Kun:
ひ.く
On:
バン
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

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  • 挽歌 【バンカ】 elegy, funeral song
  • 挽回 【バンカイ】 recovery, restoration
  • 推輓 【スイバン】 recommendation (of someone for a position), nomination

Kun reading compounds

  • 挽く 【ひく】 to saw, to grind (e.g. coffee beans), to mill

Readings

Japanese names:
ひき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wan3
Korean:
man

Spanish

Portuguese

French

1918 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
511 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
384 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
12111X Morohashi
427 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2172 New Nelson (John Haig)
2244 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2350 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3c7.13 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
1-3-8 SKIP code
5701.6 Four corner code
1-40-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
633d Unicode hex code

歌

14 strokes
Radical:
lack, yawn 欠
Parts:
一 亅 口 欠
song, sing
Kun:
うた、 うた.う
On:
カ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
519 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 歌劇 【カゲキ】 opera
  • 歌曲 【カキョク】 melody, tune, song
  • 演歌 【エンカ】 enka, traditional-style Japanese popular ballad, troubadour
  • 和歌 【ワカ】 waka, classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae

Kun reading compounds

  • 歌 【うた】 song, singing, classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka), modern poetry
  • 歌合 【うたあわせ】 poetry contest
  • 短歌 【たんか】 tanka, 31-mora Japanese poem
  • 替え歌 【かえうた】 parody (of a song), new lyrics to an old melody, song parody
  • 歌う 【うたう】 to sing, to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem, to express in the form of a poem, to recite (a poem)
  • 歌うたい 【うたうたい】 singer, vocalist, nagauta singer (in kabuki), singer of noh chants

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ge1
Korean:
ga

Spanish

  • canción
  • cantar

Portuguese

  • canção
  • cantar

French

  • chanson
  • chanter
166 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
90 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
84 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
478 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2422 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
256 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
201 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2170 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.18 Japanese for Busy People
392 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
395 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
200 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1125 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2296 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1187 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1621 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
480 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16167 Morohashi
1825 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2945 New Nelson (John Haig)
469 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
508 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
486 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
230 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3162 2001 Kanji
4j10.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-10-4 SKIP code
1768.2 Four corner code
1-18-46 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6b4c Unicode hex code