Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
square
Parts:
give, bestow, perform, alms
Kun:
ほどこ.す
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
323 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 施工 【セコウ】 construction, constructing, carrying out, work, formation, workmanship, execution
  • 施行 【シコウ】 putting in force (a law), putting into operation, putting into effect, enforcement, carrying out (a plan, policy, etc.), execution
  • 施行 【シコウ】 putting in force (a law), putting into operation, putting into effect, enforcement, carrying out (a plan, policy, etc.), execution
  • 施工 【セコウ】 construction, constructing, carrying out, work, formation, workmanship, execution
  • 布施 【フセ】 alms-giving, charity, offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.)
  • 仕着せ 【シキセ】 servant's clothes provided by an employer, livery

Kun reading compounds

  • 施す 【ほどこす】 to give (time, money, goods), to donate, to do, to perform, to conduct, to apply (processing, makeup, etc.), to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation), to sow, to seed, to scatter (e.g. fertilizer), to sprinkle, to spread far and wide

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi1
Korean:
si, i

Spanish

  • distribuir
  • dar limosnas
  • administrar primeros auxilios

Portuguese

  • esmola
  • aplicar ataduras
  • adminatração de 1º socorros

French

  • donner
  • aumône
  • poser des bandages
  • administrer 1ers secours
1318 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
451 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2085 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1022 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1399 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
831 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1004 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1041 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
612 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
958 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1103 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
599 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
792 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1054 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13629 Morohashi
891 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2391 New Nelson (John Haig)
1045 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1124 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1261 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
456 2001 Kanji
4h5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-5 SKIP code
0821.2 Four corner code
1-27-60 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
65bd Unicode hex code

16 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
Variants:
medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit
Kun:
くすり
On:
ヤク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
702 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 薬 【ヤク】 dope, narcotic, drug
  • 薬価 【ヤッカ】 drug price, cost of medicine
  • 製薬 【セイヤク】 medicine manufacture, drug manufacture
  • 医薬 【イヤク】 medicine, Pharmaceutical and Food Safety Bureau

Kun reading compounds

  • 薬 【くすり】 medicine, pharmaceuticals, (legal) drugs, pill, ointment, salve, efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.), (pottery) glaze, (illegal) drug, narcotic, small bribe
  • 薬指 【くすりゆび】 ring finger, third finger, fourth finger (in piano-playing), fourth toe

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yao4
Korean:
yag

Spanish

  • medicina
  • droga

Portuguese

  • remédio
  • produto químico
  • esmalte
  • pólvora
  • benefício

French

  • médicament
  • produit chimique
  • émail
  • poudre à canon
  • bénéfice
521 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
420 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
398 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
541 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4074 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
323 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
247 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2568 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.6 Japanese for Busy People
359 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
360 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
315 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
672 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3011 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1539 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2100 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1752 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
32188PX Morohashi
2375 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5224 New Nelson (John Haig)
1736 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1873 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
439 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1964 2001 Kanji
3k13.15 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-13 SKIP code
4490.4 Four corner code
1-44-84 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
85ac Unicode hex code