Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
square
Parts:
trip, travel
Kun:
たび
On:
リョ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
783 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 旅 【リョ】 500-man battalion (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)
  • 旅客 【リョカク】 passenger, traveller, traveler, tourist
  • 行旅 【コウリョ】 traveling, travelling, traveler, traveller
  • 修旅 【シュウリョ】 excursion, field trip, school trip

Kun reading compounds

  • 旅 【たび】 travel, trip, journey
  • 旅先 【たびさき】 destination, place one stays during a trip
  • あてなき旅 【あてなきたび】 journey without a destination
  • 股旅 【またたび】 wandering life of a gambler

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lu:3
Korean:
ryeo

Spanish

  • viaje
  • trayecto
  • excursión

Portuguese

  • viagem
  • jornada

French

  • voyage
335 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
433 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
410 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
566 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2088 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
335 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
183 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1073 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.12 Japanese for Busy People
222 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
222 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
153 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
959 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1153 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
624 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
829 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1057 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13644X Morohashi
922 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2396 New Nelson (John Haig)
1048 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1127 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
368 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
465 2001 Kanji
4h6.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
0823.2 Four corner code
1-46-25 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
65c5 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
roof
Parts:
guest, visitor, customer, client
On:
キャクカク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
557 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 客 【キャク】 guest, visitor, customer, client, shopper, spectator, audience, tourist, sightseer, passenger, counter for containers used to entertain guests
  • 客足 【キャクアシ】 customer traffic, customers, custom
  • 論客 【ロンキャク】 controversialist, polemic, disputant
  • 賓客 【ヒンキャク】 guest of honour, guest of honor, privileged guest, visitor
  • 客 【キャク】 guest, visitor, customer, client, shopper, spectator, audience, tourist, sightseer, passenger, counter for containers used to entertain guests
  • 客員 【キャクイン】 guest member, associate member, honorary member
  • 論客 【ロンキャク】 controversialist, polemic, disputant
  • 賓客 【ヒンキャク】 guest of honour, guest of honor, privileged guest, visitor

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ke4
Korean:
gaeg

Spanish

  • huésped
  • visitante
  • cliente

Portuguese

  • convidado
  • visitante
  • cliente

French

  • hôte
  • client
  • visiteur
184 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
270 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
252 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
571 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1302 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
434 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
467 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
917 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.11 Japanese for Busy People
641 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
651 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
318 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
476 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2798 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1439 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1939 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
300 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7128 Morohashi
2250 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1329 New Nelson (John Haig)
294 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
315 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
321 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
777 2001 Kanji
3m6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-6 SKIP code
3060.4 Four corner code
1-21-50 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5ba2 Unicode hex code

16 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion
Kun:
はた
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
127 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 機 【キ】 chance, opportunity, machine, aircraft, counter for aircraft, counter for (remaining) lives
  • 機運 【キウン】 opportunity, chance, good time (to do), trend, tendency, momentum
  • 端末機 【タンマツキ】 terminal (unit)
  • 有機 【ユウキ】 organic

Kun reading compounds

  • 機 【はた】 loom
  • 機織り 【はたおり】 weaving, weaver
  • 高機 【たかばた】 traditional Japanese treadle-operated tall loom

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji1
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • mecanismo
  • máquina
  • avión
  • ocasión
  • telar

Portuguese

  • mecanismo
  • oportunidade
  • ocasião
  • máquina
  • avião

French

  • métier à tisser
  • mécanique
  • opportunité
  • machine
  • avion
  • organique
373 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
476 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
453 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
101 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2379 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
415 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
646 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2869 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
528 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
537 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
334 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1115 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1365 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
736 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
989 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1394 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
15561 Morohashi
1076 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2880 New Nelson (John Haig)
1382 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1482 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
158 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
631 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1859 2001 Kanji
4a12.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-12 SKIP code
4295.3 Four corner code
1-21-01 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6a5f Unicode hex code

15 strokes (also 14)
Radical:
earth
Parts:
crash, fall (down)
Kun:
お.ちるお.つ
On:
ツイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1466 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 墜落 【ツイラク】 fall, crash (e.g. aircraft)
  • 墜死 【ツイシ】 falling to one's death
  • 人気失墜 【ニンキシッツイ】 decline in public favor, fall in popularity

Kun reading compounds

  • 落ちる 【おちる】 to fall, to drop, to come down, to crash, to collapse, to cave in, to give way, to set (of the sun or moon), to sink, to dip, to go down, to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.), to fall, to drop, to go down, to decline, to deteriorate, to abate (of wind), to be inferior (to), to be not as good (as), to fall short (of), to come off (of dirt, paint, makeup, etc.), to come out (of a stain), to fade (of colour), to be removed (of an illness, possessing spirit, etc.), to disappear (of excess fat), to become thinner, to become leaner, to be left out, to be omitted, to be missing, to fail (an exam), to lose (a contest, election, etc.), to be unsuccessful, to decline (of morals, character, etc.), to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation), to stoop (to), to sink (so low), to be ruined, to go under, to fall (into hell), to fall (in love, asleep, etc.), to fall (into someone's hands), to be accepted (of a bid), to be won (of a tender), to be honoured (of a bill), to fall into (a trap), to fall for (a trick), to give in, to confess, to own up, to come to (a conclusion, topic, etc.), to arrive at (in the end), to leave (a city, castle, etc.), to (be defeated and) flee, to sink in, to be accepted (in one's heart), to fall (to the enemy), to be defeated, to come in (of money), to fall (upon; of light, a shadow, one's gaze, etc.), to pass out (in judo), to fall unconscious, to go down (of a website, server, etc.), to crash, to log out (of an online game, chat room, etc.), to drop out, to leave, to go offline, to move to deeper water (of a fish in cold weather), to die (of an animal)
  • 落つ 【おつ】 to fall, to drop

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhui4
Korean:
chu

Spanish

  • caer
  • dejar caer
  • perder

Portuguese

  • colisão
  • queda

French

  • s'écraser
  • tomber
1606 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1316 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1132 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1240 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1166 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1132 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1184 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1218 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
364 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3578 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1842 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2506 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1316 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5451X Morohashi
2881 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1082 New Nelson (John Haig)
1307 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1404 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1751 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3672 2001 Kanji
3b11.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-12-3 SKIP code
2-11-3 SKIP code
7810.4 Four corner code
1-36-38 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
589c Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
fall, drop, come down, village, hamlet
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
420 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 落語 【ラクゴ】 rakugo, traditional Japanese comic storytelling, comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
  • 落書き 【ラクガキ】 scrawl, scribble, graffiti, doodle
  • 崩落 【ホウラク】 collapse, break, cave-in, crash, market decline, market crash
  • 当落 【トウラク】 result (of an election), success or defeat (in an election), winning or losing (a lottery, raffle, etc.)

Kun reading compounds

  • 落ちる 【おちる】 to fall, to drop, to come down, to crash, to collapse, to cave in, to give way, to set (of the sun or moon), to sink, to dip, to go down, to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.), to fall, to drop, to go down, to decline, to deteriorate, to abate (of wind), to be inferior (to), to be not as good (as), to fall short (of), to come off (of dirt, paint, makeup, etc.), to come out (of a stain), to fade (of colour), to be removed (of an illness, possessing spirit, etc.), to disappear (of excess fat), to become thinner, to become leaner, to be left out, to be omitted, to be missing, to fail (an exam), to lose (a contest, election, etc.), to be unsuccessful, to decline (of morals, character, etc.), to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation), to stoop (to), to sink (so low), to be ruined, to go under, to fall (into hell), to fall (in love, asleep, etc.), to fall (into someone's hands), to be accepted (of a bid), to be won (of a tender), to be honoured (of a bill), to fall into (a trap), to fall for (a trick), to give in, to confess, to own up, to come to (a conclusion, topic, etc.), to arrive at (in the end), to leave (a city, castle, etc.), to (be defeated and) flee, to sink in, to be accepted (in one's heart), to fall (to the enemy), to be defeated, to come in (of money), to fall (upon; of light, a shadow, one's gaze, etc.), to pass out (in judo), to fall unconscious, to go down (of a website, server, etc.), to crash, to log out (of an online game, chat room, etc.), to drop out, to leave, to go offline, to move to deeper water (of a fish in cold weather), to die (of an animal)
  • 落ち 【おち】 slip, omission, upshot, denouement, outcome, final result, punch line (of a joke)
  • 落ち込む 【おちこむ】 to feel down, to feel sad, to be depressed, to be in low spirits, to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.), to be in an unfavourable condition, to fall into (e.g. a hole)
  • 付け落ち 【つけおち】 omission in a bill
  • 鳩尾 【みぞおち】 pit of the stomach, solar plexus, place where water falls
  • 落とす 【おとす】 to drop, to lose, to let fall, to shed (light), to cast (one's gaze), to pour in (liquid), to leave behind, to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.), to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair), to lose, to spend money at a certain place, to omit, to leave out, to secretly let escape, to lose (a match), to reject (an applicant), to fail (a course), to defeat (in an election), to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice), to lessen (e.g. production or body weight), to worsen (quality), to reduce (e.g. rank or popularity), to speak badly of, to make light of, to fall into straitened circumstances, to fall into (e.g. a dilemma or sin), to make one's own, to have one's bid accepted, to force surrender, to take (e.g. an enemy camp or castle), to forcefully convince, to press for a confession, to deal with, to download, to copy from a computer to another medium, to make someone swoon (judo), to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line), to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting), to win over, to seduce, to conquer (unwillingness)

Readings

Japanese names:
おち
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
luo4, la4, lao4
Korean:
rag

Spanish

  • caer
  • ser inferior
  • ser omitido
  • suspender
  • caerse
  • dejar caer
  • perder

Portuguese

  • cair
  • gotejar
  • descer

French

  • tomber
  • chute
  • perdre
330 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
431 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
408 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
393 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4003 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
557 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
869 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1733 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
839 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
858 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
280 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
664 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2907 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1494 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2019 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
305 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
31362P Morohashi
2318 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5130 New Nelson (John Haig)
299 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
320 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
327 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
414 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1977 2001 Kanji
3k9.13 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-9 SKIP code
4416.4 Four corner code
1-45-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
843d Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
hook
Parts:
Variants:
matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
Kun:
ことつか.うつか.える
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
18 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 事 【ジ】 individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle)
  • 事業 【ジギョウ】 business, enterprise, venture, (commercial) activity, (business) operation, industry, (social) project, undertaking, enterprise, work, activity, program, service
  • 商事 【ショウジ】 commercial affairs
  • 有事 【ユウジ】 emergency

Kun reading compounds

  • 事 【こと】 thing, matter, incident, occurrence, event, something serious, trouble, crisis, circumstances, situation, state of affairs, work, business, affair, after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to, nominalizing suffix, pretending to ..., playing make-believe ..., alias, also known as, otherwise known as, or, necessity, need, you should ..., I advise that you ..., it's important to ...
  • 事柄 【ことがら】 matter, thing, affair, circumstance
  • 神事 【しんじ】 Shinto ritual
  • いい事 【いいこと】 good thing, nice thing, good excuse, good grounds, good opportunity, interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
  • 仕える 【つかえる】 to serve, to work for, to attend

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi4
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • cosa
  • hecho
  • asunto
  • acción

Portuguese

  • matéria
  • coisa
  • fato
  • negócios
  • razão
  • possivelmente

French

  • fait
  • chose
  • matière
  • affaire
  • raison
  • peut-être
230 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
309 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
293 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
32 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
272 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
73 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
108 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
768 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.7 Japanese for Busy People
80 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
80 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
237 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
30 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4384 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2220 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2986 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1164 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
241 Morohashi
3567 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
71 New Nelson (John Haig)
1156 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1240 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
10 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
300 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1547 2001 Kanji
0a8.15 The Kanji Dictionary
4-8-3 SKIP code
5000.7 Four corner code
1-27-86 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e8b Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
rap 攴 (攵)
Parts:
happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances, the late, therefore, consequently
Kun:
ゆえふる.いもと
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
612 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 故 【コ】 the late, the deceased
  • 殊更 【コトサラ】 intentionally, deliberately, designedly, on purpose, especially, particularly
  • 物故 【ブッコ】 death (of a person)
  • 人身事故 【ジンシンジコ】 accident resulting in personal injury or death (esp. traffic, rail, etc.)

Kun reading compounds

  • 故 【ゆえ】 reason, cause, circumstances
  • 故に 【ゆえに】 therefore, consequently
  • 何故 【なにゆえ】 why
  • 古い 【ふるい】 old, aged, ancient, antiquated, antique, timeworn, long, since long ago, time-honored, of the distant past, long-ago, stale, threadbare, hackneyed, corny, old-fashioned, outmoded, out-of-date
  • 元 【もと】 former, ex-, past, one-time, earlier times, the past, previous state, formerly, previously, originally, before

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gu4
Korean:
go

Spanish

  • antiguo
  • intencionadamente
  • excepcional
  • razón
  • difunto
  • causa
  • circunstancias

Portuguese

  • casualidade
  • especialmente
  • intencionalmente
  • razão
  • causa
  • circunstâncias
  • portanto
  • consequentemente

French

  • coïncidence
  • spécialement
  • intentionnellement
  • raison
  • cause
  • circonstances
  • destin
  • feu ... (défunt)
  • c'est pour ça que...
778 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
694 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
668 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
455 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2044 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
707 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
587 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
880 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
173 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
173 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
722 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
936 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1466 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
778 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1056 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
339 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13161 Morohashi
1141 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2334 New Nelson (John Haig)
333 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
355 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
697 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1566 2001 Kanji
4i5.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-4 SKIP code
4864.0 Four corner code
1-24-46 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6545 Unicode hex code