Jisho

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日

4 strokes
Radical:
sun, day 日
Parts:
日
day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Kun:
ひ、 -び、 -か
On:
ニチ、 ジツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
1 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 日 【ニチ】 Sunday, nth day (of the month), counter for days, Japan
  • 日時 【ニチジ】 date and time (of a meeting, departure, etc.), days and hours
  • 抗日 【コウニチ】 resistance against Japanese aggression, anti-Japanese (campaign, movement, etc.)
  • 在日 【ザイニチ】 resident in Japan (of a foreigner), situated in Japan (e.g. of an embassy), Zainichi, Zainichi Korean, North or South Korean national with permanent residency in Japan (who came to the country before 1945, or a descendant of such a person)
  • 日月 【ジツゲツ】 sun and moon, time, days and months, years, Sunday and Monday
  • 日外 【ジツガイ】 at one time, some time ago, once
  • 両日 【リョウジツ】 both days, two days
  • 三十日 【ミソカ】 last day of the month

Kun reading compounds

  • 日 【ひ】 day, days, sun, sunshine, sunlight, (the) day, daytime, daylight, date, deadline, (past) days, time (e.g. of one's childhood), case (esp. unfortunate), event
  • 日陰 【ひかげ】 shade, shadow, sunshine, sunlight
  • 在りし日 【ありしひ】 past days, bygone days, days of yore, the olden days, while still alive, during one's lifetime
  • あくる日 【あくるひ】 next day, following day

Readings

Japanese names:
あ、 あき、 いる、 く、 くさ、 こう、 す、 たち、 に、 にっ、 につ、 へ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ri4
Korean:
il

Spanish

  • día
  • solar
  • Japón
  • sol
  • rayo de sol

Portuguese

  • dia
  • sol
  • Japão

French

  • jour
  • soleil
  • Japon
  • compteur de jours
11 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
13 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
62 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2097 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
56 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
77 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
5 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
5 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
16 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
963 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3759 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1915 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2606 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
12 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13733 Morohashi
3027 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2410 New Nelson (John Haig)
12 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
12 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
33 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3878 2001 Kanji
4c0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-1 SKIP code
4-4-1 SKIP code
6010.0 Four corner code
1-38-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
65e5 Unicode hex code

本

5 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
一 木
Variants:
夲
book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Kun:
もと
On:
ホン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
10 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 本 【ホン】 book, volume, script, this, present, current, ... in question, ... at issue, main, head, principal, real, genuine, regular, proper, counter for long, cylindrical things, counter for films, TV shows, etc., counter for goals, home runs, etc., counter for telephone calls
  • 本位 【ホンイ】 standard, basis, principle
  • 社会資本 【シャカイシホン】 social capital, SOC
  • 配本 【ハイホン】 distribution of books

Kun reading compounds

  • 元 【もと】 origin, source, beginning, basis, base, foundation, root, cause, (raw) material, ingredient, base, mix (e.g. for a cake), (soup) stock, (one's) side, capital, principal, cost price, root (of a plant), (tree) trunk, part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand), first three lines of a waka, counter for plants or trees, counter for falcons (in falconry)
  • 本木 【もとき】 original stock
  • 大本 【おおもと】 root, origin, source, cause, basis, foundation, Ōmoto (religion)
  • 旗本 【はたもと】 shogunal vassal, direct retainer of a shogun

Readings

Japanese names:
まと、 ごう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ben3
Korean:
bon

Spanish

  • libro
  • origen
  • base
  • contador de cosas alargadas

Portuguese

  • livro
  • presente
  • real
  • verdadeiro
  • principal
  • sufixo p/ contagem De coisas longas

French

  • livre
  • présent
  • essentiel
  • origine
  • principal
  • réalité
  • vérité
  • compteur d'objets allongés
45 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
76 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
70 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
15 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
96 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
20 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
61 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
212 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
25 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
25 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
37 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1046 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4314 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2183 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2937 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
215 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14421 Morohashi
3502 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2536 New Nelson (John Haig)
211 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
224 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
6 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
47 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1855 2001 Kanji
0a5.25 The Kanji Dictionary
4-5-3 SKIP code
5023.0 Four corner code
1-43-60 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
672c Unicode hex code

捕

10 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
丶 十 扎 用
catch, capture
Kun:
と.らえる、 と.らわれる、 と.る、 とら.える、 とら.われる、 つか.まえる、 つか.まる
On:
ホ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
604 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 捕鯨 【ホゲイ】 whaling, whale hunting, whale fishing
  • 捕獲 【ホカク】 capture, seizure
  • 採捕 【サイホ】 collecting (plants and animals), gathering, capturing, catching
  • 再逮捕 【サイタイホ】 rearrest, recapture

Kun reading compounds

  • 捉える 【とらえる】 to catch, to capture, to seize, to arrest, to grab, to catch hold of, to grasp (e.g. meaning), to perceive, to capture (e.g. features), to captivate, to move (one's heart)
  • 囚われる 【とらわれる】 to be caught, to be captured, to be taken prisoner, to be arrested, to be apprehended, to be seized with (fear, etc.), to be a slave to, to stick to, to adhere to, to be swayed by
  • 捕る 【とる】 to catch (a wild animal, fish, insect, baseball, etc.), to capture
  • 捉える 【とらえる】 to catch, to capture, to seize, to arrest, to grab, to catch hold of, to grasp (e.g. meaning), to perceive, to capture (e.g. features), to captivate, to move (one's heart)
  • 囚われる 【とらわれる】 to be caught, to be captured, to be taken prisoner, to be arrested, to be apprehended, to be seized with (fear, etc.), to be a slave to, to stick to, to adhere to, to be swayed by
  • 捕まえる 【つかまえる】 to catch, to capture, to arrest, to seize, to restrain, to grab, to clutch, to grasp, to seize, to hold on to, to catch hold of (someone), to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street), to hail (a taxi, waiter, etc.), to hold (someone) back, to detain, towards (someone), at (someone), in (someone's) face
  • 捕まる 【つかまる】 to be caught, to be arrested, to hold on to, to grasp, to find (e.g. proof), to get (e.g. a taxi), to be detained by

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bu3
Korean:
po

Spanish

  • atrapar
  • capturar
  • coger
  • ser atrapado
  • ser capturado

Portuguese

  • pegar
  • capturar

French

  • attraper
  • capturer
1784 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
669 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1919 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1611 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
571 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
890 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
911 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1049 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
895 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
514 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
315 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
387 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1853 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12157 Morohashi
429 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2170 New Nelson (John Haig)
1836 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1978 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1341 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1353 2001 Kanji
3c7.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
5302.7 Four corner code
1-42-65 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6355 Unicode hex code

鯨

19 strokes
Radical:
fish 魚
Parts:
亠 口 小 杰 田 魚
whale
Kun:
くじら
On:
ゲイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1486 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 鯨肉 【ゲイニク】 whale meat
  • 鯨飲 【ゲイイン】 drinking hard, drinking like a fish
  • 酔鯨 【スイゲイ】 Suigei
  • 白鯨 【ハクゲイ】 Moby-Dick (1851 novel by Herman Melville)

Kun reading compounds

  • 鯨 【くじら】 whale (Cetacea spp.)
  • 鯨肉 【げいにく】 whale meat
  • タスマニア鯨 【タスマニアくじら】 Shepherd's beaked whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi)
  • 五島鯨 【ごとうくじら】 larger whales of family Delphinidae (esp. the pilot whale or blackfish)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jing1
Korean:
gyeong

Spanish

  • ballena

Portuguese

  • baleia

French

  • baleine
1208 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1768 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5307 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1345 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1921 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2831 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
700 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
713 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
915 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1933 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2361 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1214 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1661 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
321 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
46257 Morohashi
1882 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6886 New Nelson (John Haig)
315 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
337 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1927 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2541 2001 Kanji
11a8.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-11-8 SKIP code
2039.6 Four corner code
1-23-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9be8 Unicode hex code