Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
say
Parts:
grow late, night watch, sit up late, of course, renew, renovate, again, more and more, further
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
861 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 更 【コウ】 one-fifth of the night (approx. 2 hours)
  • 更改 【コウカイ】 renewal, extension, revision
  • 中更 【チュウコウ】 middle watch, 12 midnight-2am
  • 五更 【ゴコウ】 the five night watches, fifth watch of the night (approx. 3am to 5am)

Kun reading compounds

  • 新 【さら】 new, unused, new, obvious, natural
  • 更に 【さらに】 furthermore, again, after all, more and more, moreover, even more
  • 真っさら 【まっさら】 brand new, fresh
  • 殊更 【ことさら】 intentionally, deliberately, designedly, on purpose, especially, particularly
  • 更に 【さらに】 furthermore, again, after all, more and more, moreover, even more
  • さらに困ったことに 【さらにこまったことに】 to make matters worse
  • 更ける 【ふける】 to get late, to advance, to wear on
  • 更かす 【ふかす】 to sit up late

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
geng4, geng1
Korean:
gyeong, gaeng

Spanish

  • renovar
  • cambiar
  • caer la noche
  • de nuevo
  • aún

Portuguese

  • ficar atrasado
  • horário noturno
  • certamente

French

  • se faire tard
  • veiller
  • de plus
  • bien sûr
1248 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
978 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
42 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1311 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
610 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
528 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1008 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1045 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1076 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
997 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4355 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2205 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2967 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
701 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14283 Morohashi
3541 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2422 New Nelson (John Haig)
694 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
749 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1133 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3166 2001 Kanji
0a7.12 The Kanji Dictionary
4-7-1 SKIP code
1054.6 Four corner code
1050.6 Four corner code
1-25-25 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
66f4 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 紗綾形 【サヤガタ】 sayagata (pattern of interlocking swastikas)
  • 薄紗 【ハクサ】 delicate gauze, gossamer
  • 掛け袱紗 【カケブクサ】 crape wrapper
  • 紗 【シャ】 (silk) gauze
  • 紗のよう 【シャノヨウ】 gauzy
  • 寒冷紗 【カンレイシャ】 cheesecloth
  • 羅紗 【ラシャ】 felt, woollen cloth

Readings

Japanese names:
たえ、 すず
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sha1
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • gasa
  • hilo fino

Portuguese

French

3503 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1683 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2191 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1653 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
878 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1196 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
27287 Morohashi
1301 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4446 New Nelson (John Haig)
2673 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2714 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
6a4.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-4 SKIP code
2992.0 Four corner code
1-28-51 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d17 Unicode hex code