Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
say
Parts:
write
Kun:
か.く-が.き-がき
On:
ショ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
169 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 書 【ショ】 book, document, calligraphy (esp. Chinese), penmanship, handwriting, letter, note
  • 書院 【ショイン】 drawing room, study, writing alcove, publishing house
  • 投書 【トウショ】 letter (e.g. of complaint), letter to the editor, letter from a reader, contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.)
  • 議定書 【ギテイショ】 protocol

Kun reading compounds

  • 書く 【かく】 to write, to compose, to pen, to draw, to paint

Readings

Japanese names:
かき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu1
Korean:
seo

Spanish

  • escritura
  • escrito
  • escribir

Portuguese

  • escrever

French

  • écrire
92 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
159 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
142 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
130 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3719 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
70 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
58 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1216 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
131 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
131 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
181 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
998 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3292 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1703 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2314 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
333 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14294 Morohashi
2658 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2463 New Nelson (John Haig)
327 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
349 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
121 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
197 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1678 2001 Kanji
4c6.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-4 SKIP code
5060.1 Four corner code
1-29-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
66f8 Unicode hex code

18 strokes
Radical:
leaf
Parts:
sort, kind, variety, class, genus
Kun:
たぐ.い
On:
ルイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
678 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 類 【ルイ】 kind, sort, type, class, genus, order, family, similar example, parallel, the like
  • 類似 【ルイジ】 resemblance, similarity, likeness, analogy
  • 魚類 【ギョルイ】 fish, fishes
  • 魚介類 【ギョカイルイ】 marine products, seafood, fish and shellfish

Kun reading compounds

  • 類い 【たぐい】 kind, sort, type, equal, match, peer
  • 類いする 【たぐいする】 to be equal to, to be as good as, to be a match for, to rival

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lei4
Korean:
ryu

Spanish

  • variedad
  • clase
  • parecido
  • afectar

Portuguese

  • espécie
  • tipo
  • variedade
  • classe
  • gênero

French

  • sorte
  • variété
  • classe
  • genre
534 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
632 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
602 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
680 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5138 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
493 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1012 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2755 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.16 Japanese for Busy People
226 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
226 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
563 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1896 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2275 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1176 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1606 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
940 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
43608P Morohashi
1807 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6647 New Nelson (John Haig)
931 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1000 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
480 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
636 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1061 2001 Kanji
9a9.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-9-9 SKIP code
9148.6 Four corner code
1-46-64 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
985e Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
shelf, ledge, rack, mount, mantle, trellis
Kun:
たな-だな
On:
ホウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1594 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 氷棚 【ヒョウホウ】 ice shelf
  • 陸棚 【リクダナ】 continental shelf

Kun reading compounds

  • 棚 【たな】 shelf, ledge, rack, trellis
  • 棚上げ 【たなあげ】 shelving (a matter, plan, etc.), pigeonholing, tabling, putting aside, putting on hold, keeping (goods) off the market (to adjust the supply-demand balance)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
peng2
Korean:
bung, paeng

Spanish

  • estante
  • repisa

Portuguese

  • prateleira
  • apoio
  • moldura
  • manto
  • grade

French

  • étagère
  • rayon
  • rebord
  • support
  • tablette
  • manteau (cheminée)
  • treillis (vigne)
1562 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1696 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2300 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1439 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1625 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1908 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2080 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1536 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1103 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1238 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
672 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
895 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
206 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14941X Morohashi
984 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2748 New Nelson (John Haig)
202 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
214 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1554 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1846 2001 Kanji
4a8.10 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-8 SKIP code
4792.0 Four corner code
1-35-10 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
68da Unicode hex code