Jisho

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4 strokes
Radical:
moon, month
Parts:
month, moon
Kun:
つき
On:
ゲツガツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
23 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 月 【ゲツ】 Monday
  • 月額 【ゲツガク】 monthly amount (sum)
  • 隔月 【カクゲツ】 every second month, every other month
  • 望月 【モチヅキ】 full moon, moon on the 15th day of the month (by the lunar calendar), full moon of the eighth lunar month
  • 月輪 【ゲツリン】 (full) moon, moon when it's round
  • 旧正月 【キュウショウガツ】 lunar New Year (esp. the Chinese New Year)
  • お正月 【オショウガツ】 New Year (esp. first three days), first month of the year, January

Kun reading compounds

  • 月 【つき】 Moon, month, moonlight, (a) moon, natural satellite
  • 月末 【げつまつ】 end of the month
  • 卯月 【うづき】 fourth month of the lunar calendar
  • 祥月 【しょうつき】 month of a person's death

Readings

Japanese names:
おと、 がっ、 す、 ずき、 もり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yue4
Korean:
weol

Spanish

  • mes
  • luna

Portuguese

  • mês
  • lua

French

  • lune
  • mois
12 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
14 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
16 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
26 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2169 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
13 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
59 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
80 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
17 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
17 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
17 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1002 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3674 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1876 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2556 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
13 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14330 Morohashi
2956 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2530 New Nelson (John Haig)
13 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
13 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
66 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
28 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3946 2001 Kanji
4b0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-2 SKIP code
4-4-1 SKIP code
7722.0 Four corner code
1-23-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6708 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
publish, carve, engrave
On:
カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
855 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 刊 【カン】 publication, edition (e.g. morning, evening, special), published in (year), publication frequency (e.g. daily, monthly)
  • 刊行 【カンコウ】 publication, issue
  • 週刊 【シュウカン】 weekly publication
  • 休刊 【キュウカン】 suspension of publication

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kan1
Korean:
gan

Spanish

  • publicar
  • editar

Portuguese

  • publicar
  • gravar
  • cunhar

French

  • publier
  • ciseler
  • graver
750 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
666 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
636 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
619 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1493 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
604 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
351 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
585 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
594 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1138 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
184 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
221 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
139 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
167 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1665 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1865 Morohashi
190 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
456 New Nelson (John Haig)
1650 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1779 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
648 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3143 2001 Kanji
2f3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-2 SKIP code
1240.0 Four corner code
1-20-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
520a Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
document, records
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
851 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 誌 【シ】 magazine
  • 記す 【シルス】 to write down, to note down, to jot down, to take a note of, to mention, to describe, to give an account of, to inscribe, to mark, to brand, to remember, to engrave (in one's mind)
  • 風物詩 【フウブツシ】 feature of the season, something characteristic of a particular season, poem about natural scenery or a particular season
  • 日誌 【ニッシ】 journal, log

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi4
Korean:
ji

Spanish

  • documento
  • escrito
  • revista

Portuguese

  • Documentos
  • registros

French

  • document
  • dossier
891 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
880 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
950 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4366 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
919 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
902 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2141 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
574 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
583 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
524 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1687 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1950 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1043 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1406 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
608 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35501 Morohashi
1548 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5620 New Nelson (John Haig)
601 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
646 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
974 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3058 2001 Kanji
7a7.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-7 SKIP code
0463.1 Four corner code
1-27-79 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8a8c Unicode hex code