Jisho

×

服

8 strokes
Radical:
moon, month 月
Parts:
卩 又 月
clothing, admit, obey, discharge
On:
フク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
873 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 服 【フク】 clothes (esp. Western clothes), counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
  • 服役 【フクエキ】 penal servitude, serving time in prison, military service, forced labor, compulsory service
  • 私服 【シフク】 ordinary clothes (i.e. non-uniform), plain clothes, civilian clothes, casual wear, mufti, plainclothes police officer
  • 呉服 【ゴフク】 cloth (for Japanese clothes), kimono fabrics, textile, drapery, dry goods, piece goods, silk fabrics

Readings

Japanese names:
はっ、 はつ、 はら
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fu2, fu4
Korean:
bog

Spanish

  • ropa
  • admitir
  • obedecer

Portuguese

  • vestuário
  • permitir
  • obedecer
  • descarregar

French

  • habillement
  • admettre
  • obéir
  • libérer (renvoi)
  • avaler (médicament)
505 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
408 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
385 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
534 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3741 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
306 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
194 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
618 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.4 Japanese for Busy People
683 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
696 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
317 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1004 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1090 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
591 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
782 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1411 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14345P Morohashi
878 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4775 New Nelson (John Haig)
1399 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1501 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
476 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
312 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3967 2001 Kanji
4b4.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
7724.7 Four corner code
1-41-94 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
670d Unicode hex code

毒

8 strokes
Radical:
mother, do not 毋 (母, ⺟)
Parts:
二 亠 土 毋 母
poison, virus, venom, germ, harm, injury, spite
On:
ドク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
1419 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 毒 【ドク】 poison, toxicant, harm, evil influence, ill will, spite, malice, abusive language
  • 毒ガス 【ドクガス】 poison gas
  • 消毒 【ショウドク】 disinfection, sterilization, sterilisation
  • 防毒 【ボウドク】 gasproofing

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
du2
Korean:
dog

Spanish

  • veneno
  • venenoso

Portuguese

  • veneno
  • vírus
  • envenenamento
  • germe
  • dano
  • injúria
  • maldade

French

  • poison
  • virus
  • venin
  • germe
  • mal
  • blessure
  • méchanceté
686 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
588 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
559 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1165 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2468 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
418 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
659 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
522 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
531 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
788 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1145 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3082 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1571 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2150 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1545 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16730 Morohashi
2428 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3007 New Nelson (John Haig)
1531 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1651 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
513 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1447 2001 Kanji
0a8.14 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-4 SKIP code
5050.7 Four corner code
1-38-39 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6bd2 Unicode hex code

自

6 strokes
Radical:
self 自
Parts:
目 自
oneself
Kun:
みずか.ら、 おの.ずから、 おの.ずと
On:
ジ、 シ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
19 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 自 【ジ】 self-, from (a time or place)
  • 自営 【ジエイ】 running one's own business, doing business on one's own, self-employment
  • 出自 【シュツジ】 origin, birthplace, descent, lineage, ancestry, stock
  • 海自 【カイジ】 Maritime Self-Defense Force
  • 自然界 【シゼンカイ】 nature, the natural world, realm of nature
  • 自然 【シゼン】 nature, natural, spontaneous, automatic, naturally, spontaneously, automatically
  • 己がじし 【オノガジシ】 each (and every one), individually

Kun reading compounds

  • 自ら 【みずから】 oneself, oneself, for oneself, personally, in person
  • 自ら進んで 【みずからすすんで】 by choice, of one's own free will, on one's own initiative, off one's own bat
  • 自ずから 【おのずから】 naturally, in due course, by itself, of its own accord
  • 自ずから明らか 【おのずからあきらか】 self-evident
  • 自ずと 【おのずと】 naturally, in due course, by itself, of its own accord

Readings

Japanese names:
より
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zi4
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • uno mismo
  • por sí mismo
  • auto-

Portuguese

  • a si próprio

French

  • soi-même
229 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
150 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
134 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
53 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3841 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
60 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
242 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
340 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.19 Japanese for Busy People
62 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
62 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
63 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1587 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4338 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2195 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2954 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
36 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30095 Morohashi
3525 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4900 New Nelson (John Haig)
36 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
36 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
14 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
126 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
879 2001 Kanji
5c1.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-6-2 SKIP code
2600.0 Four corner code
1-28-11 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
81ea Unicode hex code

殺

10 strokes
Radical:
weapon, lance 殳
Parts:
丶 ノ 几 又 木 殳
Variants:
煞
kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil
Kun:
ころ.す、 -ごろ.し、 そ.ぐ、 あや.める
On:
サツ、 サイ、 セツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
581 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 殺意 【サツイ】 intent to kill, intent to murder, urge to kill, murderous impulse
  • 殺害 【サツガイ】 killing, murder
  • 他殺 【タサツ】 murder
  • 併殺 【ヘイサツ】 double play
  • 相殺 【ソウサイ】 offset, offsetting each other, cancelling each other out, counterbalancing, set-off, setoff, killing each other
  • 減殺 【ゲンサイ】 lessening, diminishing, reducing
  • 殺害 【サツガイ】 killing, murder
  • 刹那 【セツナ】 moment, instant, kshana, duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second), shortest possible interval of time
  • 歳殺 【サイセツ】 Saisetsu, one of the eight gods of the traditional calendar

Kun reading compounds

  • 殺す 【ころす】 to kill, to slay, to murder, to slaughter, to suppress, to block, to hamper, to destroy (e.g. talent), to eliminate (e.g. an odour), to spoil (e.g. a flavour), to kill (e.g. one's speed), to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.), to hold back, to stifle (a yawn, laugh, etc.), to hold (one's breath), to put out (a runner), to pawn, to put in hock
  • 削ぐ 【そぐ】 to chip (off), to shave off, to slice off, to cut off, to sharpen, to dampen (one's enthusiasm, interest, etc.), to reduce, to diminish, to weaken, to spoil
  • 殺める 【あやめる】 to wound, to murder

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sha1, shai4
Korean:
sal, soe

Spanish

  • matar
  • quitar la vida

Portuguese

  • matar
  • assassinato
  • açougueiro
  • fatiar
  • partir
  • diminuir
  • reduzir
  • corromper

French

  • tuer
  • meurtre
  • massacrer
  • abattre
  • trancher
  • fendre
  • diminuer
  • réduire
  • gâcher
614 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
515 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
488 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
546 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2454 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
419 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
657 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1138 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
576 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
585 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
610 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1140 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1677 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
889 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1208 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1507 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16629 Morohashi
1324 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2994 New Nelson (John Haig)
1493 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1607 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
470 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
545 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2968 2001 Kanji
4a6.35 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-4 SKIP code
4794.7 Four corner code
1-27-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6bba Unicode hex code