Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
wooden pestle
Kun:
きね
On:
ショ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2355 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 杵 【ショ】 vajra (mystical weapon in Hinduism and Buddhism)
  • 金剛杵 【コンゴウショ】 vajra (mystical weapon in Hinduism and Buddhism)

Kun reading compounds

  • 杵 【きね】 mallet, pestle, pounder
  • 杵柄 【きねづか】 mallet handle

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chu3
Korean:
jeo

Spanish

  • mortero para almirez

Portuguese

French

2201 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
629 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1074 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
768 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
14503 Morohashi
2581 New Nelson (John Haig)
2503 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2565 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4a4.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
4894.0 Four corner code
1-21-47 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6775 Unicode hex code

16 strokes
Radical:
bamboo 竹 (⺮)
Parts:
fabricate, build, construct
Kun:
きず.く
On:
チク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
821 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 築 【チク】 ... years since construction, ... years old (of a building), built in ...
  • 築城 【チクジョウ】 castle construction, building a castle, fortification
  • 本建築 【ホンケンチク】 permanent construction
  • 移築 【イチク】 dismantling a (historic) building and reconstructing it elsewhere

Kun reading compounds

  • 築く 【きずく】 to build, to construct, to erect, to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.), to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.), to lay (a foundation)

Readings

Japanese names:
つい、 つき、 つく、 づき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhu2, zhu4
Korean:
chug

Spanish

  • edificar
  • construir

Portuguese

  • fabricar
  • construção
  • construir

French

  • bâtir
  • construire
  • fabriquer
673 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
774 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
751 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
820 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3435 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
711 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
801 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2575 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1603 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1710 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1056 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1488 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3370 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1743 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2369 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
959 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
26298X Morohashi
2715 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4343 New Nelson (John Haig)
950 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1021 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
815 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2364 2001 Kanji
6f10.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-10 SKIP code
8890.4 Four corner code
1-35-59 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7bc9 Unicode hex code

18 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
clan, enclosure
On:
ハン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1896 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 藩 【ハン】 han (estate of a daimyo in the Edo and early Meiji periods), feudal domain, fief, province
  • 藩主 【ハンシュ】 feudal lord, daimyo
  • 大藩 【タイハン】 large feudal domain, large fiefdom
  • 廃藩 【ハイハン】 abolition of the han system (1871)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fan2, fan1
Korean:
beon

Spanish

  • clan feudal japonés de la era Edo

Portuguese

  • clã
  • cerca

French

  • clan
  • fief
  • domaine
1721 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1566 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4089 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1549 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1709 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2771 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1382 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1470 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1890 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
673 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3022 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1541 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2106 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1931 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
32346P Morohashi
2379 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5242 New Nelson (John Haig)
1912 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2061 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1904 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1976 2001 Kanji
3k15.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-15 SKIP code
4416.9 Four corner code
1-40-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
85e9 Unicode hex code