Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
pillow
Kun:
まくら
On:
チンシン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2084 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 枕籍 【チンセキ】 bedding, bed, to sleep together in the same bed, to sleep together using each other's bodies as pillow, to sleep together using books as a pillow
  • 枕状溶岩 【マクラジョウヨウガン】 pillow lava
  • 開枕 【カイチン】 bringing out the pillows and futon (in Zen Buddhism), sleeping
  • 陶枕 【トウチン】 porcelain pillow (used in summer)

Kun reading compounds

  • 枕 【まくら】 pillow, bolster, introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story), lead-in
  • 枕絵 【まくらえ】 erotic picture
  • 新枕 【にいまくら】 bridal bed
  • 高枕 【たかまくら】 high pillow

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhen3, zhen4
Korean:
chim

Spanish

  • almohada
  • prefacio a una frase o charla

Portuguese

French

2209 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1900 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
627 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
965 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1064 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
759 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
14546 Morohashi
2589 New Nelson (John Haig)
2472 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2034 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1857 2001 Kanji
4a4.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
4491.2 Four corner code
1-43-77 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6795 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
Variants:
search, look for, locate
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
592 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 捜索 【ソウサク】 search (esp. for someone or something missing), manhunt, legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
  • 捜査 【ソウサ】 search (esp. in criminal investigations), investigation, inquiry, enquiry
  • 特捜 【トクソウ】 special investigation
  • 博捜 【ハクソウ】 searching far and wide

Kun reading compounds

  • 探す 【さがす】 to search for, to look for, to hunt for, to seek, to search (a house, pocket, etc.), to search through, to rummage in (e.g. a drawer), to fish around

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sou1
Korean:
su

Spanish

  • buscar
  • localizar
  • explorar
  • consultar el diccionario

Portuguese

  • Pesquisar
  • esperar
  • localizar

French

  • chercher
  • rechercher
  • détecter
  • repérer
1516 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
701 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1917 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1432 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
572 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
989 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1026 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1475 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
893 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
516 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
318 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
389 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1129 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12179P Morohashi
432 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2168 New Nelson (John Haig)
1120 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1201 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1339 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1367 2001 Kanji
3c7.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
5504.7 Four corner code
1-33-60 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
635c Unicode hex code