Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
wither, die, dry up, be seasoned
Kun:
か.れるか.らす
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1749 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 枯れ木 【カレキ】 dead tree, withered tree, leafless tree, bare tree
  • 枯死 【コシ】 withering, dying
  • 栄枯 【エイコ】 vicissitudes, ups and downs
  • 蒼古 【ソウコ】 old-fashioned and tasteful

Kun reading compounds

  • 枯れる 【かれる】 to wither (of a plant), to be blasted, to die, to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
  • 枯らす 【からす】 to let dry, to kill (vegetation), to season (lumber)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ku1
Korean:
go

Spanish

  • marchito
  • seco
  • decaimiento
  • secar
  • malograr
  • marchitarse
  • secarse
  • decaer

Portuguese

  • encolher
  • secar
  • ressecar
  • evaporar

French

  • dépérir
  • mourir
  • se faner
  • sec (bois)
1231 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1783 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2238 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1246 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
627 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
859 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
974 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1007 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1356 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1083 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1113 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
605 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
801 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
210 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14579 Morohashi
898 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2634 New Nelson (John Haig)
206 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
219 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1268 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1877 2001 Kanji
4a5.26 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-5 SKIP code
4496.0 Four corner code
1-24-47 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
67af Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
thumb, inch
Parts:
Variants:
specialty, exclusive, mainly, solely
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
506 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 専 【セン】 exclusively doing ..., person who exclusively does ..., fetish for ..., someone with a fetish for ..., first, most important thing, number one priority
  • 専業 【センギョウ】 special occupation, principal occupation, specialty, monopoly
  • 住専 【ジュウセン】 housing-loan corporation
  • 高専 【コウセン】 technical college, higher schools and colleges

Kun reading compounds

  • 専ら 【もっぱら】 wholly, solely, entirely, exclusively, devotedly, fixedly, principally, mostly, chiefly, mainly
  • 専らにする 【もっぱらにする】 devote oneself to, to do as one pleases, to act selfishly

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhuan1
Korean:
jeon

Spanish

  • especialidad
  • exclusivo
  • solamente
  • totalmente
  • enteramente

Portuguese

  • exclusividade
  • exclusivo
  • principalmente
  • somente

French

  • spécialité
  • exclusivement
  • principalement
  • uniquement
830 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
925 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
914 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
526 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1350 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
413 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
478 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
973 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
600 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
610 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
797 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
503 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3272 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1690 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2297 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
46 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2644 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1377 New Nelson (John Haig)
46 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
47 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
886 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1548 2001 Kanji
0a9.16 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-3 SKIP code
5034.6 Four corner code
1-32-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c02 Unicode hex code