Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
nucleus, core, kernel
On:
カク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
475 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 核 【カク】 stone (of a fruit), pit, pip, core (of an organization, team, etc.), nucleus, heart, nuclear weapons, nucleus (of an atom), nucleus (of a cell), condensation nucleus, (planetary) core, ring (in a cyclic compound), kernel, core, nucleus (of a cultured pearl)
  • 核家族 【カクカゾク】 nuclear family
  • 中核 【チュウカク】 kernel, core, nucleus, center, centre
  • 放射性同位核 【ホウシャセイドウイカク】 radioisotope

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
he2, hu2
Korean:
haeg

Spanish

  • semilla
  • núcleo
  • centro
  • meollo

Portuguese

  • núcleo
  • centro
  • cerne

French

  • noyau
  • nucléaire
  • coeur
1074 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
577 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2254 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1608 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1430 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1212 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1275 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
986 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1089 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1162 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
628 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
836 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1534 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14743 Morohashi
927 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2660 New Nelson (John Haig)
1520 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1638 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1348 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1862 2001 Kanji
4a6.22 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
4098.2 Four corner code
1-19-43 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6838 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
house on cliff 广
Parts:
广
Variants:
abolish, obsolete, cessation, discarding, abandon
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
698 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 廃棄 【ハイキ】 disposal, abandonment, scrapping, discarding, abolition, annulment, cancellation, abrogation, repeal
  • 廃案 【ハイアン】 rejected bill (project)
  • 退廃 【タイハイ】 (moral) decay, (social) decline, decadence, corruption, degeneration, deterioration, decline (in prosperity)
  • 改廃 【カイハイ】 reform and (or) abolition, alteration or repeal, revision, reorganization, reorganisation

Kun reading compounds

  • 廃れる 【すたれる】 to go out of use, to become obsolete, to die out, to go out of fashion, to go out of style, to decline (e.g. of morals), to be lost, to go into decline (of a town, business, etc.)
  • 廃る 【すたる】 to go out of use, to become obsolete, to die out, to go out of fashion, to go out of style, to be hurt (of honour, reputation, etc.), to be harmed, to be sullied

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fei4
Korean:
pye

Spanish

  • obsoleto
  • descarte
  • abandono
  • descartar
  • desechar
  • ser obsoleto
  • ser desechado

Portuguese

  • cancelar
  • obsoleto
  • trégua
  • descarte
  • desembaraço

French

  • abolition
  • obsolète
  • cessation
  • déchets
  • mettre au rebut
  • abandonner
1687 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1014 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1526 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1100 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1261 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
961 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
992 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1412 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
595 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3902 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2010 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2712 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1722 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9425 Morohashi
3146 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1630 New Nelson (John Haig)
1706 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1841 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1527 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
557 2001 Kanji
3q9.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-9 SKIP code
0021.5 Four corner code
1-39-49 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5ec3 Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
Variants:
abandon, throw away, discard, resign, reject, sacrifice
Kun:
す.てる
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
901 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 棄権 【キケン】 abstention (from voting), renunciation (of a right), withdrawal (from a contest)
  • 棄却 【キキャク】 rejection, dismissal, turning down, abandoning, renunciation
  • 投棄 【トウキ】 abandonment, giving up, throwing away, disposal, dumping
  • 遺棄 【イキ】 abandonment, desertion

Kun reading compounds

  • 捨てる 【すてる】 to throw away, to cast away, to dump, to discard, to abandon, to desert, to leave, to give up, to resign

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi4
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • tirar
  • descartar
  • abandonar
  • arrojar
  • desechar

Portuguese

  • desembaraço
  • gastar
  • descartar
  • pedir demissão
  • rejeitar
  • sacrifício

French

  • abandonner
  • jeter
  • se débarrasser
  • renoncer
  • rejeter
  • sacrifier
1131 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1103 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
326 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1178 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1437 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2202 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
962 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
993 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1653 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1065 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2651 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1353 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1835 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
765 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14913X Morohashi
2137 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2787 New Nelson (John Haig)
758 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
820 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1634 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
464 2001 Kanji
2j11.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-11 SKIP code
2-4-8 SKIP code
2-4-9 SKIP code
2-2-10 SKIP code
0090.4 Four corner code
1-20-94 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
68c4 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
cow 牛 (牜)
Parts:
thing, object, matter
Kun:
ものもの-
On:
ブツモツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
215 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 物 【ブツ】 stock, products, goods (esp. stolen), loot, spoils, stuff
  • 物議 【ブツギ】 public discussion, public criticism, controversy
  • 異物 【イブツ】 foreign substance, foreign body, foreign contamination, foreign material, strange object, unusual object, dead body, corpse, remains
  • 遺物 【イブツ】 relic, remains, memento
  • 財物 【ザイブツ】 property
  • 幣物 【ヘイモツ】 Shinto offerings, present to a guest

Kun reading compounds

  • 物 【もの】 thing, object, article, stuff, substance, one's things, possessions, property, belongings, things, something, anything, everything, nothing, quality, reason, the way of things, used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc., used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense), used to indicate a general tendency, used to indicate something that should happen, item classified as ..., item related to ..., work in the genre of ..., cause of ..., cause for ..., somehow, somewhat, for some reason, really, truly
  • 物言い 【ものいい】 manner of speaking, verbal argument, objection, protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee), rumor, rumour
  • 先物 【さきもの】 futures, futures contract
  • 拾い物 【ひろいもの】 found article, thing picked up (e.g. in the street), (lucky) find, piece of good luck, windfall, bargain

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wu4
Korean:
mul

Spanish

  • cosa
  • objeto
  • materia

Portuguese

  • coisa
  • objeto
  • matéria

French

  • objet
  • chose
  • matière
313 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
410 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
387 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
126 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2857 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
74 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
214 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
611 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
79 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
79 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
321 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1290 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1084 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
587 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
777 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1059 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19959 Morohashi
874 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3538 New Nelson (John Haig)
1050 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1129 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
95 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
313 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2451 2001 Kanji
4g4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
2752.0 Four corner code
1-42-10 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7269 Unicode hex code