Jisho

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棋

12 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
ハ 木 甘
Variants:
棊 檱
chess piece, Japanese chess, shogi
Kun:
ご
On:
キ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1311 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 棋士 【キシ】 professional shogi player, professional go player
  • 棋院 【キイン】 go institution, go club, go hall
  • 弾棋 【ダンギ】 ancient Chinese board game similar to go

Kun reading compounds

  • 碁 【ご】 go (board game)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi2
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • pieza de ajedrez
  • ajedrez japonés
  • shogi

Portuguese

  • peça de xadrez
  • xadrez Japonês
  • shogi

French

  • pièce d'échec
  • échecs japonais
  • shogi
1130 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1259 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2294 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1794 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1438 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1835 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1985 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1535 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1099 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1242 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
675 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
899 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1779 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14922 Morohashi
987 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2744 New Nelson (John Haig)
1763 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1900 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1552 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1861 2001 Kanji
4a8.14 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-8 SKIP code
4498.1 Four corner code
1-20-93 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
68cb Unicode hex code

聖

13 strokes
Radical:
ear 耳
Parts:
口 王 耳
Variants:
垩
holy, saint, sage, master, priest
Kun:
ひじり
On:
セイ、 ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1165 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 聖 【セイ】 Saint, St., S., sacred, holy, pure
  • 聖域 【セイイキ】 sacred precincts, sanctuary, consecrated ground, holy ground, issue that is regarded as being off-limits, matter that is not up for discussion
  • 棋聖 【キセイ】 great master of go, great master of shogi
  • 亜聖 【アセイ】 sage of the second order
  • 精霊 【ショウリョウ】 spirit of the deceased
  • 聖者 【セイジャ】 saint
  • 大聖 【ダイショウ】 Buddha, high-ranked bodhisattva
  • 仏餉 【ブッショウ】 rice offered to Buddha

Kun reading compounds

  • 聖 【ひじり】 highly virtuous monk, monk, Buddhist solitary, Buddhist missionary, saint (i.e. a virtuous person), emperor, master, expert
  • 聖心 【せいしん】 Sacred Heart
  • 高野聖 【こうやひじり】 Mount Kōya missionary (usu. low-ranking monk), Lethocerus deyrollei (species of giant water bug)

Readings

Japanese names:
きよ、 さと、 さとし、 せ、 たか、 ただ、 ひろ、 まさ、 み
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sheng4
Korean:
seong

Spanish

  • santo
  • sagrado
  • sabio
  • relacionado con cristianismo

Portuguese

  • santo
  • sagrado
  • sábio
  • mestre
  • padre

French

  • saint
  • sage
  • maître
  • prêtre
824 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
922 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
911 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1306 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2960 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
663 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1663 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2030 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
674 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
686 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
580 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1583 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3509 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1812 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2464 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
833 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29074P Morohashi
2830 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4727 New Nelson (John Haig)
825 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
888 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
962 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3272 2001 Kanji
4f9.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-9-4 SKIP code
1610.4 Four corner code
1-32-27 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8056 Unicode hex code

囲

7 strokes
Radical:
enclosure 囗
Parts:
囗 井
Variants:
圍
surround, besiege, store, paling, enclosure, encircle, preserve, keep
Kun:
かこ.む、 かこ.う、 かこ.い
On:
イ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
771 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 囲碁 【イゴ】 go (board game)
  • 囲郭村 【イカクソン】 walled settlement, walled town
  • 解囲 【カイイ】 breaking the enemy siege
  • 外囲 【ガイイ】 periphery, surroundings

Kun reading compounds

  • 囲む 【かこむ】 to surround, to encircle, to enclose, to fence, to wall in, to besiege, to lay siege to, to play (go, shogi, etc.)
  • 囲う 【かこう】 to enclose, to surround, to encircle, to fence, to wall in, to shelter (e.g. a criminal), to shield, to hide, to protect, to keep (e.g. a mistress), to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.), to preserve, to protect
  • 囲い 【かこい】 enclosure, fence, wall, pen, paling, storage (of fruit, vegetables, etc.), partitioned area of a room for conducting tea ceremonies, mistress, castle, strong defensive position
  • 囲い女 【かこいおんな】 mistress

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wei2
Korean:
wi

Spanish

  • circunferencia
  • rodear
  • cercar

Portuguese

  • circundar
  • sitiar
  • loja
  • paliçada
  • cerca
  • preservar
  • guardar

French

  • entourer
  • assiéger
  • enceinte
  • palissade
  • encercler
  • réserve
  • garder
343 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
446 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
422 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
945 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1032 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
803 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
423 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
501A Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1194 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1257 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1062 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
340 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3807 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1949 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2643 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1825 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4722 Morohashi
3069 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
945 New Nelson (John Haig)
1807 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1948 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
474 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1955 2001 Kanji
3s4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-4 SKIP code
6055.0 Four corner code
1-16-47 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
56f2 Unicode hex code

碁

13 strokes
Radical:
stone 石
Parts:
一 ハ 口 甘 石
Go
On:
ゴ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1609 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 碁 【ゴ】 go (board game)
  • 碁盤 【ゴバン】 Go board
  • 囲碁 【イゴ】 go (board game)
  • 相碁 【アイゴ】 go played by two equally skilled players

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi2
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • juego del Go

Portuguese

  • Jogo de Go

French

  • Go
1240 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1541 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3202 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1757 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1572 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1834 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1984 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1828 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1406 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3346 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1734 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2354 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1782 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24261 Morohashi
2699 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4020 New Nelson (John Haig)
1766 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1903 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1652 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1977 2001 Kanji
5a8.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-7 SKIP code
2-8-5 SKIP code
4460.1 Four corner code
1-24-75 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7881 Unicode hex code