Jisho

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4 strokes
Radical:
lack, yawn
Parts:
Variants:
lack, gap, fail, yawning radical (no. 76)
Kun:
か.けるか.く
On:
ケツケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
860 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 欠 【ケツ】 lack, deficiency, vacancy, absence, non-attendance
  • 欠員 【ケツイン】 vacancy, vacant position
  • 補欠 【ホケツ】 filling a vacancy, supplementation, substitute, deputy, alternate, spare
  • 出欠 【シュッケツ】 attendance or absence
  • 欠缺 【ケンケツ】 lacuna, gap where something is lacked
  • 欠缺利札 【ケンケツリサツ】 invalid coupon
  • 阿毘羅吽欠 【アビラウンケン】 a-bi-ra-un-ken (mantra directed to Vairocana)

Kun reading compounds

  • 欠ける 【かける】 to chip, to be chipped, to break (off), to be damaged, to be missing (from a set, team, etc.), to be absent, to become lost, to be lacking (in), to be short (of), to be deficient, to be wanting (in), to wane (of the moon), to go into eclipse
  • 欠く 【かく】 to chip, to nick, to break, to crack, to lack
  • 欠くことができない 【かくことができない】 indispensable, essential, necessary

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qian4
Korean:
heum, gam, gyeol

Spanish

  • falta
  • carestía
  • romperse
  • agrietarse
  • faltar
  • carecer

Portuguese

  • falta
  • intervalo
  • falha

French

  • manquer
  • lacune
  • rater
  • radical bâillement (no. 76)
597 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
496 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
471 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
968 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2412 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
713 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
647 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
383 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
384 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
659 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1119 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2481 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1255 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1721 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
477 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
15991 Morohashi
1987 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2928 New Nelson (John Haig)
466 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
505 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
442 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2562 2001 Kanji
4j0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-2 SKIP code
4-4-4 SKIP code
2780.2 Four corner code
1-23-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6b20 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
Variants:
collapse, fall into, cave in, fall (castle), slide into
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1154 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 陥落 【カンラク】 subsidence, sinking, cave-in, collapse, falling in, fall (of a city, fortress, etc.), surrender, fall (in position, rank, etc.), demotion, giving in (to someone's persuasion), yielding, being convinced
  • 陥没 【カンボツ】 cave-in, collapse, sinking, depression (e.g. of the skull), subsidence
  • 擠陥 【セイカン】 tempting into crime
  • 注意欠陥 【チュウイケッカン】 attention deficit

Kun reading compounds

  • 陥る 【おちいる】 to fall into (e.g. a hole), to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.), to fall into (a trap, etc.), to fall, to surrender, to capitulate
  • 陥れる 【おとしいれる】 to trap (into a difficult situation), to put (in a fix), to throw (e.g. into turmoil), to trick (into doing), to lure (into a trap), to frame (for a crime), to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.), to take, to reduce, to drop (something) into

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xian4
Korean:
ham

Spanish

  • hundirse
  • derrumbarse
  • caer
  • resbalarse
  • deslizarse

Portuguese

  • colapso
  • desmoronar
  • ruir
  • queda (castelo)
  • deslizamento

French

  • s'écrouler
  • piège
  • tomber dans
  • capituler
  • tomber (château)
  • glisser dans
1098 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1678 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4990 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1718 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1870 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1218 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1281 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1522 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
730 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
547 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
334 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
413 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1325 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41676P Morohashi
457 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6446 New Nelson (John Haig)
1315 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1412 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1401 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3678 2001 Kanji
2d7.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
7726.2 Four corner code
1-20-57 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9665 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
make a deal, selling, dealing in, merchant
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
413 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 商 【ショウ】 quotient, business, merchant, dealer, second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale), Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE), Yin dynasty
  • 商会 【ショウカイ】 firm, company
  • 年商 【ネンショウ】 yearly (annual) turnover
  • 画商 【ガショウ】 picture dealer, commercial art gallery

Kun reading compounds

  • 商う 【あきなう】 to trade in (commercial goods), to deal in, to sell

Readings

Japanese names:
あき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shang1
Korean:
sang

Spanish

  • trato
  • negociación
  • vender
  • tratar con

Portuguese

  • Fazer um acordo
  • vender
  • comerciante

French

  • commerce
  • affaire
  • vente
  • distributeur
  • marchand
431 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
333 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
317 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
353 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
321 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
293 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
414 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1526 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.11 Japanese for Busy People
412 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
418 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
684 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
330 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2623 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1341 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1818 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
446 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3803 Morohashi
2116 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
832 New Nelson (John Haig)
439 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
471 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
375 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
375 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
449 2001 Kanji
2j9.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-9 SKIP code
3-8-3 SKIP code
2-4-7 SKIP code
3-6-5 SKIP code
0022.7 Four corner code
1-30-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5546 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
goods, refinement, dignity, article, counter for meal courses
Kun:
しな
On:
ヒンホン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
225 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 品 【ヒン】 elegance, grace, refinement, class, dignity, article, item, counter for items (of food, etc.), counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
  • 品位 【ヒンイ】 dignity, grace, nobility, grade, quality, fineness, carat, karat
  • 小品 【ショウヒン】 short piece (of music, writing), small work (painting, sculpture, etc.), literary sketch, essay, small article, small item
  • 遺品 【イヒン】 things left (to one) by the deceased, inherited item, estate, memento, keepsake, lost item, lost property
  • 品 【ホン】 court rank, level, grade, chapter, section, volume
  • 品題 【ホンダイ】 chapter title, section title, volume title
  • 九品 【クホン】 nine levels of Amitabha's Pure Land, Amitabha's Pure Land, nine-tiered lotus leaf platform in Amitabha's Pure Land

Kun reading compounds

  • 品 【しな】 article, item, thing, goods, stock, quality, flirtatiousness, coquetry
  • 品目 【ひんもく】 item, commodity, list of articles
  • 一品 【いっぴん】 item, article, dish, course, finest item
  • 極め付きの品 【きわめつきのしな】 article of certified genuineness

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pin3
Korean:
pum

Spanish

  • producto
  • artículo
  • bienes

Portuguese

  • bens
  • refinamento
  • dignidade
  • artigo
  • sufixo para contagem de para pratos de refeição

French

  • marchandise
  • dignité
  • raffinement
  • article
  • compteur de plats
311 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
405 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
382 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
138 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
923 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
146 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
138 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
916 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.11 Japanese for Busy People
230 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
230 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
683 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
328 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2795 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1437 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1937 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
23 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3581 Morohashi
2248 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
792 New Nelson (John Haig)
23 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
23 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
372 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
345 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3777 2001 Kanji
3d6.15 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-6 SKIP code
6066.0 Four corner code
1-41-42 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
54c1 Unicode hex code