Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
lack, yawn
Parts:
Variants:
delight, joy
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1065 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 歓 【カン】 joy, enjoyment, delight, pleasure
  • 歓喜 【カンキ】 delight, great joy
  • 哀歓 【アイカン】 joys and sorrows, happiness and sadness
  • 交歓 【コウカン】 exchange of courtesies (cordialities), fraternization, fraternisation

Kun reading compounds

  • 喜ぶ 【よろこぶ】 to be delighted, to be glad, to be pleased, to rejoice, to congratulate, to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.), to take kindly to, to do with pleasure, to do gladly, to be happy (to do)

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
huan1
Korean:
hwan

Spanish

  • alegría
  • felicidad
  • deleite
  • diversión

Portuguese

  • deleite
  • prazer

French

  • joie
  • plaisir
  • ravissement
753 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
639 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1030 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2425 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
652 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1450 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2352 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1052 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1095 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1132 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1126 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2342 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1206 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1650 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
577 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16197 Morohashi
1867 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2948 New Nelson (John Haig)
570 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
612 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1776 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2362 2001 Kanji
4j11.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-11-4 SKIP code
8728.2 Four corner code
1-20-31 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6b53 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
Variants:
heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
157 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 心 【シン】 heart, mind, spirit, vitality, inner strength, bottom of one's heart, core (of one's character), nature, centre, center, core, heart, heart (organ), Chinese "Heart" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), friend
  • 心から 【ココロカラ】 from the bottom of one's heart, heartily, sincerely
  • 重心 【ジュウシン】 centre of gravity (center), centroid, barycenter, (one's) balance
  • 会心 【カイシン】 congeniality, satisfaction, gratification

Kun reading compounds

  • 心 【こころ】 mind, heart, spirit, the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
  • 心意気 【こころいき】 spirit, determination, pluck, mettle
  • 我が心 【わがこころ】 my heart
  • 静心 【しずごころ】 calm mind, placid temperament

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xin1
Korean:
sim

Spanish

  • corazón
  • centro

Portuguese

  • coração
  • mente
  • espírito

French

  • coeur
  • esprit
  • radical coeur (no. 61)
95 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
164 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
147 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
139 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1645 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
80 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
172 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
49 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.14 Japanese for Busy People
97 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
97 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
172 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
766 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
11 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
602 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10295 Morohashi
11 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1780 New Nelson (John Haig)
595 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
639 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
64 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
96 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
358 2001 Kanji
4k0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-1-3 SKIP code
4-4-4 SKIP code
3300.0 Four corner code
1-31-20 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5fc3 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
shell
Parts:
buy
Kun:
か.う
On:
バイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
520 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 買収 【バイシュウ】 acquisition (esp. corporate), buy-out, takeover, purchase, bribery, buying off, corruption
  • 買収計画 【バイシュウケイカク】 purchasing plan, acquisition plan
  • 不買 【フバイ】 not buying
  • 人身売買 【ジンシンバイバイ】 slave trade, white-slave trade, human trafficking

Kun reading compounds

  • 買う 【かう】 to buy, to purchase, to value (highly), to think highly of, to have a high opinion of, to appreciate, to recognize, to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.), to elicit (e.g. sneers), to invite (e.g. scorn), to evoke, to arouse, to win (someone's favour), to accept, to take on, to take up, to pay for (a prostitute, geisha, etc.)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mai3
Korean:
mae

Spanish

  • comprar

Portuguese

  • comprar

French

  • acheter
300 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
212 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
193 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
330 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3637 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
48 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
89 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1753 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.8 Japanese for Busy People
241 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
241 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
188 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1731 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3211 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1662 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2252 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
839 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36708 Morohashi
2598 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5793 New Nelson (John Haig)
831 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
894 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
433 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
221 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3661 2001 Kanji
5g7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-7 SKIP code
6080.6 Four corner code
1-39-67 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8cb7 Unicode hex code