Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
death, decay 歹 (歺)
Parts:
particularly, especially, exceptionally
Kun:
こと
On:
シュ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1361 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 殊勲 【シュクン】 distinguished services, meritorious deeds
  • 殊勝 【シュショウ】 admirable, laudable
  • 特殊 【トクシュ】 special, particular, peculiar, unique

Kun reading compounds

  • 異 【こと】 difference (from one another), different thing, other, unusual, extraordinary
  • 殊に 【ことに】 especially, particularly, unusually, above all, additionally

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu1
Korean:
su

Spanish

  • particularmente
  • especialmente
  • excepcionalmente

Portuguese

  • particularmente
  • especialmente
  • excepcionalmente

French

  • particulièrement
  • spécialement
  • exceptionnellement
1348 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1330 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2443 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1019 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1452 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1505 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1604 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
813 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1135 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1178 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
639 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
850 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
818 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16451 Morohashi
942 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2975 New Nelson (John Haig)
810 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
873 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1354 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3164 2001 Kanji
0a10.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
1529.0 Four corner code
1-28-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6b8a Unicode hex code

15 strokes
Radical:
power, force
Parts:
Variants:
meritorious deed, merit
Kun:
いさお
On:
クン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1513 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 勲 【クン】 merit (esp. order of merit)
  • 勲章 【クンショウ】 decoration, order, medal
  • 叙勲 【ジョクン】 conferring of decorations
  • 殊勲 【シュクン】 distinguished services, meritorious deeds

Kun reading compounds

  • 勲 【いさお】 distinguished service, meritorious service

Readings

Japanese names:
いさむ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xun1
Korean:
hun

Spanish

  • acción meritoria
  • servicio distinguido
  • mérito

Portuguese

  • ato meritório
  • mérito

French

  • mérite
  • haut fait
  • fait méritoire
1191 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1312 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2794 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1296 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1106 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2407 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1773 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1905 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1709 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1284 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3560 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1838 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2500 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1693 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2463 Morohashi
2869 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
560 New Nelson (John Haig)
1677 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1808 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1781 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2240 2001 Kanji
4d11.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-11-4 SKIP code
2433.2 Four corner code
1-23-14 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
52f2 Unicode hex code

2 strokes
Radical:
ten, complete
Parts:
ten
Kun:
とお
On:
ジュウジッジュッ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
8 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 十 【ジュウ】 ten, 10, ten years of age, book containing a collection of poems
  • 十一 【ジュウイチ】 eleven, 11, jack
  • 90 【キュウジュウ】 ninety, 90
  • 第十 【ダイジュウ】 tenth
  • 十種競技 【ジッシュキョウギ】 decathlon
  • 十指 【ジッシ】 the ten fingers
  • 十指 【ジッシ】 the ten fingers
  • 十回 【ジッカイ】 ten times

Kun reading compounds

  • 十 【じゅう】 ten, 10, ten years of age, book containing a collection of poems
  • 10日 【とおか】 10th day of the month, ten days
  • 釈迦十 【しゃかじゅう】 10 of batons (in mekuri karuta)
  • 十 【じゅう】 ten, 10, ten years of age, book containing a collection of poems
  • 10日 【とおか】 10th day of the month, ten days
  • 算盤 【そろばん】 abacus, soroban, calculation (esp. of profit and loss), reckoning

Readings

Japanese names:
い、 か、 ぎ、 さ、 し、 そ、 そう、 ち、 とう、 ね、 ま、 る、 わ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi2
Korean:
sib

Spanish

  • diez
  • 10

Portuguese

  • dez

French

  • dix
10 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
10 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
33 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
5 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
768 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
12 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
25 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
18 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
12 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
12 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
10 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
239 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4172 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2110 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2855 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
10 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2695 Morohashi
3365 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
598 New Nelson (John Haig)
10 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
10 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
22 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
6 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1455 2001 Kanji
2k0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-2-3 SKIP code
4000.0 Four corner code
1-29-29 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5341 Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
child, seed
Parts:
character, letter, word, section of village
Kun:
あざあざな-な
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
485 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 字 【ジ】 character (esp. kanji), letter, written text, handwriting, penmanship, the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
  • 字形 【ジケイ】 character style, character form
  • 題字 【ダイジ】 title lettering
  • 英字 【エイジ】 English letter, alphabetic character

Kun reading compounds

  • 字 【あざ】 section of village
  • 字 【あざな】 Chinese courtesy name (name formerly given to adult Chinese men, used in place of their given name in formal situations), nickname, section of a village
  • 大字 【おおあざ】 larger section (of village)
  • 小字 【こあざ】 small administrative unit (of a village)
  • 字 【あざな】 Chinese courtesy name (name formerly given to adult Chinese men, used in place of their given name in formal situations), nickname, section of a village

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zi4
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • carácter
  • letra
  • palabra

Portuguese

  • caracter
  • letra
  • palavra
  • seção de aldeia

French

  • caractère
  • lettre
  • mot
  • hameau
86 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
78 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
28 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
612 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1281 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
121 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
156 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2.17 Japanese for Busy People
110 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
110 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
528 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
457 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2696 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1374 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1860 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
188 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6942 Morohashi
2172 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1285 New Nelson (John Haig)
185 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
197 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
57 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
747 2001 Kanji
3m2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-3 SKIP code
2-3-2 SKIP code
3040.7 Four corner code
1-27-90 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5b57 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
stand, erect
Parts:
badge, chapter, composition, poem, design
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
990 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 章 【ショウ】 chapter, section, medal, badge, insignia
  • 章句 【ショウク】 chapter and verse, paragraph, passage
  • 受章 【ジュショウ】 reception of a decoration, reception of an order
  • 楽章 【ガクショウ】 movement

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 あきら、 あや、 ふみ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhang1
Korean:
jang

Spanish

  • distintivo
  • banda
  • capítulo
  • frase

Portuguese

  • insígnia
  • capítulo
  • composição
  • poema
  • projeto

French

  • badge
  • clairement visible
  • composition
  • poème
  • chapitre
  • dessin
432 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
334 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
318 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
967 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5112 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
505 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
787 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1461 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
857 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
876 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1027 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1460 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2624 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1342 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1819 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
440 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
25761 Morohashi
2117 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4235 New Nelson (John Haig)
433 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
464 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
376 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
455 2001 Kanji
5b6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-9 SKIP code
2-5-6 SKIP code
0040.6 Four corner code
1-30-47 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7ae0 Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
fit, suit, join, 0.1
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
41 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 合 【ゴウ】 gō, traditional unit of volume, approx. 180 ml, gō, traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 square meters, one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain, conjunction, sum, total, synthesis (in dialectics), minor premise (in hetuvidya), counter for covered containers, counter for matches, battles, etc.
  • 合意 【ゴウイ】 (coming to an) agreement, consent, mutual understanding, accord, consensus
  • 複合 【フクゴウ】 composite, combined, complex
  • 整合 【セイゴウ】 adjustment, coordination, integration, conformity
  • 合宿 【ガッシュク】 lodging together, training camp, boarding house
  • 合作 【ガッサク】 collaboration, joint work
  • 合戦 【カッセン】 battle, fight, fighting, engagement, contest
  • 合羽 【カッパ】 raincoat

Kun reading compounds

  • 合う 【あう】 to come together, to merge, to unite, to meet, to fit, to match, to suit, to agree with, to be correct, to be profitable, to be equitable, to do ... to each other, to do ... together
  • 合うも不思議、合わぬも不思議 【あうもふしぎあわぬもふしぎ】 dreams and fortune-telling are hit-and-miss
  • 合い 【あい】 between-season wear, spring and autumn clothing, spring and fall clothing, together, condition, situation, state, -ish
  • 合言葉 【あいことば】 password, watchword, motto, slogan
  • 立会い 【たちあい】 presence (e.g. of an observer), observation, observer, witness, trading session (at an exchange), rising from a crouch to charge, initial charge, face-off
  • 地合い 【じあい】 texture (cloth, fabric, paper), market tone, undertone, balance between the position of white and black stones
  • 合わす 【あわす】 to match (rhythm, speed, etc.), to join together, to unite, to combine, to add up, to face, to be opposite (someone), to compare, to check with, to cause to meet (e.g. an unpleasant fate), to place together, to connect, to overlap, to mix, to combine, to put blade to blade, to fight
  • 合わせる 【あわせる】 to match (rhythm, speed, etc.), to join together, to unite, to combine, to add up, to face, to be opposite (someone), to compare, to check with, to cause to meet (e.g. an unpleasant fate), to place together, to connect, to overlap, to mix, to combine, to put blade to blade, to fight
  • 合わせる顔がない 【あわせるかおがない】 too ashamed to meet

Readings

Japanese names:
あう、 あん、 い、 か、 こう、 ごお、 に、 ね、 や、 わい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
he2
Korean:
hab

Spanish

  • adecuado
  • apropiado
  • correcto
  • sentar bien
  • ser adecuado
  • ser correcto
  • hacer juego

Portuguese

  • encaixe
  • unir

French

  • correspondre
  • convenir
  • joindre
  • go (0,18 l ou 0,33 m)
77 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
134 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
121 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
46 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
383 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
195 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
135 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
270 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.2 Japanese for Busy People
159 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
159 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
271 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
284 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2511 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1274 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1740 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
259 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3287 Morohashi
2019 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
715 New Nelson (John Haig)
253 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
269 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
33 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
124 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2877 2001 Kanji
2a4.18 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-4 SKIP code
8060.1 Four corner code
1-25-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5408 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
blood
Parts:
Variants:
masses, great numbers, multitude, populace
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
450 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 衆 【シュウ】 great numbers (of people), numerical superiority, masses, people, folk, clique, bunch
  • 衆院 【シュウイン】 House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
  • 若い衆 【ワカイシュ】 young man, youth, lad, servant boy, young shopboy
  • 全会衆 【ゼンカイシュウ】 the whole assembly, the whole congregation
  • 衆 【シュウ】 great numbers (of people), numerical superiority, masses, people, folk, clique, bunch
  • 衆院 【シュウイン】 House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
  • 若い衆 【ワカイシュ】 young man, youth, lad, servant boy, young shopboy
  • 僧衆 【ソウシュウ】 large number of priests

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhong4
Korean:
jung

Spanish

  • multitud
  • masas

Portuguese

  • massas
  • grandes números
  • multidão
  • população

French

  • foule
  • grand nombre
  • multitude
  • peuple
806 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
901 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
705 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
570 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4210 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
651 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1720 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1762 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
792 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
806 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1194 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1612 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3325 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1724 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2342 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1874 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
33981 Morohashi
2683 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5417 New Nelson (John Haig)
1857 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2001 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
232 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
948 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
865 2001 Kanji
5h7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-6 SKIP code
2723.2 Four corner code
1-29-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8846 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
enclosure
Parts:
Variants:
country
Kun:
くに
On:
コク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
3 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 国益 【コクエキ】 national interest
  • 国営 【コクエイ】 government management, state management
  • 最恵国 【サイケイコク】 most favored nation, most favoured nation, MFN
  • 異国 【イコク】 foreign country

Kun reading compounds

  • 国 【くに】 country, state, region, national government, central government, home (i.e. hometown, home country), province (of Japan), land, earth
  • 国人 【こくじん】 indigenous person, inhabitant of a country, local, native, local lords and samurai, daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
  • お国 【おくに】 your native country, your hometown, my home country (i.e. Japan), countryside, country, daimyo's territory (Edo period)
  • 現国 【うつしくに】 world of mankind, this world

Readings

Japanese names:
くな、 こ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guo2
Korean:
gug

Spanish

  • país

Portuguese

  • País
  • terra
  • nação

French

  • pays
79 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
136 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
123 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
8 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1037 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
111 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
36 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
745 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.11 Japanese for Busy People
40 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
40 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
151 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
344 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3831 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1964 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2659 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
588 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4752 Morohashi
3087 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
950 New Nelson (John Haig)
581 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
624 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
158 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3172 2001 Kanji
3s5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-5 SKIP code
6010.3 Four corner code
1-25-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
56fd Unicode hex code