Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
decide, fix, agree upon, appoint
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
71 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 決 【ケツ】 decision, vote
  • 決意 【ケツイ】 decision, determination, resolution
  • 表決 【ヒョウケツ】 vote, voting
  • 強行採決 【キョウコウサイケツ】 forced passage (of a bill, measure, resolution, etc.), railroading, steamrolling, steamrollering

Kun reading compounds

  • 決める 【きめる】 to decide, to choose, to determine, to make up one's mind, to resolve, to set one's heart on, to settle, to arrange, to set, to appoint, to fix, to clinch (a victory), to decide (the outcome of a match), to persist in doing, to go through with, to always do, to have made a habit of, to take for granted, to assume, to dress up, to dress to kill, to dress to the nines, to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.), to succeed in doing, to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.), to eat or drink something, to take illegal drugs
  • 決まる 【きまる】 to be decided, to be settled, to be fixed, to be arranged, to be unchanging, to be the same (as always), to be fixed, to be set, to be a fixed rule, to be destined, to be a convention, to be a custom, to be common knowledge, to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.), to go well, to succeed, to connect (of a punch), to look good (of clothing), to look sharp, to be stylish, to suit one, to be held in place (of a hairdo), to be struck and held (of a pose in kabuki)
  • 決る 【しゃくる】 to dig out, to gouge out, to hollow out, to scoop, to ladle, to bail, to jerk (one's chin)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jue2
Korean:
gyeol

Spanish

  • decidir
  • fijar
  • quedar decidido

Portuguese

  • decida
  • fixar
  • concordar sobre
  • nomear

French

  • décider
  • fixer
  • se mettre d'accord
  • arrangement
202 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
289 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
271 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
94 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2509 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
230 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
667 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
402 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.5 Japanese for Busy People
356 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
357 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
277 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1163 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
308 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
197 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
233 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1656 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17174 Morohashi
263 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3070 New Nelson (John Haig)
1641 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1770 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
138 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
281 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
363 2001 Kanji
3a4.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-4 SKIP code
3513.0 Four corner code
1-23-72 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6c7a 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

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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:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
dull, slow, foolish, blunt
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1574 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 鈍 【ドン】 dull, slow, stupid, dull-brained
  • 鈍化 【ドンカ】 becoming dull, slowing down
  • 焼鈍 【ショウドン】 annealing
  • 愚鈍 【グドン】 stupid, dim-witted, dense, dull, obtuse, slow

Kun reading compounds

  • 鈍い 【にぶい】 dull (e.g. a knife), blunt, thickheaded, obtuse, stupid, dull (sound, color, etc.), dim (light), slow, sluggish, inert, lethargic, insensitive, dull (e.g. reflexes), unperceptive, unfeeling
  • 鈍い音 【にぶいおと】 dull sound, muffled sound
  • 鈍る 【にぶる】 to become blunt, to grow dull, to become less capable, to weaken, to falter
  • 鈍る 【にぶる】 to become blunt, to grow dull, to become less capable, to weaken, to falter
  • 鈍ら 【なまくら】 blunt (e.g. sword), dull, lazy, cowardly, good for nothing

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dun4
Korean:
dun

Spanish

  • torpe
  • pesado
  • embotado
  • obtuso
  • embotarse
  • atascarse

Portuguese

  • tolo
  • lento
  • estúpido
  • embotado
  • sem corte

French

  • émoussé
  • lent
  • bête
1671 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1731 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4830 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1388 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
975 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1943 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
966 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
997 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1372 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1811 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2123 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1108 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1507 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1509 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40219 Morohashi
1689 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6235 New Nelson (John Haig)
1495 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1611 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1597 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2856 2001 Kanji
8a4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-4 SKIP code
8511.7 Four corner code
1-38-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
920d Unicode hex code