Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
open sea, offing, rise high into sky
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
929 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 沖する 【チュウスル】 to rise up into the air, to ascend into the sky
  • 沖積 【チュウセキ】 alluvial
  • 在沖 【ザイチュウ】 staying in Okinawa, resident in Okinawa, stationed in Okinawa

Kun reading compounds

  • 沖 【おき】 open sea, Okinawa
  • 沖合 【おきあい】 off the coast, offshore, out at sea
  • 在沖 【ざいちゅう】 staying in Okinawa, resident in Okinawa, stationed in Okinawa
  • 来沖 【らいおき】 coming to Okinawa, visit to Okinawa
  • 沖する 【ちゅうする】 to rise up into the air, to ascend into the sky

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chong1
Korean:
chung

Spanish

  • mar abierto
  • alta mar
  • ascender

Portuguese

  • oceano aberto
  • mar aberto
  • subir no ceú

French

  • au large
  • en haute mer
  • montée au ciel
1583 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
829 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2505 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1317 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1460 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
400 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1346 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1429 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
912 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1165 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
307 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
196 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
232 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
140 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17209 Morohashi
262 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3065 New Nelson (John Haig)
138 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
146 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1138 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
355 2001 Kanji
3a4.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-4 SKIP code
3510.6 Four corner code
1-18-13 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6c96 Unicode hex code

3 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
mouth
Kun:
くち
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
284 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 口 【ク】 mouth, speech, counter for people or implements
  • 口径 【コウケイ】 aperture, bore, calibre, caliber
  • 開口 【カイコウ】 opening, aperture (e.g. camera), opening one's mouth, beginning to speak, open, broad
  • 経口 【ケイコウ】 taken by mouth, oral
  • 口 【ク】 mouth, speech, counter for people or implements
  • 口 【クチ】 mouth, opening, hole, gap, orifice, mouth (of a bottle), spout, nozzle, mouthpiece, gate, door, entrance, exit, speaking, speech, talk (i.e. gossip), taste, palate, mouth (to feed), opening (i.e. vacancy), available position, invitation, summons, kind, sort, type, opening (i.e. beginning), counter for mouthfuls, shares (of money), stove burners, and swords
  • 猪口 【チョコ】 sake cup, small deep porcelain bowl for serving food
  • 赤口 【シャッコウ】 day that is unlucky except between the auspicious hours of 11am and 1pm (in the traditional calendar)

Kun reading compounds

  • 口 【くち】 mouth, opening, hole, gap, orifice, mouth (of a bottle), spout, nozzle, mouthpiece, gate, door, entrance, exit, speaking, speech, talk (i.e. gossip), taste, palate, mouth (to feed), opening (i.e. vacancy), available position, invitation, summons, kind, sort, type, opening (i.e. beginning), counter for mouthfuls, shares (of money), stove burners, and swords
  • 口利き 【くちきき】 mediation, good offices, intervention, mediator, middleman, influential person, person of influence, eloquence, eloquent person, way of speaking
  • 切り口 【きりくち】 cut end, section, opening, slit, point of view, (different) perspective, new approach
  • 大口 【おおぐち】 big mouth, mouth opened wide, boastful speech, tall talk, bragging, boasting, large amount, large quantity

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kou3
Korean:
gu

Spanish

  • boca
  • orificio
  • apertura

Portuguese

  • boca

French

  • bouche
27 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
34 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
20 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
213 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
868 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
38 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
31 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
29 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.16 Japanese for Busy People
54 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
54 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
167 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
276 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4189 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2119 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2865 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
11 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3227 Morohashi
3382 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
685 New Nelson (John Haig)
11 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
11 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
200 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
16 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3777 2001 Kanji
3d0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-1 SKIP code
3-3-0 SKIP code
6000.0 Four corner code
1-24-93 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
53e3 Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
sincerity, admonish, warn, prohibit, truth, fidelity
Kun:
まこと
On:
セイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1128 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 誠実 【セイジツ】 sincere, honest, faithful
  • 誠意 【セイイ】 sincerity, good faith
  • 至誠 【シセイ】 sincerity, devotion
  • 赤誠 【セキセイ】 sincerity, true heart, devotion

Kun reading compounds

  • 誠 【まこと】 truth, reality, fact, sincerity, honesty, faithfulness, good faith, indeed, really, absolutely, truly, actually, very, quite
  • 誠に 【まことに】 indeed, really, absolutely, truly, actually, very, quite
  • 嘘から出たまこと 【うそからでたまこと】 something intended as a lie or joke which (by chance) ends up being true, lie turned truth

Readings

Japanese names:
きよ、 さと、 しげ、 とも、 のぶ、 ま、 まこ、 まさ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cheng2
Korean:
seong

Spanish

  • sinceridad
  • confianza
  • verdad

Portuguese

  • sinceridade
  • advertir
  • avisar
  • proíbir
  • verdade
  • fidelidade

French

  • sincérité
  • avertir
  • prévenir
  • interdire
  • vérité
  • fidélité
825 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
923 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
912 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1244 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4352 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
745 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1758 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1935 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
718 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
731 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
943 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1683 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1922 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1023 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1382 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
369 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35497P Morohashi
1523 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5606 New Nelson (John Haig)
363 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
388 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
963 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3059 2001 Kanji
7a6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-6 SKIP code
0365.0 Four corner code
1-32-31 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8aa0 Unicode hex code