Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
shallow, superficial, frivolous, wretched, shameful
Kun:
あさ.い
On:
セン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
1253 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 浅見 【センケン】 shallow view, superficial idea
  • 浅海 【センカイ】 shallow sea
  • 深浅 【シンセン】 depth, shade (of color, colour)

Kun reading compounds

  • 浅い 【あさい】 shallow, superficial, slight (wound), light (sleep), pale (colour), inadequate (knowledge), short (time), early, young
  • 浅煎り 【あさいり】 light roast (coffee)

Readings

Japanese names:
あざ、 さ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qian3, jian1
Korean:
cheon

Spanish

  • poco profundo
  • superficial

Portuguese

  • raso
  • frívolo
  • superficial
  • desprezível
  • obsceno

French

  • peu profond
  • superficiel
  • frivole
  • misérable
  • honteux
655 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
554 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
525 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
838 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2549 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
722 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
683 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
827 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
649 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
660 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
122 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1190 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
464 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
289 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
349 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
375 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17452 Morohashi
389 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3129 New Nelson (John Haig)
369 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
395 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
529 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
359 2001 Kanji
3a6.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
3315.0 Four corner code
1-32-85 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6d45 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
wine, alcohol
Parts:
Variants:
bar-tending, serving sake, the host, draw (water), ladle, scoop, pump
Kun:
く.む
On:
シャク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2271 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 酌 【シャク】 pouring alcohol, person pouring alcohol (esp. a woman)
  • 酌婦 【シャクフ】 barmaid, waitress
  • 晩酌 【バンシャク】 drink at home with one's evening meal, dinner-time drink
  • 媒酌 【バイシャク】 matchmaking, acting as a go-between

Kun reading compounds

  • 酌む 【くむ】 to pour (sake), to serve, to drink (together), to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.), to sympathize with, to intuit, to understand

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhuo2
Korean:
jag

Spanish

  • servir sake
  • sacar
  • bombear

Portuguese

  • Trabalhar em bares
  • servindo sake
  • o anfitrião
  • sucção (água)
  • concha
  • balde
  • bomba

French

  • servir à boire
  • hôte
  • tirer (de l'eau)
  • louche
  • pompe
1343 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1919 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4778 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1835 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1831 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1863 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2022 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1591 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1788 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1854 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
982 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1331 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1441 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39768X Morohashi
1461 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6162 New Nelson (John Haig)
1429 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1536 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1400 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3252 2001 Kanji
7e3.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-3 SKIP code
1762.0 Four corner code
1-28-64 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
914c Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
Variants:
lower, short, humble
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
435 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 低 【テイ】 low (level, value, price, etc.)
  • 低温 【テイオン】 low temperature
  • 高低 【コウテイ】 high and low, rise and fall
  • 西高東低 【セイコウトウテイ】 high barometric pressure to the west, low pressure to the east

Kun reading compounds

  • 低い 【ひくい】 low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.), low (position), close to the ground, short (height), deep (voice), in a low key, low (volume)
  • 低い優先順位 【ひくいゆうせんじゅんい】 low priority (e.g. cell)
  • 低める 【ひくめる】 to lower, to be lowered
  • 低まる 【ひくまる】 to lower, to be lowered

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
di1
Korean:
jeo

Spanish

  • bajo
  • barato
  • humilde
  • pequeño
  • bajar
  • ser bajado

Portuguese

  • abaixe
  • humilde
  • curto

French

  • bas
  • petit (taille)
  • humble
677 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
575 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
548 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
518 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
406 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
690 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
113 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
561 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
570 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
108 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
82 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
82 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
54 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
57 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1848 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
504 Morohashi
73 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
166 New Nelson (John Haig)
1831 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1973 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
487 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2156 2001 Kanji
2a5.15 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-5 SKIP code
2224.0 Four corner code
1-36-67 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f4e Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
Variants:
chant, recite, call upon, yell
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1123 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 唱和 【ショウワ】 cheering in chorus, saying in unison
  • 唱歌 【ショウカ】 singing, song, music class (at pre-WWII schools), song for music classes
  • 斉唱 【セイショウ】 singing in unison, chanting in unison
  • 主唱 【シュショウ】 advocacy, promotion

Kun reading compounds

  • 唱える 【となえる】 to recite, to chant, to cry, to yell, to shout, to advocate, to advance, to preach, to insist

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chang4
Korean:
chang

Spanish

  • cantar
  • recitar

Portuguese

  • canto
  • recital
  • gritar

French

  • chant
  • choeur
  • réciter
  • invoquer
  • hurlement
430 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
538 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
508 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1062 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
941 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
814 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1137 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1284 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1646 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1759 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1809 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
306 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
555 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
338 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
418 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
21 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3765 Morohashi
462 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
829 New Nelson (John Haig)
21 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
21 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
568 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3778 2001 Kanji
3d8.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
6606.0 Four corner code
1-30-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5531 Unicode hex code