Jisho

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浸

10 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
冖 又 ヨ 汁
immersed, soak, dip, steep, moisten, wet, dunk
Kun:
ひた.す、 ひた.る、 つ.かる
On:
シン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1447 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 浸透 【シントウ】 permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.), infiltration (e.g. of ideas), spread, penetration (e.g. into a market), pervasion, permeation (of a liquid, etc.), soaking, percolation, osmosis
  • 浸水 【シンスイ】 inundation, submersion, flood
  • 防浸 【ボウシン】 watertight, waterproof
  • 液浸 【エキシン】 immersion, dipping, in microscopy, immersing both the objective lens and the specimen in a liquid to increase the numerical aperture, in photolithography, filling the air gap between the final lens and the wafer surface with a liquid to increase the resolution

Kun reading compounds

  • 浸す 【ひたす】 to soak, to dip, to steep, to immerse, to moisten, to wet
  • 浸る 【ひたる】 to be soaked in, to be flooded, to be submerged, to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.), to give oneself over to, to bask in
  • 浸かる 【つかる】 to be submerged, to be soaked, to be pickled, to be well seasoned, to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jin4, jin1
Korean:
chim

Spanish

  • empapar
  • remojar
  • humedecer

Portuguese

  • imergir
  • ensopar
  • mergulhar
  • empapar
  • umedecer
  • molhar
  • embeber

French

  • immersion
  • tremper
  • plonger dans
  • humidifier
  • humecter
  • mouiller
1438 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1623 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2572 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1221 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1476 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1078 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1126 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1496 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1195 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
530 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
326 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
401 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1157 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17505P Morohashi
442 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3157 New Nelson (John Haig)
1149 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1232 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1357 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
367 2001 Kanji
3a7.17 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
3714.7 Four corner code
1-31-27 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6d78 Unicode hex code

透

10 strokes (also 9)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
ノ 乃 込 禾
transparent, permeate, filter, penetrate
Kun:
す.く、 す.かす、 す.ける、 とう.る、 とう.す
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1035 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 透明 【トウメイ】 transparent, clear
  • 透析 【トウセキ】 dialysis
  • 失透 【シットウ】 devitrification
  • 市場浸透 【シジョウシントウ】 market penetration

Kun reading compounds

  • 透く 【すく】 to be transparent, to leave a gap
  • 透かす 【すかす】 to look through, to hold up to the light, to make an opening, to leave space, to space (lines), to prune (trees), to fart without making a sound
  • 透ける 【すける】 to be transparent, to show through
  • 透水 【とうすい】 permeation (e.g. of water), percolation, seepage
  • 透水性 【とうすいせい】 permeability

Readings

Japanese names:
とおる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tou4
Korean:
tu

Spanish

  • permear
  • penetrar
  • filtrar

Portuguese

  • transparente
  • permeear
  • filtrar
  • penetrar

French

  • transparent
  • s'infiltrer
  • pénétrer
1647 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1592 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4699 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1152 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1807 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1685 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1800 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1746 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
698 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3854 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1981 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2677 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
924 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38876P Morohashi
3108 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6059 New Nelson (John Haig)
915 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
981 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1399 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2245 2001 Kanji
2q7.10 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-7 SKIP code
3-3-8 SKIP code
3230.2 Four corner code
1-38-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
900f Unicode hex code

水

4 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
水
water
Kun:
みず、 みず-
On:
スイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
223 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 水 【スイ】 Wednesday, shaved ice (served with flavored syrup), water (fifth of the five elements)
  • 水位 【スイイ】 water level
  • 用水 【ヨウスイ】 irrigation water, water for fire, city water, cistern water
  • 浄水 【ジョウスイ】 clean water, purified water

Kun reading compounds

  • 水 【みず】 water (esp. cool or cold), fluid (esp. in an animal tissue), liquid, flood, floodwaters, water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout, break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
  • 水揚げ 【みずあげ】 landing, unloading (e.g. a ship), catch (of fish), takings, sales (of a shop), defloration (e.g. of a geisha), preservation (of cut flowers, in ikebana)
  • 飲み水 【のみみず】 drinking water, potable water
  • 呼び水 【よびみず】 pump-priming, rousing, stimulation

Readings

Japanese names:
うず、 ずみ、 つ、 ど、 み、 みさ、 みつ、 みな、 みん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shui3
Korean:
su

Spanish

  • agua

Portuguese

  • água

French

  • eau
14 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
16 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
40 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
144 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2482 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
16 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
68 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
54 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
21 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
21 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
19 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1151 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
10 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
132 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17083 Morohashi
10 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3030 New Nelson (John Haig)
130 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
137 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
166 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
31 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1142 2001 Kanji
3a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-1-3 SKIP code
4-4-3 SKIP code
1223.0 Four corner code
1-31-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6c34 Unicode hex code

文

4 strokes
Radical:
script, literature 文
Parts:
文
sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
Kun:
ふみ、 あや
On:
ブン、 モン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
190 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 文 【ブン】 sentence, composition, text, writings, the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts), academia, literature, statement
  • 文化 【ブンカ】 culture, civilization, civilisation, Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
  • 公文 【コウブン】 official document, archives
  • 異文 【イブン】 variant (in a manuscript or book), part of a text that differs from other versions
  • 文 【モン】 mon, one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870), mon, traditional unit used for shoe and sock sizes (approx. 2.4 cm), letter, character, sentence, scripture, incantation
  • 紋 【モン】 (family) crest, coat of arms, pattern, figure, playing card suit (in karuta)
  • 人文 【ジンブン】 humanity, civilization, civilisation, culture
  • 縄文 【ジョウモン】 straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware, Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)

Kun reading compounds

  • 文 【ふみ】 letter, note, mail, book, writings, literary arts, learning, scholarship
  • 文香 【ふみこう】 scented insert (to enclose with a letter), perfumed insert
  • 御文 【おふみ】 Gobunsho (The Epistles, a collection of letters written by Rennyo)
  • 雁の文 【かりのふみ】 (a) letter
  • 綾 【あや】 figure, design, twill weave, pattern of diagonal stripes, style (of writing), figure (of speech), design, plot, plan, minor market fluctuation, technical correction, cat's cradle, lease rod (in a loom)
  • 文つける 【あやつける】 to make a false accusation, to invent a pretext for a quarrel
  • 言葉は身の文 【ことばはみのあや】 words betray one's character

Readings

Japanese names:
かざり、 ふ、 も
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wen2, wen4
Korean:
mun

Spanish

  • letras
  • literatura

Portuguese

  • sentença
  • literatura
  • estilo
  • arte
  • decoração
  • figuras
  • plano

French

  • phrase
  • littérature
  • style
  • art
  • décoration
  • figure (de style)
  • plan
  • radical littéraire (no. 67)
134 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
77 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
68 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
136 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2064 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
71 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
180 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
86 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.19 Japanese for Busy People
111 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
111 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
320 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
949 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2458 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1242 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1708 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1741 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13450 Morohashi
1962 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2364 New Nelson (John Haig)
1725 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1861 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
89 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
35 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
466 2001 Kanji
2j2.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-2 SKIP code
0040.0 Four corner code
1-42-24 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6587 Unicode hex code

学

8 strokes
Radical:
child, seed 子
Parts:
冖 子 尚
Variants:
學 斈 斅
study, learning, science
Kun:
まな.ぶ
On:
ガク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
63 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 学 【ガク】 learning, scholarship, study, erudition, knowledge, education, study of ..., -ology, -ics
  • 学位 【ガクイ】 (academic) degree
  • 短期大学 【タンキダイガク】 junior college, vocationally oriented post-secondary institution offering two or three-year programs
  • 法医学 【ホウイガク】 forensic medicine, forensic pathology, medical jurisprudence, legal medicine

Kun reading compounds

  • 学ぶ 【まなぶ】 to learn, to study, to take lessons in

Readings

Japanese names:
たか、 のり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xue2
Korean:
hag

Spanish

  • estudio
  • aprendizaje
  • ciencia
  • estudiar

Portuguese

  • estudo
  • aprendizagem
  • ciência

French

  • étudier
  • apprendre
  • science
57 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
45 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
10 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
33 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1271 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
66 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
44 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
719 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.9 Japanese for Busy People
109 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
109 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
50 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
460 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3162 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1625 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2211 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
330 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6974 Morohashi
2555 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1294 New Nelson (John Haig)
324 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
346 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
15 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
71 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
947 2001 Kanji
3n4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-3 SKIP code
2-3-4 SKIP code
2-5-2 SKIP code
2-3-5 SKIP code
3240.7 Four corner code
9040.7 Four corner code
1-19-56 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5b66 Unicode hex code