Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
thirst, dry up, parch
Kun:
かわ.く
On:
カツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1944 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 渇 【カツ】 thirst
  • 渇望 【カツボウ】 craving, longing, thirsting
  • 枯渇 【コカツ】 drying up, running dry, running out, being exhausted, being drained
  • 口渇 【コウカツ】 thirst, dry mouth, -dipsia

Kun reading compounds

  • 渇く 【かわく】 to be thirsty, to feel thirsty, to thirst for, to crave

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ke3
Korean:
gal, geol

Spanish

  • seco
  • reseco
  • sed
  • secar
  • resecar
  • tener sed

Portuguese

  • sede
  • seca
  • ressecar-se

French

  • soif
  • sécheresse
1087 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1951 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2596 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1266 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1481 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1622 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1731 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1394 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1205 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
627 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
379 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
473 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
460 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17748 Morohashi
515 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3195 New Nelson (John Haig)
451 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
488 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1453 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
352 2001 Kanji
3a8.13 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
3612.7 Four corner code
1-19-73 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6e07 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
bamboo 竹 (⺮)
Parts:
Variants:
writing brush, writing, painting brush, handwriting
Kun:
ふで
On:
ヒツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
1132 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 筆 【フデ】 writing brush, paintbrush, pen, writing with a brush, drawing with a brush, penmanship, something drawn with a brush, writing (composing text), the written word, (land) lot, plot
  • 筆順 【ヒツジュン】 stroke order (esp. of a Chinese character)
  • 自筆 【ジヒツ】 one's own handwriting, autograph, holograph
  • 特筆 【トクヒツ】 special mention

Kun reading compounds

  • 筆 【ふで】 writing brush, paintbrush, pen, writing with a brush, drawing with a brush, penmanship, something drawn with a brush, writing (composing text), the written word, (land) lot, plot
  • 筆跡 【ひっせき】 handwriting, calligraphy specimen, example of penmanship, holograph
  • 面相筆 【めんそうふで】 fine-point brushes
  • 焼き筆 【やきふで】 wooden stick with a burned tip (used to create underdrawings)

Readings

Japanese names:
はじめ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bi3
Korean:
pil

Spanish

  • pincel
  • escritura
  • pincel de escritura

Portuguese

  • Pincel de escrever
  • escrever
  • pincel
  • manuscrito

French

  • pinceau
  • écriture
701 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
400 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
569 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
940 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3397 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
69 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
794 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1769 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
130 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
130 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
355 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1481 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3317 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1718 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2335 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
952 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
25987 Morohashi
2677 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4288 New Nelson (John Haig)
943 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1014 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
410 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2355 2001 Kanji
6f6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-6 SKIP code
8850.7 Four corner code
1-41-14 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7b46 Unicode hex code