Jisho

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湿

12 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
｜ 汁 日
Variants:
濕
damp, wet, moist
Kun:
しめ.る、 しめ.す、 うるお.う、 うるお.す
On:
シツ、 シュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1517 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 湿 【シツ】 moisture, humidity, dampness, scabies, sarcoptic mange, the itch
  • 湿原 【シツゲン】 marshy grassland, wetlands
  • 多湿 【タシツ】 high humidity
  • 耐湿 【タイシツ】 resisting moisture

Kun reading compounds

  • 湿る 【しめる】 to become damp, to become moist, to become wet, to lack energy, to be in a slump, to be in low spirits, to feel depressed
  • 湿す 【しめす】 to wet, to moisten, to dampen

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi1
Korean:
seub

Spanish

  • humedecer
  • mojar

Portuguese

  • umidade
  • úmido
  • molhar

French

  • moite
  • humide
  • mouillé
1333 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1476 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2631 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1402 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
702 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1169 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1226 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
838 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1223 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
741 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
443 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
555 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1805 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17920P Morohashi
609 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3243 New Nelson (John Haig)
1788 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1927 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1560 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
374 2001 Kanji
3a9.22 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
3611.2 Four corner code
1-28-30 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6e7f Unicode hex code

空

8 strokes
Radical:
cave 穴
Parts:
儿 宀 工 穴
empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum
Kun:
そら、 あ.く、 あ.き、 あ.ける、 から、 す.く、 す.かす、 むな.しい
On:
クウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
304 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 空 【クウ】 empty air, sky, shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon), emptiness, air force, fruitlessness, meaninglessness, void (one of the five elements), empty (e.g. set)
  • 空域 【クウイキ】 airspace
  • 領空 【リョウクウ】 territorial airspace
  • 防空 【ボウクウ】 air defense, air defence

Kun reading compounds

  • 空 【そら】 sky, the air, the heavens, weather, far-off place, distant place, state of mind, feeling, (from) memory, (by) heart, falsehood, lie, somehow, vaguely, fake
  • 空模様 【そらもよう】 look of the sky, weather
  • 定めなき空 【さだめなきそら】 changeable weather
  • 晴れた空 【はれたそら】 clear sky, cloudless sky
  • 開く 【あく】 to open (e.g. doors), to open (e.g. business, etc.), to be empty, to be vacant, to be available, to be free, to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.), to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.), to come to an end, to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.), to have a hole, to form a gap, to have an interval (between events)
  • 空き 【あき】 space, room, gap, emptiness, vacancy, opening, empty seat, free time, time to spare, disuse, unused thing
  • 空き缶 【あきかん】 empty can
  • 開ける 【あける】 to open (a door, etc.), to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package), to unlock, to open (for business, etc.), to empty, to remove, to make space, to make room, to move out, to clear out, to be away from (e.g. one's house), to leave (temporarily), to dawn, to grow light, to end (of a period, season), to begin (of the New Year), to leave (one's schedule) open, to make time (for), to make (a hole), to open up (a hole)
  • 空 【から】 emptiness, being empty, not carrying anything, unburdened, empty-handed, dishonoured (bill, promise, etc.), false, no-show (reservation), put-on (cheeriness, courage, etc.), empty (compliments), insincere
  • 空手 【からて】 karate, being empty-handed, having nothing in one's hands
  • もぬけの殻 【もぬけのから】 completely empty (of a residence, etc.), vacant, deserted, body from which the soul has left, corpse, shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
  • 空く 【すく】 to become less crowded, to thin out, to get empty, to be hungry
  • 空かす 【すかす】 to feel hungry, to get hungry
  • 虚しい 【むなしい】 empty, void, vacant, vain, fruitless, futile, ineffective, lifeless

Readings

Japanese names:
うつ、 き、 く
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kong1, kong4
Korean:
gong

Spanish

  • cielo
  • atmósfera
  • vacío
  • vacante
  • quedarse vacío
  • vaciar

Portuguese

  • esvaziar
  • ceú
  • desocupado
  • vazio
  • vácuo

French

  • vide
  • ciel
  • vacant
  • creux
65 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
66 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
15 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
233 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3317 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
184 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
77 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
723 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.17 Japanese for Busy People
140 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
140 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
461 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1452 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2767 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1418 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1913 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1327 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
25415 Morohashi
2227 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4192 New Nelson (John Haig)
1317 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1414 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
304 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
73 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
772 2001 Kanji
3m5.12 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
2-5-3 SKIP code
3010.1 Four corner code
1-22-85 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7a7a Unicode hex code

気

6 strokes
Radical:
steam, breath 气
Parts:
丶 ノ 气 乞
Variants:
氣 炁
spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood
Kun:
き
On:
キ、 ケ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
113 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 気 【キ】 spirit, mind, heart, nature, disposition, intention, mind, will, motivation, mood, feelings, consciousness, care, attention, consideration, worry, interest, (the) air, atmosphere, ambience, atmosphere (of), air (of), mood, fragrance, aroma, flavour, taste, qi (in traditional Chinese philosophy and medicine), chi, ki
  • 気合 【キアイ】 (fighting) spirit, motivation, effort, shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.), cheer, yell, kiai, short shout when performing an attacking move
  • 心意気 【ココロイキ】 spirit, determination, pluck, mettle
  • 水気 【ミズケ】 water content, moisture, juiciness, dampness, water vapor (vapour), steam, dropsy, edema, oedema
  • 気 【ケ】 sign, indication, trace, touch, feeling, somehow, for some reason, seeming to be
  • 気配 【ケハイ】 indication, sign, hint, sensation, feeling, tone (of the market)
  • 嫌気 【イヤキ】 dislike, disgust, disinclination, tired of
  • 水気 【ミズケ】 water content, moisture, juiciness, dampness, water vapor (vapour), steam, dropsy, edema, oedema

Kun reading compounds

  • 気 【き】 spirit, mind, heart, nature, disposition, intention, mind, will, motivation, mood, feelings, consciousness, care, attention, consideration, worry, interest, (the) air, atmosphere, ambience, atmosphere (of), air (of), mood, fragrance, aroma, flavour, taste, qi (in traditional Chinese philosophy and medicine), chi, ki
  • 気合 【きあい】 (fighting) spirit, motivation, effort, shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.), cheer, yell, kiai, short shout when performing an attacking move
  • 心意気 【こころいき】 spirit, determination, pluck, mettle
  • 水気 【みずけ】 water content, moisture, juiciness, dampness, water vapor (vapour), steam, dropsy, edema, oedema

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi4
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • espíritu
  • mente

Portuguese

  • espírito
  • mente

French

  • esprit
  • air
  • atmosphère
  • humeur
59 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
68 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
11 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
77 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2480 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
144 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
67 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
319 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.6 Japanese for Busy People
134 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
134 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
246 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1150 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3960 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2037 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2751 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1903 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17046P Morohashi
3194 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3025 New Nelson (John Haig)
1885 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2030 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
55 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
52 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2356 2001 Kanji
0a6.8 The Kanji Dictionary
3-4-2 SKIP code
2-2-4 SKIP code
8041.7 Four corner code
1-21-04 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6c17 Unicode hex code

線

15 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
小 幺 水 白 糸
Variants:
綫
line, track
Kun:
すじ
On:
セン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
382 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 線 【セン】 line, stripe, stria, line (e.g. telephone line), wire, ray (e.g. X-ray), beam, line (e.g. of a railroad), track, route, lane, outline, contours, form, level, division, line (of action), position, approach, policy, principle, impression one leaves, air one gives off
  • 繊維 【センイ】 fibre, fiber, textile
  • 横線 【オウセン】 horizontal line
  • 赤外線 【セキガイセン】 infrared rays, infrared radiation

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xian4
Korean:
seon

Spanish

  • línea
  • cable
  • frontera
  • raíl
  • carril

Portuguese

  • linha
  • trilha

French

  • ligne
  • voie
447 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
176 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
329 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
247 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3580 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
389 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
826 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2.20 Japanese for Busy People
299 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
299 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
841 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1551 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1760 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
944 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1273 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1351 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27641 Morohashi
1392 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4548 New Nelson (John Haig)
1339 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1438 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
236 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2742 2001 Kanji
6a9.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-9 SKIP code
2693.2 Four corner code
1-32-94 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7dda Unicode hex code

図

7 strokes
Radical:
enclosure 囗
Parts:
囗 斗
Variants:
圖
map, drawing, plan, extraordinary, audacious
Kun:
え、 はか.る
On:
ズ、 ト
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
539 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 図 【ズ】 drawing, picture, diagram, figure, illustration, chart, graph, map, sight, scene
  • 図鑑 【ズカン】 pictorial book, picture book, illustrated reference book, identification manual, field guide
  • 一途 【イチズ】 wholehearted, earnest, determined, intent, single-minded, straightforward, devoted to, doing nothing but
  • 構図 【コウズ】 composition (of painting), structural outline, compositional arrangement
  • 図書館 【トショカン】 library
  • 図書 【トショ】 books
  • 異図 【イト】 treasonable intent
  • 隠された意図 【カクサレタイト】 hidden agenda

Kun reading compounds

  • 図る 【はかる】 to plan, to attempt, to devise, to plot, to conspire, to scheme, to aim for, to strive for, to work towards, to seek, to deceive, to trick, to take in

Readings

Japanese names:
づ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tu2
Korean:
do

Spanish

  • dibujo
  • ilustración
  • consulta
  • estrategia
  • planear
  • diseñar

Portuguese

  • mapa
  • desenho
  • plano
  • inesperado
  • acidentalmente

French

  • carte
  • dessin
  • plan
  • inattendu
  • accidentellement
261 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
167 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
150 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
631 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1034 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
388 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
142 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
502 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.16 Japanese for Busy People
339 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
339 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
329 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
342 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3809 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1951 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2645 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1188 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4734P Morohashi
3071 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
947 New Nelson (John Haig)
1180 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1264 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
146 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
366 2001 Kanji
3s4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-4 SKIP code
6040.3 Four corner code
6040.0 Four corner code
1-31-62 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
56f3 Unicode hex code