Jisho

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14 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
lacquer, varnish, seven
Kun:
うるし
On:
シツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1971 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 漆芸 【シツゲイ】 (Japanese) lacquer art
  • 漆樹 【シツジュ】 Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum)
  • 膠漆 【コウシツ】 glue and lacquer, great intimacy
  • 仮漆 【カシツ】 varnish

Kun reading compounds

  • 漆 【うるし】 East Asian lacquer, japan, Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)
  • 漆樹 【しつじゅ】 Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum)
  • 生漆 【きうるし】 unrefined sap of the lacquer tree
  • 透漆 【すきうるし】 clear lacquer

Readings

Japanese names:
うる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi1, qu4
Korean:
chil

Spanish

  • laca
  • barniz

Portuguese

  • verniz
  • envernizar

French

  • laque
  • vernis
  • sept (shichi)
1334 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1966 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2679 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1597 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1494 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2087 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1546 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1648 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1505 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1241 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
863 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
497 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
637 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
941 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18108 Morohashi
704 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3304 New Nelson (John Haig)
932 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1001 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1711 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
342 2001 Kanji
3a11.10 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-11 SKIP code
3413.2 Four corner code
1-28-31 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6f06 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
eat, food 食 (飠)
Parts:
eat, food
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
328 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 食 【ショク】 food, foodstuff, eating, appetite, meal, portion
  • 食 【ショク】 eclipse (solar, lunar, etc.), occultation
  • 飽食 【ホウショク】 eating until one is full, eating one's fill, gorging (on), satiation, having adequate food, having all one needs (for daily living), plenty
  • 会食 【カイショク】 eating together, dining together, having a meal together
  • 食 【ショク】 food, foodstuff, eating, appetite, meal, portion
  • 食堂 【ジキドウ】 dining hall (at a temple)
  • 断食 【ダンジキ】 fasting, fast
  • 斎食 【サイジキ】 morning meal (for priests, monks, etc.), food offering at a Buddhist ceremony

Kun reading compounds

  • 食う 【くう】 to eat, to live, to make a living, to survive, to bite, to sting (as insects do), to tease, to torment, to taunt, to make light of, to make fun of, to encroach on, to eat into, to consume, to defeat a superior, to threaten a position, to consume time and-or resources, to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event), to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time
  • 食うや食わず 【くうやくわず】 (living) from hand to mouth, living on the fringe of subsistence
  • 食らう 【くらう】 to eat, to drink, to wolf, to knock back, to receive (e.g. a blow), to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable), to undergo (trouble)
  • 食べる 【たべる】 to eat, to live on (e.g. a salary), to live off, to subsist on
  • 食べるラー油 【たべるラーゆ】 chili oil mixed with chopped garlic, onions, etc.
  • 食む 【はむ】 to eat (fodder, grass, etc.), to receive (a salary), to receive a stipend from one's lord

Readings

Japanese names:
ぐい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi2, si4
Korean:
sig, sa

Spanish

  • alimento
  • comida
  • eclipse
  • comer

Portuguese

  • comer
  • comida
  • alimento

French

  • manger
  • nourriture
253 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
163 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
146 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
269 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5154 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
283 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
99 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1159 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
322 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
322 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
131 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1900 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2578 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1316 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1787 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1484 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
44014 Morohashi
2075 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6674 New Nelson (John Haig)
1472 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1582 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
207 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
180 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2865 2001 Kanji
8b0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-7 SKIP code
8073.2 Four corner code
1-31-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
98df Unicode hex code