Jisho

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14 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
steadily, gradually advancing, finally, barely
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2115 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 漸 【ゼン】 gradual progress
  • 漸減 【ゼンゲン】 gradual decrease, decline
  • 西漸 【セイゼン】 westward advance
  • 東漸 【トウゼン】 eastward advance

Kun reading compounds

  • 漸く 【ようやく】 finally, at last, barely, narrowly, hardly, only just, gradually, little by little, by degrees
  • 稍 【やや】 a little, partially, somewhat, slightly, semi-, -ish, on the ... side, a short time, a while
  • 漸う 【ようよう】 finally, barely, narrowly, hardly, only just, gradually, little by little, by degrees

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian4, jian1
Korean:
jeom, cham

Spanish

  • gradualmente
  • firmemente

Portuguese

  • firmemente
  • gradualmente avançando
  • finalmente
  • raramente

French

  • progressivement
  • en fin de compte
  • finalement
  • tout juste
1503 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1867 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2680 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1184 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1499 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2081 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1400 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1489 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1503 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1242 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
867 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
500 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
641 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1144 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18179 Morohashi
706 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3305 New Nelson (John Haig)
1135 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1217 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1712 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
354 2001 Kanji
3a11.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-11 SKIP code
3212.1 Four corner code
1-33-18 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6f38 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
fall, drop, come down, village, hamlet
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
420 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 落語 【ラクゴ】 rakugo, traditional Japanese comic storytelling, comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
  • 落書き 【ラクガキ】 scrawl, scribble, graffiti, doodle
  • 崩落 【ホウラク】 collapse, break, cave-in, crash, market decline, market crash
  • 当落 【トウラク】 result (of an election), success or defeat (in an election), winning or losing (a lottery, raffle, etc.)

Kun reading compounds

  • 落ちる 【おちる】 to fall, to drop, to come down, to crash, to collapse, to cave in, to give way, to set (of the sun or moon), to sink, to dip, to go down, to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.), to fall, to drop, to go down, to decline, to deteriorate, to abate (of wind), to be inferior (to), to be not as good (as), to fall short (of), to come off (of dirt, paint, makeup, etc.), to come out (of a stain), to fade (of colour), to be removed (of an illness, possessing spirit, etc.), to disappear (of excess fat), to become thinner, to become leaner, to be left out, to be omitted, to be missing, to fail (an exam), to lose (a contest, election, etc.), to be unsuccessful, to decline (of morals, character, etc.), to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation), to stoop (to), to sink (so low), to be ruined, to go under, to fall (into hell), to fall (in love, asleep, etc.), to fall (into someone's hands), to be accepted (of a bid), to be won (of a tender), to be honoured (of a bill), to fall into (a trap), to fall for (a trick), to give in, to confess, to own up, to come to (a conclusion, topic, etc.), to arrive at (in the end), to leave (a city, castle, etc.), to (be defeated and) flee, to sink in, to be accepted (in one's heart), to fall (to the enemy), to be defeated, to come in (of money), to fall (upon; of light, a shadow, one's gaze, etc.), to pass out (in judo), to fall unconscious, to go down (of a website, server, etc.), to crash, to log out (of an online game, chat room, etc.), to drop out, to leave, to go offline, to move to deeper water (of a fish in cold weather), to die (of an animal)
  • 落ち 【おち】 slip, omission, upshot, denouement, outcome, final result, punch line (of a joke)
  • 落ち込む 【おちこむ】 to feel down, to feel sad, to be depressed, to be in low spirits, to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.), to be in an unfavourable condition, to fall into (e.g. a hole)
  • 付け落ち 【つけおち】 omission in a bill
  • 鳩尾 【みぞおち】 pit of the stomach, solar plexus, place where water falls
  • 落とす 【おとす】 to drop, to lose, to let fall, to shed (light), to cast (one's gaze), to pour in (liquid), to leave behind, to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.), to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair), to lose, to spend money at a certain place, to omit, to leave out, to secretly let escape, to lose (a match), to reject (an applicant), to fail (a course), to defeat (in an election), to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice), to lessen (e.g. production or body weight), to worsen (quality), to reduce (e.g. rank or popularity), to speak badly of, to make light of, to fall into straitened circumstances, to fall into (e.g. a dilemma or sin), to make one's own, to have one's bid accepted, to force surrender, to take (e.g. an enemy camp or castle), to forcefully convince, to press for a confession, to deal with, to download, to copy from a computer to another medium, to make someone swoon (judo), to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line), to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting), to win over, to seduce, to conquer (unwillingness)

Readings

Japanese names:
おち
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
luo4, la4, lao4
Korean:
rag

Spanish

  • caer
  • ser inferior
  • ser omitido
  • suspender
  • caerse
  • dejar caer
  • perder

Portuguese

  • cair
  • gotejar
  • descer

French

  • tomber
  • chute
  • perdre
330 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
431 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
408 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
393 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4003 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
557 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
869 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1733 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
839 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
858 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
280 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
664 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2907 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1494 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2019 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
305 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
31362P Morohashi
2318 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5130 New Nelson (John Haig)
299 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
320 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
327 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
414 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1977 2001 Kanji
3k9.13 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-9 SKIP code
4416.4 Four corner code
1-45-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
843d Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
turban, scarf
Parts:
market, city, town
Kun:
いち
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
42 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 市 【シ】 city
  • 市営 【シエイ】 (under) municipal management (transport, housing, etc.), city facility management
  • 同市 【ドウシ】 same city
  • 田園都市 【デンエントシ】 garden city

Kun reading compounds

  • 市 【いち】 market, fair
  • 市中 【しちゅう】 in the city, in the community
  • 骨董市 【こっとういち】 antique market, flea market
  • 草市 【くさいち】 flower market during Obon, fair of plants and flowers (as offerings)

Readings

Japanese names:
い、 ち
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi4
Korean:
si

Spanish

  • mercado
  • ciudad

Portuguese

  • mercado
  • cidade

French

  • marché
  • ville
  • cité
222 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
144 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
130 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
78 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
284 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
119 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
162 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
195 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.4 Japanese for Busy People
181 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
181 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
547 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
556 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2487 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1258 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1724 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
419 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8775 Morohashi
1993 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1549 New Nelson (John Haig)
412 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
440 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
305 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
109 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
444 2001 Kanji
2j3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-3 SKIP code
4-4-3 SKIP code
0022.7 Four corner code
1-27-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e02 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
condition, situation
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
490 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 実況 【ジッキョウ】 actual state (of things), real state, actual condition, real condition, actual scene, live, on-the-scene, reporting live, live coverage, live broadcasting, Let's Play (playthrough of a video game with player commentary)
  • 市況 【シキョウ】 market conditions

Kun reading compounds

  • 況して 【まして】 still more, to say nothing of, not to mention, still less
  • 況してや 【ましてや】 much less, to say nothing of
  • 況んや 【いわんや】 much more, not to mention, not to speak of, to say nothing of, let alone

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kuang4
Korean:
hwang

Spanish

  • condición
  • situación
  • estado de las cosas

Portuguese

  • condição
  • situação

French

  • situation
  • condition
  • encore moins
  • encore plus
  • à plus forte raison
1163 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
658 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2516 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1267 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
673 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
850 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
869 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1017 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1172 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
395 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
252 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
299 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
147 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17264 Morohashi
337 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3086 New Nelson (John Haig)
145 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
156 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1200 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
357 2001 Kanji
3a5.21 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
3611.0 Four corner code
1-22-23 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6cc1 Unicode hex code