Jisho

×

激

16 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
汁 方 白 乞 攵
Variants:
violent, get excited, enraged, chafe, incite
Kun:
はげ.しい
On:
ゲキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
560 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 激 【ゲキ】 extremely, terrifically, super
  • 激化 【ゲキカ】 intensification, aggravation
  • 憤激 【フンゲキ】 fury, flying into a rage, outrage
  • 矯激 【キョウゲキ】 radical, extreme, eccentric

Kun reading compounds

  • 激しい 【はげしい】 violent, furious, tempestuous, extreme, intense, fierce, strong, fervent, vehement, incessant, relentless, precipitous, steep

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji1
Korean:
gyeog

Spanish

  • violento
  • furioso

Portuguese

  • violento
  • obtem excitado
  • enraged
  • chafe
  • incita

French

  • violent
  • s'exciter
  • enragé
  • s'énerver
  • inciter
859 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1210 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
596 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2712 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1365 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1506 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1017 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1056 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1039 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1254 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
955 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
534 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
696 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
509 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18438 Morohashi
776 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3350 New Nelson (John Haig)
497 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
536 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
990 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
366 2001 Kanji
3a13.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-13 SKIP code
3814.0 Four corner code
1-23-67 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6fc0 Unicode hex code

闘

18 strokes
Radical:
gate 門
Parts:
并 口 寸 豆 門
Variants:
鬪 鬦 鬭
fight, war
Kun:
たたか.う、 あらそ.う
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
751 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 闘士 【トウシ】 fighter (for), militant, champion (of), boxer
  • 闘志 【トウシ】 fighting spirit, (will to) fight
  • 敢闘 【カントウ】 fighting bravely
  • 共闘 【キョウトウ】 joint struggle, common (united) front

Kun reading compounds

  • 戦う 【たたかう】 to make war (on), to wage war (against), to go to war (with), to fight (with), to do battle (against), to compete (against), to struggle (against adversities, etc.), to fight, to contend, to resist

Readings

Japanese names:
と
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dou4, dou3
Korean:
tu

Spanish

  • pelear
  • luchar
  • combatir

Portuguese

  • luta
  • guerra

French

  • lutte
  • guerre
1659 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
654 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4973 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1056 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1865 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1511 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1612 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1328 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1847 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4136 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2102 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2847 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1644 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
45649P Morohashi
3334 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6418 New Nelson (John Haig)
1629 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1757 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
367 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1910 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3848 2001 Kanji
8e10.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-8-10 SKIP code
1-11-7 SKIP code
7714.1 Four corner code
1-38-14 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
95d8 Unicode hex code

野

11 strokes
Radical:
village, mile 里
Parts:
亅 矛 里
Variants:
埜 壄
plains, field, rustic, civilian life
Kun:
の、 の-
On:
ヤ、 ショ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
120 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 野 【ノ】 plain, field, hidden (structural) member, wild, lacking a political post
  • 野外 【ヤガイ】 outdoors, outside, open air, fields, outskirts, suburbs
  • 内野 【ナイヤ】 infield, diamond
  • 在野 【ザイヤ】 out of office, out of power, in opposition, unaffiliated (e.g. researcher, scientist), in private practice

Kun reading compounds

  • 野 【の】 plain, field, hidden (structural) member, wild, lacking a political post
  • 野末 【のずえ】 corners of a field
  • 裾野 【すその】 foot of a mountain, plain at the foot of a mountain, range, spread, extent, encompassing circle
  • 郊野 【こうの】 suburban fields

Readings

Japanese names:
ずけ、 つけ、 ぬ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ye3
Korean:
ya

Spanish

  • campo
  • llano
  • extensión
  • rango
  • natural
  • civil
  • no oficial

Portuguese

  • planícies
  • campo
  • rústico
  • vida de civil

French

  • sauvage
  • champ
  • rustique
  • vie civile
323 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
233 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
213 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
85 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4814 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
128 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
267 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1398 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.2 Japanese for Busy People
236 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
236 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
404 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1803 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1877 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
998 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1350 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1610 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40133 Morohashi
1485 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6208 New Nelson (John Haig)
1596 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1722 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
170 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
211 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3653 2001 Kanji
0a11.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-4 SKIP code
6712.2 Four corner code
1-44-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
91ce Unicode hex code

球

11 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
丶 水 王
ball, sphere
Kun:
たま
On:
キュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
302 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 球 【キュウ】 sphere, globe, ball, bulb, ball, sphere, counter for pitches
  • 球威 【キュウイ】 (pitcher's) stuff
  • 配球 【ハイキュウ】 combination of (varied) pitches, serves, etc.
  • 制球 【セイキュウ】 (pitcher's) control

Kun reading compounds

  • 玉 【たま】 ball, sphere, globe, orb, bead (of sweat, dew, etc.), drop, droplet, ball (in sports), pile (of noodles, etc.), bullet, bulb (i.e. a light bulb), lens (of glasses, etc.), bead (of an abacus), ball (i.e. a testicle), gem, jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively), pearl, female entertainer (e.g. a geisha), person (when commenting on their nature), character, item, funds or person used as part of a plot, egg, okonomiyaki, coin, precious, beautiful, excellent
  • 玉突き 【たまつき】 billiards, pool, serial collisions (of cars)
  • 電気の球 【でんきのたま】 electric (light) bulb
  • 目の玉 【めのたま】 eyeball

Readings

Japanese names:
く
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qiu2
Korean:
gu

Spanish

  • pelota
  • esfera

Portuguese

  • bola
  • esfera

French

  • balle
  • sphère
188 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
275 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
257 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
379 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2941 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
845 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
736 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1359 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.7 Japanese for Busy People
726 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
739 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
935 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1319 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1219 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
658 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
880 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
944 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21011 Morohashi
969 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3643 New Nelson (John Haig)
935 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1005 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
370 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3142 2001 Kanji
4f7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-7 SKIP code
1313.2 Four corner code
1-21-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7403 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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  • 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, fresh water, e.g. drinking water), 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

島

10 strokes
Radical:
mountain 山
Parts:
山 白 鳥
Variants:
嶋 嶌 嶹
island
Kun:
しま
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
245 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 島 【トウ】 Island, insula, island, islet
  • 島国 【シマグニ】 island country
  • 千島列島 【チシマレットウ】 Kurile Islands
  • 列島 【レットウ】 archipelago, chain of islands

Kun reading compounds

  • 島 【しま】 island, one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.), one's turf
  • 島国 【しまぐに】 island country
  • 千島 【ちしま】 Kurile Islands
  • 広島 【ひろしま】 Hiroshima (city, prefecture)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dao3
Korean:
do

Spanish

  • isla

Portuguese

  • ilha

French

  • île
292 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
380 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
358 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
173 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
230 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
183 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
489 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1522 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
286 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
286 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
455 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
543 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4103 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2081 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2820 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1967 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8108 Morohashi
3310 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1476 New Nelson (John Haig)
1948 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2098 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
379 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
362 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
852 2001 Kanji
3o7.9 The Kanji Dictionary
3-7-3 SKIP code
4-10-4 SKIP code
2772.7 Four corner code
1-37-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5cf6 Unicode hex code

新

13 strokes
Radical:
axe 斤
Parts:
亠 并 斤 木 立 辛
new
Kun:
あたら.しい、 あら.た、 あら-、 にい-
On:
シン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
51 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 新 【シン】 new, neo-, newness, novelty, Gregorian calendar, Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE), Hsin dynasty
  • 新鋭 【シンエイ】 young and energetic, up-and-coming, new and excellent, newly produced, up-and-comer
  • 維新 【イシン】 reformation, revolution, renewal, Meiji Restoration, Nippon Ishin no Kai, Japan Innovation Party
  • 改新 【カイシン】 reformation

Kun reading compounds

  • 新しい 【あたらしい】 new, novel, fresh, recent, latest, up-to-date, modern
  • 新しい女 【あたらしいおんな】 liberated woman
  • 新た 【あらた】 new, fresh, novel
  • 新田 【しんでん】 new rice field, newly developed rice field, wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)

Readings

Japanese names:
あせ、 あたらし、 し、 に、 にっ、 につ、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xin1
Korean:
sin

Spanish

  • nuevo
  • fresco

Portuguese

  • novo

French

  • nouveau
256 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
165 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
148 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
36 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2080 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
178 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
55 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1965 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.5 Japanese for Busy People
174 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
174 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
85 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
956 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2239 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1166 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1587 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1516 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13572 Morohashi
1784 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2387 New Nelson (John Haig)
1502 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1619 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
80 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
226 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
454 2001 Kanji
5b8.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-9-4 SKIP code
0292.1 Four corner code
1-31-23 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
65b0 Unicode hex code

司

5 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
一 亅 口
director, official, govt office, rule, administer
Kun:
つかさど.る
On:
シ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
759 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 司 【シ】 office (government department beneath a bureau under the ritsuryō system)
  • 司会 【シカイ】 leading a meeting, presiding over a meeting, officiating at a ceremony, chairmanship, chairman, presenter, host, moderator, master of ceremonies
  • 公司 【コンス】 company (in China), firm
  • にぎり寿司 【ニギリズシ】 nigirizushi, hand-pressed vinegared rice topped with seafood

Kun reading compounds

  • 司る 【つかさどる】 to be in charge of, to manage, to direct, to administer, to preside over, to rule, to govern, to control

Readings

Japanese names:
つ、 つか、 つかさ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
si1
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • dirigir
  • gobernar
  • ordenar

Portuguese

  • diretor
  • oficial
  • escritório do govt
  • regra
  • administrar

French

  • directeur
  • fonctionnaire
  • bureau administratif
  • gouverner
  • administrer
412 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
524 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
497 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
712 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
877 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
761 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
400 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
164 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
842 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
861 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1204 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
318 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3648 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1861 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2538 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1881 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3257 Morohashi
2931 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
698 New Nelson (John Haig)
1863 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2007 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
451 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3549 2001 Kanji
3d2.14 The Kanji Dictionary
3-1-4 SKIP code
1762.0 Four corner code
1-27-42 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
53f8 Unicode hex code