Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
Variants:
disaster, calamity, woe, curse, evil
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
976 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 災害 【サイガイ】 calamity, disaster, misfortune
  • 災難 【サイナン】 calamity, misfortune, disaster
  • 労災 【ロウサイ】 work-related injury, work-related illness, work-related death, on-the-job accident, workers' compensation insurance
  • 防災 【ボウサイ】 disaster preparedness, prevention of damage resulting from a natural disaster, protection against disaster

Kun reading compounds

  • 災い 【わざわい】 disaster, calamity, misfortune, trouble, woes
  • 災いする 【わざわいする】 to be one's ruin, to do harm, to cause trouble, to have negative consequences, to bring about a bad outcome

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zai1
Korean:
jae

Spanish

  • desastre
  • calamidad
  • catástrofe

Portuguese

  • desastre
  • calamidade
  • desgraça
  • maldição
  • mau

French

  • désastre
  • catastrophe
  • calamité
  • malheur
789 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
707 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
680 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1061 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1448 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
788 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1510 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1335 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1418 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
873 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1263 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2734 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1400 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1888 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
169 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18879 Morohashi
2206 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3400 New Nelson (John Haig)
167 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
179 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
667 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2762 2001 Kanji
4d3.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
2280.9 Four corner code
1-26-50 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
707d Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
roof
Parts:
harm, injury
On:
ガイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
358 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 害 【ガイ】 injury, harm, evil influence, damage
  • 害虫 【ガイチュウ】 harmful insect, noxious insect, vermin, pest
  • 薬害 【ヤクガイ】 harmful side effects of a medicine or drug
  • 傷害 【ショウガイ】 injury, inflicting bodily injury

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hai4
Korean:
hae, hal

Spanish

  • desastre
  • obstáculo
  • daño
  • lesión

Portuguese

  • dano
  • injúria

French

  • tort
  • mal
  • blessure
362 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
460 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
437 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
425 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1306 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
450 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
468 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1181 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
518 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
527 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
785 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
481 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2826 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1457 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1962 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1565 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7165 Morohashi
2272 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1333 New Nelson (John Haig)
1551 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1671 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
428 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
538 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
777 2001 Kanji
3m7.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-7 SKIP code
3060.1 Four corner code
1-19-18 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5bb3 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
Variants:
foothold, based on, follow, therefore
Kun:
よ.る
On:
キョ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
858 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 拠点 【キョテン】 position, location, base, point, site
  • 拠出 【キョシュツ】 donation, contribution
  • 急遽 【キュウキョ】 hurriedly, in a hurry, hastily, in haste, sudden, abrupt
  • 群雄割拠 【グンユウカッキョ】 rivalry of local warlords, a number of powerful (talented, influential) persons standing by themselves in a given field
  • 有罪証拠 【ユウザイショウコ】 corpus delicti
  • 事例証拠 【ジレイショウコ】 anecdotal evidence

Kun reading compounds

  • 依る 【よる】 to be due to, to be caused by, to depend on, to turn on, to be based on, to come from, to be based at (a location, an organization), to be headquartered at

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ju4, ju1
Korean:
geo

Spanish

  • autoridad
  • firmeza
  • depender de
  • basarse en

Portuguese

  • apoio para os pés
  • baseado em
  • segue
  • portanto

French

  • point d'appui
  • prise
  • basé sur
  • suivre
  • par conséquent
1155 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
970 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1871 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1725 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1352 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1138 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1190 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1213 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
872 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
369 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
232 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
276 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
676 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11985 Morohashi
312 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2113 New Nelson (John Haig)
669 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
722 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1367 2001 Kanji
3c5.26 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
5704.1 Four corner code
1-21-82 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
62e0 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
Variants:
spot, point, mark, speck, decimal point
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
165 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 点 【テン】 dot, spot, point, speck, mark, mark (in an exam, etc.), grade, score, points, point (in a game), score, goal, run, point, point, aspect, matter, detail, part, respect, way, viewpoint, (punctuation) mark (e.g. comma, period, decimal point), dot, "dot" stroke (in a Chinese character), counter for points, marks, goals, etc., counter for goods, items, articles of clothing, works of art, etc.
  • 点検 【テンケン】 detailed inspection, thorough examination, checking
  • 最重点 【サイジュウテン】 very important point
  • 同点 【ドウテン】 same score, deadlock, tie, draw

Kun reading compounds

  • 点ける 【つける】 to turn on, to switch on, to light up
  • 点く 【つく】 to be lit (of a lamp, burner, etc.), to catch fire, to ignite, to start burning, to be turned on (of a light, appliance, etc.), to come on
  • 点てる 【たてる】 to make tea (matcha), to perform the tea ceremony
  • 注す 【さす】 to pour, to add (liquid), to serve (drinks), to put on (lipstick, etc.), to apply, to colour, to dye, to light (a fire), to burn
  • 灯す 【ともす】 to light (a candle, lamp, etc.), to turn on (a light)
  • 灯す 【ともす】 to light (a candle, lamp, etc.), to turn on (a light)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dian3
Korean:
jeom

Spanish

  • punto
  • marca

Portuguese

  • ponto
  • marca
  • ponto decimal

French

  • point
  • note
  • allumer
  • virgule (décimales)
285 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
196 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
179 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
141 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
804 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
229 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
714 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
169 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
169 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
399 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1275 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2587 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1322 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1793 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
171 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18980 Morohashi
2084 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3412 New Nelson (John Haig)
169 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
181 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
175 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
185 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1240 2001 Kanji
2m7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-7 SKIP code
2-5-4 SKIP code
2133.6 Four corner code
1-37-32 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
70b9 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
sickness
Parts:
ill, sick
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
384 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 病 【ビョウ】 disease
  • 病院 【ビョウイン】 hospital, clinic, doctor's office, doctor's surgery, infirmary
  • 血友病 【ケツユウビョウ】 hemophilia, haemophilia
  • 同病 【ドウビョウ】 the same sickness

Kun reading compounds

  • 病む 【やむ】 to fall ill, to suffer from (e.g. a disease), to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
  • 病 【やまい】 illness, disease, bad habit, weakness, fault
  • 病が篤い 【やまいがあつい】 seriously ill
  • 恋病 【こいやまい】 lovesickness
  • 躁鬱病 【そううつびょう】 manic depression, manic-depressive psychosis, bipolar disorder

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bing4
Korean:
byeong

Spanish

  • enfermedad
  • caer enfermo

Portuguese

  • mal
  • doente

French

  • malade
310 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
404 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
381 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
441 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3042 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
145 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
224 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1250 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.6 Japanese for Busy People
380 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
381 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
229 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1352 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4062 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2059 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2791 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1698 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
22127 Morohashi
3277 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3798 New Nelson (John Haig)
1682 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1813 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
365 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
553 2001 Kanji
5i5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-5-5 SKIP code
0012.7 Four corner code
1-41-34 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
75c5 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
Inst., institution, temple, mansion, school
On:
イン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
150 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 院 【イン】 house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.), graduate school, postgraduate school, institution (often medical), institutional building, government office, sub-temple, minor temple building, temple, cloister, imperial palace, title bestowed on empresses, princesses, etc., former (esp. of emperors, daimyos, etc.), late
  • 院長 【インチョウ】 director (of a hospital, institution, academy, etc.), superintendent, rector
  • 議院 【ギイン】 parliament, congress, diet, house (of parliament, etc.), chamber
  • 棋院 【キイン】 go institution, go club, go hall

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yuan4
Korean:
weon

Spanish

  • institución
  • templo
  • hospital

Portuguese

  • instituição
  • templo
  • mansão
  • escola

French

  • temple
  • institution
  • résidence
  • école
  • hôpital
350 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
249 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
229 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
236 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4991 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
237 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
271 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1055 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.6 Japanese for Busy People
614 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
624 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
230 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
729 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
544 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
331 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
410 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1313 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41665 Morohashi
454 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6447 New Nelson (John Haig)
1304 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1401 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
412 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
350 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3657 2001 Kanji
2d7.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
1-2-7 SKIP code
7321.1 Four corner code
1-17-01 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9662 Unicode hex code