Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
Variants:
do, change, make, benefit, welfare, be of use, reach to, try, practice, cost, serve as, good, advantage, as a result of
Kun:
ためな.るな.すす.るたりつく.るなり
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
831 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 為政者 【イセイシャ】 statesman, administrator, politician, policymaker
  • 為公会 【イコウカイ】 Iko-kai (faction of the LDP)
  • 人為 【ジンイ】 human work, human agency, art, artificiality
  • 営為 【エイイ】 business, occupation

Kun reading compounds

  • 為 【ため】 good, advantage, benefit, welfare, sake, purpose, objective, aim, consequence, result, effect, affecting, regarding, concerning
  • 為に 【ために】 for, for the sake of, to one's advantage, in favor of, in favour of, on behalf of, because of, as a result of
  • 外為 【がいため】 foreign exchange
  • 念のため 【ねんのため】 (just) making sure, just to be sure, just in case, for caution's sake
  • 成る 【なる】 to become, to get, to grow, to turn, to reach, to attain, to result in, to turn out, to end up, to prove (to be), to consist of, to be composed of, to be made up of, to be completed, to be realized, to succeed, to be attained, to be accomplished, to change (into), to turn (into), to transform, to come (to do), to begin (to do), to grow (to do), to come to, to amount to, to add up to, to make, to play (the part of), to act as, to be used for, to be useful for, to serve as, to be promoted, to do ...
  • 為す 【なす】 to build up, to establish, to form, to become (a state), to accomplish, to achieve, to succeed in, to change into, to do, to perform, to intend to, to attempt, to try
  • なす術 【なすすべ】 means, method, way
  • 為る 【する】 to do, to carry out, to perform, to cause to become, to make (into), to turn (into), to serve as, to act as, to work as, to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.), to judge as being, to view as being, to think of as, to treat as, to use as, to decide on, to choose, to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.), to be (in a state, condition, etc.), to be worth, to cost, to pass (of time), to elapse, to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B, to transform A to B, to make A into B, to exchange A for B, to make use of A for B, to view A as B, to handle A as if it were B, to feel A about B, verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"), creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"), to be just about to, to be just starting to, to try to, to attempt to
  • 成り 【なり】 promoted (of a piece)
  • 成り代わる 【なりかわる】 to take over for (someone), to stand in for, to substitute for, to replace, to take the place of (something)

Readings

Japanese names:
びい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wei4, wei2
Korean:
wi

Spanish

  • hacer
  • ocurrir
  • razón
  • causa

Portuguese

  • mudança
  • benefício
  • bem-estar
  • é de uso
  • tentativa
  • prática
  • custo
  • servir para
  • bom
  • vantagem
  • como um resultado de

French

  • faire
  • changer
  • bénéfice
  • bien-être
  • être utile
  • atteindre
  • essayer
  • s'entraîner
  • coûter
  • servir pour
  • bon
  • avantage
  • par suite de
1003 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1137 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
138 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
977 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1514 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1005 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1484 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1581 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
736 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1274 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4395 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2225 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2994 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1937 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18981P Morohashi
3577 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3411 New Nelson (John Haig)
1918 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2067 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
446 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1277 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
950 2001 Kanji
4d5.8 The Kanji Dictionary
4-9-4 SKIP code
3-5-4 SKIP code
3402.7 Four corner code
1-16-57 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
70ba Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
rap 攴 (攵)
Parts:
politics, government
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
17 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 政 【マツリゴト】 rule, government
  • 政界 【セイカイ】 (world of) politics, political world, political circles
  • 農政 【ノウセイ】 agricultural administration
  • 帝政 【テイセイ】 imperial government, imperialism, monarchical rule
  • 摂政 【セッショウ】 regency, regent

Kun reading compounds

  • 政 【まつりごと】 rule, government
  • 政所 【まんどころ】 official in charge of the administration of domains and general affairs of powerful noble families (from the middle of the Heian period), titled lady (legal wife of an important official), government office related to finances (Kamakura and Muromachi periods), clerk working for large temples and shrines
  • 太政 【おおまつりごと】 (Japanese) imperial government
  • 政所 【まんどころ】 official in charge of the administration of domains and general affairs of powerful noble families (from the middle of the Heian period), titled lady (legal wife of an important official), government office related to finances (Kamakura and Muromachi periods), clerk working for large temples and shrines

Readings

Japanese names:
ただ、 まさ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zheng4
Korean:
jeong

Spanish

  • política
  • gobierno
  • reglas

Portuguese

  • política
  • governo

French

  • politique
  • gouvernement
646 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
746 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
724 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
50 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2045 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
124 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
586 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
881 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
483 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
492 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
530 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
937 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1468 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
779 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1058 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
387 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13135X Morohashi
1142 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2335 New Nelson (John Haig)
381 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
407 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
23 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
700 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3166 2001 Kanji
4i5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-4 SKIP code
1814.0 Four corner code
1-32-15 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
653f Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
old 老 (耂)
Parts:
Variants:
someone, person
Kun:
もの
On:
シャ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
38 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 者 【シャ】 person, -er, expert, geisha, prostitute
  • 芸者 【ゲイシャ】 geisha, professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
  • 加害者 【カガイシャ】 perpetrator, wrong-doer, aggressor, assailant, offender

Kun reading compounds

  • 者 【もの】 person
  • 者ども 【ものども】 you, people
  • 弱き者 【よわきもの】 weak person, the weak
  • 若い者 【わかいもの】 young person, young people, youth, youngsters, young employee, young manservant, young follower

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhe3
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • persona

Portuguese

  • alguém
  • pessoa

French

  • personne
  • quelqu'un
235 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
314 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
298 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
22 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3685 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
56 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
240 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
769 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.6 Japanese for Busy People
164 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
164 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
148 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1578 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3980 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2047 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2765 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1264 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28852 Morohashi
3211 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4698 New Nelson (John Haig)
1256 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1345 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
19 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
302 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1478 2001 Kanji
4c4.13 The Kanji Dictionary
3-4-4 SKIP code
4-8-2 SKIP code
2-4-4 SKIP code
4460.0 Four corner code
1-28-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8005 Unicode hex code