Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
char, hurry, impatient, irritate, burn, scorch, singe
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
973 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 焦点 【ショウテン】 focus, focal point, focus (of attention, a discussion, etc.), point at issue, central point, focus
  • 焦燥 【ショウソウ】 impatience, irritation, frustration, fretfulness
  • 合焦 【ガッショウ】 being in focus, bringing into focus
  • 中焦 【チュウショウ】 middle jiao (in traditional Chinese medicine), middle burner

Kun reading compounds

  • 焦げる 【こげる】 to burn, to scorch, to char, to singe
  • 焦がす 【こがす】 to burn, to scorch, to singe, to char
  • 焦がれる 【こがれる】 to yearn for, to be in love with
  • 焦る 【あせる】 to be in a hurry, to be impatient, to be anxious (to do), to fret, to get a fright, to panic, to get flustered, to be startled
  • 焦れる 【じれる】 to get impatient, to become irritated, to fret, to chafe
  • 焦らす 【じらす】 to tease, to irritate, to tantalize, to keep (someone) in suspense

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jiao1
Korean:
cho

Spanish

  • carbonizar
  • chamuscar
  • quemar
  • impacientarse
  • carbonizarse
  • chamuscarse
  • quemarse

Portuguese

  • apressar
  • impaciente
  • irritar
  • queimadura
  • assadura
  • danificar

French

  • carboniser
  • roussir
  • brûler
  • impatient
  • pressé
  • foyer (lentille)
1404 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1202 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5029 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1606 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1516 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
999 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1036 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1385 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1278 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3444 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1771 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2412 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
564 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19119 Morohashi
2770 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3436 New Nelson (John Haig)
557 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
599 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1564 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2440 2001 Kanji
8c4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-4 SKIP code
2033.1 Four corner code
1-30-39 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7126 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
grain
Parts:

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Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bing3
Korean:
byeong

Spanish

Portuguese

French

24932 Morohashi
4125 New Nelson (John Haig)
0a8.11 The Kanji Dictionary
4-8-3 SKIP code
2090.7 Four corner code
1-67-29 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
79c9 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
shell
Parts:
upright, chastity, constancy, righteousness
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1389 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 貞 【テイ】 firm adherence to one's principles, chastity (of a woman)
  • 貞潔 【テイケツ】 chastity, purity
  • シロウト童貞 【シロウトドウテイ】 man who has never had sex except with sex workers
  • 不貞 【フテイ】 unfaithfulness, infidelity, unchastity
  • 貞永 【ジョウエイ】 Jōei era (1232.4.2-1233.4.15)
  • 貞応 【ジョウオウ】 Jōō era (1222.4.13-1224.11.20)

Kun reading compounds

  • 貞はる 【さだはる】 to harp too long on a subject

Readings

Japanese names:
さざ、 ただし、 りょう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhen1
Korean:
jeong

Spanish

  • recto
  • justo
  • constante
  • casto

Portuguese

  • correto
  • casto
  • constância
  • retidão

French

  • intègre
  • chasteté
  • pureté
  • vertu
1615 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1318 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
803 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1238 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1776 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
982 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1681 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1796 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1764 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1721 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2586 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1321 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1792 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
55 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36658 Morohashi
2083 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5768 New Nelson (John Haig)
55 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
58 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1295 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1261 2001 Kanji
2m7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-7 SKIP code
2-7-2 SKIP code
2180.6 Four corner code
1-36-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8c9e Unicode hex code