Jisho

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16 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
burn, blaze, glow
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
948 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 燃費 【ネンピ】 fuel consumption, gas mileage
  • 燃焼 【ネンショウ】 burning, combustion, exerting all strength, making an effort
  • 不燃 【フネン】 incombustibility
  • 可燃 【カネン】 inflammable, flammable, combustible, burnable

Kun reading compounds

  • 燃える 【もえる】 to burn, to get fired up
  • 燃えるゴミ 【もえるごみ】 burnable garbage, burnable waste
  • 燃やす 【もやす】 to burn, to burn with (emotion, feeling), to be fired up
  • 燃やすごみ 【もやすごみ】 burnable garbage, burnable waste
  • 燃やす 【もやす】 to burn, to burn with (emotion, feeling), to be fired up

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ran2
Korean:
yeon

Spanish

  • quemar
  • quemarse
  • arder

Portuguese

  • queimadura
  • chama
  • ardor

French

  • brûler
  • flamber
690 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
786 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
765 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1142 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2808 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
541 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
721 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
652 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
663 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
870 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1271 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1375 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
739 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
995 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
249 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19394 Morohashi
1081 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3490 New Nelson (John Haig)
510 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
549 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
816 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1140 2001 Kanji
4d12.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-12 SKIP code
1-1-15 SKIP code
9383.3 Four corner code
1-39-19 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
71c3 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
dipper
Parts:
fee, materials
On:
リョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N4
295 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 料 【リョウ】 fee, charge, rate, material
  • 料金 【リョウキン】 fee, charge, fare
  • 史料 【シリョウ】 historical materials, historical records, historical sources, archives
  • 使用料 【シヨウリョウ】 use fee, rent

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
liao4
Korean:
ryo

Spanish

  • material
  • precio

Portuguese

  • taxa
  • materiais

French

  • redevance
  • recette
  • frais
  • prix
  • matériau
531 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
629 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
599 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
212 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3468 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
410 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
181 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2.9 Japanese for Busy People
319 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
319 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
240 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
951 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1644 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
870 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1187 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1186 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13501 Morohashi
1292 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2374 New Nelson (John Haig)
1178 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1262 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
395 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
559 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1055 2001 Kanji
6b4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-4 SKIP code
9490.0 Four corner code
1-46-33 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6599 Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss
Kun:
な.げる-な.げ
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
236 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 投 【トウ】 pitching ability, counter for throws (of a javelin, bowling ball, etc.), counter for casts (of a line)
  • 投下 【トウカ】 throwing down, dropping, airdrop, investment
  • 好投 【コウトウ】 good (nice) pitching
  • 継投 【ケイトウ】 relieving the (starting) pitcher

Kun reading compounds

  • 投げる 【なげる】 to throw, to hurl, to fling, to toss, to cast, to give up, to abandon, to throw away, to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tou2
Korean:
tu

Spanish

  • lanzar
  • arrojar

Portuguese

  • arremessar
  • descartar
  • desembaraçar
  • lançar
  • unir
  • investir
  • atirar
  • desistir
  • vender com perdas

French

  • jeter
  • mettre au rebut
  • abandonner
  • lancer
  • investir
  • se lancer dans
  • vendre à perte
291 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
378 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
357 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
273 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1856 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
653 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
559 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1021 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1060 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
282 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
862 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
300 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
192 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
228 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
713 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11887 Morohashi
256 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2095 New Nelson (John Haig)
706 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
762 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
287 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1368 2001 Kanji
3c4.18 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-4 SKIP code
5704.7 Four corner code
1-37-74 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6295 Unicode hex code

3 strokes
Radical:
one
Parts:
Variants:
below, down, descend, give, low, inferior
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
97 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 下 【カ】 under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of), during (war, occupation, etc.)
  • 下位 【カイ】 low rank, lower position, subordinate position, lower order (e.g. byte)
  • 陛下 【ヘイカ】 Your Majesty, His Majesty, Her Majesty
  • 最下 【サイカ】 the lowest, the worst
  • 下 【ゲ】 lowness (of degree, value, etc.), inferiority, second volume (of two), third volume (of three)
  • 下山 【ゲザン】 descending a mountain, descent
  • 高下 【コウゲ】 rise and fall (e.g. prices), fluctuation, difference (rank, grade, quality, etc.), variation
  • 帯下 【タイゲ】 leukorrhoea, leucorrhoea, leukorrhea, leucorrhea, mucous discharge from female genitals

Kun reading compounds

  • 下 【した】 below, down, under, younger (e.g. daughter), bottom, beneath, underneath, just after, right after, inferiority, one's inferior (i.e. one's junior), trade-in, preliminary, preparatory
  • 下請け 【したうけ】 subcontract, subcontractor (person or company)
  • 幕下 【まくした】 third highest division, wrestlers of the third highest division
  • 上下 【うえした】 top and bottom, up and down, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, upside-down
  • 下 【しも】 lower reaches (of a river), bottom, lower part, lower half (of the body, esp. the privates), feces (faeces), urine, menses, end, far from the imperial palace (i.e. far from Kyoto, esp. of western Japan), dirty (e.g. dirty jokes, etc.)
  • 下期 【しもき】 second half of the (fiscal) year
  • 風下 【かざしも】 leeward, lee, downwind
  • 裃 【かみしも】 samurai costume, old ceremonial costume, top and bottom, up and down, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends
  • 下 【もと】 under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.), under (a flag, the sun, etc.), beneath, with (e.g. one blow), on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...), in (e.g. the name of ...), (someone's) side, (someone's) location
  • 山元 【やまもと】 foot of a mountain, base of a mountain, mine, colliery, owner of a mountain, operator of a mine
  • お膝元 【おひざもと】 beside a nobleman, close aid (of a nobleman, etc.), place where a high ranking person resides, one's own city (of a shogun, lord, etc.), Imperial capital, Imperial court, (shogun's) headquarters, place under one's direct control, one's own turf, one's own backyard
  • 下げる 【さげる】 to hang, to suspend, to wear (e.g. decoration), to lower, to reduce, to bring down, to demote, to move back, to pull back, to clear (plates), to remove (food, etc. from table or altar), to keep on playing after one has formed a scoring combination with captured cards
  • 下がる 【さがる】 to come down, to go down, to fall, to drop, to sink, to get lower, to hang, to dangle, to move back, to step back, to withdraw, to retire, to deteriorate, to fall off, to be downgraded, to get closer to the present day, to go south
  • 下る 【くだる】 to descend, to go down, to come down, to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.), to pass (of time), to surrender, to capitulate, to be less than, to be inferior to, to have the runs, to have diarrhea, to pass (in stool), to be discharged from the body, to depreciate oneself, to be humble
  • 下り 【くだり】 down-train, train heading toward the ending point of its route, down-slope, downward going, downbound (esp. away from Tokyo), downstream, downhill
  • 下り坂 【くだりざか】 downhill, downward slope, descent, decline, waning, ebb, (going) downhill
  • 下す 【くだす】 to make a decision, to draw a conclusion, to give a judgement, to hand down a verdict, to pass a sentence, to give an order, to let go down, to lower, to do oneself, to do by oneself, to beat, to defeat, to have loose bowels, to have diarrhea, to pass (in stool), to discharge from the body, to do in one go, to do to the end without stopping
  • 下さる 【くださる】 to give, to confer, to bestow, to kindly do for one, to oblige, to favour, to favor
  • 下ろす 【おろす】 to take down, to bring down, to lower (a hand, flag, shutter, etc.), to drop (an anchor, curtain, etc.), to let down (hair), to launch (a boat), to drop off (a passenger), to let off, to unload (goods, a truck, etc.), to offload, to discharge, to withdraw (money), to use for the first time, to wear for the first time, to cut off, to fillet (fish), to grate (e.g. radish), to prune (branches), to remove (someone from a position), to oust, to drop, to clear (the table), to remove (offerings from an altar), to pass down (e.g. old clothes), to hand down, to expel from the body (e.g. worms), to abort (a fetus), to invoke (a spirit), to call down
  • 降りる 【おりる】 to descend (e.g. a mountain), to go down, to come down, to alight (e.g. from bus), to get off, to disembark, to dismount, to step down, to retire, to give up, to quit, to fold, to be granted, to be issued, to be given, to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.), to be passed (from the body; e.g. of a roundworm)

Readings

Japanese names:
さか、 しと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xia4
Korean:
ha

Spanish

  • debajo
  • inferior
  • debajo de
  • parte inferior

Portuguese

  • baixo
  • abaixo
  • descende
  • inferior
  • sub
  • sob

French

  • au-dessous
  • descendre
  • bas
  • donner (vous me donnez)
  • inférieur
21 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
24 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
7 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
72 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
9 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
30 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
6 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
46 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
31 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
31 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
32 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
4 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4186 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2115 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2862 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
50 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14 Morohashi
3378 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
9 New Nelson (John Haig)
50 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
51 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
75 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
13 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3154 2001 Kanji
2m1.2 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-1 SKIP code
1023.0 Four corner code
1-18-28 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e0b Unicode hex code