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爆

19 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
一 ｜ ハ 日 水 火 井
bomb, burst open, pop, split
Kun:
は.ぜる
On:
バク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
735 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 爆 【バク】 burst of laughter, roar of laughter, in copious amounts
  • 爆音 【バクオン】 (sound of an) explosion or detonation, roar (of a machine)
  • 起爆 【キバク】 ignition, detonation, triggering, explosion
  • 水爆 【スイバク】 hydrogen bomb

Kun reading compounds

  • 爆ぜる 【はぜる】 to burst open, to pop, to split

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bao4
Korean:
pog, bag

Spanish

  • estallar
  • reventar
  • explotar

Portuguese

  • bomba
  • explodir
  • estouro
  • fender

French

  • bombe
  • faire éclater
  • exploser
  • craquer
1702 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
475 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2818 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
923 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
723 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1015 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1053 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1044 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1273 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1415 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
751 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1020 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1820 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19540 Morohashi
1101 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3505 New Nelson (John Haig)
1802 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1942 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
309 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1915 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1142 2001 Kanji
4d15.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-15 SKIP code
1-1-18 SKIP code
9683.2 Four corner code
1-39-90 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7206 Unicode hex code

発

9 strokes
Radical:
footsteps 癶
Parts:
二 儿 癶
Variants:
發
departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots
Kun:
た.つ、 あば.く、 おこ.る、 つか.わす、 はな.つ
On:
ハツ、 ホツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
32 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 発 【ハツ】 departure, departing from ..., leaving at (e.g. 8:30), sent from ..., (a letter, etc.) dated ..., datelined ..., counter for engines (on an aircraft), counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc., counter for bullets, bombs, etc., counter for blows (punches), counter for jokes, puns, etc., counter for ideas, thoughts or guesses, counter for ejaculations or sexual intercourse
  • 発 【ハツ】 green dragon tile, winning hand with a pung (or kong) of green dragon tiles
  • 偶発 【グウハツ】 sudden outbreak, accidental, incidental
  • 電源開発 【デンゲンカイハツ】 development of electrical power resources
  • 発熱 【ハツネツ】 generation of heat, (attack of) fever, pyrexia
  • 発議 【ハツギ】 proposal, suggestion, motion, initiative

Kun reading compounds

  • 発つ 【たつ】 to depart (on a journey, trip, etc.), to leave, to set off, to start
  • 立つ鳥跡を濁さず 【たつとりあとをにごさず】 it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself, a bird does not foul the nest it is about to leave, on leaving a place, one should see that all is in good order
  • 暴く 【あばく】 to disclose, to divulge, to expose, to open (a grave), to dig out

Readings

Japanese names:
ば、 わ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fa1
Korean:
bal

Spanish

  • abrir
  • exponer
  • suceder

Portuguese

  • liberar
  • partida
  • publicar
  • emitir
  • a partir de
  • revelar

French

  • départ
  • décharge
  • dégagement
  • publier
  • émettre
  • partir de
  • divulguer
  • compteur de coups de feu
303 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
392 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
370 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
43 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3092 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
186 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
225 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
953 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.7 Japanese for Busy People
96 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
96 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
286 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1360 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3174 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1634 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2222 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1721 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
22662P Morohashi
2565 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3860 New Nelson (John Haig)
1705 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1840 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
102 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
342 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3557 2001 Kanji
0a9.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-4 SKIP code
1241.5 Four corner code
1-40-15 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
767a Unicode hex code

物

8 strokes
Radical:
cow 牛 (牜)
Parts:
ノ 勹 牛 勿
thing, object, matter
Kun:
もの、 もの-
On:
ブツ、 モツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
215 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 物 【ブツ】 stock, products, goods (esp. stolen), loot, spoils, stuff
  • 物議 【ブツギ】 public discussion, public criticism, controversy
  • 異物 【イブツ】 foreign substance, foreign body, foreign contamination, foreign material, strange object, unusual object, dead body, corpse, remains
  • 遺物 【イブツ】 relic, remains, memento
  • 財物 【ザイブツ】 property
  • 幣物 【ヘイモツ】 Shinto offerings, present to a guest

Kun reading compounds

  • 物 【もの】 thing, object, article, stuff, substance, one's things, possessions, property, belongings, things, something, anything, everything, nothing, quality, reason, the way of things, used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc., used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense), used to indicate a general tendency, used to indicate something that should happen, item classified as ..., item related to ..., work in the genre of ..., cause of ..., cause for ..., somehow, somewhat, for some reason, really, truly
  • 物言い 【ものいい】 manner of speaking, verbal argument, objection, protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee), rumor, rumour
  • 先物 【さきもの】 futures, futures contract
  • 拾い物 【ひろいもの】 found article, thing picked up (e.g. in the street), (lucky) find, piece of good luck, windfall, bargain

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wu4
Korean:
mul

Spanish

  • cosa
  • objeto
  • materia

Portuguese

  • coisa
  • objeto
  • matéria

French

  • objet
  • chose
  • matière
313 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
410 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
387 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
126 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2857 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
74 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
214 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
611 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
79 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
79 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
321 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1290 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1084 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
587 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
777 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1059 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19959 Morohashi
874 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3538 New Nelson (John Haig)
1050 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1129 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
95 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
313 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2451 2001 Kanji
4g4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
2752.0 Four corner code
1-42-10 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7269 Unicode hex code

取

8 strokes
Radical:
right hand 又
Parts:
又 耳
take, fetch, take up
Kun:
と.る、 と.り、 と.り-、 とり、 -ど.り
On:
シュ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
122 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 取 【シュ】 appropriation, obtaining
  • 取材 【シュザイ】 gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.), collecting information, covering (an event, incident, etc.), reporting, interview (for a news story)
  • 先取 【センシュ】 earning the first (runs), preoccupation
  • 聴取 【チョウシュ】 hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.), asking, questioning (e.g. a suspect), enquiry, listening (e.g. to the radio)

Kun reading compounds

  • 取る 【とる】 to take, to pick up, to grab, to catch, to pass, to hand, to give, to get, to obtain, to acquire, to win, to receive, to earn, to take (e.g. a vacation), to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.), to take (a measure, attitude, etc.), to choose, to remove, to get rid of, to take off, to take away, to steal, to rob, to eat, to have (e.g. lunch), to take (e.g. vitamins), to pick (e.g. flowers), to gather, to extract (e.g. juice), to catch (e.g. fish), to harvest (a crop), to take up (time, space), to occupy, to spare, to set aside, to secure, to reserve, to save, to put aside, to keep, to take (e.g. a joke), to interpret, to understand, to make out, to grasp, to record, to take down, to subscribe to (e.g. a newspaper), to take, to buy, to get, to order, to have delivered, to charge, to fine, to take (tax), to take (e.g. a wife), to take on (e.g. an apprentice), to adopt, to accept, to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.), to play
  • 取るに足らない 【とるにたらない】 insignificant, inconsequential, trifling, negligible, of little importance
  • 取り 【とり】 taking, taker, collecting, collector, remover, removal, last performer of the day (usu. the star performer), last performance of the day, active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration), emphatic or formal prefix
  • 取り扱い 【とりあつかい】 treatment, service, handling, management
  • 関取 【せきとり】 ranking wrestler in the makuuchi (senior-grade) or juryo (junior-grade) divisions
  • 買取 【かいとり】 purchase, buying, buying out, buying used articles as a company, trade-in, buy back, purchase on a no-return policy, lump-sum payment, flat fee
  • 取り 【とり】 taking, taker, collecting, collector, remover, removal, last performer of the day (usu. the star performer), last performance of the day, active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration), emphatic or formal prefix
  • 取り扱い 【とりあつかい】 treatment, service, handling, management
  • 関取 【せきとり】 ranking wrestler in the makuuchi (senior-grade) or juryo (junior-grade) divisions
  • 買取 【かいとり】 purchase, buying, buying out, buying used articles as a company, trade-in, buy back, purchase on a no-return policy, lump-sum payment, flat fee

Readings

Japanese names:
どる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qu3
Korean:
chwi

Spanish

  • tomar
  • coger

Portuguese

  • tomar
  • trazer
  • recolher

French

  • prendre
  • aller chercher
238 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
317 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
301 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
190 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3699 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
108 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
393 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
650 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
65 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
65 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
270 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
269 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1613 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
847 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1162 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
827 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3158 Morohashi
1262 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
679 New Nelson (John Haig)
819 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
882 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
194 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
303 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3267 2001 Kanji
6e2.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-2 SKIP code
1714.0 Four corner code
1-28-72 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
53d6 Unicode hex code

締

15 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
亠 并 冖 小 巾 幺 立 糸
tighten, tie, shut, lock, fasten
Kun:
し.まる、 し.まり、 し.める、 -し.め、 -じ.め
On:
テイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
797 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 締約 【テイヤク】 conclusion of a treaty
  • 締結 【テイケツ】 conclusion, execution (of a contract), entering (into treaty), fastening (as in a joint)

Kun reading compounds

  • 閉まる 【しまる】 to be shut, to close, to be closed, to be firm (of a body, face, etc.), to be well-knit, to be locked, to tighten, to be tightened, to become sober, to become tense
  • 締まり 【しまり】 closing, shutting, firmness, tightness, discipline, control
  • 締まり屋 【しまりや】 thrifty person, stingy person, tight-fisted person
  • 締める 【しめる】 to tie, to fasten, to tighten, to wear (necktie, belt), to put on, to total, to sum, to be strict with, to economize, to economise, to cut down on, to salt, to marinate, to pickle, to make sushi adding a mixture of vinegar and salt, to kill (fish, poultry, etc.)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
di4
Korean:
che

Spanish

  • abrochar
  • apretar
  • atar
  • amarrar
  • liar

Portuguese

  • apertar
  • amarrar
  • fechar
  • travar

French

  • serrer
  • lier
  • fermer
  • verrouiller
  • attacher
1622 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
740 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3581 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1243 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1638 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1180 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1239 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1067 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1552 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1761 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
945 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1274 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1352 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27651 Morohashi
1393 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4549 New Nelson (John Haig)
1340 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1440 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1794 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2744 2001 Kanji
6a9.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-9 SKIP code
2092.7 Four corner code
1-36-89 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7de0 Unicode hex code

罰

14 strokes
Radical:
net 网 (罒, ⺲, 罓, ⺳)
Parts:
刈 買 言
Variants:
罸
penalty, punishment
Kun:
ばっ.する
On:
バツ、 バチ、 ハツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1220 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 罰 【バツ】 punishment, penalty
  • 罰一 【バツイチ】 being once divorced, one-time divorcee, one x mark (i.e. one name struck from the family register)
  • 賞罰 【ショウバツ】 reward and punishment
  • 行政罰 【ギョウセイバツ】 administrative punishment, administrative penalty
  • 罰 【バチ】 (divine) punishment, curse, retribution
  • 罰当たり 【バチアタリ】 damned, cursed, accursed
  • 仏罰 【ブツバチ】 punishment by Buddha, divine retribution

Kun reading compounds

  • 罰する 【ばっする】 to punish, to penalize, to penalise

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fa2
Korean:
beol

Spanish

  • pena
  • castigo

Portuguese

  • penalidade
  • punição

French

  • punition
  • châtiment
1709 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1374 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3646 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
936 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1654 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
886 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
907 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1317 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1467 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3228 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1675 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2266 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
841 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28315 Morohashi
2613 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4647 New Nelson (John Haig)
833 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
896 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1726 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3643 2001 Kanji
5g9.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-9 SKIP code
6062.0 Four corner code
1-40-19 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7f70 Unicode hex code

則

9 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
ハ 刈 目 貝
rule, law, follow, based on, model after
Kun:
のっと.る、 のり、 すなわち
On:
ソク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
753 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 則 【ソク】 counter for rules, rule, regulation
  • 即する 【ソクスル】 to conform to, to agree with, to be adapted to, to be based on
  • 反則 【ハンソク】 foul, breaking the rules, violation (of the law, regulations, etc.), infringement, breach, infraction
  • 正則 【セイソク】 correct, proper, formal, regular, systematic, normal, invertible (matrix), holomorphic

Kun reading compounds

  • 則る 【のっとる】 to conform to, to be in accordance with, to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
  • 法 【のり】 rule, law, regulation, model, pattern, teachings of Buddha, Buddhist doctrine, transverse measurement, measurement across, side-slope, slope
  • 即ち 【すなわち】 that is (to say), namely, i.e., precisely, exactly, just, nothing but, neither more nor less, (and) then

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ze2
Korean:
jeug, chig, cheug

Spanish

  • regla
  • norma
  • ley
  • decisión

Portuguese

  • regra
  • seguir
  • basear em
  • ter como modelo

French

  • règlement
  • règle
  • suivre
  • norme
  • loi (science, nature)
666 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
764 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
742 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
855 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4487 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
499 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
362 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
902 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
608 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
618 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
808 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
197 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1831 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
967 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1311 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
89 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1994 Morohashi
1444 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
487 New Nelson (John Haig)
88 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
92 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
702 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3943 2001 Kanji
7b2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-2 SKIP code
6280.0 Four corner code
1-34-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5247 Unicode hex code