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特

10 strokes
Radical:
cow 牛 (牜)
Parts:
土 寸 牛
special
On:
トク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N4
234 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 特産 【トクサン】 being produced in a particular region, local specialty
  • 特異 【トクイ】 unique, peculiar, singular
  • 快特 【カイトク】 rapid express (train service), rapid limited express
  • 在特 【ザイトク】 Special Permission to Stay in Japan, residence status that can be granted to illegal immigrants or overstayers

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
te4
Korean:
teug

Spanish

  • especial

Portuguese

  • Especial

French

  • spécial
685 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
586 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
760 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
153 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2860 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
411 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
215 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2.18 Japanese for Busy People
282 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
282 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
398 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1293 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1181 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
641 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
852 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
252 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
20013 Morohashi
945 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3541 New Nelson (John Haig)
246 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
261 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
186 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
554 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2448 2001 Kanji
4g6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
2454.1 Four corner code
1-38-35 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7279 Unicode hex code

殊

10 strokes
Radical:
death, decay 歹 (歺)
Parts:
｜ ノ 二 ハ 木 歹 牛
particularly, especially, exceptionally
Kun:
こと
On:
シュ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1361 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 殊勲 【シュクン】 distinguished services, meritorious deeds
  • 殊勝 【シュショウ】 admirable, laudable
  • 特殊 【トクシュ】 special, particular, peculiar, unique

Kun reading compounds

  • 異 【こと】 difference (from one another), different thing, other, unusual, extraordinary
  • 殊に 【ことに】 especially, particularly, unusually, above all, additionally

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu1
Korean:
su

Spanish

  • particularmente
  • especialmente
  • excepcionalmente

Portuguese

  • particularmente
  • especialmente
  • excepcionalmente

French

  • particulièrement
  • spécialement
  • exceptionnellement
1348 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1330 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2443 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1019 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1452 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1505 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1604 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
813 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1135 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1178 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
639 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
850 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
818 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16451 Morohashi
942 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2975 New Nelson (John Haig)
810 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
873 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1354 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3164 2001 Kanji
0a10.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
1529.0 Four corner code
1-28-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6b8a 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

扱

6 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
扎 及
handle, entertain, thresh, strip
Kun:
あつか.い、 あつか.う、 あつか.る、 こ.く
On:
ソウ、 キュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1057 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Kun reading compounds

  • 扱い 【あつかい】 treatment, service, dealing (with), handling, management, handling (of a machine, tool, etc.), operation, use, treating as, treating like
  • 扱い方 【あつかいかた】 how to manage (e.g. case), how to handle (e.g. machine), way with (e.g. children, animal)
  • 扱う 【あつかう】 to deal with (a person), to treat, to handle, to take care of, to entertain, to deal with (a problem), to handle, to manage, to operate (e.g. a machine), to handle, to work, to deal in, to sell, to cover (a topic), to treat, to discuss, to take up, to treat A as B, to mediate (an argument), to be too much for one, to find unmanageable, to gossip
  • 扱く 【こく】 to thresh, to strip

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xi1
Korean:
geub, sab

Spanish

  • tratar
  • manejar
  • desempeñar

Portuguese

  • cabo
  • entreter
  • debulhar
  • desnudar

French

  • manoeuvrer
  • prendre en main
  • battre
  • arracher
1000 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
840 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1836 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1330 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1335 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1258 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1329 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1266 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
856 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
251 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
159 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
189 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
697 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11835X Morohashi
217 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2070 New Nelson (John Haig)
690 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
745 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1076 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1367 2001 Kanji
3c3.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-3 SKIP code
1-3-4 SKIP code
5704.7 Four corner code
1-16-23 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6271 Unicode hex code

郵

11 strokes (also 10)
Radical:
town (阝 right) 邑 (阝)
Parts:
一 ｜ ノ 邦
mail, stagecoach stop
On:
ユウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
917 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 郵政省 【ユウセイショウ】 (former) Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (now Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)
  • 郵政 【ユウセイ】 postal system
  • 電郵 【デンユウ】 (an item of) electronic mail (e-mail), e-mail message, electronic mail (e-mail) service, electronic mail (e-mail) system
  • 携帯電郵 【ケイタイデンユウ】 email from a cell phone or mobile phone

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
you2
Korean:
u

Spanish

  • correo
  • servicio postal

Portuguese

  • correio
  • parada de diligência

French

  • courrier
  • relais de poste
994 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
983 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
835 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4768 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
964 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
970 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
524 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
533 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
226 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
763 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2121 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1107 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1506 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1864 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39485 Morohashi
1687 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6147 New Nelson (John Haig)
1847 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1990 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
935 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2244 2001 Kanji
2d8.12 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-3 SKIP code
1-8-2 SKIP code
2712.7 Four corner code
1-45-25 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
90f5 Unicode hex code

便

9 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
一 ｜ ノ 化 日 田
convenience, facility, excrement, feces, letter, chance
Kun:
たよ.り
On:
ベン、 ビン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
729 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 便 【ベン】 convenience, service, facility, accommodation, excreta (esp. faeces), excrement, stool
  • 便宜 【ベンギ】 convenience, accommodation, advantage, benefit, expediency
  • 利便 【リベン】 convenience
  • 大便 【ダイベン】 feces, faeces, excrement, stool
  • 便 【ビン】 flight (e.g. airline flight), trip (e.g. train trip), service, mail, post, letter, opportunity, chance
  • 便宜 【ベンギ】 convenience, accommodation, advantage, benefit, expediency
  • 穏便 【オンビン】 gentle, peaceable, amicable, quiet, without fuss, simply
  • 増便 【ゾウビン】 increase in the number of flights

Kun reading compounds

  • 便り 【たより】 news, tidings, information, correspondence, letter
  • 便りがないのはよい便り 【たよりがないのはよいたより】 no news is good news

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bian4, pian2
Korean:
pyeon, byeon

Spanish

  • conveniencia
  • excremento
  • noticias
  • correspondencia
  • carta

Portuguese

  • conveniência

French

  • commodité
  • courrier
  • vol (avion)
  • nouvelles
510 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
610 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
582 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
578 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
450 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
265 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
118 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
3.8 Japanese for Busy People
330 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
330 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
227 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
101 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
105 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
71 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
75 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1000 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
659 Morohashi
95 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
219 New Nelson (John Haig)
991 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1066 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
533 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2166 2001 Kanji
2a7.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-7 SKIP code
2124.6 Four corner code
1-42-56 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4fbf Unicode hex code