Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
dog 犬 (犭)
Parts:
Variants:
single, alone, spontaneously, Germany
Kun:
ひと.り
On:
ドクトク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
365 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 独 【ドク】 Germany
  • 独裁 【ドクサイ】 dictatorship, despotism, autocracy, running (a company, etc.) despotically
  • 西独 【セイドク】 West Germany (1949-1990)
  • 英独 【エイドク】 United Kingdom and Germany, British-German, Anglo-German, English-German

Kun reading compounds

  • 一人 【ひとり】 one person, being alone, being by oneself, being single, being unmarried, by oneself, alone, just, only, simply
  • 一人歩き 【ひとりあるき】 taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.), walking by oneself, taking a walk by oneself, walking unaided, being able to walk without help, standing on one's own feet, being independent, taking care of oneself

Readings

Japanese names:
どいつ、 どっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
du2
Korean:
dog

Spanish

  • único
  • sólo
  • Alemania

Portuguese

  • solteiro
  • espontaneamente
  • Alemanha

French

  • célibataire
  • seul
  • spontanément
  • Allemagne
687 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
784 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
763 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
479 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2884 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
618 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
728 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
788 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
219 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
219 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
559 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1303 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
471 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
293 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
354 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
528 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
20406 Morohashi
395 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3574 New Nelson (John Haig)
522 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
561 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
205 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
704 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2971 2001 Kanji
3g6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
4523.6 Four corner code
1-38-40 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
72ec Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
versify, singing, recital
On:
ギン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1956 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 吟 【ギン】 recitation (of a poem), chanting, singing, composition (of a poem), composed poem, classical Chinese poetry form, stress of sound in noh song
  • 吟味 【ギンミ】 close examination, careful investigation, close inspection, careful selection, inquiry, enquiry, scrutiny, testing, investigation of a crime, inquiry into someone's guilt, winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game), reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
  • 愛吟 【アイギン】 love of reciting or singing favourite poems or songs
  • 詠吟 【エイギン】 reciting poetry

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yin2
Korean:
um

Spanish

  • tararear
  • canturrear
  • gemir
  • quejarse

Portuguese

  • declamar
  • cantar
  • recital

French

  • versifier
  • réciter
  • récital
  • chant
1182 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1805 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
898 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1043 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1128 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
369 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1250 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1318 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1904 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
299 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
271 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
169 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
203 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1603 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3330 Morohashi
230 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
740 New Nelson (John Haig)
1589 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1714 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1104 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3760 2001 Kanji
3d4.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-4 SKIP code
6802.7 Four corner code
1-22-67 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
541f Unicode hex code