Jisho

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獅

13 strokes
Radical:
dog 犬 (犭)
Parts:
｜ 口 巾 犯
lion
Kun:
しし
On:
シ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
1914 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 獅子 【シシ】 lion, left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
  • 獅子舞 【シシマイ】 lion dance, traditional dance performed by one or more dancers wearing a guardian lion costume

Kun reading compounds

  • 獅子 【しし】 lion, left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
  • 獅子舞 【ししまい】 lion dance, traditional dance performed by one or more dancers wearing a guardian lion costume

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi1
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • león

Portuguese

French

2904 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1835 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
825 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
613 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
20609 Morohashi
3599 New Nelson (John Haig)
2345 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2433 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3g10.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-10 SKIP code
4122.7 Four corner code
1-27-66 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7345 Unicode hex code

子

3 strokes
Radical:
child, seed 子
Parts:
子
child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Kun:
こ、 -こ、 ね
On:
シ、 ス、 ツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
72 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 子 【シ】 child (esp. a boy), viscount, founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius), master, masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature), you, -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
  • 子宮 【シキュウ】 womb, uterus
  • 中性子 【チュウセイシ】 neutron
  • 精子 【セイシ】 sperm, spermatozoon
  • 主 【ス】 honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
  • 恵比寿 【エビス】 Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
  • 久留子 【クルス】 cross sign
  • 対子 【トイツ】 pair, eyes
  • 七対子 【チートイツ】 seven pairs, winning hand composed of seven pairs

Kun reading compounds

  • 子 【こ】 child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person, (one's) child, offspring, young woman, young (animal), offshoot, interest, new share, player who is not a dealer, young geisha, young prostitute, bird egg, -er (often of young women)
  • 子 【こう】 child, interest
  • 根っこ 【ねっこ】 root (of a plant), stump (of a tree), root (of a problem, etc.), base, foundation, origin, source
  • 江戸っ子 【えどっこ】 (true) Tokyoite, Edoite, Tokyo native, Edokko
  • 子 【ね】 the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am), north, eleventh month of the lunar calendar
  • 子忌み 【ねいみ】 collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
  • 庚子 【かのえね】 Metal Rat (37th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
  • 甲子 【きのえね】 Wood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)

Readings

Japanese names:
い、 き、 ぎ、 く、 け、 ねっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zi3, zi2, zi5
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • chiquillo
  • niño

Portuguese

  • criança

French

  • enfant
  • signe de la 1ère branche terrestre
  • signe du Rat (zodiaque)
  • 23 h à 01 h
  • Nord (0°)
31 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
40 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
25 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
56 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1264 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
61 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
43 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
38 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.18 Japanese for Busy People
103 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
103 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
69 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
455 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4196 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2125 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2872 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
96 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6930 Morohashi
3390 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1281 New Nelson (John Haig)
95 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
99 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
42 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
18 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3547 2001 Kanji
2c0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-1 SKIP code
4-2-1 SKIP code
1740.7 Four corner code
1-27-50 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5b50 Unicode hex code

奮

16 strokes
Radical:
big, very 大
Parts:
大 田 隹
stirred up, be invigorated, flourish
Kun:
ふる.う
On:
フン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1521 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 奮闘 【フントウ】 strenuous effort, hard struggle, working hard, hard fighting, fierce fighting
  • 奮起 【フンキ】 stirring, rousing oneself
  • 性的興奮 【セイテキコウフン】 sexual arousal, sexual excitation

Kun reading compounds

  • 奮う 【ふるう】 to muster (e.g. one's courage), to call forth, to rouse up, to be enlivened, to be invigorated

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fen4
Korean:
bun

Spanish

  • agitado
  • entusiasmado
  • exaltado
  • excitado
  • mostrar habilidad
  • ejercer poder

Portuguese

  • revigorar
  • florescer

French

  • excitation
  • stimulation
  • tonifié
  • épanoui
866 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
976 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
966 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1501 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1184 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
818 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1183 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1309 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1388 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1406 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
422 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3000 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1532 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2090 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
572 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6012 Morohashi
2367 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1172 New Nelson (John Haig)
565 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
607 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
997 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1476 2001 Kanji
5f11.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-13 SKIP code
2-11-5 SKIP code
4060.1 Four corner code
1-42-19 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
596e Unicode hex code

迅

6 strokes (also 5)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
乙 十 込
swift, fast
On:
ジン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1888 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 迅速 【ジンソク】 quick, fast, rapid, swift, prompt, streamlined, expedited, expeditious
  • 迅速果敢 【ジンソクカカン】 quick and decisive, fast and daring, swift and resolute
  • 奮迅 【フンジン】 rousing oneself fiercely, being intensely stirred up

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xun4
Korean:
sin

Spanish

  • rápido
  • veloz

Portuguese

  • rápido
  • ligeiro

French

  • vif
  • rapide
1448 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1971 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4664 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1871 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1804 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
307 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1798 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1936 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1744 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
678 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3780 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1929 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2621 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
286 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38727P Morohashi
3046 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6014 New Nelson (John Haig)
280 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
298 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1091 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3556 2001 Kanji
2q3.5 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-3 SKIP code
3-1-5 SKIP code
3730.1 Four corner code
1-31-55 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8fc5 Unicode hex code

勢

13 strokes
Radical:
power, force 力
Parts:
丶 儿 力 九 土
forces, energy, military strength
Kun:
いきお.い、 はずみ
On:
セイ、 ゼイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
260 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 勢 【セイ】 energy, military strength
  • 勢力 【セイリョク】 influence, power, might, strength, potency, force, energy
  • 国勢 【コクセイ】 state of a country (population, resources, etc.), condition of a country, strength of a country
  • 党勢 【トウセイ】 strength of a party
  • 勢 【ゼイ】 group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
  • 同勢 【ドウゼイ】 party, company
  • 猛勢 【モウセイ】 great strength, courageous army, valiant troops

Kun reading compounds

  • 勢い 【いきおい】 force, vigor, vigour, energy, spirit, life, influence, authority, power, might, impetus, momentum, course (of events), naturally, necessarily
  • 勢い余る 【いきおいあまる】 to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.), to get carried away, to go overboard, to overdo (something)
  • 弾み 【はずみ】 bounce, spring, rebound, momentum, impetus, impulse, stimulus, inertia, moment, instant, impulse, chance
  • 弾車 【はずみぐるま】 flywheel

Readings

Japanese names:
せ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi4
Korean:
se

Spanish

  • fuerza
  • poder
  • influencia
  • vigor

Portuguese

  • forças
  • energia
  • vigor militar

French

  • vigueur
  • forces
  • énergie
  • puissance militaire
441 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
747 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
518 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
365 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
735 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
299 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
375 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2039 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
646 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
656 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
865 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
227 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3542 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1829 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2487 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1529 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2422 Morohashi
2857 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
558 New Nelson (John Haig)
1515 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1633 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
293 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
779 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1445 2001 Kanji
2g11.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-11-2 SKIP code
4442.7 Four corner code
4542.7 Four corner code
1-32-10 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
52e2 Unicode hex code