Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
sickness
Parts:
Variants:
stupid, foolish
Kun:
し.れるおろか
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1663 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 痴 【チ】 foolishness, fool, moha (ignorance, folly)
  • 痴呆 【チホウ】 dementia, stupidity, foolishness, fool, idiot
  • 愚痴 【グチ】 idle complaint, grumble, moha (ignorance, folly)
  • 白痴 【ハクチ】 idiot, retard, idiocy, profound mental retardation

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chi1
Korean:
chi

Spanish

  • estúpido
  • tonto

Portuguese

  • tolo
  • estúpido

French

  • idiot
  • stupide
1575 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1976 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3061 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1663 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1548 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1813 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1957 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1738 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1356 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4072 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2066 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2800 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1699 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
22257 Morohashi
3286 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3823 New Nelson (John Haig)
1683 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1814 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1649 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
577 2001 Kanji
5i8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-5-8 SKIP code
0016.0 Four corner code
1-35-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
75f4 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
old 老 (耂)
Parts:
Variants:
someone, person
Kun:
もの
On:
シャ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
38 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 者 【シャ】 person, -er, expert, geisha, prostitute
  • 芸者 【ゲイシャ】 geisha, professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
  • 加害者 【カガイシャ】 perpetrator, wrong-doer, aggressor, assailant, offender

Kun reading compounds

  • 者 【もの】 person
  • 者ども 【ものども】 you, people
  • 弱き者 【よわきもの】 weak person, the weak
  • 若い者 【わかいもの】 young person, young people, youth, youngsters, young employee, young manservant, young follower

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhe3
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • persona

Portuguese

  • alguém
  • pessoa

French

  • personne
  • quelqu'un
235 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
314 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
298 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
22 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3685 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
56 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
240 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
769 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.6 Japanese for Busy People
164 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
164 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
148 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1578 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3980 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2047 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2765 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1264 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28852 Morohashi
3211 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4698 New Nelson (John Haig)
1256 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1345 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
19 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
302 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1478 2001 Kanji
4c4.13 The Kanji Dictionary
3-4-4 SKIP code
4-8-2 SKIP code
2-4-4 SKIP code
4460.0 Four corner code
1-28-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8005 Unicode hex code