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

13 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
tale, talk
Kun:
はな.すはなし
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
134 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 話 【ワ】 counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
  • 話題 【ワダイ】 topic, subject, much talked about, topical, in the news, hot
  • 懇話 【コンワ】 friendly talk, chat
  • 秘話 【ヒワ】 secret story, unknown episode

Kun reading compounds

  • 話す 【はなす】 to talk, to speak, to converse, to chat, to tell, to explain, to narrate, to mention, to describe, to discuss, to speak (a language)
  • 話 【はなし】 talk, speech, chat, conversation, topic, subject, discussions, negotiation, argument, rumor, talk, hearsay, tale, story, fable, circumstances, particulars
  • 話し合い 【はなしあい】 discussion, talk, tête-à-tête, conference
  • いい話 【いいはなし】 good story, heartwarming story, good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
  • 固い話 【かたいはなし】 serious topic (of conversation)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hua4
Korean:
hwa

Spanish

  • cuento
  • charla
  • hablar
  • narrar

Portuguese

  • Conversar
  • falar uma língua
  • conto

French

  • parler
  • histoire
151 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
240 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
221 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
133 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4358 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
180 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
86 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2.2 Japanese for Busy People
238 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
238 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
178 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1684 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1928 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1027 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1388 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
350 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35441 Morohashi
1527 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5608 New Nelson (John Haig)
344 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
368 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
125 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
229 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3077 2001 Kanji
7a6.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-6 SKIP code
0266.4 Four corner code
1-47-35 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8a71 Unicode hex code