Jisho

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省

9 strokes
Radical:
eye 目
Parts:
ノ 小 目
government ministry, conserve, omit
Kun:
かえり.みる、 はぶ.く
On:
セイ、 ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
548 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 省察 【セイサツ】 reflection, consideration
  • 省思 【セイシ】 reflection, reexamination, contemplation
  • 三省 【サンセイ】 frequent reflection (meditation)
  • 内省 【ナイセイ】 introspection, reflection on one's self
  • 省 【ショウ】 ministry, department, province (of China), saving, conserving
  • 省エネルギー 【ショウエネルギー】 energy conservation, economical use of energy, energy-saving
  • 郵政省 【ユウセイショウ】 (former) Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (now Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)
  • 厚生省 【コウセイショウ】 (former) Ministry of Health and Welfare

Kun reading compounds

  • 省みる 【かえりみる】 to reflect on (oneself, past conduct, etc.), to contemplate, to examine, to think over, to introspect
  • 省く 【はぶく】 to omit, to leave out, to exclude, to eliminate, to curtail, to save, to cut down, to economize, to economise

Readings

Japanese names:
さとし、 み
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sheng3, xing3
Korean:
seong, saeng

Spanish

  • omisión
  • departamento del gobierno
  • omitir
  • eliminar
  • reflexionar

Portuguese

  • foco
  • ministério de governo
  • umservar

French

  • faire le point (introspection)
  • abréviation
  • omission
  • économie
  • ministère
  • éliminer
640 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
546 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
516 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
245 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
218 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
408 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
760 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1013 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
145 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
145 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
389 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1382 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3100 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1583 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2164 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
125 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23179 Morohashi
2449 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3916 New Nelson (John Haig)
124 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
131 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
528 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1179 2001 Kanji
5c4.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-5 SKIP code
4-9-2 SKIP code
3-4-5 SKIP code
9060.2 Four corner code
1-30-42 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7701 Unicode hex code

略

11 strokes
Radical:
field 田
Parts:
口 夂 田
Variants:
畧
abbreviation, omission, outline, shorten, capture, plunder
Kun:
ほぼ、 はぶ.く、 おか.す、 おさ.める、 はかりごと、 はか.る
On:
リャク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
774 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 略 【リャク】 abbreviation, omission, outline, gist, plan, strategy, scheme
  • 略式 【リャクシキ】 informal, simplified
  • 党略 【トウリャク】 party politics (tactics)
  • 攻略 【コウリャク】 capture (of enemy territory), taking (by storm), conquest, attack, assault, defeating (an opponent), attacking (a problem) strategically

Kun reading compounds

  • 略 【ほぼ】 almost, roughly, approximately, about, around

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lu:e4
Korean:
ryag

Spanish

  • abreviación
  • abreviatura

Portuguese

  • abreviação
  • omissão
  • contornar
  • capturar
  • saquear

French

  • abréviation
  • omission
  • résumé
  • raccourcir
  • capture
  • pillage
879 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
823 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
804 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
921 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3007 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
678 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
744 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
841 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
860 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1195 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1343 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1501 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
793 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1081 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
299 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21839 Morohashi
1169 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3755 New Nelson (John Haig)
293 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
314 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
478 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
748 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3677 2001 Kanji
5f6.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-6 SKIP code
6706.4 Four corner code
1-46-12 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7565 Unicode hex code

符

11 strokes
Radical:
bamboo 竹 (⺮)
Parts:
化 寸 竹 乞
token, sign, mark, tally, charm
On:
フ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1798 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 符 【フ】 charm, talisman, amulet, tally, sign, mark, note, fu, unit used in calculation of a hand's score
  • 符号 【フゴウ】 sign, mark, symbol, code, sign (e.g. positive, negative)
  • 意符 【イフ】 part of a kanji for which the role is primarily to represent the meaning (as opposed to the pronunciation)
  • 合い符 【アイフ】 baggage claim tag (at hotels, stations, etc.)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fu2
Korean:
bu

Spanish

  • señal
  • signo
  • talismán

Portuguese

  • símbolo
  • signo
  • marca
  • contagem
  • charme

French

  • marque
  • signe
  • compte
  • amulette
  • ticket　
1753 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1653 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3383 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
951 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
792 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
3.3 Japanese for Busy People
505 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
514 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
357 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1475 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3299 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1707 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2319 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1010 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
25935 Morohashi
2661 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4270 New Nelson (John Haig)
1001 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1076 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1468 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2348 2001 Kanji
6f5.12 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-5 SKIP code
8824.3 Four corner code
1-41-68 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7b26 Unicode hex code

号

5 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
一 勹 口
Variants:
號
nickname, number, item, title, pseudonym, name, call
Kun:
さけ.ぶ、 よびな
On:
ゴウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
585 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 号 【ゴウ】 number, edition, make, model, issue, part of that group, sobriquet, pen-name, size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.), suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
  • 号車 【ゴウシャ】 suffix for train car numbers
  • 二号 【ニゴウ】 number two, mistress, concubine
  • 符号 【フゴウ】 sign, mark, symbol, code, sign (e.g. positive, negative)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hao4, hao2
Korean:
ho

Spanish

  • número

Portuguese

  • apelido
  • número
  • item
  • título
  • pseudonimo
  • nome
  • chamada

French

  • surnom
  • numéro
  • article
  • titre
  • pseudonyme
  • nom
  • appel
215 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
297 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
281 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
368 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
882 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
227 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
399 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
272 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.12 Japanese for Busy People
266 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
266 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
442 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
316 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2675 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1361 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1847 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1250 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3256 Morohashi
2153 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
692 New Nelson (John Haig)
1242 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1330 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
248 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3752 2001 Kanji
3d2.10 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-2 SKIP code
2-3-3 SKIP code
6020.7 Four corner code
1-25-70 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
53f7 Unicode hex code