Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
eye
Parts:
Variants:
watch over, see
Kun:
み.る
On:
カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1060 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 看護 【カンゴ】 nursing, (army) nurse
  • 看過 【カンカ】 overlooking, turning a blind eye
  • 正看 【セイカン】 registered nurse, RN
  • 立て看 【タテカン】 standing signboard, billboard, hoarding

Kun reading compounds

  • 看る 【みる】 to look after (often medically), to take care of

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kan4, kan1
Korean:
gan

Spanish

  • ver
  • vigilar
  • cuidar
  • asistir

Portuguese

  • Observar
  • superviosionar

French

  • regarder attentivement
  • veiller sur
842 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
827 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1015 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
222 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1057 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
761 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
998 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1316 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1398 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1114 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1379 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3992 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2051 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2771 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
645 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23196 Morohashi
3220 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3919 New Nelson (John Haig)
638 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
688 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
879 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2279 2001 Kanji
5c4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
3-4-5 SKIP code
4-9-2 SKIP code
2060.4 Four corner code
1-20-39 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
770b Unicode hex code

20 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
Variants:
safeguard, protect
Kun:
まも.る
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
351 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 護岸 【ゴガン】 river dike
  • 護衛 【ゴエイ】 guard, convoy, escort
  • 警護 【ケイゴ】 bodyguard, escort
  • 愛護 【アイゴ】 protection, tender care

Kun reading compounds

  • 守る 【まもる】 to protect, to guard, to defend, to keep (i.e. a promise), to abide (by the rules), to observe, to obey, to follow

Readings

Japanese names:
もり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hu4
Korean:
ho

Spanish

  • salvaguardar
  • proteger
  • defender

Portuguese

  • salvaguardar
  • proteger

French

  • protection
  • garde
604 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
696 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
670 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
653 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4447 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
796 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1772 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2877 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1312 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1391 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1115 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1713 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2079 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1088 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1481 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
707 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36038P Morohashi
1648 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5715 New Nelson (John Haig)
700 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
756 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
474 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
825 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3067 2001 Kanji
7a13.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-13 SKIP code
0464.7 Four corner code
1-24-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8b77 Unicode hex code

3 strokes
Radical:
scholar, bachelor
Parts:
gentleman, scholar, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)
Kun:
さむらい
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
526 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 士 【シ】 man (esp. one who is well-respected), samurai, person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed), member
  • 士官 【シカン】 officer
  • 飛行士 【ヒコウシ】 pilot
  • 公認会計士 【コウニンカイケイシ】 certified public accountant

Kun reading compounds

  • 侍 【さむらい】 warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period), samurai, man in attendance (on a person of high standing), retainer
  • 二四六九士 【にしむくさむらい】 nishimuku samurai (mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days)

Readings

Japanese names:
お、 ま
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi4
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • caballero
  • samurai
  • hombre

Portuguese

  • cavalheiro
  • samurai

French

  • gentilhomme
  • samouraï
  • radical samouraï (no. 33)
410 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
521 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
494 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
301 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1160 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
59 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1173 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
41 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
572 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
581 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
755 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
393 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4213 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2129 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2877 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
325 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5638 Morohashi
3405 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1117 New Nelson (John Haig)
319 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
341 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
386 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
441 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1472 2001 Kanji
3p0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-2 SKIP code
4010.0 Four corner code
1-27-46 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
58eb Unicode hex code