Jisho

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眼

11 strokes
Radical:
eye 目
Parts:
目 艮
Variants:
eyeball
Kun:
まなこ、 め
On:
ガン、 ゲン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
1527 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 眼 【ガン】 eye, insight, vision, power of observation, gist, main point, hole
  • 眼科 【ガンカ】 ophthalmology
  • 主眼 【シュガン】 main purpose, chief aim, focus, main point, gist, essence
  • 象嵌 【ゾウガン】 inlay, inlaying, damascening
  • 慈眼 【ジゲン】 merciful eye (of a Buddha or a bodhisattva watching humanity)
  • 開眼 【カイガン】 enlightenment, spiritual awakening, opening one's eyes to the truth, reaching one's peak (as a performer, etc.), reaching the highest echelons, gaining eyesight, restoring eyesight, opening the eyes, filling out the eyes (of a Buddha) as the last step of consecrating a new statue or picture, ceremony where a newly made image or idol is consecrated

Kun reading compounds

  • 眼 【まなこ】 eye, eyeball, pupil and (dark) iris of the eye, insight, perceptivity, power of observation, look, field of vision, core, center, centre, essence
  • 血眼 【ちまなこ】 bloodshot eyes, (doing something in a) frenzy
  • 百眼 【ひゃくまなこ】 using multiple simple paper masks to represent different emotions in a play (from the middle of the Edo period), simple paper mask
  • 目 【め】 eye, eyeball, eyesight, sight, vision, look, stare, gaze, glance, notice, attention, observation, eyes (of the world, public, etc.), an experience, viewpoint, discrimination, discernment, judgement, eye (e.g. for quality), (an) appearance, chance (of success), possibility (of a good result), spacing (between crossed strands of a net, mesh, etc.), opening, stitch, texture, weave, grain (of wood, paper), eye (of a storm, needle, etc.), intersection (on a go board), square (on a chessboard), dot (on a dice), pip, rolled number, graduation, division (of a scale), tooth (of a saw, comb, etc.), ordinal number suffix, somewhat, -ish, point (e.g. of change)
  • 【メガネ】 glasses, eyeglasses, spectacles, judgment, judgement, discrimination, discernment, insight, four-eyes
  • 血眼 【ちまなこ】 bloodshot eyes, (doing something in a) frenzy
  • 遠目 【とおめ】 distant view, looking from a distance, being able to see a long distance, good long-distance vision, farsightedness

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yan3
Korean:
an

Spanish

  • ojo
  • vista
  • perspicacia
  • punto principal

Portuguese

  • globo ocular

French

  • globe oculaire
754 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
669 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
640 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1127 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3140 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
674 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1561 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1637 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
848 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
867 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
976 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1387 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1504 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
796 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1084 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1479 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23318 Morohashi
1172 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3935 New Nelson (John Haig)
1467 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1577 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
725 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3965 2001 Kanji
5c6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-6 SKIP code
6703.2 Four corner code
1-20-67 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
773c Unicode hex code

科

9 strokes
Radical:
grain 禾
Parts:
斗 禾
department, course, section
On:
カ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
531 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 科 【カ】 department, section, faculty, school, arm, course (of study), branch of study, specialization, (taxonomical) family
  • 科学 【カガク】 science, to think about scientifically, to think in terms of science
  • 工科 【コウカ】 engineering course
  • 医科 【イカ】 medical science, medical department

Readings

Japanese names:
しな
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ke1
Korean:
gwa

Spanish

  • departamento
  • curso
  • materia
  • falta
  • delito

Portuguese

  • departamento
  • curso
  • seção

French

  • département
  • section
  • cours
  • science
164 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
87 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
81 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
350 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3272 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
385 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
778 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
877 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.20 Japanese for Busy People
320 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
320 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
565 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1430 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1463 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
775 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1053 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1187 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24950 Morohashi
1138 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4130 New Nelson (John Haig)
1179 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1263 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
369 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
170 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2255 2001 Kanji
5d4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-4 SKIP code
2490.0 Four corner code
1-18-42 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
79d1 Unicode hex code

検

12 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
人 个 口 木
Variants:
檢
examination, investigate
Kun:
しら.べる
On:
ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
290 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 検閲 【ケンエツ】 censorship, inspection, examination
  • 検疫 【ケンエキ】 quarantine, medical inspection
  • 送検 【ソウケン】 committing a suspect to trial, referring a case to a public prosecutor
  • 最高検 【サイコウケン】 Public Prosecutor's Office

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian3
Korean:
geom

Spanish

  • examinar
  • investigar
  • analizar

Portuguese

  • examinar
  • investigar

French

  • examen
  • inspection
771 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
690 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
663 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
351 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2304 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
785 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
638 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
531 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
540 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
792 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1101 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1241 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
674 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
898 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1689 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
15065P Morohashi
986 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2752 New Nelson (John Haig)
1673 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1803 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
473 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
752 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1863 2001 Kanji
4a8.28 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-8 SKIP code
4893.6 Four corner code
1-24-01 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
691c Unicode hex code

診

12 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
个 彡 言
checkup, seeing, diagnose, examine
Kun:
み.る
On:
シン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1019 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 診断 【シンダン】 diagnosis, medical examination
  • 診察 【シンサツ】 medical examination, checkup, consultation
  • 健診 【ケンシン】 health checkup, (general) medical examination, physical examination
  • 受診 【ジュシン】 having a medical examination, seeing a doctor

Kun reading compounds

  • 診る 【みる】 to examine (medically), to have a look at, to check (a patient's pulse)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhen3, zhen1
Korean:
jin

Spanish

  • revisión
  • diagnóstico
  • examen
  • revisar
  • diagnosticar
  • examinar

Portuguese

  • checkup
  • vendo
  • diagnosticar
  • examinar

French

  • examiner
  • diagnostic
  • bilan de santé
  • auscultation
1440 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1069 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4338 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1081 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1745 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1214 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1277 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1361 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1674 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1898 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1008 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1364 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1740 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35337 Morohashi
1504 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5586 New Nelson (John Haig)
1724 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1860 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1586 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3060 2001 Kanji
7a5.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-5 SKIP code
0862.2 Four corner code
1-31-39 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8a3a Unicode hex code