Jisho

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着

12 strokes
Radical:
eye 目
Parts:
ノ 并 王 目 羊
don, arrive, wear, counter for suits of clothing
Kun:
き.る、 き.せる、 つ.く、 つ.ける
On:
チャク、 ジャク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
376 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 着 【チャク】 arrival, arriving at ..., counter for items or suits of clothing, nth place (in a race), counter for moves
  • 着衣 【チャクイ】 clothes (that one is wearing), wearing clothes
  • 決着 【ケッチャク】 conclusion, decision, end, settlement
  • 装着 【ソウチャク】 equipping, installing, fitting, mounting, putting on
  • 着す 【ジャクス】 to insist on, to cling to, to adhere to
  • 愛着 【アイジャク】 attachment, love, affection, fondness, addiction, craving
  • 頓着 【トンチャク】 being concerned about or mindful of

Kun reading compounds

  • 着る 【きる】 to wear (from the shoulders down), to put on, to take (the blame, responsibility), to bear
  • 着類 【きるい】 clothing
  • 着せる 【きせる】 to put clothes on (someone), to dress, to clothe, to cover, to coat, to plate, to gild, to veneer, to pin (e.g. a crime on someone), to lay (blame), to charge (with an offence), to give (a bad name), to remind someone of (their indebtedness)
  • 着く 【つく】 to arrive at, to reach, to sit on, to sit at (e.g. the table)
  • 付ける 【つける】 to attach, to join, to connect, to add, to append, to affix, to stick, to glue, to fasten, to sew on, to apply (ointment), to put against, to furnish (a house with), to wear, to put on, to keep a diary, to make an entry, to appraise, to set (a price), to allot, to budget, to assign, to bring alongside, to place (under guard or doctor), to follow (someone), to shadow, to tail, to stalk, to load, to give (courage to), to keep (an eye on), to establish (relations or understanding), to turn on (a light), to produce flowers (of a plant), to produce fruit, to do intensely, to do fiercely, to do strongly, to be used to (doing), to be accustomed to

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhao2, zhao1, zhe5, zhuo2
Korean:
chag

Spanish

  • usar
  • llevar puesto
  • vestir
  • llegar
  • alcanzar

Portuguese

  • vestir
  • chegar
  • usar
  • sufixo para contagem de vestuário

French

  • enfiler
  • porter (vêtement)
  • arriver
  • compteur de vêtements
276 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
364 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
343 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
314 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3665 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
403 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
228 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2.7 Japanese for Busy People
657 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
668 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
190 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1567 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4110 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2086 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2826 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
561 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23339 Morohashi
3316 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3938 New Nelson (John Haig)
555 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
594 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
410 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
404 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
979 2001 Kanji
2o10.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-7-5 SKIP code
2-6-6 SKIP code
2-3-9 SKIP code
2-2-10 SKIP code
8060.4 Four corner code
8060.1 Four corner code
1-35-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7740 Unicode hex code

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)
  • 眼鏡 【めがね】 glasses, eyeglasses, spectacles, judgment, judgement, discrimination, discernment, insight
  • 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

大

3 strokes
Radical:
big, very 大
Parts:
大
large, big
Kun:
おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
On:
ダイ、 タイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
7 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 大 【ダイ】 large, big, great, huge, vast, major, important, serious, severe, great, prominent, eminent, distinguished, -sized, as big as, the size of, university, large (e.g. serving size), large option, long month (i.e. having 31 days)
  • 大尉 【タイイ】 captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF), lieutenant (Navy), flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
  • 国大 【コクダイ】 national university
  • 電通大 【デンツウダイ】 University of Electro-Communications
  • 大 【タイ】 nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)
  • 大尉 【タイイ】 captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF), lieutenant (Navy), flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
  • 御大 【オンタイ】 boss, governor, headman

Kun reading compounds

  • 大きい 【おおきい】 big, large, great, loud, extensive, spacious, important, decisive, valuable, older, grown up

Readings

Japanese names:
うふ、 お、 おう、 た、 たかし、 とも、 はじめ、 ひろ、 ひろし、 まさ、 まさる、 もと、 わ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
da4, dai4
Korean:
dae, da, tae

Spanish

  • grande
  • muy
  • mucho

Portuguese

  • grande
  • enorme

French

  • grand
22 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
25 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
53 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
7 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1171 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
32 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
40 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
48 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.2 Japanese for Busy People
26 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
26 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
87 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
408 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4224 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2133 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2882 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
108 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5831 Morohashi
3416 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1133 New Nelson (John Haig)
107 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
112 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
5 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
14 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1463 2001 Kanji
0a3.18 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-4 SKIP code
4003.0 Four corner code
1-34-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5927 Unicode hex code

局

7 strokes
Radical:
corpse 尸
Parts:
口 尸
bureau, board, office, affair, conclusion, court lady, lady-in-waiting, her apartment
Kun:
つぼね
On:
キョク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
286 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 局 【キョク】 bureau, department, office (e.g. post, telephone), broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio), channel, exchange, affair, situation, game (of go, shogi, etc.)
  • 局員 【キョクイン】 clerk, (bureau, post-office) staff
  • 医局 【イキョク】 medical office (esp. in a hospital), doctor's office
  • 開局 【カイキョク】 opening (of a broadcasting station, post office, bureau, etc.), establishment

Kun reading compounds

  • 局 【つぼね】 court lady (Heian period), lady-in-waiting, separate room in a palace (esp. for a lady; Heian period), room for a very low class prostitute, very low class prostitute
  • 局女郎 【つぼねじょろう】 prostitute of the lowest class (Edo period)
  • 御局 【おつぼね】 court lady with her own private chamber or office, low-class prostitute (Edo period)
  • お局 【おつぼね】 senior female worker who supervises junior employees in a domineering fashion

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ju2
Korean:
gug

Spanish

  • oficina
  • departamento

Portuguese

  • junta
  • escritório
  • caso
  • conclusão
  • dama da corte
  • amante
  • apartamento dela

French

  • local
  • pièce
  • bureau
  • affaire
  • conclusion
  • dame de cour
  • dame d'honneur
  • son appartement à elle
194 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
280 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
262 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
194 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1384 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
422 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
482 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
514 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
170 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
170 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
228 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
524 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3800 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1943 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2636 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1075 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7653 Morohashi
3063 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1412 New Nelson (John Haig)
1066 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1147 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
228 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
279 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3749 2001 Kanji
3r4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-4 SKIP code
3-4-3 SKIP code
7722.7 Four corner code
1-22-41 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c40 Unicode hex code