Jisho

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石

5 strokes
Radical:
stone 石
Parts:
口 石
stone
Kun:
いし
On:
セキ、 シャク、 コク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N3
342 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 石 【セキ】 counter for jewels in a watch, counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
  • 石材 【セキザイ】 (building) stone
  • 一石 【イッセキ】 one game (of go)
  • 投石 【トウセキ】 stone throwing
  • 石神 【シャクジン】 stone which is worshipped, image of a god in stone
  • 石南花 【シャクナゲ】 rhododendron
  • 電磁石 【デンジシャク】 electromagnet
  • 界磁石 【カイジシャク】 field magnet
  • 石 【コク】 koku, traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres, measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
  • 石高 【コクダカ】 (crop) yield, stipend (orig. assessed on the basis of a crop), salary
  • 一石 【イッコク】 one koku (measure)

Kun reading compounds

  • 石 【いし】 stone, jewel, precious stone, flint (in a lighter), stone, stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.), calculus
  • 石垣 【いしがき】 stone wall
  • 墓石 【ぼせき】 tombstone, gravestone
  • 敷石 【しきいし】 paving stone, pavement

Readings

Japanese names:
いさ、 いす、 いわ、 し、 せっく、 と
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi2, dan4
Korean:
seog

Spanish

  • piedra

Portuguese

  • pedra

French

  • pierre
44 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
72 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
45 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
276 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3176 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
102 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
763 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
172 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
78 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
78 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
102 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1397 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3689 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1884 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2564 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
114 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24024 Morohashi
2971 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3985 New Nelson (John Haig)
113 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
118 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
347 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
44 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3377 2001 Kanji
5a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-3 SKIP code
1026.0 Four corner code
1060.0 Four corner code
1-32-48 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
77f3 Unicode hex code

畳

12 strokes
Radical:
field 田
Parts:
一 冖 田
Variants:
疊 疉 疂 叠
tatami mat, counter for tatami mats, fold, shut up, do away with
Kun:
たた.む、 たたみ、 かさ.なる
On:
ジョウ、 チョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1665 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 畳 【ジョウ】 tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
  • 畳韻 【ジョウイン】 repeated rhymes (in Chinese poetry), recurring rhymes
  • 重畳 【チョウジョウ】 placed one upon another, piled up, excellent, splendid, superimposition, superposition
  • 山岳重畳 【サンガクチョウジョウ】 mountains rising one above another

Kun reading compounds

  • 畳む 【たたむ】 to fold (clothes, umbrella), to close (a shop, business), to vacate
  • 畳 【たたみ】 tatami mat, Japanese straw floor coverings
  • 畳敷き 【たたみじき】 tatami-matted
  • 柔道畳 【じゅうどうたたみ】 judo mat
  • 琉球畳 【りゅうきゅうたたみ】 Ryūkyū tatami, sturdy and durable tatami that has a facing weaved from Shichito matgrass

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
die2
Korean:
cheob

Spanish

  • tatami
  • contador para tatamis
  • apilar
  • pila
  • montón

Portuguese

  • esteira do tatami
  • sufixo para contagem de esteiras de tatami
  • dobrar
  • calar
  • abolir

French

  • tatami
  • compteur de tatamis
  • surface : 182 cm x 91 cm
  • replier
  • empiler
  • répété
  • fermer, boucler (maison)
  • terminer
1419 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1300 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3010 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
958 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
747 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1087 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1138 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1303 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1344 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3205 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1659 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2249 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1801 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21875P Morohashi
2592 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3763 New Nelson (John Haig)
1784 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1923 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1567 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3673 2001 Kanji
5f7.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-7 SKIP code
6010.7 Four corner code
1-30-86 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7573 Unicode hex code

宿

11 strokes
Radical:
roof 宀
Parts:
化 宀 白
inn, lodging, relay station, dwell, lodge, be pregnant, home, dwelling
Kun:
やど、 やど.る、 やど.す
On:
シュク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
701 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 宿 【シュク】 lodging, relay station, post town, constellation, mansion (in Chinese astronomy)
  • 夙 【シュク】 outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period
  • 寄宿 【キシュク】 lodging, boarding, room and board, board and lodging, boarding house, residence hall, dormitory
  • 奎宿 【トカキボシ】 Chinese "Legs" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

Kun reading compounds

  • 宿 【やど】 lodging, inn, hotel, house, home, dwelling, home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
  • 宿屋 【やどや】 inn
  • 連れ込み宿 【つれこみやど】 hotel catering for lovers, hotel that rents rooms by the hour
  • 相宿 【あいやど】 staying in the same inn or hotel, rooming together
  • 宿る 【やどる】 to dwell, to live, to remain, to stay at, to take shelter at, to stop at, to lodge at, to be pregnant, to be part of a constellation, to be a parasite (bugs, plants, etc.)
  • 宿す 【やどす】 to house, to contain, to harbour (a feeling), to hold (e.g. dew on leaves), to carry (a baby), to be pregnant, to give lodging to, to accommodate

Readings

Japanese names:
すく、 ぶすき、 やけ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
su4, xiu3, xiu4
Korean:
sug, su

Spanish

  • posada
  • alojamiento
  • hostal
  • hospedar
  • concebir un hijo

Portuguese

  • pousada
  • alojamento
  • estação de retransmissor
  • moradia
  • estar grávida
  • casa
  • residência

French

  • auberge
  • logement
  • séjourner
  • relais (de poste, station)
  • porter en soi (virus, enfant)
  • être enceinte
  • habiter
  • habitation
634 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
327 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
505 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
406 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1317 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
549 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
470 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1438 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.10 Japanese for Busy People
179 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
179 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
326 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
488 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2858 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1475 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1985 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1004 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7195 Morohashi
2293 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1344 New Nelson (John Haig)
995 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1070 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
374 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
778 2001 Kanji
3m8.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-8 SKIP code
3026.1 Four corner code
1-29-41 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5bbf Unicode hex code

借

10 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
二 化 廾 日
borrow, rent
Kun:
か.りる
On:
シャク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N4
932 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 借家 【シャクヤ】 rented house, house for rent
  • 借地 【シャクチ】 leased land
  • 賃借 【チンシャク】 renting, rental, hiring, leasing (from)
  • 賃貸借 【チンタイシャク】 renting, leasing

Kun reading compounds

  • 借りる 【かりる】 to borrow, to have a loan, to rent, to hire
  • 借りる時の地蔵顔、済す時の閻魔顔 【かりるときのじぞうがお、なすときのえんまがお】 people look friendly when they ask for a loan but not so much when they repay it, when borrowing (the money), the face of the (bodhisattva) Kshitigarbha; when returning it, the face of the (hell king) Yama

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jie4
Korean:
cha, jeog

Spanish

  • deuda
  • pedir prestado
  • alquilar

Portuguese

  • pedir emprestado
  • aluguel

French

  • emprunter
  • louer
420 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
530 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
502 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
996 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
490 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
471 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
119 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1032 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.19 Japanese for Busy People
766 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
780 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
182 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
106 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
137 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
91 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
104 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1194 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
781 Morohashi
122 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
259 New Nelson (John Haig)
1186 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1270 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
547 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2178 2001 Kanji
2a8.22 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-8 SKIP code
2426.1 Four corner code
1-28-58 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
501f Unicode hex code