Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
stone
Parts:
polish, study of, sharpen
Kun:
と.ぐ
On:
ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
336 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 研究員 【ケンキュウイン】 researcher, lab worker
  • 研究 【ケンキュウ】 study, research, investigation
  • 予研 【ヨケン】 National Institute of Health
  • 技研 【ギケン】 technical research institute

Kun reading compounds

  • 研ぐ 【とぐ】 to sharpen, to hone, to whet, to grind, to wash (rice), to scour, to polish, to burnish

Readings

Japanese names:
のり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yan2, yan4
Korean:
yeon

Spanish

  • estudio
  • afilar
  • pulir

Portuguese

  • polir
  • estudar
  • afiar

French

  • polir
  • étudier
  • aiguiser
204 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
290 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
272 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
426 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3180 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
583 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
231 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
875 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.8 Japanese for Busy People
896 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
918 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
297 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1398 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1456 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
771 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1046 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
682 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24080 Morohashi
1132 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3991 New Nelson (John Haig)
675 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
729 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
284 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
325 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3355 2001 Kanji
5a4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-4 SKIP code
1164.0 Four corner code
1-24-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7814 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
Variants:
discipline, conduct oneself well, study, master
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
603 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 修業 【シュウギョウ】 pursuit of knowledge, studying, learning, training, completing a course
  • 修学旅行 【シュウガクリョコウ】 excursion, field trip, school trip
  • 監修 【カンシュウ】 (editorial) supervision, general editorship, supervising director
  • 改修 【カイシュウ】 repair, improvement
  • 修業 【シュウギョウ】 pursuit of knowledge, studying, learning, training, completing a course
  • 修学旅行 【シュウガクリョコウ】 excursion, field trip, school trip
  • 逆修 【ギャクシュ】 holding a memorial service for oneself, an older person conducting a memorial service for a deceased, younger person

Kun reading compounds

  • 修める 【おさめる】 to study, to complete (a course), to cultivate, to master, to order (one's life), to repair (a fault one has committed)
  • 修まる 【おさまる】 to reform (oneself), to conduct oneself well

Readings

Japanese names:
おき、 なが、 のぶ、 おさむ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiu1
Korean:
su

Spanish

  • disciplina
  • reparación
  • arreglo
  • dominar
  • controlar
  • controlarse

Portuguese

  • disciplina
  • estudo
  • mestre

French

  • discipline
  • bien se conduire
  • étudier
  • maîtriser
633 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
730 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
704 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
644 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
491 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
563 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
321 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1038 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
945 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
975 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1175 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
107 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
138 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
92 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
105 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1738 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
721 Morohashi
123 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
260 New Nelson (John Haig)
1722 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1858 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
715 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2160 2001 Kanji
2a8.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-8 SKIP code
1-3-7 SKIP code
2822.2 Four corner code
2722.2 Four corner code
1-29-04 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4fee Unicode hex code

15 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
chapter, lesson, section, department, division, counter for chapters (of a book)
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
455 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 課 【カ】 lesson, section (in an organization), division, department, counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
  • 課員 【カイン】 section staff
  • 賦課 【フカ】 levy, imposition
  • 会計課 【カイケイカ】 accounts section, accounting section

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ke4
Korean:
gwa

Spanish

  • capitulo
  • lección
  • sección
  • departamento
  • división

Portuguese

  • capítulo
  • lição
  • seção
  • departamento
  • divisão
  • sufixo para contagem de capítulos (de um livro)

French

  • leçon
  • chapitre
  • section
  • service
  • division
  • compteur de chapitres
564 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
456 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
433 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
531 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4389 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
568 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
905 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2.5 Japanese for Busy People
488 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
497 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
669 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1693 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1980 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1057 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1423 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1132 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35589 Morohashi
1573 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5644 New Nelson (John Haig)
1123 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1204 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
623 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3064 2001 Kanji
7a8.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-8 SKIP code
0669.4 Four corner code
1-18-61 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8ab2 Unicode hex code