Jisho

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14 strokes
Radical:
stone
Parts:
Variants:
magnet, porcelain
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1686 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 磁石 【ジシャク】 magnet, compass
  • 磁気 【ジキ】 magnetism
  • 電磁 【デンジ】 electromagnetic
  • 陶磁 【トウジ】 clay

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ci2
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • imán
  • porcelana

Portuguese

  • imã
  • porcelana

French

  • aimant
  • porcelaine
892 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
881 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1965 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3209 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1288 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1574 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1548 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1650 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1777 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1407 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1554 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
821 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1123 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1402 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24364 Morohashi
1214 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4029 New Nelson (John Haig)
1390 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1491 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
975 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3371 2001 Kanji
5a9.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-9 SKIP code
1863.2 Four corner code
1-28-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
78c1 Unicode hex code

12 strokes (also 13)
Radical:
tree
Parts:
poles, settlement, conclusion, end, highest rank, electric poles, very, extremely, most, highly, 10**48
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
460 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 極 【キョク】 pole, climax, extreme, extremity, culmination, height, zenith, nadir
  • 極右 【キョクウ】 far right (in politics), extreme right, ultraconservative
  • 消極 【ショウキョク】 passive, negative, conservative, depolarization
  • 対極 【タイキョク】 antipodes, other (opposite) extreme, opposite, antithesis
  • 極 【ゴク】 quite, very, 10^48, quindecillion
  • 極秘 【ゴクヒ】 absolute secrecy
  • 極々 【ゴクゴク】 extremely, highly
  • 失礼至極 【シツレイシゴク】 extremely rude, impertinent, impolite

Kun reading compounds

  • 極める 【きわめる】 to carry to extremes, to go to the end of something, to reach the limits of something, to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc), to be extremely (e.g. busy), to exhaust completely, to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
  • 極まる 【きわまる】 to reach an extreme, to reach a limit, to terminate, to come to an end, extremely, to be stuck, to be in a dilemma, to be at a loss, to be decided, to be settled
  • 極まり 【きわまり】 extremity, end, bound, limit
  • 極まりない 【きわまりない】 extremely, in the extreme, knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness), unparalleled, boundless (e.g. universe, ocean), limitless
  • 極み 【きわみ】 height, acme, extremity, peak, end, limit
  • 決める 【きめる】 to decide, to choose, to determine, to make up one's mind, to resolve, to set one's heart on, to settle, to arrange, to set, to appoint, to fix, to clinch (a victory), to decide (the outcome of a match), to persist in doing, to go through with, to always do, to have made a habit of, to take for granted, to assume, to dress up, to dress to kill, to dress to the nines, to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.), to succeed in doing, to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.), to eat or drink something, to take illegal drugs
  • 決まる 【きまる】 to be decided, to be settled, to be fixed, to be arranged, to be unchanging, to be the same (as always), to be fixed, to be set, to be a fixed rule, to be destined, to be a convention, to be a custom, to be common knowledge, to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.), to go well, to succeed, to connect (of a punch), to look good (of clothing), to look sharp, to be stylish, to suit one, to be held in place (of a hairdo), to be struck and held (of a pose in kabuki)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji2
Korean:
geug

Spanish

  • polo terrestre o magnético
  • muy
  • sumamente
  • extremadamente
  • alcanzar un extremo

Portuguese

  • postes
  • acordo
  • conclusão
  • fim
  • a mais alta posição
  • postes elétricos
  • muitos
  • extremamente
  • maior
  • altamente
  • 10 elevado a48

French

  • extrêmes
  • pôles (N et S)
  • décision
  • conclusion
  • fin
  • plus haut rang
  • pôles électriques
  • très
  • extrêmement
  • le plus
  • hautement
  • 10**48
382 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
488 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
464 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
652 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2305 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
597 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
639 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1896 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
336 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
336 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
679 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1100 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1243 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
695 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
900 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1922 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
15181 Morohashi
1017 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2753 New Nelson (John Haig)
1903 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2052 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
311 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
584 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1872 2001 Kanji
4a8.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-8 SKIP code
4191.4 Four corner code
1-22-43 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6975 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
gate
Parts:
Variants:
interval, space
Kun:
あいだあい
On:
カンケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
33 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 間 【カン】 interval, period of time, among, between, inter-, good opportunity, chance, estrangement, discord, alienation, spy, secret agent
  • 間隔 【カンカク】 space, interval, space character, whitespace
  • 短期間 【タンキカン】 short term, short time
  • 右中間 【ウチュウカン】 between right and center fielders (centre)
  • 間 【ケン】 ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m), counter used to number the gaps between pillars
  • 間数 【ケンスウ】 number of ken (in length or breadth)
  • 世間 【セケン】 world, society, people, the public
  • 六百間 【ロッピャッケン】 roppyakken (type of game)

Kun reading compounds

  • 間 【あいだ】 space (between), gap, interval, distance, stretch, period of time (during, while), duration, interval, between (two parties or things), among (a group), relations (between), relationship, midpoint, average, halfway, middle ground, due to, because of
  • 間中 【あいだじゅう】 during
  • 候間 【そうろうあいだ】 as ...
  • ついこの間 【ついこのあいだ】 just the other day, quite recently
  • 間 【ま】 time, pause, space, room
  • 間際 【まぎわ】 the point just before ..., the point of (doing), the verge (of), the eve (of), (just before the) edge
  • 茶の間 【ちゃのま】 (Japanese-style) living room
  • 床の間 【とこのま】 tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)
  • 間 【あいだ】 space (between), gap, interval, distance, stretch, period of time (during, while), duration, interval, between (two parties or things), among (a group), relations (between), relationship, midpoint, average, halfway, middle ground, due to, because of
  • 間中 【あいだじゅう】 during
  • 波間 【なみま】 interval between the waves, gap between waves
  • 幕間 【まくあい】 intermission (between acts), interlude

Readings

Japanese names:
ちか、 は、 はざ、 はし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian1, jian4
Korean:
gan

Spanish

  • intervalo
  • espacio
  • habitación

Portuguese

  • intervalo
  • espaço

French

  • intervalle
  • espace
58 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
100 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
92 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
27 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4949 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
174 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
96 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1822 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.7 Japanese for Busy People
43 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
43 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
161 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1841 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4122 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2094 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2836 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1634 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41249 Morohashi
3323 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6391 New Nelson (John Haig)
1620 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1747 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
31 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
215 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3878 2001 Kanji
8e4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-8-4 SKIP code
7760.7 Four corner code
1-20-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9593 Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
isolate, alternate, distance, separate, gulf
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1382 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 隔 【カク】 every other, second, alternate
  • 隔月 【カクゲツ】 every second month, every other month
  • 遠隔 【エンカク】 distant, remote, isolated
  • 縦隔 【ジュウカク】 mediastinum

Kun reading compounds

  • 隔てる 【へだてる】 to separate (by distance, time, etc.), to isolate, to partition, to divide, to interpose, to have between, to alienate, to estrange
  • 隔たる 【へだたる】 to be distant

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ge2
Korean:
gyeog

Spanish

  • diferencia
  • distancia
  • separación
  • aislamiento
  • ser excluido
  • quedarse fuera
  • estar distante

Portuguese

  • isolar
  • alternar
  • distância
  • separar
  • golfo

French

  • distance
  • isoler
  • séparer
  • tous les deux (jours, mois, ..)
  • fossé (fig.)
1078 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1608 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5016 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1753 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1879 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1589 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1696 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1236 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
748 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
827 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
480 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
615 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1321 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41783X Morohashi
671 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6475 New Nelson (John Haig)
1312 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1409 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1683 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3653 2001 Kanji
2d10.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-10 SKIP code
1-2-10 SKIP code
7122.7 Four corner code
1-19-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9694 Unicode hex code