Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
cave
Parts:
Variants:
stealth, steal, secret, private, hushed
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1871 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 窃用 【セツヨウ】 using without permission, using information obtained in the course of one's duties
  • 剽窃 【ヒョウセツ】 plagiarism
  • 鼠窃 【ソセツ】 sneak-thief

Kun reading compounds

  • 密か 【ひそか】 secret, private, surreptitious

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qie4
Korean:
jeol

Spanish

  • sigilo
  • cautela
  • robo
  • robar

Portuguese

  • discrição
  • roubar
  • segredo
  • particular
  • aquietar

French

  • cambrioler
  • secret
  • privé
  • discret
  • à voix basse
1488 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1974 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3320 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1641 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1596 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1717 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1834 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1673 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1454 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2801 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1441 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1942 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1333 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
25453 Morohashi
2253 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4195 New Nelson (John Haig)
1322 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1419 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1288 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
745 2001 Kanji
3m6.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-6 SKIP code
2-5-4 SKIP code
3072.7 Four corner code
1-32-64 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7a83 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
use 用 (甩)
Parts:
utilize, business, service, use, employ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
107 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 用 【ヨウ】 business, task, errand, engagement, use, purpose, for the use of ..., used for ..., made for ..., call of nature, excretion
  • 用意 【ヨウイ】 preparation, arrangements, provision, getting ready, laying out (e.g. a meal)
  • 登用 【トウヨウ】 appointment, assignment, promotion
  • 効用 【コウヨウ】 use, utility, effect, benefit

Kun reading compounds

  • 用いる 【もちいる】 to use, to make use of, to utilize, to utilise

Readings

Japanese names:
たから
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yong4
Korean:
yong

Spanish

  • uso
  • empleo
  • trabajo
  • usar
  • hacer uso de

Portuguese

  • utilizar
  • negócios
  • serviço
  • usar
  • empregar

French

  • se servir de
  • affaires
  • service
  • utiliser
  • employer
146 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
235 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
215 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
102 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2993 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
110 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
219 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
193 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.19 Japanese for Busy People
107 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
107 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
308 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1329 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3694 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1889 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2569 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1189 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21703 Morohashi
2976 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3721 New Nelson (John Haig)
1181 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1265 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
177 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
116 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3653 2001 Kanji
2r3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-3 SKIP code
4-5-1 SKIP code
7722.0 Four corner code
1-45-49 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7528 Unicode hex code