Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
cave
Parts:
Variants:
window, pane
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
1186 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 窓外 【ソウガイ】 outside a window
  • 窓間壁 【ソウカンヘキ】 pier
  • 同窓 【ドウソウ】 being a graduate of the same school, person who went to the same school, fellow alumnus
  • 車窓 【シャソウ】 train window, car window

Kun reading compounds

  • 窓 【まど】 window
  • 窓口 【まどぐち】 counter, window, teller window, ticket window, contact person, point of contact
  • 引違い窓 【ひきちがいまど】 double sliding window
  • 鎧窓 【よろいまど】 louvered window
  • 回転窓 【かいてんまど】 pivoted window

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chuang1
Korean:
chang

Spanish

  • ventana
  • habitación

Portuguese

  • janela
  • vidraça

French

  • fenêtre
  • vitre
931 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
919 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
917 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3326 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1029 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
786 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1746 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
698 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
711 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
231 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1455 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2859 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1476 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1986 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1328 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
25494 Morohashi
2294 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4201 New Nelson (John Haig)
749 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
811 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
926 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
758 2001 Kanji
3m8.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-8 SKIP code
2-5-6 SKIP code
3033.3 Four corner code
1-33-75 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7a93 Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
occasion, side, edge, verge, dangerous, adventurous, indecent, time, when
Kun:
きわ-ぎわ
On:
サイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
183 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 際 【サイ】 occasion, time, circumstances, (in) case (of), when
  • 際会 【サイカイ】 meeting, facing, confronting
  • 学際 【ガクサイ】 interdisciplinary
  • 援助交際 【エンジョコウサイ】 paid dating (esp. with an underage girl; oft. involving selling of sex), compensated dating

Kun reading compounds

  • 際 【きわ】 edge, brink, verge, side, time, moment of
  • 際立つ 【きわだつ】 to be prominent, to be conspicuous, to stand out, to be outstanding, to be remarkable, to be striking, to be notable
  • 今際の際 【いまわのきわ】 verge of death, dying moments

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji4
Korean:
je

Spanish

  • límite
  • frontera
  • asociación
  • unión
  • ocasión

Portuguese

  • ocasião
  • lado
  • margem
  • limite
  • indecente
  • ousado
  • perigoso
  • vez
  • quando

French

  • occasion
  • côté
  • accotement
  • bord
  • dangereux
  • aventureux
  • indécent
  • temps
  • quand
612 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
710 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
683 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
300 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5018 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
424 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
992 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2073 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
618 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
628 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
474 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
750 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
874 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
503 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
646 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1305 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41820 Morohashi
714 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6478 New Nelson (John Haig)
1296 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1392 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
189 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
789 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3641 2001 Kanji
2d11.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-11 SKIP code
1-2-11 SKIP code
7729.1 Four corner code
1-26-61 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
969b Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
turban, scarf
Parts:
广
seat, mat, occasion, place
Kun:
むしろ
On:
セキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
370 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 席 【セキ】 seat, location (of a gathering, etc.), place, position, post
  • 席上 【セキジョウ】 at the meeting, on the occasion
  • 寄席 【ヨセ】 entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.), vaudeville theater (theatre), music hall
  • 次席 【ジセキ】 associate, junior, assistant, runner-up

Kun reading compounds

  • 筵 【むしろ】 woven mat (esp. one made of straw), seat
  • 竹席 【たかむしろ】 bamboo mat

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xi2
Korean:
seog

Spanish

  • asiento
  • plaza
  • posición

Portuguese

  • assento
  • esteira
  • ocasião
  • lugar

French

  • siège
  • natte
  • occasion
  • place
444 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
549 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
520 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
349 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1513 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
461 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
497 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1242 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.6 Japanese for Busy People
379 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
380 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
332 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
564 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3865 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1986 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2683 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1201 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8926 Morohashi
3113 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1561 New Nelson (John Haig)
1193 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1277 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
549 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
544 2001 Kanji
3q7.4 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-7 SKIP code
3-3-6 SKIP code
0022.7 Four corner code
1-32-42 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e2d Unicode hex code