Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
bamboo 竹 (⺮)
Parts:
solution, answer
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
486 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 答申 【トウシン】 report, reply, findings
  • 答案 【トウアン】 examination paper, examination script, answer sheet, answer (to an exam question)
  • 贈答 【ゾウトウ】 exchange of presents
  • 正答 【セイトウ】 correct answer

Kun reading compounds

  • 答える 【こたえる】 to answer, to reply
  • 答え 【こたえ】 answer, reply, response, answer, solution, result
  • 答える 【こたえる】 to answer, to reply

Readings

Japanese names:
どう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
da2, da1
Korean:
dab

Spanish

  • solución
  • respuesta
  • contestar
  • responder

Portuguese

  • solução
  • resposta

French

  • solution
  • réponse
293 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
202 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
185 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
434 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3394 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
556 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
235 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1765 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.12 Japanese for Busy People
160 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
160 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
213 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1478 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3322 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1722 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2340 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
956 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
26006 Morohashi
2681 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4285 New Nelson (John Haig)
947 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1018 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
219 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2377 2001 Kanji
6f6.12 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-6 SKIP code
8860.1 Four corner code
1-37-90 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7b54 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
astringent, hesitate, reluctant, have diarrhea
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1011 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 渋滞 【ジュウタイ】 (traffic) congestion, traffic jam, gridlock, delay, stagnation
  • 渋面 【ジュウメン】 grimace, sullen face
  • 難渋 【ナンジュウ】 suffering, distress, difficulty, hardship, misery, being bogged down, hurdle
  • 晦渋 【カイジュウ】 ambiguous, obscure, equivocal

Kun reading compounds

  • 渋 【しぶ】 kakishibu, astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to treat wood, paper, etc.
  • 渋い 【しぶい】 astringent, bitter, puckery, rough, harsh, tart, austere, elegant (and unobtrusive), refined, quiet (and simple), sober, sombre, subdued, tasteful (in a quiet way), understated, sour (look), glum, grim, sullen, sulky, stingy, tight-fisted
  • 柿渋 【かきしぶ】 kakishibu, astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to treat wood, paper, etc.
  • 鉄渋 【かなしぶ】 aqueous iron rust
  • 渋い 【しぶい】 astringent, bitter, puckery, rough, harsh, tart, austere, elegant (and unobtrusive), refined, quiet (and simple), sober, sombre, subdued, tasteful (in a quiet way), understated, sour (look), glum, grim, sullen, sulky, stingy, tight-fisted
  • 渋い顔をする 【しぶいかおをする】 to frown (on), to be grim-faced, to look sullen
  • 渋る 【しぶる】 to be reluctant (to do), to be unwilling (to do), to hesitate (to do), to grudge, to be tardy (in doing), to put off (doing), to falter, to slacken, to slow down, to have a frequent urge to defecate but difficulty passing stool, to suffer from tenesmus

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
se4
Korean:
sab

Spanish

  • astringente
  • austero
  • tacaño
  • renuente
  • tener diarrea

Portuguese

  • adstringente
  • hesitar
  • relutante
  • ter diarréia

French

  • astringent
  • hésiter
  • rechigner
  • diarrhée
  • chic
1364 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
729 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2600 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1025 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1483 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1334 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1693 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1809 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1400 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1209 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
625 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
377 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
471 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1754 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17750P Morohashi
513 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3200 New Nelson (John Haig)
1738 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1875 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1455 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
340 2001 Kanji
3a8.19 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
3113.2 Four corner code
1-29-34 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6e0b Unicode hex code