Jisho

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6 strokes
Radical:
rice
Parts:
rice, USA, metre
Kun:
こめよね
On:
ベイマイメエトル
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
61 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 米 【ベイ】 (United States of) America, USA
  • 米価 【ベイカ】 rice price
  • 在米 【ザイベイ】 being in the United States, staying in the United States, residing in the United States
  • 対米 【タイベイ】 relating to the USA, toward America, with America
  • 精米 【セイマイ】 rice polishing, polished rice
  • 白米 【ハクマイ】 polished rice, (uncooked) white rice

Kun reading compounds

  • 米 【こめ】 (husked grains of) rice, staple (product, etc.), necessity
  • 米倉 【こめぐら】 rice granary
  • お米 【おこめ】 (husked grains of) rice
  • アルボリオ米 【アルボリオこめ】 arborio rice (Italian variety)
  • 米 【よね】 88 years old, rice
  • 米沢牛 【よねざわぎゅう】 Yonezawa beef
  • 白米 【はくまい】 polished rice, (uncooked) white rice

Readings

Japanese names:
は、 べ、 まべ、 め、 よ、 よな、 よの、 よま
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mi3
Korean:
mi

Spanish

  • arroz
  • América
  • arroz (crudo)

Portuguese

  • arroz
  • EUA

French

  • grain de riz
  • Amérique
  • un mètre
135 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
220 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
201 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
90 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3461 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
112 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
803 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
343 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.8 Japanese for Busy People
224 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
224 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
562 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1493 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4342 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2198 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2958 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
928 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
26832 Morohashi
3529 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4380 New Nelson (John Haig)
919 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
987 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
155 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
135 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1064 2001 Kanji
6b0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-6-3 SKIP code
9090.4 Four corner code
1-42-38 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7c73 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
enclosure
Parts:
Variants:
country
Kun:
くに
On:
コク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
3 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 国益 【コクエキ】 national interest
  • 国営 【コクエイ】 government management, state management
  • 最恵国 【サイケイコク】 most favored nation, most favoured nation, MFN
  • 異国 【イコク】 foreign country

Kun reading compounds

  • 国 【くに】 country, state, region, national government, central government, home (i.e. hometown, home country), province (of Japan), land, earth
  • 国人 【こくじん】 indigenous person, inhabitant of a country, local, native, local lords and samurai, daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
  • お国 【おくに】 your native country, your hometown, my home country (i.e. Japan), countryside, country, daimyo's territory (Edo period)
  • 現国 【うつしくに】 world of mankind, this world

Readings

Japanese names:
くな、 こ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guo2
Korean:
gug

Spanish

  • país

Portuguese

  • País
  • terra
  • nação

French

  • pays
79 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
136 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
123 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
8 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1037 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
111 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
36 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
745 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.11 Japanese for Busy People
40 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
40 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
151 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
344 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3831 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1964 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2659 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
588 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4752 Morohashi
3087 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
950 New Nelson (John Haig)
581 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
624 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
158 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3172 2001 Kanji
3s5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-5 SKIP code
6010.3 Four corner code
1-25-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
56fd Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
cow 牛 (牜)
Parts:
special
On:
トク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N4
234 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 特産 【トクサン】 being produced in a particular region, local specialty
  • 特異 【トクイ】 unique, peculiar, singular
  • 快特 【カイトク】 rapid express (train service), rapid limited express
  • 在特 【ザイトク】 Special Permission to Stay in Japan, residence status that can be granted to illegal immigrants or overstayers

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
te4
Korean:
teug

Spanish

  • especial

Portuguese

  • Especial

French

  • spécial
685 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
586 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
760 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
153 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2860 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
411 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
215 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2.18 Japanese for Busy People
282 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
282 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
398 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1293 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1181 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
641 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
852 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
252 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
20013 Morohashi
945 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3541 New Nelson (John Haig)
246 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
261 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
186 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
554 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2448 2001 Kanji
4g6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
2454.1 Four corner code
1-38-35 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7279 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
permit, approve
Kun:
ゆる.すもと
On:
キョ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
720 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 許諾 【キョダク】 consent, assent, approval, permission
  • 許可 【キョカ】 permission, approval, authorization, license
  • 特許 【トッキョ】 patent, special permission, license, licence, concession, charter
  • 専売特許 【センバイトッキョ】 patent, one's specialty (party piece, etc.)

Kun reading compounds

  • 許す 【ゆるす】 to permit, to allow, to approve, to consent to, to forgive, to pardon, to excuse, to tolerate, to exempt (someone) from, to remit, to release, to let off, to acknowledge, to admit, to trust, to confide in, to let one's guard down, to give up (points in a game, distance in a race, etc.), to yield
  • 許すまじ 【ゆるすまじ】 unforgivable, inexcusable, unpardonable
  • 下 【もと】 under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.), under (a flag, the sun, etc.), beneath, with (e.g. one blow), on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...), in (e.g. the name of ...), (someone's) side, (someone's) location
  • 胸元 【むなもと】 breast, chest, pit of the stomach, solar plexus, epigastrium
  • 此処許 【ここもと】 here, this area, around here, I, me

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xu3, hu3
Korean:
heo, ho

Spanish

  • permitir
  • perdonar
  • dejar
  • excusar

Portuguese

  • permitir
  • aprovar

French

  • autorisation
  • permettre
  • seulement
587 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
679 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
650 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
754 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4324 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
657 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
898 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1403 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
737 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
750 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
667 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1664 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1862 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
986 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1337 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
576 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35298 Morohashi
1470 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5569 New Nelson (John Haig)
569 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
611 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
729 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3055 2001 Kanji
7a4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-4 SKIP code
0864.0 Four corner code
1-21-86 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8a31 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
system, law, rule
On:
セイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
108 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 制 【セイ】 system, organization, organisation, imperial command, laws, regulation, control, government, suppression, restraint, holding back, establishment
  • 制圧 【セイアツ】 gaining total control (of people or counties), suppression, oppression, control, mastery, ascendancy, supremacy
  • 天皇制 【テンノウセイ】 the Emperor System
  • 帝政 【テイセイ】 imperial government, imperialism, monarchical rule

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi4
Korean:
je

Spanish

  • determinar
  • establecer
  • comprobar
  • cesar
  • poner fin
  • sistema
  • construir

Portuguese

  • sistema
  • lei
  • regra

French

  • système
  • règle
  • loi
  • régime
  • contrôle
823 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
744 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
722 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
196 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
683 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
635 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
357 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
656 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
427 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
433 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
687 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
193 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1624 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
854 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1170 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
425 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1961 Morohashi
1274 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
481 New Nelson (John Haig)
418 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
447 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
161 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
689 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2443 2001 Kanji
2f6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-2 SKIP code
2220.0 Four corner code
1-32-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5236 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
house on cliff 广
Parts:
广
degrees, occurrence, time, counter for occurrences, consider, attitude
Kun:
たび-た.い
On:
タク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
110 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 度 【ド】 degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.), counter for occurrences, strength (of glasses), glasses prescription, alcohol content (percentage), alcohol by volume, extent, degree, limit, presence of mind, composure
  • 度 【ド】 precisely, exactly, plumb, totally, very much, damn, stupid, cursed
  • 重度 【ジュウド】 severe (illness, disability, etc.), serious
  • 濃度 【ノウド】 concentration, density, cardinality
  • 法度 【ハット】 ban, prohibition, taboo, something forbidden, law, ordinance (esp. in the middle ages)
  • ご法度 【ゴハット】 forbidden, prohibited, banned, taboo
  • 忖度 【ソンタク】 surmise (about someone's feelings), guess, conjecture, (showing) deference (to), consideration (of someone's wishes), servility
  • 臆度 【オクタク】 guessing, speculation, supposition, hypothesis

Kun reading compounds

  • 度 【たび】 time (three times, each time, etc.), times
  • 度数 【どすう】 frequency, number of times, incidence, degree (e.g. temperature), strength (e.g. alcohol, lens, etc.)
  • 中度 【なかたび】 midway (through), halfway
  • 千度 【せんど】 thousand times

Readings

Japanese names:
のり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
du4, duo2, duo4
Korean:
do, tag

Spanish

  • grado
  • vez
  • veces

Portuguese

  • graus
  • ocorrência
  • tempo
  • sufixo para contagem de para ocorrências

French

  • degré
  • occurrence
  • fois
  • compteur d'occurrences
288 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
377 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
356 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
83 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1511 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
252 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
165 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1009 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.6 Japanese for Busy People
377 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
378 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
333 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
588 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3844 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1974 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2670 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1202 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9313 Morohashi
3100 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1616 New Nelson (John Haig)
1194 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1278 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
72 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
340 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
567 2001 Kanji
3q6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-6 SKIP code
3-3-5 SKIP code
0024.7 Four corner code
1-37-57 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5ea6 Unicode hex code