Jisho

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14 strokes
Radical:
rice
Parts:
refined, ghost, fairy, energy, vitality, semen, excellence, purity, skill
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
752 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 精 【セイ】 spirit, sprite, nymph, energy, vigor (vigour), strength, fine details, semen
  • 精鋭 【セイエイ】 elite, best, pick, cream of the crop
  • 体外受精 【タイガイジュセイ】 in vitro fertilization, in vitro fertilisation, IVF
  • 受精 【ジュセイ】 fertilization, fertilisation, impregnation, pollination, insemination
  • 精霊 【ショウリョウ】 spirit of the deceased
  • 精進 【ショウジン】 concentration, diligence, devotion, asceticism, zeal in one's quest for enlightenment, adherence to a vegetarian diet
  • 無精 【ブショウ】 indolence, laziness, sloth
  • 水晶 【スイショウ】 (rock) crystal, high purity quartz

Kun reading compounds

  • 精げる 【しらげる】 to polish (rice), to refine, to purify
  • 詳しい 【くわしい】 detailed, full, minute, knowing very well, knowledgeable (about), well-acquainted (with), well-informed (about), familiar (with)

Readings

Japanese names:
きよ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jing1
Korean:
jeong

Spanish

  • refinar
  • purificar
  • preciso
  • detallado
  • vigor
  • energía
  • espíritu
  • esencia

Portuguese

  • refinado
  • fantasma
  • fada
  • energia
  • vitalidade
  • sêmen
  • excelência
  • pureza
  • habilidade

French

  • raffiné
  • fantôme
  • féérique
  • énergie
  • vitalité
  • sperme
  • excellence
  • pureté
  • habileté
647 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
748 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
725 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
672 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3480 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
457 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
806 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2131 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
659 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
670 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
877 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1500 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1729 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
924 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1248 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1549 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
26997P Morohashi
1366 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4411 New Nelson (John Haig)
1535 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1655 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
439 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
792 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1046 2001 Kanji
6b8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-8 SKIP code
9592.7 Four corner code
1-32-26 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7cbe Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
eat, food 食 (飠)
Parts:
Variants:
drink, smoke, take
Kun:
の.む-の.み
On:
インオン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
969 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 飲 【イン】 drinking (sometimes esp. alcohol), drink, drinking party
  • 飲酒 【インシュ】 drinking alcohol
  • 暴飲 【ボウイン】 heavy drinking
  • 愛飲 【アイイン】 drinking habitually, being fond of (a drink)
  • 飲食 【インショク】 food and drink, eating and drinking
  • 飲酒 【オンジュ】 consumption of alcohol (as prohibited by one of the Buddhist precepts), Buddhist precept prohibiting the consumption of alcohol

Kun reading compounds

  • 飲む 【のむ】 to drink, to gulp, to swallow, to take (medicine), to smoke (tobacco), to engulf, to overwhelm, to keep down, to suppress, to accept (e.g. demand, condition), to make light of, to conceal
  • 飲む打つ買う 【のむうつかう】 drinking, gambling, and buying women in prostitution

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yin3, yin4
Korean:
eum

Spanish

  • beber

Portuguese

  • beber
  • fumar
  • tomar

French

  • boire
  • fumer
  • prendre
351 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
250 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
230 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
935 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5159 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
489 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
100 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2.14 Japanese for Busy People
323 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
323 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
132 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1903 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2127 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1111 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1510 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1486 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
44063P Morohashi
1692 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6680 New Nelson (John Haig)
1474 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1584 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
388 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2862 2001 Kanji
8b4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-4 SKIP code
8778.2 Four corner code
1-16-91 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
98f2 Unicode hex code