Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
accumulate, involvement, trouble, tie up, continually
On:
ルイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1662 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 累 【ルイ】 trouble, harmful effect, evil influence, implication, involvement
  • 累計 【ルイケイ】 cumulative total, accumulated total, total up to now
  • 係累 【ケイルイ】 dependents, family members that one has to support, encumbrances, things that tie one down
  • 累々 【ルイルイ】 in heaps

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lei4, lei2, lei3
Korean:
ru

Spanish

  • relación
  • conexión
  • compromiso
  • apilar
  • repetidamente
  • una y otra vez

Portuguese

  • acumular
  • envolvimento
  • problemas
  • conexão
  • continuamente

French

  • amasser
  • implication
  • ennuis
  • liens
  • continuellement
1917 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1811 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3006 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1284 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1627 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2004 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1060 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1105 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1302 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1508 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3196 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1652 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2242 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1376 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27343 Morohashi
2585 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4469 New Nelson (John Haig)
1364 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1464 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1475 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3641 2001 Kanji
5f6.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-6 SKIP code
6090.3 Four corner code
1-46-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d2f Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline, curtail, get hungry
Kun:
へ.るへ.らす
On:
ゲン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
261 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 減 【ゲン】 reduction, decrease, subtraction, reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryō codes)
  • 減員 【ゲンイン】 reduction of staff
  • 増減 【ゾウゲン】 increase and decrease, fluctuation
  • 軽減 【ケイゲン】 abatement, reduction

Kun reading compounds

  • 減る 【へる】 to decrease (in size or number), to diminish, to abate
  • 減るもんじゃない 【へるもんじゃない】 it's no big deal, it's nothing to fret about, it's not like it's the end of the world
  • 減らす 【へらす】 to abate, to decrease, to diminish, to shorten

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian3
Korean:
gam

Spanish

  • menguar
  • decrecer
  • disminuir
  • resta
  • acortar

Portuguese

  • definhar
  • decréscimo
  • reduzir
  • decadência
  • encurtar
  • obter
  • com fome

French

  • diminuer
  • réduire
  • décliner
  • décroître
  • avoir faim
775 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
693 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
667 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
533 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2637 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
610 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
694 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
715 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
728 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
430 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1219 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
733 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
436 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
548 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
372 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17759 Morohashi
601 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3249 New Nelson (John Haig)
366 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
391 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
753 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
359 2001 Kanji
3a9.37 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
3315.0 Four corner code
1-24-26 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6e1b Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
grain
Parts:
tax, duty
On:
ゼイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
289 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 税 【ゼイ】 tax
  • 税関 【ゼイカン】 customs, customs house
  • 地方税 【チホウゼイ】 local tax, council tax
  • 納税 【ノウゼイ】 payment of taxes

Readings

Japanese names:
さい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shui4
Korean:
se, tal

Spanish

  • impuesto
  • arancel

Portuguese

  • imposto
  • dever

French

  • taxe
  • droits
826 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
750 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
727 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
383 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3287 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
488 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
782 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1642 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
399 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
403 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
670 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1438 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1525 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
807 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1101 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
904 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
25070P Morohashi
1191 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4146 New Nelson (John Haig)
895 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
961 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
755 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2257 2001 Kanji
5d7.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-7 SKIP code
2891.6 Four corner code
1-32-39 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7a0e Unicode hex code