Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
association, braid, plait, construct, assemble, unite, cooperate, grapple
Kun:
く.むくみ-ぐみ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
204 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 組閣 【ソカク】 formation of a cabinet
  • 組織 【ソシキ】 organization, organisation, formation, structure, construction, setup, constitution, system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.), tissue, texture (of a rock), weave (of a fabric)
  • 労組 【ロウソ】 labor union, labour union, trade union
  • 改組 【カイソ】 reorganization, reorganisation, reshuffle

Kun reading compounds

  • 組む 【くむ】 to cross (legs or arms), to link (arms), to put together, to construct, to assemble, to produce (e.g. TV program), to braid, to plait, to grapple, to wrestle, to unite, to join, to link up, to form an alliance, to set (e.g. type), to issue (e.g. money order)
  • 組 【くみ】 class (of students), group (of people), party, team, crew, lot, bunch, set, crime family, organized-crime syndicate, set (of items), assortment, deck (of cards), pack, typesetting, composition
  • 組合 【くみあい】 association, union, guild
  • 労組 【ろうそ】 labor union, labour union, trade union
  • 死の組 【しのくみ】 group of death, tournament group containing many strong teams

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zu3
Korean:
jo

Spanish

  • grupo
  • equipo
  • juntar
  • unir
  • agrupar

Portuguese

  • associação
  • trança
  • trançart
  • construir
  • montar
  • unir-se
  • cooperar
  • agarrar

French

  • association
  • tresse
  • natte
  • assembler
  • construire
  • unir
  • coopérer
  • se débattre avec
103 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
178 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
160 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
189 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3520 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
458 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
814 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1952 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
418 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
424 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
635 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1529 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1693 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
904 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1224 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1792 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27374 Morohashi
1337 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4470 New Nelson (John Haig)
1776 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1914 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
122 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
209 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2773 2001 Kanji
6a5.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-5 SKIP code
2791.0 Four corner code
1-33-40 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d44 Unicode hex code

18 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
weave, fabric
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
608 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 織布 【ショクフ】 woven fabric
  • 織女 【ショクジョ】 female weaver, Vega (star in the constellation Lyra), Alpha Lyrae
  • 染織 【センショク】 dyeing and weaving
  • 紡織 【ボウショク】 spinning and weaving
  • 子宮旁結合織 【シキュウボウケツゴウシキ】 parametrium
  • 間充織 【カンジュウシキ】 mesenchyme

Kun reading compounds

  • 織る 【おる】 to weave
  • 織り 【おり】 weave, weaving, woven item
  • 織物 【おりもの】 textile, fabric
  • 羽織 【はおり】 haori (Japanese formal coat)
  • 手織り 【ており】 handwoven, handspun, weaving by hand
  • 織り 【おり】 weave, weaving, woven item
  • 織物 【おりもの】 textile, fabric
  • 羽織 【はおり】 haori (Japanese formal coat)
  • 手織り 【ており】 handwoven, handspun, weaving by hand

Readings

Japanese names:
こおり、 こり、 のり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi1
Korean:
jig

Spanish

  • tejido
  • tela
  • tramar
  • tejer

Portuguese

  • tecer
  • tecido

French

  • tisser
  • tissu
644 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
742 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
720 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
753 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3613 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
431 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1649 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2879 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
680 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
693 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
882 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1561 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1801 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
958 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1295 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1346 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27892 Morohashi
1422 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4596 New Nelson (John Haig)
1334 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1432 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
822 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2759 2001 Kanji
6a12.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-12 SKIP code
2395.0 Four corner code
1-31-05 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7e54 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
script, literature
Parts:
sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
Kun:
ふみあや
On:
ブンモン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
190 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 文 【ブン】 sentence, composition, text, writings, the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts), academia, literature, statement
  • 文化 【ブンカ】 culture, civilization, civilisation, Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
  • 公文 【コウブン】 official document, archives
  • 異文 【イブン】 variant (in a manuscript or book), part of a text that differs from other versions
  • 文 【モン】 mon, one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870), mon, traditional unit used for shoe and sock sizes (approx. 2.4 cm), letter, character, sentence, scripture, incantation
  • 紋 【モン】 (family) crest, coat of arms, pattern, figure, playing card suit (in karuta)
  • 人文 【ジンブン】 humanity, civilization, civilisation, culture
  • 縄文 【ジョウモン】 straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware, Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)

Kun reading compounds

  • 文 【ふみ】 letter, note, mail, book, writings, literary arts, learning, scholarship
  • 文香 【ふみこう】 scented insert (to enclose with a letter), perfumed insert
  • 御文 【おふみ】 Gobunsho (The Epistles, a collection of letters written by Rennyo)
  • 雁の文 【かりのふみ】 (a) letter
  • 綾 【あや】 figure, design, twill weave, pattern of diagonal stripes, style (of writing), figure (of speech), design, plot, plan, minor market fluctuation, technical correction, cat's cradle, lease rod (in a loom)
  • 文つける 【あやつける】 to make a false accusation, to invent a pretext for a quarrel
  • 言葉は身の文 【ことばはみのあや】 words betray one's character

Readings

Japanese names:
かざり、 ふ、 も
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wen2, wen4
Korean:
mun

Spanish

  • letras
  • literatura

Portuguese

  • sentença
  • literatura
  • estilo
  • arte
  • decoração
  • figuras
  • plano

French

  • phrase
  • littérature
  • style
  • art
  • décoration
  • figure (de style)
  • plan
  • radical littéraire (no. 67)
134 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
77 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
68 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
136 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2064 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
71 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
180 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
86 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.19 Japanese for Busy People
111 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
111 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
320 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
949 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2458 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1242 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1708 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1741 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13450 Morohashi
1962 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2364 New Nelson (John Haig)
1725 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1861 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
89 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
35 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
466 2001 Kanji
2j2.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-2 SKIP code
0040.0 Four corner code
1-42-24 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6587 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
spoon
Parts:
change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
89 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 化 【カ】 change to ..., becoming ..., making into ..., -ization, -ification
  • 化学 【カガク】 chemistry
  • 機械化 【キカイカ】 mechanization, mechanisation
  • 民営化 【ミンエイカ】 privatization, privatisation
  • 化粧 【ケショウ】 make-up, makeup, cosmetics, decoration, dressing, veneer
  • 化粧水 【ケショウスイ】 skin lotion, face lotion
  • 応化 【オウゲ】 assumption of a suitable form (by a buddha or bodhisattva)
  • 教化 【キョウケ】 guidance, teaching people and leading them to Buddhism

Kun reading compounds

  • 化ける 【ばける】 to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.), to assume the shape of, to turn oneself into, to transform oneself into, to disguise oneself as, to change radically, to metamorphose, to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
  • 化かす 【ばかす】 to bewitch, to confuse, to enchant, to delude
  • 老ける 【ふける】 to age, to grow old (esp. in appearance), to show marks of age

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hua4
Korean:
hwa

Spanish

  • cambiar
  • transformarse
  • modificarse
  • disfrazarse

Portuguese

  • mudança
  • tomar a forma de
  • influência
  • encantar
  • iludir
  • seduzir
  • -isação

French

  • transformation
  • prendre la forme de
  • maquillage
  • influence
  • fantôme
  • enchanter
  • tromper
  • chimie
  • -isation
163 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
258 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
238 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
100 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
350 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
76 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
378 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
56 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.19 Japanese for Busy People
254 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
254 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
414 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
55 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
22 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
12 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
12 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1017 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2572X Morohashi
21 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
580 New Nelson (John Haig)
1008 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1083 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
104 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
242 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2156 2001 Kanji
2a2.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-2 SKIP code
2121.0 Four corner code
2421.0 Four corner code
1-18-29 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5316 Unicode hex code