| 828 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 756 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 733 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 743 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3539 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 630 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 820 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2148 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 742 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 755 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 734 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1534 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1711 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 917 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1240 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1770 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 49469 | Morohashi |
| 1353 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4490 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1754 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1891 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 756 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
discontinue, sever, cut off, abstain, interrupt, suppress, be beyond, without match, peerless, unparalleled
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
784 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 絶 【ゼツ】 starting field which contains the November and/or December 20-point card
- 絶縁 【ゼツエン】 breaking off relations (with), severing one's connections (with), breaking with (e.g. one's past), insulation (electrical or thermal), isolation
- 超絶 【チョウゼツ】 transcendence, excellence, superiority
- 壮絶 【ソウゼツ】 heroic, fierce, grand, sublime, magnificent
Kun reading compounds
- 絶える 【たえる】 to die out, to peter out, to become extinct, to cease, to be stopped, to be discontinued, to be cut off
- 絶えることなく 【たえることなく】 unceasing, relentless
- 絶やす 【たやす】 to exterminate, to eradicate, to wipe out, to put an end to, to let (fire) go out, to let die (e.g. flowers), to run out of
- 断つ 【たつ】 to sever, to cut off, to suppress, to eradicate, to exterminate, to abstain (from), to give up
Readings
- Korean:
- jeol
Spanish
- extinguir
- eliminar
- rechazar
- absoluto
- lugar escarpado
- desaparecer
- extinguirse
- exterminar
- erradicar
- suprimir
Portuguese
- descontinuar
- além de
- romper
- cortar desligar
- abster- se
- interromper
- suprimir
French
- cesser
- au-delà
- rompre
- couper
- s'abstenir
- interrompre
- supprimer
| 2756 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6a6.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-6 | SKIP code |
| 2791.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-68 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7d76 | Unicode hex code |
vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
34 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 対 【タイ】 versus, against, vs., v., to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180), toward ..., to ..., with ..., against ..., anti-, equal footing, equal terms, opposite
- 対案 【タイアン】 counter-proposal, counter-suggestion
- 国対 【コクタイ】 Committee of the National Diet
- 相対 【ソウタイ】 relativity, relative, facing (e.g. a problem), confronting
- 対 【ツイ】 pair, couple, set, antithesis, counter for items that come in pairs, counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
- 対句 【ツイク】 couplet, antithesis
- 一対 【イッツイ】 pair, couple
- 双対 【ソウツイ】 duality
Kun reading compounds
- 対手 【たいしゅ】 opponent (in combat)
- 向かう 【むかう】 to face, to go towards, to head towards
Readings
- Japanese names:
- つし
- Korean:
- dae
Spanish
- opuesto
- contrario
- por serie
Portuguese
- vis-um-vis
- contrário
- até mesmo
- igual
- versus
- anti-
- compara
French
- vis-à-vis
- en face
- régulier
- égal
- opposition
- anti-
- comparer
| 461 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 356 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 336 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 55 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2067 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 370 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 476 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 405 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 365 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 366 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 363 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 502 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1025 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 556 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 735 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1742 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 7419 | Morohashi |
| 831 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1375 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1726 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1862 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 39 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 286 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 448 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2j5.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-3 | SKIP code |
| 0440.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-34-48 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5bfe | Unicode hex code |
clothing, admit, obey, discharge
- On:
- フク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
873 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 服 【フク】 clothes (esp. Western clothes), counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
- 服役 【フクエキ】 penal servitude, serving time in prison, military service, forced labor, compulsory service
- 私服 【シフク】 ordinary clothes (i.e. non-uniform), plain clothes, civilian clothes, casual wear, mufti, plainclothes police officer
- 呉服 【ゴフク】 cloth (for Japanese clothes), kimono fabrics, textile, drapery, dry goods, piece goods, silk fabrics
Readings
- Japanese names:
- はっ、 はつ、 はら
- Korean:
- bog
Spanish
- ropa
- admitir
- obedecer
Portuguese
- vestuário
- permitir
- obedecer
- descarregar
French
- habillement
- admettre
- obéir
- libérer (renvoi)
- avaler (médicament)
| 505 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 408 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 385 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 534 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3741 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 306 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 194 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 618 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.4 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 683 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 696 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 317 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1004 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1090 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 591 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 782 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1411 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14345P | Morohashi |
| 878 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4775 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1399 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1501 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 476 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 312 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3967 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4b4.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 7724.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-41-94 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 670d | Unicode hex code |
accompany, obey, submit to, comply, follow, secondary, incidental, subordinate
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
601 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 従 【ジュウ】 subordinate, secondary, junior, incidental
- 従業員 【ジュウギョウイン】 employee, worker
- 専従 【センジュウ】 working exclusively for, working full-time (for)
- 侍従 【ジジュウ】 chamberlain
- 従容 【ショウヨウ】 calm, composed, tranquil
- 従容自若 【ショウヨウジジャク】 having presence of mind, imperturbable, calm and self-possessed, with serenity
- 追従 【ツイショウ】 flattery, sycophancy, adulation
- 阿諛追従 【アユツイショウ】 excessive flattery, adulation
- 従 【ジュ】 lesser (of equal court ranks), lower, junior
- 従 【ジュウ】 subordinate, secondary, junior, incidental
- 類聚 【ルイジュウ】 collection of similar objects, classification by similarity
Kun reading compounds
- 従う 【したがう】 to obey (an order, law, etc.), to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.), to follow, to observe, to conform to, to yield to, to follow (a person), to accompany, to go with, to go alongside (e.g. a river), to follow (e.g. a sign), to serve (as), to engage in (work)
- 従える 【したがえる】 to be accompanied by, to be attended by, to take along (someone), to conquer, to subjugate, to subdue
Readings
- Korean:
- jong
Spanish
- seguir
- obedecer
- doblegar
Portuguese
- acompanhar
- obedecer
- submeter a
- concordar
- seguir
- subordinado
- acidental
- secundário
French
- accompagner
- obéir
- se soumettre à
- se conformer à
- suivre
- s'ensuivre
- secondaire
- accessoire
- subordonné
| 808 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 902 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 891 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 727 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1613 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 673 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1281 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1050 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1482 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1579 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 642 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 628 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 498 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 309 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 376 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 886 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 10133 | Morohashi |
| 415 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1745 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 877 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 942 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 329 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 903 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2070 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3i7.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-7 | SKIP code |
| 2828.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-29-30 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5f93 | Unicode hex code |