Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
silk
Kun:
きぬ
On:
ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1916 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 絹布 【ケンプ】 silk, silk cloth
  • 絹糸 【キヌイト】 silk thread, silk yarn, corn silk
  • 生絹 【キギヌ】 raw silk (fabric)
  • 正絹 【ショウケン】 pure silk

Kun reading compounds

  • 絹 【きぬ】 silk
  • 絹糸 【きぬいと】 silk thread, silk yarn, corn silk
  • 白絹 【しらぎぬ】 white silk

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
juan4
Korean:
gyeon

Spanish

  • seda

Portuguese

  • seda

French

  • soie
772 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
861 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
664 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1010 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3543 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
658 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1632 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2330 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1261 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1333 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
880 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1538 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1721 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
920 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1243 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1380 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27470 Morohashi
1361 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4499 New Nelson (John Haig)
1368 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1468 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
957 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2746 2001 Kanji
6a7.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-7 SKIP code
2692.7 Four corner code
1-24-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d79 Unicode hex code

1 strokes
Radical:
one
Parts:
Variants:
one, one radical (no.1)
Kun:
ひと-ひと.つ
On:
イチイツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
2 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 一 【イチ】 one, 1, best, first, foremost, beginning, start, a (single), one (of many), ace, bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
  • 一位 【イチイ】 first place, first rank, units position (of a number)
  • 十一 【ジュウイチ】 eleven, 11, jack
  • 1対1 【イチタイイチ】 one-to-one, one-on-one
  • 一 【イツ】 one, same (mind, path, etc.)
  • 一に 【イツニ】 solely, entirely, only, or
  • 均一 【キンイツ】 uniformity, equality
  • 画一 【カクイツ】 uniformity, standardization, standardisation

Kun reading compounds

  • 一つ 【ひとつ】 one, for one thing, only, (not) even, just (e.g. "just try it"), some kind of, one type of
  • 一つ一つ 【ひとつひとつ】 one-by-one, separately, in detail

Readings

Japanese names:
かず、 い、 いっ、 いる、 かつ、 かづ、 てん、 はじめ、 ひ、 ひとつ、 まこと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yi1
Korean:
il

Spanish

  • uno
  • 1

Portuguese

  • um

French

  • un
  • radical un (no. 1)
1 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
1 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
4 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
3 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
2 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4148 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2105 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2850 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1 Morohashi
3341 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1 New Nelson (John Haig)
1 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3072 2001 Kanji
0a1.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-1-4 SKIP code
1000.0 Four corner code
1-16-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e00 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
hiding enclosure
Parts:
equal, head, counter for small animals, roll of cloth
Kun:
ひき
On:
ヒツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1384 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 匹偶 【ヒツグウ】 pair, couple (husband and wife), friend, comrade
  • 馬匹 【バヒツ】 horses

Kun reading compounds

  • 匹 【ひき】 counter for small animals, counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size), counter for horses, roll of cloth
  • 二匹 【にひき】 two small animals

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pi3, pi1
Korean:
pil, mog

Spanish

  • una persona
  • confrontar
  • equilibrar
  • contador de animales
  • contador de largo de telas

Portuguese

  • igual
  • cabeça
  • sufixo para contagem de para pequenos animais
  • rolo de pano

French

  • égal
  • tête
  • compteur de petits animaux
  • rouleau de tissu (= 2 tan = ~19m)
1736 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1595 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
756 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1120 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
379 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
187 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1500 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1599 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1203 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
234 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3680 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1878 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2558 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1711 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2673 Morohashi
2962 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
584 New Nelson (John Haig)
1695 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1830 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1025 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3475 2001 Kanji
2t2.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-2 SKIP code
7171.1 Four corner code
1-41-04 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5339 Unicode hex code