Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
Variants:
inherit, succeed, continue, patch, graft (tree)
Kun:
つ.ぐまま-
On:
ケイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
743 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 継続 【ケイゾク】 continuation, continuance, going on
  • 継承 【ケイショウ】 inheritance, succession, accession, share-alike, inheritance
  • 後継 【コウケイ】 succession, successor
  • 中継 【チュウケイ】 relay, hook-up, relay broadcasting

Kun reading compounds

  • 継ぐ 【つぐ】 to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.), to inherit, to take over, to follow, to patch (clothes), to mend, to repair, to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire), to replenish with, to feed with, to follow up with (e.g. remarks), to gather (one's breath)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji4
Korean:
gye

Spanish

  • sucesión
  • herencia
  • pariente político
  • suceder
  • heredar
  • tener éxito

Portuguese

  • herdar
  • ser bem-sucedido
  • remendo
  • enxerto (árvore)

French

  • hériter
  • succession
  • relais
  • rapiécer
  • greffe (arbre)
1203 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
971 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3545 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
894 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1633 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2539 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1025 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1064 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
901 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1537 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1720 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
919 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1242 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1382 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27531 Morohashi
1360 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4501 New Nelson (John Haig)
1370 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1470 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1656 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2775 2001 Kanji
6a7.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-7 SKIP code
2991.9 Four corner code
1-23-49 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d99 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
father
Parts:
father
Kun:
ちち
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
646 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 父母 【フボ】 father and mother, parents
  • 父子 【フシ】 father and child, father and son, father and daughter
  • 義父 【ギフ】 father-in-law, foster father, stepfather
  • 養父 【ヨウフ】 foster father, adoptive father

Kun reading compounds

  • 父 【ちち】 father
  • 父親 【ちちおや】 father
  • 亡き父 【なきちち】 (one's) late father
  • 建国の父 【けんこくのちち】 founding father (of a country)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fu4, fu3
Korean:
bu, bo

Spanish

  • padre

Portuguese

  • pai

French

  • père
131 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
216 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
197 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
742 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2832 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
90 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
70 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
65 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.7 Japanese for Busy People
113 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
113 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
73 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1286 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2467 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1248 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1714 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1282 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19721 Morohashi
1973 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3516 New Nelson (John Haig)
1274 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1366 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
226 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
100 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2066 2001 Kanji
2o2.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-2 SKIP code
8040.0 Four corner code
1-41-67 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7236 Unicode hex code