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

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  • 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

13 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
Variants:
continue, series, sequel
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
141 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 続 【ゾク】 continuation, sequel
  • 続出 【ゾクシュツ】 appearing one after another, cropping up one after another, occurring in succession
  • 断続 【ダンゾク】 intermittence, being intermittent, occurring intermittently
  • 持続 【ジゾク】 continuation, persisting, lasting, sustaining, enduring
  • 続 【ゾク】 continuation, sequel
  • 続日本紀 【ショクニホンギ】 Shoku Nihongi (second of the six classical Japanese history texts)

Kun reading compounds

  • 続く 【つづく】 to continue, to last, to go on, to continue (without a break), to be unbroken, to occur again and again, to lead to, to connect to, to adjoin, to come after, to follow, to succeed, to rank next to, to hold out, to keep, to last
  • 続ける 【つづける】 to continue, to keep up, to keep on

Readings

Japanese names:
つぐ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xu4
Korean:
sog

Spanish

  • continuación
  • serie
  • secuela
  • continuar
  • seguir

Portuguese

  • continuar
  • série
  • sequela
  • sequência

French

  • continuer
  • série
  • suite
456 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
563 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
536 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
214 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3544 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
548 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
821 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2334 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.17 Japanese for Busy People
243 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
243 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
211 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1539 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1722 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
921 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1244 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1357 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27533 Morohashi
1362 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4500 New Nelson (John Haig)
1345 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1445 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
400 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
609 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2757 2001 Kanji
6a7.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-7 SKIP code
2491.2 Four corner code
1-34-19 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d9a Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
undertake, scheme, design, attempt, plan
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
278 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 企画室 【キカクシツ】 planning office
  • 企画 【キカク】 planning, plan, project, arrangements
  • 投企 【トウキ】 projection, project, philosophical concept introduced by Heidegger (Entwurf)
  • 発起 【ホッキ】 originating (something), coming up with the idea, starting (something), initiating, proposing, spiritual awakening, resolution

Kun reading compounds

  • 企てる 【くわだてる】 to plan, to plot, to propose, to design, to intend, to contemplate, to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder), to undertake (e.g. business), to stand on tip-toes
  • 企む 【たくらむ】 to scheme, to plan, to play a trick, to invent, to conspire, to frame up

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi3, qi4
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • esquema
  • diseño
  • plan
  • emprender
  • idear
  • diseñar
  • planificar

Portuguese

  • empreenda
  • esquema
  • projeto
  • tentativa
  • plano

French

  • entreprendre
  • concept
  • projet
  • essai
  • plan
1120 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
486 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
373 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
966 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1038 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
269 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
481 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
490 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
701 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
48 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2513 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1276 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1742 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
381 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
422 Morohashi
2021 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
135 New Nelson (John Haig)
375 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
401 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1056 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2873 2001 Kanji
2a4.17 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-4 SKIP code
8010.1 Four corner code
1-20-75 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f01 Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
business, vocation, arts, performance
Kun:
わざ
On:
ギョウゴウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
43 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 業 【ギョウ】 work, business, company, agency, study
  • 業界 【ギョウカイ】 business world, business circles, (the) industry
  • 鉱業 【コウギョウ】 mining industry
  • 興業 【コウギョウ】 promotion of industry, inauguration of a new industrial enterprise
  • 業 【ゴウ】 karma, result of one's karma, fate, destiny, uncontrollable temper
  • 業因 【ゴウイン】 karma
  • 罪業 【ザイゴウ】 sin, iniquity, crime
  • 正業 【ショウゴウ】 right action, correct meditative activity (in Jodo, saying the name of Amitabha)

Kun reading compounds

  • 業 【わざ】 deed, act, work, performance
  • 業師 【わざし】 tricky wrestler, shrewd fellow
  • 寝技 【ねわざ】 pinning technique (in wrestling or judo), underhanded dealings
  • 投げ技 【なげわざ】 throw or throwing technique (sumo, judo)

Readings

Japanese names:
なり、 のぶ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ye4
Korean:
eob

Spanish

  • negocio
  • industria
  • trabajo

Portuguese

  • negócios
  • vocação
  • artes
  • performance

French

  • activité
  • vocation
  • arts
  • représentation
  • karma
380 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
278 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
260 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
54 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
143 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
292 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
199 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2024 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.1 Japanese for Busy People
279 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
279 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
307 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1066 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3227 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1674 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2265 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1809 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
15170 Morohashi
2612 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2789 New Nelson (John Haig)
1792 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1931 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
74 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
419 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1064 2001 Kanji
0a13.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-8 SKIP code
3290.4 Four corner code
1-22-40 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
696d Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
in front, before
Kun:
まえ-まえ
On:
ゼン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
27 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 前 【ゼン】 last (i.e. immediately preceding), previous, ex-, former, pre- (e.g. premodern), before, before, earlier
  • 前衛 【ゼンエイ】 advance guard, vanguard, avant-garde, forward (player)
  • 中前 【チュウゼン】 front of center field, front of centre field
  • 風前 【フウゼン】 where the wind blows

Kun reading compounds

  • 前 【まえ】 in front (of), before (e.g. a building), before, earlier, previously, prior, ago, (minutes) to (the hour), (the) front, frontal part, fore, head (e.g. of a line), forward, ahead, (in the) presence (of), in front (of someone), previous (e.g. page), prior (e.g. engagement), first (e.g. half), former (e.g. example), portion, helping, front (of one's body or clothing), breast (of a coat, kimono, etc.), privates, private parts, criminal record, previous conviction, (a) prior
  • 前売り 【まえうり】 advance sale, booking
  • 左前 【ひだりまえ】 wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead), going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy), being in a bad financial situation, front left, front and left, before and left
  • 出前 【でまえ】 home delivery (of food), outside catering

Readings

Japanese names:
さき、 さと、 まい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qian2
Korean:
jeon

Spanish

  • antes
  • delante de

Portuguese

  • em frente
  • antes

French

  • devant
  • avant
102 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
177 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
159 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
38 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
595 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
139 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
23 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
921 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
47 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
47 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
29 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
196 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2819 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1453 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1957 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
296 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2011X Morohashi
2266 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
490 New Nelson (John Haig)
290 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
309 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
53 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
182 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
943 2001 Kanji
2o7.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-6 SKIP code
2-2-7 SKIP code
8022.1 Four corner code
1-33-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
524d Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
propose, take along, carry in hand
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
254 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 提起 【テイキ】 raising (a question), posing (a problem), bringing up (an issue), presenting, instituting (a lawsuit), lodging, filing (a claim), submitting (a case), lifting up
  • 提案 【テイアン】 proposal, proposition, suggestion
  • 大前提 【ダイゼンテイ】 important condition, basic premise, basic assumption, something that should be obvious to all, something that should not have to be argued, something that goes without mentioning, major premise (in a syllogism)
  • 上提 【ジョウテイ】 introducing (a bill), presentation, departure on a journey
  • 提灯 【チョウチン】 paper lantern, Chinese lantern, Japanese lantern, snot bubble
  • 提灯鮟鱇 【チョウチンアンコウ】 football fish (any fish of family Himantolophidae, esp. the Atlantic footballfish, Himantolophus groenlandicus)
  • 提宇子 【ダイウス】 God
  • 提婆 【ダイバ】 deva (being with god-like characteristics)
  • 菩提 【ボダイ】 bodhi, enlightenment, happiness in the next world
  • 閻浮提 【エンブダイ】 Jambudvipa, continent of the terrestrial world

Kun reading compounds

  • 提げる 【さげる】 to take along, to hold in the hand, to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ti2, di1, shi2
Korean:
je, si

Spanish

  • llevar en la mano
  • proponer
  • ayuda mutua
  • tomar

Portuguese

  • propor
  • levar junto
  • carregar na mão

French

  • proposition
  • emmener
  • tenir en main
845 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
776 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
753 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
378 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1967 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
646 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1368 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
628 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
638 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
767 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
915 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
720 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
431 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
540 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
672 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12344 Morohashi
591 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2237 New Nelson (John Haig)
665 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
718 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
472 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
760 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1370 2001 Kanji
3c9.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
5608.1 Four corner code
1-36-83 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
63d0 Unicode hex code