Jisho

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17 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
Variants:
slender, fine, thin kimono
On:
セン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1451 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 繊 【セン】 daikon julienne, julienned daikon, one ten-millionth
  • 繊維 【センイ】 fibre, fiber, textile
  • 合繊 【ゴウセン】 synthetic fiber, synthetic fibre
  • 化繊 【カセン】 synthetic fiber, synthetic fibre, chemical fiber, chemical fibre

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xian1
Korean:
seom

Spanish

  • fino
  • delgado
  • hilo

Portuguese

  • delgado
  • fino
  • kimono fino (espessura)

French

  • effilé
  • fin
  • kimono léger
1500 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1122 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3607 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1704 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1648 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1571 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1676 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1296 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1560 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1789 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
954 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1289 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1807 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27874 Morohashi
1413 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4586 New Nelson (John Haig)
1790 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1929 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1879 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2759 2001 Kanji
6a11.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-11 SKIP code
2395.0 Four corner code
1-33-01 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7e4a Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
fiber, tie, rope
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
643 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 維持 【イジ】 maintenance, preservation, improvement
  • 維新 【イシン】 reformation, revolution, renewal, Meiji Restoration, Nippon Ishin no Kai, Japan Innovation Party
  • 化学繊維 【カガクセンイ】 synthetic fiber, synthetic fibre, chemical fiber, chemical fibre
  • 合成繊維 【ゴウセイセンイ】 synthetic fibre, synthetic fiber

Readings

Japanese names:
これ、 たもつ、 つぐ、 ゆい、 ゆき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wei2
Korean:
yu

Spanish

  • soga
  • cuerda
  • atar
  • énfasis

Portuguese

  • fibra
  • laço
  • corda

French

  • fibre
  • cordon
  • corde
  • conservation
1007 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
926 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3552 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1187 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1634 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2540 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1231 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1295 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1297 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1540 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1733 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
926 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1251 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1353 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27568 Morohashi
1370 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4516 New Nelson (John Haig)
1341 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1441 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1722 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2775 2001 Kanji
6a8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-8 SKIP code
2091.4 Four corner code
1-16-61 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7dad Unicode hex code