Jisho

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6 strokes
Radical:
old 老 (耂)
Parts:
consider, think over
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
196 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 考 【コウ】 thought, report on one's investigation into ..., deceased father
  • 考古学 【コウコガク】 archaeology, archeology
  • 備考 【ビコウ】 note (for reference), remarks, N.B.
  • 論考 【ロンコウ】 study (of), discussion, discourse, inquiry, research article, academic paper

Kun reading compounds

  • 考える 【かんがえる】 to think (about, of), to think over, to ponder, to contemplate, to reflect (on), to meditate (on), to consider, to bear in mind, to allow for, to take into consideration, to think (that), to believe, to hold (a view), to judge, to conclude, to suspect, to intend (to do), to think of (doing), to plan, to predict, to anticipate, to expect, to imagine, to come up with, to think up, to contrive, to devise, to consider (as), to regard (as), to look on (as), to take, to view
  • 考え 【かんがえ】 thinking, thought, view, opinion, concept, idea, notion, imagination, intention, plan, design, consideration, judgement, deliberation, reflection, wish, hope, expectation
  • 考え方 【かんがえかた】 way of thinking

Readings

Japanese names:
たか
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kao3
Korean:
go

Spanish

  • idea
  • pensar
  • investigar
  • considerar

Portuguese

  • considerar
  • refletir

French

  • réfléchir
  • considérer
74 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
130 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
117 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
191 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3684 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
197 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
239 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
540 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.18 Japanese for Busy People
541 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
550 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
212 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1577 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3962 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2039 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2753 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1260 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28843 Morohashi
3196 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4697 New Nelson (John Haig)
1252 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1341 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
63 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
122 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1452 2001 Kanji
2k4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-2 SKIP code
3-4-2 SKIP code
4-7-4 SKIP code
4-6-4 SKIP code
2-4-3 SKIP code
3-4-3 SKIP code
4420.7 Four corner code
1-25-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8003 Unicode hex code

6 strokes (also 5)
Radical:
river 巛 (川, 巜)
Parts:
patrol, go around, circumference
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1262 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 巡 【ジュン】 counter for tours, cycles, rounds, circuits, etc.
  • 巡回 【ジュンカイ】 going around, patrol, round, tour
  • 一巡 【イチジュン】 one round, one tour, one circuit, one patrol
  • 軽巡 【ケイジュン】 light cruiser

Kun reading compounds

  • 巡る 【めぐる】 to go around, to make a circle around, to surround, to circle, to enclose, to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.), to return, to repeat, to circulate (of blood, money, etc.), to travel around, to make a tour of, to concern (a matter), to surround
  • 巡り 【めぐり】 circumference, girth, tour, pilgrimage, circulation (e.g. of blood)
  • めぐり合う 【めぐりあう】 to meet fortuitously, to meet by chance, to happen across

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xun2
Korean:
sun

Spanish

  • patrullar
  • circular
  • dar vueltas

Portuguese

  • patrulhar
  • dar uma volta
  • circunferência

French

  • patrouille
  • faire le tour
  • pèlerinage
  • circonférence
1374 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1066 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4667 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
905 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1245 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
777 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
791 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1743 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
677 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3781 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1930 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2622 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
291 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8680P Morohashi
3047 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1528 New Nelson (John Haig)
285 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
303 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1090 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2762 2001 Kanji
2q3.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-3 SKIP code
3-2-3 SKIP code
3230.3 Four corner code
1-29-68 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5de1 Unicode hex code