Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
shoulder
Kun:
かた
On:
ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1215 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 肩甲 【ケンコウ】 scapular
  • 肩高 【ケンコウ】 withers (height from ground to shoulder blades in animals)
  • 路肩 【ロカタ】 shoulder (of a road), berm
  • 強肩 【キョウケン】 strong throwing arm

Kun reading compounds

  • 肩 【かた】 shoulder
  • 肩書き 【かたがき】 title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord), job title, position (in a company), degree, status, rank
  • 路肩 【ろかた】 shoulder (of a road), berm
  • 相肩 【あいかた】 partner, someone who shares one's load

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian1
Korean:
gyeon

Spanish

  • hombro

Portuguese

  • Ombro

French

  • épaule
1212 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1041 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1820 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1215 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
841 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1264 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1337 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1084 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1014 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2446 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1238 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1703 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1086 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29299X Morohashi
1947 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4776 New Nelson (John Haig)
1077 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1158 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1190 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3046 2001 Kanji
4m4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-1-7 SKIP code
3022.7 Four corner code
1-24-10 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
80a9 Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
legs
Parts:
before, ahead, previous, future, precedence
Kun:
さきま.ず
On:
セン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
173 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 先 【セン】 former, previous, old, first move (in go, shogi, etc.), opening move
  • 先駆 【センク】 forerunner, precursor, pioneer, leader, outrider, outriding
  • 機先 【キセン】 forestall
  • 互先 【タガイセン】 even game (esp. in go)

Kun reading compounds

  • 先 【さき】 point, tip, end, nozzle, head (of a line), front, first, before, ahead (of), (the way) ahead, beyond, future, previous, prior, former, recent, last, destination, address, place where you do something, rest (e.g. of a story), continuation, remaining part, the other party
  • 先行き 【さきゆき】 the future, future prospects
  • 小手先 【こてさき】 tip of the hand, (use of) one's hands, cheap trick, superficial wit, superficial cleverness, cheap, makeshift (e.g. measures), shortsighted, perfunctory, halfhearted
  • 矛先 【ほこさき】 point of a spear, spearhead, focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.), aim, target, brunt, force (of an argument), edge
  • 先ず 【まず】 first (of all), firstly, to begin with, before anything else, probably, most likely, almost certainly, virtually, more or less (satisfactory), on the whole, reasonably, anyway, at any rate, for now (at least), for the time being
  • まず第一に 【まずだいいちに】 first of all, in the first place, to begin with, for starters

Readings

Japanese names:
ぽん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xian1
Korean:
seon

Spanish

  • antes
  • adelante
  • previo
  • precedencia
  • extremo
  • punta
  • final
  • anterior

Portuguese

  • antes
  • prévio
  • na frente
  • futuro
  • precedência

French

  • avant
  • devant
  • précédent
  • futur
  • antériorité
33 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
43 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
49 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
201 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
571 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
65 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
16 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
280 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.18 Japanese for Busy People
50 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
50 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
48 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
145 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3046 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1552 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2123 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
254 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1349 Morohashi
2394 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
350 New Nelson (John Haig)
248 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
263 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
115 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
54 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2457 2001 Kanji
3b3.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-2 SKIP code
2421.1 Four corner code
1-32-72 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5148 Unicode hex code