Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
womb, uterus
On:
タイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1861 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 胎 【タイ】 womb
  • 胎児 【タイジ】 fetus, foetus, embryo, baby in the womb, unborn baby
  • 母胎 【ボタイ】 womb, uterus, parent body, base, basis
  • 堕胎 【ダタイ】 abortion, feticide

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tai1
Korean:
tae

Spanish

  • útero
  • feto
  • concebir

Portuguese

  • útero

French

  • utérus
  • foetus
1544 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1801 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3750 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1477 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1672 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1296 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1371 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1544 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1026 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1149 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
621 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
827 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
756 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29369 Morohashi
918 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4789 New Nelson (John Haig)
748 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
810 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1264 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3977 2001 Kanji
4b5.10 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-5 SKIP code
7326.0 Four corner code
1-34-59 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
80ce Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
legs
Parts:
Variants:
newborn babe, child, young of animals
Kun:
-こ-っこ
On:
ゲイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
679 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 児 【ジ】 child, boy, I, me
  • 児童 【ジドウ】 children, juvenile
  • 新生児 【シンセイジ】 newborn baby
  • 遺児 【イジ】 orphan, child left by the deceased, abandoned child

Kun reading compounds

  • 子 【こ】 child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person, (one's) child, offspring, young woman, young (animal), offshoot, interest, new share, player who is not a dealer, young geisha, young prostitute, bird egg, -er (often of young women)
  • 【コククジラ】 gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus), grey whale
  • 江戸っ子 【えどっこ】 (true) Tokyoite, Edoite, Tokyo native, Edokko
  • 駄々っ子 【だだっこ】 unmanageable child, spoiled child (spoilt), spoiled brat

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
er2
Korean:
a

Spanish

  • recién nacido
  • chiquillo
  • cría

Portuguese

  • recém-nascido
  • criança
  • filhote

French

  • nouveau-né
  • enfant
  • petit d'animal
801 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
526 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
697 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
556 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
572 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
782 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
338 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
497 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1217 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1280 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1375 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
148 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3153 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1617 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2203 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
58 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1364 Morohashi
2546 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
355 New Nelson (John Haig)
58 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
62 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
482 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1257 2001 Kanji
4c3.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-2 SKIP code
1-2-5 SKIP code
1-1-6 SKIP code
2621.0 Four corner code
1-27-89 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5150 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
cut, cutoff, be sharp
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
324 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 切 【セツ】 eager, earnest, ardent, kind, keen, acute, OFF (on switch)
  • 切実 【セツジツ】 earnest, sincere, acute, keen, fervent, pressing, urgent, serious, severe, pertinent, appropriate
  • 懇切 【コンセツ】 kind and careful (instruction, explanation, etc.), considerate, helpful, thoughtful, detailed, scrupulous
  • 哀切 【アイセツ】 pathetic, plaintive
  • 家財一切 【カザイイッサイ】 complete set of household goods
  • 費用一切 【ヒヨウイッサイ】 all expenses

Kun reading compounds

  • 切る 【きる】 to cut, to cut through, to perform (surgery), to sever (connections, ties), to turn off (e.g. the light), to terminate (e.g. a conversation), to hang up (the phone), to disconnect, to punch (a ticket), to tear off (a stub), to open (something sealed), to start, to set (a limit), to do (something) in less or within a certain time, to issue (cheques, vouchers, etc.), to reduce, to decrease, to discount, to shake off (water, etc.), to let drip-dry, to let drain, to cross, to traverse, to criticize sharply, to act decisively, to do (something noticeable), to go first, to make (certain facial expressions, in kabuki), to turn (vehicle, steering wheel, etc.), to curl (a ball), to bend, to cut, to shuffle (cards), to discard a tile, to dismiss, to sack, to let go, to expel, to excommunicate, to dig (a groove), to cut (a stencil, on a mimeograph), to trump, to cut (the connection between two groups), to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking a metal against stone), to draw (a shape) in the air (with a sword, etc.), to do completely, to finish doing, to be completely ..., to be totally ..., to be terribly ..., to do clearly, to do decisively, to do firmly
  • 切り 【きり】 end, finish, place to stop, bound, limit, end, delivery date (of a futures contract), finale (of a noh song), end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki), final performance of the day (in vaudeville), trump card, king (court card; in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta), counter for slices (esp. thick slices), counter for cuts (of fish, meat, etc.), only, just, (ever) since, after, continuously, remaining (in a particular state)
  • 切り替え 【きりかえ】 exchange, conversion, replacement, switching (to), switchover
  • 爪切り 【つめきり】 nail clippers
  • 押し切り 【おしきり】 straw cutter, short mane, pressing and cutting
  • 切れる 【きれる】 to break, to snap, to be cut, to split, to crack, to be injured, to wear out, to be worn out, to break, to burst, to collapse, to wear off, to stop working, to go dead, to expire (time limit, etc.), to run out, to become due, to run out (of stock, etc.), to be exhausted, to be used up, to be sold out, to be out of, to be broken off (e.g. of a relationship), to break up, to have severed ties, to be cut off, to be disconnected, to cut well, to be sharp, to be sharp-minded, to be keen, to be shrewd, to be quick-witted, to be able, to be short of, to drop under (a certain figure), to beat (e.g. a record time), to dry off, to curve, to veer, to shuffle (cards), to get angry, to snap, to blow one's top, to lose one's temper, to flip, to be able to do completely
  • 切れ 【きれ】 piece, slice, strip, scrap, cloth, sharpness, agility, counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
  • 切れ味 【きれあじ】 sharpness, cutting ability, quickness (of wit), incisiveness, technical proficiency, skill, peppiness (of a ball)
  • 布切れ 【ぬのぎれ】 piece of cloth

Readings

Japanese names:
きつ、 きり、 ぎり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qie1, qie4
Korean:
jeol, che

Spanish

  • cortar
  • urgente
  • apremiante
  • completo
  • cortar bien
  • agotarse

Portuguese

  • corte
  • talho
  • afiar

French

  • couper
  • trancher
  • tranchant
  • passionné
  • sérieux
99 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
173 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
156 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
204 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
667 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
36 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
126 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
51 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.3 Japanese for Busy People
39 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
39 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
250 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
179 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
30 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
15 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
15 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
86 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1858 Morohashi
27 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
453 New Nelson (John Haig)
85 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
89 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
208 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
97 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1445 2001 Kanji
2f2.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-2 SKIP code
4772.0 Four corner code
1-32-58 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5207 Unicode hex code

8 strokes (also 7)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
urge, force, imminent, spur on
Kun:
せま.る
On:
ハク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
773 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 迫撃 【ハクゲキ】 close attack
  • 迫害 【ハクガイ】 persecution, oppression
  • 肉薄 【ニクハク】 closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.), coming close to, pressing hard, pressing hard (e.g. with a question), taking to task, grilling
  • 威迫 【イハク】 menace, threat, intimidation

Kun reading compounds

  • 迫る 【せまる】 to approach, to draw near, to be imminent, to press (someone for something), to urge, to compel

Readings

Japanese names:
さこ、 せ、 せこ、 はさ、 はさま、 はざま
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
po4, pai3
Korean:
bag

Spanish

  • estrechar
  • acercarse
  • atormentar
  • acosar
  • presionar

Portuguese

  • Urgir
  • forçar
  • esporear

French

  • pousser
  • forcer
  • harceler
  • imminent
  • éperonner
1697 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
842 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4676 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1411 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1805 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
747 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1175 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1233 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
964 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
684 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3815 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1953 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2647 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
288 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38797P Morohashi
3074 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6031 New Nelson (John Haig)
282 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
300 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1218 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
878 2001 Kanji
2q5.5 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-5 SKIP code
3630.0 Four corner code
1-39-87 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8feb Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
Variants:
sham, temporary, interim, assumed (name), informal
Kun:
かりかり-
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
1039 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 仮 【カリ】 temporary, provisional, interim, tentative, fictitious, assumed (name), alias, hypothetical, theoretical
  • 仮称 【カショウ】 temporary name, provisional name
  • 仮 【ケ】 lacking substance and existing in name only, something without substance
  • 化粧 【ケショウ】 make-up, makeup, cosmetics, decoration, dressing, veneer
  • 虚仮 【コケ】 folly, fool

Kun reading compounds

  • 仮 【かり】 temporary, provisional, interim, tentative, fictitious, assumed (name), alias, hypothetical, theoretical
  • 仮処分 【かりしょぶん】 provisional disposition, temporary injunction

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jia3, jia4
Korean:
ga, ban

Spanish

  • temporal
  • provisional
  • falso

Portuguese

  • fingimento
  • temporário
  • interim
  • assumido (nome)
  • informal

French

  • factice
  • intérim
  • temporaire
  • emprunt (nom d')
  • informel
  • ka(na)
559 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
656 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
625 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1322 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
382 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
696 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
304 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
231 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1049 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1092 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1141 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
63 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
53 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
34 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
34 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
975 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
398 Morohashi
50 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
144 New Nelson (John Haig)
966 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1039 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
656 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2167 2001 Kanji
2a4.15 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-4 SKIP code
2124.7 Four corner code
1-18-30 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4eee Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
death, decay 歹 (歺)
Parts:
death, die
Kun:
し.ぬし.に-
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
229 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 死 【シ】 death, (an) out, death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
  • 死因 【シイン】 cause of death
  • 安楽死 【アンラクシ】 euthanasia
  • 病死 【ビョウシ】 death from disease, death from illness

Kun reading compounds

  • 死ぬ 【しぬ】 to die, to pass away, to lose spirit, to lose vigor, to look dead, to cease, to stop
  • 死ぬ気で 【しぬきで】 all out, like hell, like crazy, desperately, expecting to die

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
si3
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • muerte
  • morir

Portuguese

  • morte
  • dados

French

  • mort
  • mourir
223 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
302 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
286 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
254 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2439 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
207 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
205 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
3.5 Japanese for Busy People
85 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
85 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
258 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1133 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4334 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2194 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2952 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
823 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16365 Morohashi
3521 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2968 New Nelson (John Haig)
815 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
878 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
238 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
267 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3256 2001 Kanji
0a6.6 The Kanji Dictionary
4-6-1 SKIP code
1021.1 Four corner code
1021.2 Four corner code
1-27-64 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6b7b Unicode hex code