Jisho

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胴

10 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
一 冂 口 月
trunk, torso, hull (ship), hub of wheel
On:
ドウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1904 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 胴 【ドウ】 trunk, torso, body, abdomen, waist, plastron (in kendo), touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo), frame (of a drum, etc.), sound box (of a shamisen, etc.), hull (of a ship), dealer
  • 胴上げ 【ドウアゲ】 tossing (someone) into the air (in celebration)
  • 空洞 【クウドウ】 cavity, hollow, cave, cavern, hollow
  • 台胴 【ダイドウ】 dado (part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dong4
Korean:
dong

Spanish

  • tronco (cuerpo)
  • torso

Portuguese

  • tronco
  • torso
  • casco (navio)
  • cubo de roda

French

  • tronc (du corps)
  • torse
  • coque (bateau)
  • moyeu
1662 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1564 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3767 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1500 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1674 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1300 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1379 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1341 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1032 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1186 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
646 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
857 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
184 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29436 Morohashi
950 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4810 New Nelson (John Haig)
182 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
194 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1347 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3949 2001 Kanji
4b6.10 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
7722.0 Four corner code
1-38-25 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
80f4 Unicode hex code

間

12 strokes
Radical:
gate 門
Parts:
日 門
Variants:
interval, space
Kun:
あいだ、 ま、 あい
On:
カン、 ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
33 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 間 【カン】 interval, period of time, among, between, inter-, good opportunity, chance, estrangement, discord, alienation, spy, secret agent
  • 間隔 【カンカク】 space, interval, space character, whitespace
  • 短期間 【タンキカン】 short term, short time
  • 右中間 【ウチュウカン】 between right and center fielders (centre)
  • 間 【ケン】 ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m), counter used to number the gaps between pillars
  • 間数 【ケンスウ】 number of ken (in length or breadth)
  • 世間 【セケン】 world, society, people, the public
  • 六百間 【ロッピャッケン】 roppyakken (type of game)

Kun reading compounds

  • 間 【あいだ】 space (between), gap, interval, distance, stretch, period of time (during, while), duration, interval, between (two parties or things), among (a group), relations (between), relationship, midpoint, average, halfway, middle ground, due to, because of
  • 間中 【あいだじゅう】 during
  • 候間 【そうろうあいだ】 as ...
  • ついこの間 【ついこのあいだ】 just the other day, quite recently
  • 間 【ま】 time, pause, space, room
  • 間際 【まぎわ】 the point just before ..., the point of (doing), the verge (of), the eve (of), (just before the) edge
  • 茶の間 【ちゃのま】 (Japanese-style) living room
  • 床の間 【とこのま】 tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)
  • 間 【あいだ】 space (between), gap, interval, distance, stretch, period of time (during, while), duration, interval, between (two parties or things), among (a group), relations (between), relationship, midpoint, average, halfway, middle ground, due to, because of
  • 間中 【あいだじゅう】 during
  • 波間 【なみま】 interval between the waves, gap between waves
  • 幕間 【まくあい】 intermission (between acts), interlude

Readings

Japanese names:
ちか、 は、 はざ、 はし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian1, jian4
Korean:
gan

Spanish

  • intervalo
  • espacio
  • habitación

Portuguese

  • intervalo
  • espaço

French

  • intervalle
  • espace
58 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
100 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
92 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
27 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4949 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
174 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
96 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1822 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.7 Japanese for Busy People
43 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
43 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
161 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1841 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4122 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2094 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2836 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1634 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41249 Morohashi
3323 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6391 New Nelson (John Haig)
1620 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1747 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
31 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
215 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3878 2001 Kanji
8e4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-8-4 SKIP code
7760.7 Four corner code
1-20-54 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9593 Unicode hex code

声

7 strokes
Radical:
scholar, bachelor 士
Parts:
士 尸
Variants:
聲
voice
Kun:
こえ、 こわ-
On:
セイ、 ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
388 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 声楽 【セイガク】 vocal music
  • 声援 【セイエン】 (shout of) encouragement, cheering, rooting, support
  • 肉声 【ニクセイ】 natural voice (without a microphone)
  • 和声 【ワセイ】 harmony, concord, consonance
  • 声 【ショウ】 voice, sound, tone (of Chinese character), tone mark, stress (in pronunciation), intonation, accent
  • 声点 【ショウテン】 tone mark, mark placed in one of the four corners of a Chinese character to indicate the tone
  • 高声 【コウセイ】 loud voice, high-pitched voice
  • 上声 【ジョウショウ】 rising tone (in Chinese), (of a Japanese accent) having a high, flat tone

Kun reading compounds

  • 声 【こえ】 voice, singing (of a bird), chirping (of an insect), hoot, voice, opinion (as expressed in words), view, wish, attitude, will, sound, sense (of something's arrival), feeling, voice, voiced sound
  • 声かけ 【こえかけ】 saying something (to someone), greeting, approaching (someone)
  • 一声 【いっせい】 voice, cry, shout
  • 険しい声 【けわしいこえ】 sharp voice

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sheng1
Korean:
seong

Spanish

  • voz
  • fama
  • reputación
  • rumor

Portuguese

  • Voz

French

  • voix
97 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
170 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
153 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
467 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1066 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
226 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
146 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
465 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.14 Japanese for Busy People
746 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
759 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
619 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
396 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2724 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1393 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1880 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1914 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5645 Morohashi
2198 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
989 New Nelson (John Haig)
1896 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2044 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
299 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
147 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1460 2001 Kanji
3p4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
4027.7 Four corner code
1-32-28 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
58f0 Unicode hex code