Jisho

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脊

10 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
二 人 月
stature, height, spine
Kun:
せ、 せい
On:
セキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2299 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 脊椎 【セキツイ】 spine, vertebral column
  • 脊髄 【セキズイ】 spinal cord

Kun reading compounds

  • 背 【せ】 back, reverse, rear side, back (e.g. of a chair), spine (of a book), height, stature, ridge (of a mountain)
  • 背 【せい】 height, stature
  • 背 【せい】 height, stature
  • 背丈 【せたけ】 stature, height

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji2, ji3
Korean:
cheog

Spanish

  • columna vertebral
  • espina dorsal
  • espalda
  • estatura

Portuguese

French

3763 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1212 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1339 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3297 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2317 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
29472 Morohashi
4804 New Nelson (John Haig)
2071 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
268 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4b6.13 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-4 SKIP code
1122.7 Four corner code
1-32-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
810a Unicode hex code

髄

19 strokes
Radical:
bone 骨
Parts:
一 ノ 冖 込 月 骨
Variants:
膸 髓
marrow, pith, essence
On:
ズイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1652 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 髄 【ズイ】 medulla, marrow, pith
  • 髄膜炎 【ズイマクエン】 meningitis
  • 骨髄 【コツズイ】 bone marrow, medulla, true spirit, one's mind
  • 脊髄 【セキズイ】 spinal cord

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sui3
Korean:
su

Spanish

  • médula
  • meollo

Portuguese

  • Tutano
  • medula
  • miolo

French

  • moelle
  • quintessence
1463 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1833 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5242 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1697 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1915 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2826 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1740 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1863 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1793 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1923 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2316 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1198 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1634 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1299 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
45240P Morohashi
1842 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6791 New Nelson (John Haig)
1290 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1385 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1926 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3646 2001 Kanji
4b14.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-10-9 SKIP code
1-10-8 SKIP code
7423.2 Four corner code
1-31-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9ac4 Unicode hex code

損

13 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
ハ 口 扎 目 貝
damage, loss, disadvantage, hurt, injure
Kun:
そこ.なう、 そこな.う、 -そこ.なう、 そこ.ねる、 -そこ.ねる
On:
ソン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
807 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 損 【ソン】 loss, damage, harm, unprofitable, disadvantage, handicap, drawback, unfavorable
  • 損益 【ソンエキ】 profit and loss, advantage and disadvantage
  • 毀損 【キソン】 damage, injury, defamation, harm
  • 海損 【カイソン】 sea damage, average loss

Kun reading compounds

  • 損なう 【そこなう】 to harm, to hurt, to injure, to damage, to spoil, to mar, to ruin, to fail to do, to do amiss, to miss one's opportunity to do, to almost do, to come close to doing
  • 損なう 【そこなう】 to harm, to hurt, to injure, to damage, to spoil, to mar, to ruin, to fail to do, to do amiss, to miss one's opportunity to do, to almost do, to come close to doing
  • 損ねる 【そこねる】 to harm, to hurt, to injure, to wreck, to miss one's chance to (do something), to fail to (do what one ought to have done)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sun3
Korean:
son

Spanish

  • pérdida
  • desaparición
  • desventaja
  • dañar
  • herir

Portuguese

  • prejuízo
  • perda
  • desvantagem
  • ferida
  • ferir

French

  • blesser
  • nuire
  • dommages
  • perte
837 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
768 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
745 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1070 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1979 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
449 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
581 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
350 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
351 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
396 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
922 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
801 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
468 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
596 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
673 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12459 Morohashi
651 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2255 New Nelson (John Haig)
666 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
719 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
780 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1361 2001 Kanji
3c10.12 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-10 SKIP code
5608.6 Four corner code
1-34-27 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
640d Unicode hex code

傷

13 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
一 ノ 人 化 勹 日 勿 乞
wound, hurt, injure, impair, pain, injury, cut, gash, scar, weak point
Kun:
きず、 いた.む、 いた.める
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
845 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 傷跡 【キズアト】 scar
  • 傷害 【ショウガイ】 injury, inflicting bodily injury
  • 殺傷 【サッショウ】 killing and wounding, bloodshed
  • 脳挫傷 【ノウザショウ】 cerebral contusion

Kun reading compounds

  • 傷 【きず】 wound, injury, cut, gash, bruise, scratch, scrape, scar, chip, crack, scratch, nick, flaw, defect, weakness, weak point, stain (on one's reputation), disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, (emotional) hurt, hurt feelings
  • 傷跡 【きずあと】 scar
  • 無傷 【むきず】 unhurt, uninjured, unwounded, unscathed, unharmed, flawless (e.g. gem), unblemished, undamaged, perfect (condition), spotless (e.g. reputation), faultless (e.g. performance), perfect (record), without failure, without defeat
  • 古傷 【ふるきず】 old wound, scar, unpleasant past experience, painful memory, past misdeed
  • 痛む 【いたむ】 to hurt, to ache, to feel a pain, to be injured, to be spoiled (e.g. food), to be damaged
  • 痛める 【いためる】 to hurt, to injure, to cause pain, to harm, to damage, to spoil, to worry, to bother, to be grieved over, to afflict, to cause financial loss, to hurt one's pocket

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shang1
Korean:
sang

Spanish

  • herida
  • daño
  • lesión
  • corte
  • estar herido
  • herir

Portuguese

  • machucado
  • ferido
  • ferir
  • danificar
  • dor
  • dano
  • corte
  • corte profundo
  • cicatriz
  • ponto fraco

French

  • blessure
  • faire mal
  • abîmer
  • douleur
  • entaille
  • cicatrice
  • point faible
912 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
901 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
723 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
535 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1008 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1067 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
633 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
643 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
835 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
130 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
179 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
118 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
137 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1005 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1029 Morohashi
158 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
301 New Nelson (John Haig)
996 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1071 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
960 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2151 2001 Kanji
2a11.10 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-11 SKIP code
2822.7 Four corner code
1-29-93 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
50b7 Unicode hex code