Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
knee, lap
Kun:
ひざ
On:
シツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2320 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 膝窩静脈 【シツカジョウミャク】 popliteal vein
  • 膝窩動脈 【シツカドウミャク】 popliteal artery

Kun reading compounds

  • 膝 【ひざ】 knee, lap, knee and thigh (while sitting)
  • 跪く 【ひざまずく】 to kneel (in respect), to genuflect
  • 両膝 【りょうひざ】 both knees
  • 突き膝 【つきひざ】 knee touch down, posture with knees and toes on the floor

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xi1
Korean:
seul

Spanish

  • rodilla

Portuguese

French

3814 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2281 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1917 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1359 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
985 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
29837 Morohashi
4868 New Nelson (John Haig)
2461 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1002 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3942 2001 Kanji
4b11.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-11 SKIP code
7423.2 Four corner code
1-41-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
819d Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
dish
Parts:
dish, a helping, plate
Kun:
さら
On:
ベイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
1812 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 器皿 【キベイ】 bowl, plate, dish

Kun reading compounds

  • 皿 【さら】 plate, dish, platter, disc, serving, helping, course, kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
  • 皿洗い 【さらあらい】 washing-up, dish-washing
  • 聖体皿 【せいたいさら】 paten
  • 二皿 【ふたさら】 two plates, two helpings, two servings

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
min3
Korean:
myeong

Spanish

  • plato

Portuguese

  • Prato(tipo)
  • porção
  • prato (objeto)

French

  • assiette
  • plat
  • portion
300 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1307 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1651 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3113 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1891 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
756 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
3.4 Japanese for Busy People
1097 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1148 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
927 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1368 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4286 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2164 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2916 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1459 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
22941 Morohashi
3474 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3885 New Nelson (John Haig)
1447 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1555 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
249 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3674 2001 Kanji
5h0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-5-1 SKIP code
3-3-2 SKIP code
7710.0 Four corner code
1-27-14 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
76bf Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
shell
Parts:
Variants:
shellfish
Kun:
かい
On:
バイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N2
1787 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 貝 【バイ】 Japanese babylon (species of shelled mollusk, Babylonia japonica), Japanese ivory shell, spinning top (traditionally made from a Japanese babylon shell)
  • 貝貨 【バイカ】 shell money
  • 越虫貝 【エッチュウバイ】 finely-striate buccinum (species of whelk, Buccinum striatissimum)
  • 蝦夷貝 【エゾバイ】 Middendorf's whelk (Buccinum middendorffi)

Kun reading compounds

  • 貝 【かい】 shellfish, seashell, shell
  • 貝殻 【かいがら】 seashell, shell
  • 魚介 【ぎょかい】 marine products, seafood, fish and shellfish
  • パウア貝 【パウアかい】 paua (edible New Zealand abalone; species Haliotis iris, H. australis, H. virginea)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bei4
Korean:
pae

Spanish

  • concha

Portuguese

  • Marisco
  • conchas

French

  • coquillage
169 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
49 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
90 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1590 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4486 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
44 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
917 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
498 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
240 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
240 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
719 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1720 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3150 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1614 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2200 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
54 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36656 Morohashi
2543 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5766 New Nelson (John Haig)
54 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
56 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
70 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3961 2001 Kanji
7b0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-2 SKIP code
6080.0 Four corner code
1-19-13 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8c9d Unicode hex code