Jisho

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18 strokes
Radical:
minster, official
Parts:
look to, face, meet, confront, attend, call on
Kun:
のぞ.む
On:
リン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
722 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 臨界 【リンカイ】 boundary, (nuclear) criticality, critical (mass, pressure, temperature, state, point, etc.)
  • 臨海 【リンカイ】 coastal, seaside, oceanfront, maritime
  • 意臨 【イリン】 copying calligraphy without sticking to the model (calligraphy), copying freely
  • 形臨 【ケイリン】 copying calligraphy from a model

Kun reading compounds

  • 臨む 【のぞむ】 to look out on, to overlook, to front onto, to face (a situation, crisis, etc.), to meet (e.g. death), to be confronted by, to deal with (an issue), to attend (e.g. a function), to appear (e.g. in court), to be present at, to go to (e.g. a place), to take part in, to participate, to join

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lin2
Korean:
rim

Spanish

  • asistir
  • encontrar
  • encarar
  • enfrentarse
  • confrontar

Portuguese

  • considerar
  • enfrentar
  • reunião
  • confrontar
  • coparecer
  • invocar

French

  • faire face à
  • rencontrer
  • affronter
  • assister à
  • passer voir
  • se rendre sur place
  • exceptionnel
880 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
1004 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
994 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
897 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3840 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
783 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1683 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
836 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
855 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1229 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1806 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2059 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1083 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1470 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
862 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30087 Morohashi
1630 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4899 New Nelson (John Haig)
854 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
918 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1004 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3477 2001 Kanji
2t15.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-11 SKIP code
1-6-11 SKIP code
7876.6 Four corner code
1-46-55 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
81e8 Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
house on cliff 广
Parts:
广
bed, counter for beds, floor, padding, tatami
Kun:
とこゆか
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1175 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 床 【ショウ】 counter for beds
  • 床几 【ショウギ】 camp stool, folding stool
  • 臨床 【リンショウ】 clinical (e.g. pathology, physiology)
  • 温床 【オンショウ】 hotbed, breeding ground

Kun reading compounds

  • 床 【とこ】 bed, bedding, sickbed, alcove, riverbed, seedbed, straw "core" of a tatami mat, floor
  • 床の間 【とこのま】 tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)
  • 鋏 【やっとこ】 pincers, nippers, pliers
  • 金床 【かなとこ】 anvil
  • 床 【ゆか】 floor, stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player), dining platform built across a river
  • 床下 【ゆかした】 under the floor
  • 河床 【かしょう】 riverbed, raised platform on the bank of a river for enjoying the cool in summer
  • 納涼床 【のうりょうゆか】 raised platform on the bank of a river for enjoying the summer cool

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chuang2
Korean:
sang

Spanish

  • suelo
  • cama
  • alcoba
  • peluquería

Portuguese

  • cama
  • andar
  • estofamento
  • tatami

French

  • plancher
  • lit
  • rembourrage
  • tatami
  • compteur de lits
1389 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1240 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1503 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
959 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
507 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
508 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
826 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
845 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
543 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
584 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3805 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1947 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2641 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
599 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9242 Morohashi
3067 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1608 New Nelson (John Haig)
592 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
636 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1135 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
564 2001 Kanji
3q4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-4 SKIP code
0029.4 Four corner code
1-30-18 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e8a Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
stone
Parts:
polish, study of, sharpen
Kun:
と.ぐ
On:
ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
336 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 研究員 【ケンキュウイン】 researcher, lab worker
  • 研究 【ケンキュウ】 study, research, investigation
  • 予研 【ヨケン】 National Institute of Health
  • 技研 【ギケン】 technical research institute

Kun reading compounds

  • 研ぐ 【とぐ】 to sharpen, to hone, to whet, to grind, to wash (rice), to scour, to polish, to burnish

Readings

Japanese names:
のり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yan2, yan4
Korean:
yeon

Spanish

  • estudio
  • afilar
  • pulir

Portuguese

  • polir
  • estudar
  • afiar

French

  • polir
  • étudier
  • aiguiser
204 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
290 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
272 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
426 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3180 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
583 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
231 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
875 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.8 Japanese for Busy People
896 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
918 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
297 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1398 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1456 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
771 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1046 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
682 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24080 Morohashi
1132 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3991 New Nelson (John Haig)
675 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
729 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
284 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
325 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3355 2001 Kanji
5a4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-4 SKIP code
1164.0 Four corner code
1-24-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7814 Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
cave
Parts:
Variants:
research, study
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
368 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 究明 【キュウメイ】 investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts)
  • 究極 【キュウキョク】 ultimate, final, last, eventual
  • 最新研究 【サイシンケンキュウ】 the newest research
  • 学究 【ガッキュウ】 scholar, student
  • 究竟 【クキョウ】 culmination, conclusion
  • 究竟 【クッキョウ】 after all, in the end, finally, excellent, superb, handy, appropriate, ideal, robust, brawny, muscular, strong, sturdy

Kun reading compounds

  • 究める 【きわめる】 to investigate thoroughly, to research thoroughly, to master, to understand completely

Readings

Japanese names:
きゅ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jiu4, jiu1
Korean:
gu

Spanish

  • estudio
  • investigación
  • profundización
  • último
  • final
  • dominar
  • profundizar en el estudio de

Portuguese

  • pesquisa
  • estudo

French

  • recherche
  • étudier
185 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
271 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
253 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
427 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3314 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
599 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
234 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
492 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.8 Japanese for Busy People
895 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
917 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
298 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1451 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2729 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1398 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1885 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1331 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
25409 Morohashi
2203 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4189 New Nelson (John Haig)
1320 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1417 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
261 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
278 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
757 2001 Kanji
3m4.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-4 SKIP code
2-5-2 SKIP code
3041.7 Four corner code
1-21-70 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7a76 Unicode hex code