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自

6 strokes
Radical:
self 自
Parts:
目 自
oneself
Kun:
みずか.ら、 おの.ずから、 おの.ずと
On:
ジ、 シ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
19 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 自 【ジ】 self-, from (a time or place)
  • 自営 【ジエイ】 running one's own business, doing business on one's own, self-employment
  • 出自 【シュツジ】 origin, birthplace, descent, lineage, ancestry, stock
  • 海自 【カイジ】 Maritime Self-Defense Force
  • 自然界 【シゼンカイ】 nature, the natural world, realm of nature
  • 自然 【シゼン】 nature, natural, spontaneous, automatic, naturally, spontaneously, automatically
  • 己がじし 【オノガジシ】 each (and every one), individually

Kun reading compounds

  • 自ら 【みずから】 oneself, oneself, for oneself, personally, in person
  • 自ら進んで 【みずからすすんで】 by choice, of one's own free will, on one's own initiative, off one's own bat
  • 自ずから 【おのずから】 naturally, in due course, by itself, of its own accord
  • 自ずから明らか 【おのずからあきらか】 self-evident
  • 自ずと 【おのずと】 naturally, in due course, by itself, of its own accord

Readings

Japanese names:
より
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zi4
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • uno mismo
  • por sí mismo
  • auto-

Portuguese

  • a si próprio

French

  • soi-même
229 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
150 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
134 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
53 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3841 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
60 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
242 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
340 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.19 Japanese for Busy People
62 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
62 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
63 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1587 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4338 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2195 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2954 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
36 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30095 Morohashi
3525 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4900 New Nelson (John Haig)
36 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
36 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
14 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
126 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
879 2001 Kanji
5c1.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-6-2 SKIP code
2600.0 Four corner code
1-28-11 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
81ea Unicode hex code

宅

6 strokes
Radical:
roof 宀
Parts:
一 ノ 乙 宀
home, house, residence, our house, my husband
On:
タク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
357 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 宅 【タク】 house, home, one's house, one's home, one's husband
  • 宅地 【タクチ】 building lot, residential land
  • 社宅 【シャタク】 company housing, housing provided by one's company
  • 家宅 【カタク】 domicile, premises

Readings

Japanese names:
け、 たか、 たけ、 や、 やけ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhai2, zhe4
Korean:
taeg, daeg

Spanish

  • hogar
  • casa
  • residencia
  • marido propio

Portuguese

  • casa
  • lar
  • residência
  • nossa casa
  • meu marido

French

  • domicile
  • maison
  • résidence
  • notre maison
  • mon mari
940 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
928 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
371 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1279 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
992 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
458 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
283 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.13 Japanese for Busy People
178 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
178 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
538 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
467 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2698 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1376 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1862 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1935 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7064 Morohashi
2174 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1308 New Nelson (John Haig)
1916 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2065 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
847 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
756 2001 Kanji
3m3.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-3 SKIP code
3071.4 Four corner code
1-34-80 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5b85 Unicode hex code

謹

17 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
二 口 土 艾 言
discreet, reverently, humbly
Kun:
つつし.む
On:
キン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2068 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 謹慎 【キンシン】 self restraint, moderating one's own behavior, penitence, discipline, confinement (esp. to one's home), house arrest, suspension (from work or school)
  • 謹賀新年 【キンガシンネン】 Happy New Year
  • 細謹 【サイキン】 slight flaw

Kun reading compounds

  • 慎む 【つつしむ】 to be careful, to be discreet, to do in moderation, to refrain (from overdoing), to abstain, to be reverent, to be purified, to be chaste

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jin3
Korean:
geun

Spanish

  • discreto
  • respetuoso
  • humilde
  • ser discreto
  • ser respetuoso
  • ser humilde

Portuguese

  • discreto
  • reverentemente
  • humildemente

French

  • révérencieusement
  • humblement
  • discret
1180 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1835 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4424 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1151 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1769 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2645 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1247 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1314 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1582 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1705 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2045 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1077 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1462 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1590 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35850P Morohashi
1618 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5688 New Nelson (John Haig)
1576 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1698 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1882 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3072 2001 Kanji
7a10.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-10 SKIP code
0461.4 Four corner code
1-22-64 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8b39 Unicode hex code

慎

13 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
一 ハ 十 忙 目
Variants:
愼
humility, be careful, discreet, prudent
Kun:
つつし.む、 つつ.ましい、 つつし、 つつし.み
On:
シン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
999 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 慎重 【シンチョウ】 careful, cautious, prudent, discreet, deliberate
  • 慎重吟味 【シンチョウギンミ】 scrutiny, careful (close) examination (investigation), careful inquiry, careful selection
  • 謹慎 【キンシン】 self restraint, moderating one's own behavior, penitence, discipline, confinement (esp. to one's home), house arrest, suspension (from work or school)
  • 不謹慎 【フキンシン】 imprudent, indiscreet, immodest, indecent, inconsiderate, inappropriate

Kun reading compounds

  • 慎む 【つつしむ】 to be careful, to be discreet, to do in moderation, to refrain (from overdoing), to abstain, to be reverent, to be purified, to be chaste
  • 慎ましい 【つつましい】 modest, reserved, quiet, humble, frugal, simple, plain
  • 慎む 【つつしむ】 to be careful, to be discreet, to do in moderation, to refrain (from overdoing), to abstain, to be reverent, to be purified, to be chaste
  • 慎み 【つつしみ】 modesty, self-control, discretion
  • 慎み 【つつしみ】 modesty, self-control, discretion
  • 慎み深い 【つつしみぶかい】 discreet, modest, cautious

Readings

Japanese names:
ちか、 のり、 まこと、 みつ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shen4
Korean:
sin

Spanish

  • prudencia
  • modestia
  • discrección
  • refrenarse
  • precaverse
  • ser cuidadoso
  • ser discreto

Portuguese

  • humildade
  • cuidado
  • discreto
  • prudente

French

  • humilité
  • circonspect
  • discret
  • prudent
1442 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1089 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1742 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1669 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1312 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1839 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1785 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1918 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1220 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
826 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
792 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
463 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
590 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
637 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11024P Morohashi
643 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1945 New Nelson (John Haig)
630 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
677 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1627 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1161 2001 Kanji
4k10.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-10 SKIP code
1-1-12 SKIP code
9408.1 Four corner code
1-31-21 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
614e Unicode hex code