Jisho

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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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On reading compounds

  • 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

己

3 strokes
Radical:
oneself 己 (巳, 已, 㔾)
Parts:
已
self
Kun:
おのれ、 つちのと、 な
On:
コ、 キ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1098 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 非自己 【ヒジコ】 nonself, not self
  • 一己 【イッコ】 personal, private, oneself
  • 己 【キ】 6th in rank, sixth sign of the Chinese calendar
  • 己亥 【ツチノトイ】 Earth Boar (36th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1959, 2019, 2079)
  • 親戚知己 【シンセキチキ】 relatives and acquaintances
  • 克己 【コッキ】 self-control, self-mastery, self-restraint, self-denial

Kun reading compounds

  • 己 【おのれ】 oneself (itself, etc.), I, me, you, by oneself (itself, etc.), interjection expressing anger or chagrin
  • 己達せんと欲して人を達せしむ 【おのれたっせんとほっしてひとをたっせしむ】 if you wish to succeed yourself, first help others to succeed
  • 己 【き】 6th in rank, sixth sign of the Chinese calendar
  • 己亥 【つちのとい】 Earth Boar (36th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1959, 2019, 2079)
  • 己 【な】 I, you
  • 汝等 【うぬら】 ye, you, me, I, us, we

Readings

Japanese names:
し、 み
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji3
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • yo
  • uno mismo

Portuguese

  • Próprio
  • cobra
  • serpente

French

  • soi
  • serpent
  • signe du 6è tronc céleste
777 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
866 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
855 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1320 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1462 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
676 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1248 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
32 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
370 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
371 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
632 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
554 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4188 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2117 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2864 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
531 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8742 Morohashi
3380 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1540 New Nelson (John Haig)
525 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
564 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
827 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3556 2001 Kanji
0a3.12 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-1 SKIP code
1771.7 Four corner code
1-24-42 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5df1 Unicode hex code

鍛

17 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
几 又 殳 金
Variants:
煅
forge, discipline, train
Kun:
きた.える
On:
タン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1793 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 鍛錬 【タンレン】 tempering (metal), annealing, forging, toughening, disciplining, training
  • 鍛金 【タンキン】 hammering

Kun reading compounds

  • 鍛える 【きたえる】 to forge, to temper, to drill, to train, to discipline

Readings

Japanese names:
か
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
duan4
Korean:
dan

Spanish

  • forjar
  • disciplinar
  • entrenar

Portuguese

  • forjar
  • disciplinar
  • treinar

French

  • former
  • discipliner
  • entraîner
1569 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1733 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4895 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1351 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1855 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2651 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1817 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1966 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1605 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1831 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2206 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1152 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1567 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1877 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40625 Morohashi
1755 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6318 New Nelson (John Haig)
1860 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2004 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1887 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2868 2001 Kanji
8a9.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-9 SKIP code
8714.7 Four corner code
1-35-35 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
935b Unicode hex code

錬

16 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
一 ｜ ハ 并 日 木 田 金
tempering, refine, drill, train, polish
Kun:
ね.る
On:
レン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2221 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 錬金術師 【レンキンジュツシ】 alchemist
  • 錬金術 【レンキンジュツ】 alchemy, way of making money, moneymaker, money-spinner
  • 修練 【シュウレン】 training, drill, practice, practising, discipline
  • 精錬 【セイレン】 refining, refinement, smelting, training

Kun reading compounds

  • 練る 【ねる】 to knead, to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame), to polish (a plan, etc.), to refine, to elaborate, to work out, to train, to drill, to exercise, to gloss (silk), to soften, to degum, to tan (leather), to temper (steel), to walk in procession, to parade, to march
  • 錬る 【ねる】 to temper (steel)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
lian4
Korean:
ryeon

Spanish

  • forjar
  • refinar
  • disciplinar
  • pulir

Portuguese

  • tempera
  • refinar
  • broca
  • treinar
  • polir

French

  • endurcir
  • améliorer
  • entrainer
  • perfectionner
  • écrouir
1933 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1847 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4881 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1872 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1853 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1816 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1965 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1602 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1829 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2185 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1146 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1553 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2049 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40576 Morohashi
1741 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6300 New Nelson (John Haig)
2030 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2186 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1861 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2864 2001 Kanji
8a8.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-8 SKIP code
8519.6 Four corner code
1-47-03 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
932c Unicode hex code