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

Speed

Stroke order

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

賛

15 strokes
Radical:
shell 貝
Parts:
二 亠 人 ハ 大 目 貝
Variants:
贊
approve, praise, title or inscription on picture, assist, agree with
Kun:
たす.ける、 たた.える
On:
サン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
868 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 賛 【サン】 praise, tribute, inscription (on a painting)
  • 賛意 【サンイ】 approval, assent
  • 協賛 【キョウサン】 support, mutual aid, cooperation, approval, authorization, authorisation
  • 絶賛 【ゼッサン】 high praise, great admiration, acclaim, with critical acclaim, to rave reviews, with high commendations, currently, presently, right now

Kun reading compounds

  • 称える 【たたえる】 to praise, to extol, to hail, to laud, to celebrate

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zan4
Korean:
chan

Spanish

  • admirar
  • alabar
  • elogiar
  • ayudar
  • consentir
  • aprobar

Portuguese

  • aprovar
  • elogiar
  • título ou inscrição em gravura
  • auxiliar
  • concordar com

French

  • approuver
  • accord
  • louanges
  • assister
  • inscription sur une peinture
619 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
716 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
690 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
881 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4516 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
841 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
929 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2394 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
745 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
758 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
376 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1736 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3484 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1797 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2446 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
851 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36841 Morohashi
2809 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5814 New Nelson (John Haig)
843 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
906 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
807 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1461 2001 Kanji
7b8.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-7 SKIP code
2-13-2 SKIP code
5580.6 Four corner code
1-27-31 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8cdb Unicode hex code