Jisho

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6 strokes
Radical:
tongue
Parts:
tongue, reed, clapper
Kun:
した
On:
ゼツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1830 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 舌圧子 【ゼツアツシ】 tongue depressor
  • 舌咽神経 【ゼツインシンケイ】 glossopharyngeal nerve
  • 饒舌 【ジョウゼツ】 talkativeness, garrulity, loquacity
  • 後舌 【コウゼツ】 rear part of the tongue

Kun reading compounds

  • 舌 【した】 tongue, tongue-like object, clapper (of a bell), talon (of a lock), reed (of a musical instrument)
  • 舌打ち 【したうち】 clicking one's tongue, tut-tut, smacking one's lips (with relish)
  • 貧乏舌 【びんぼうじた】 being unable to discern good food from bad, poor person's taste (in food), unsophisticated palate
  • 迎え舌 【むかえした】 sticking out one's tongue when putting food in one's mouth

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
she2
Korean:
seol

Spanish

  • lengua

Portuguese

  • língua
  • lingueta de inst. de sopro
  • lingueta de fechadura

French

  • langue
  • anche
  • battant (cloche)
827 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
755 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
732 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1711 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3855 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
878 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1688 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1259 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1331 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1288 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1591 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2711 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1384 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1871 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
43 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30277 Morohashi
2186 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4917 New Nelson (John Haig)
41 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
41 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
660 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2277 2001 Kanji
3d3.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-3 SKIP code
2-1-5 SKIP code
2060.4 Four corner code
1-32-69 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
820c Unicode hex code

3 strokes
Radical:
one
Parts:
Variants:
three
Kun:
み.つみっ.つ
On:
サンゾウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
14 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 三 【サン】 three, 3
  • 三 【サン】 three
  • 十三 【ジュウサン】 thirteen, 13, king
  • 七三 【シチサン】 7 or 3 ratio, hair parted on one side
  • 四三 【シソウ】 one four-of-a-kind and one three-of-a-kind in a dealt hand, three and a four (in dice games)

Kun reading compounds

  • 三 【さん】 three, 3
  • 三十日 【みそか】 last day of the month
  • 三つ 【みっつ】 three, three years of age
  • 三つ折り 【みつおり】 threefold, folded in three
  • 三つ 【みっつ】 three, three years of age
  • 3つの密 【みっつのみつ】 three Cs, three conditions that facilitate the transmission of infectious diseases (closed spaces, crowds, and close contact)

Readings

Japanese names:
か、 さ、 さい、 さえ、 さぶ、 ざ、 ざえ、 ざぶ、 そう、 ぞ、 ただ、 みつ、 みん、 も、 や
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
san1
Korean:
sam

Spanish

  • tres
  • 3

Portuguese

  • três

French

  • trois
3 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
3 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
23 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
10 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
8 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
4 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
22 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
4 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
4 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
5 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2423 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1225 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1689 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
3 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12 Morohashi
1924 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
8 New Nelson (John Haig)
3 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
3 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
21 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
10 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3072 2001 Kanji
0a3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-1-2 SKIP code
1010.1 Four corner code
1-27-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e09 Unicode hex code

3 strokes
Radical:
thumb, inch
Parts:
measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little, small
On:
スン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1669 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 寸 【スン】 sun (approx. 3 cm), length, measurement, shortness, tininess
  • 寸前 【スンゼン】 just before, on the verge of, on the brink of, just in front of, just ahead of
  • 原寸 【ゲンスン】 actual size, full size
  • 外寸 【ガイスン】 external dimensions, outer size

Readings

Japanese names:
す、 みき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cun4
Korean:
chon

Spanish

  • longitud
  • medida
  • un poco
  • sólo
  • antigua unidad de medida

Portuguese

  • medição
  • medida valendo pés/ 10

French

  • dimension
  • un peu
  • sun = 3,03 cm (1/10 de shaku)
920 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
909 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1523 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1348 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1045 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1220 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
34 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1894 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2070 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
367 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
499 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3652 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1864 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2541 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
45 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7411 Morohashi
2935 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1372 New Nelson (John Haig)
45 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
45 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
828 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1448 2001 Kanji
0a3.17 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-1 SKIP code
4-3-3 SKIP code
4030.0 Four corner code
1-32-03 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5bf8 Unicode hex code