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

15 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 切っ先 【キッサキ】 point (of a sword, etc.), pointed verbal attack
  • 蜂起 【ホウキ】 uprising, revolt
  • 鋭鋒 【エイホウ】 brunt of attack or argument
  • 兵鋒 【ヘイホウ】 the point of a sword, the advance of an army

Kun reading compounds

  • 切っ先 【きっさき】 point (of a sword, etc.), pointed verbal attack
  • 矛 【ほこ】 long-handled Chinese spear, lance, pike, weapon, arms, grip of a bow, parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
  • 矛先 【ほこさき】 point of a spear, spearhead, focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.), aim, target, brunt, force (of an argument), edge

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
feng1
Korean:
bong

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4860 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2339 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2172 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1545 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
40455 Morohashi
6275 New Nelson (John Haig)
2768 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2790 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
8a7.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-7 SKIP code
8715.4 Four corner code
1-43-15 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
92d2 Unicode hex code