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舌

6 strokes
Radical:
tongue 舌
Parts:
口 舌
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

革

9 strokes
Radical:
leather, rawhide 革
Parts:
十 口 廾 革
Variants:
leather, skin, reform, become serious
Kun:
かわ
On:
カク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
249 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 革命 【カクメイ】 revolution, 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
  • 革新 【カクシン】 reform, innovation
  • 行革 【ギョウカク】 administrative reform
  • 農地改革 【ノウチカイカク】 agrarian reform

Kun reading compounds

  • 革 【かわ】 leather
  • 革靴 【かわぐつ】 leather shoes, leather boots
  • 藍革 【あいかわ】 indigo-dyed leather
  • 負い革 【おいかわ】 sling (e.g. of a firearm)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ge2, ji2, ji3
Korean:
hyeog, geug

Spanish

  • cuero
  • piel
  • reforma
  • cambio

Portuguese

  • couro
  • torna-se sério
  • pele
  • esconder
  • pelêgo

French

  • cuir
  • peau
  • fourrure
  • devenir sérieux
  • rénovation
  • réforme
746 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
836 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
821 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
686 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5088 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
811 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1003 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
937 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1075 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1123 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
996 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1877 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3099 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1582 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2163 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1911 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
42710 Morohashi
2448 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6570 New Nelson (John Haig)
1893 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2041 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
487 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
877 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1955 2001 Kanji
3k6.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-5 SKIP code
2-3-5 SKIP code
2-3-6 SKIP code
4450.6 Four corner code
1-19-55 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9769 Unicode hex code