Jisho

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萎

11 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
女 艾 禾
wither, droop, lame
Kun:
な、 しお.れる、 しな.びる、 しぼ.む、 な.える
On:
イ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high

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On reading compounds

  • 萎縮 【イシュク】 withering, shrivelling, shrinking, atrophy, contraction
  • 萎黄病 【イオウビョウ】 chlorosis, greensickness
  • 陰萎 【インイ】 impotence (sexual), erectile impotence

Kun reading compounds

  • 萎える 【なえる】 to lose strength, to become weak, to disappear (of energy, drive, etc.), to wither, to droop, to wilt, to feel demotivated, to lose interest, to become disappointed
  • 萎え落ち 【なえおち】 disconnecting from an online game because one is losing
  • 萎れる 【しおれる】 to wither, to wilt, to droop, to fade, to be dejected, to be disheartened, to be depressed, to be crestfallen
  • 萎びる 【しなびる】 to shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin), to wilt, to fade, to wither, to be wizened
  • 萎む 【しぼむ】 to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.), to wilt, to droop, to shrivel, to fade (away), to sag, to deflate
  • 萎える 【なえる】 to lose strength, to become weak, to disappear (of energy, drive, etc.), to wither, to droop, to wilt, to feel demotivated, to lose interest, to become disappointed

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wei1, wei3
Korean:
wi

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3973 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2082 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2872 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1996 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
31269X Morohashi
2478 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5087 New Nelson (John Haig)
2355 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
986 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3k8.18 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-8 SKIP code
2-4-8 SKIP code
4440.4 Four corner code
1-16-64 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
840e Unicode hex code

縮

17 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
化 宀 小 幺 白 糸
shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle, reduce
Kun:
ちぢ.む、 ちぢ.まる、 ちぢ.める、 ちぢ.れる、 ちぢ.らす
On:
シュク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
909 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 縮 【シュク】 wearing armour (armor), counter for suits of armour
  • 縮小 【シュクショウ】 reduction, curtailment, cut, cutback, scaling down, contraction, shrinkage
  • 凝縮 【ギョウシュク】 condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.), condensation (of a vapour or gas)
  • 濃縮 【ノウシュク】 concentration (e.g. of a solution), enrichment, condensation

Kun reading compounds

  • 縮む 【ちぢむ】 to shrink, to contract, to diminish (in size)
  • 縮まる 【ちぢまる】 to shorten, to narrow, to close, to shrink
  • 縮める 【ちぢめる】 to shorten, to reduce, to condense, to shrink, to crumple (fabric), to wrinkle, to make (one's body) smaller, to draw in (one's legs), to duck (one's head)
  • 縮れる 【ちぢれる】 to be wavy, to be curled, to be frizzled
  • 縮らす 【ちぢらす】 to curl, to crimp

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
suo1, su4
Korean:
chug

Spanish

  • acortar
  • reducir
  • restringir
  • encoger
  • contraerse
  • estar rizado
  • rizar

Portuguese

  • encolher
  • contrair
  • enrugar
  • ruga
  • reduzir

French

  • rétrécir
  • contracter
  • raccourcir
  • friser
  • réduire
904 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
893 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
924 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3608 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1142 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1646 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2813 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1110 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1162 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
884 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1558 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1790 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
955 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1290 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1348 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27815 Morohashi
1414 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4585 New Nelson (John Haig)
1336 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1434 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
999 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2778 2001 Kanji
6a11.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-11 SKIP code
2396.1 Four corner code
1-29-44 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7e2e Unicode hex code

性

8 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
忙 生
sex, gender, nature
Kun:
さが
On:
セイ、 ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
104 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 性 【セイ】 nature (of a person), sex, gender, sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.), gender, -ty, -ity, -ness, -cy
  • 性格 【セイカク】 character (of a person), personality, disposition, nature, characteristics, nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
  • 耐性 【タイセイ】 resistance (e.g. to antibiotics), tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
  • 社会性 【シャカイセイ】 sociality
  • 性 【ショウ】 nature, disposition, temperament, character, quality, that which does not change according to external influences
  • 性根 【ショウネ】 nature, character, disposition
  • 冷え性 【ヒエショウ】 sensitivity to cold
  • 凝り性 【コリショウ】 tendency to become totally absorbed in something, monomania, perfectionism, fastidiousness, meticulousness, susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders

Kun reading compounds

  • 性 【さが】 one's nature, one's destiny, custom, tradition, habit, convention

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xing4
Korean:
seong

Spanish

  • sexo
  • género
  • naturaleza
  • temperamento

Portuguese

  • sexo
  • gênero
  • natureza

French

  • sexe
  • genre
  • nature
  • propriétés
645 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
745 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
723 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
199 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1666 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
280 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
535 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
564 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
98 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
98 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
421 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
811 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
357 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
222 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
266 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1572 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10478 Morohashi
299 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1822 New Nelson (John Haig)
1558 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1679 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
119 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
690 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1172 2001 Kanji
4k5.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
1-1-7 SKIP code
9501.0 Four corner code
1-32-13 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6027 Unicode hex code

鼻

14 strokes
Radical:
nose 鼻
Parts:
廾 田 目 自 鼻
nose, snout
Kun:
はな
On:
ビ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
1632 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 鼻息 【ハナイキ】 nasal breathing, breathing through one's nose, person's pleasure, excitement
  • 鼻炎 【ビエン】 rhinitis, coryza, nasal inflammation
  • 阿鼻 【アビ】 Avici (lowest level of hell)
  • 擤鼻 【コウビ】 nose-blowing

Kun reading compounds

  • 鼻 【はな】 nose
  • 鼻息 【はないき】 nasal breathing, breathing through one's nose, person's pleasure, excitement
  • 目鼻 【めはな】 eyes and nose, looks, facial features, shape, form
  • 赤鼻 【あかはな】 red nose

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bi2
Korean:
bi

Spanish

  • nariz
  • hocico

Portuguese

  • nariz
  • focinho
  • tromba

French

  • nez
  • museau
  • groin
496 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
399 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
377 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1459 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5421 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
714 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1022 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2206 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
813 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
832 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1286 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1945 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3357 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1739 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2362 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
685 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
48498P Morohashi
2706 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
7082 New Nelson (John Haig)
678 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
733 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
428 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
855 2001 Kanji
5f9.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-8 SKIP code
2644.6 Four corner code
1-41-01 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9f3b Unicode hex code

炎

8 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
火
inflammation, flame, blaze
Kun:
ほのお
On:
エン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1242 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 炎 【エン】 -itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
  • 炎症 【エンショウ】 inflammation, irritation
  • 脳炎 【ノウエン】 brain inflammation, encephalitis, cerebritis
  • 胃炎 【イエン】 gastritis, gastric catarrh

Kun reading compounds

  • 炎 【ほのお】 flame, blaze, flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger), passion
  • 炎検出器 【ほのおけんしゅつき】 flame detector
  • 瞋恚の炎 【しんいのほのお】 intense antipathy (like a blazing fire), flames of rage
  • 嫉妬の炎 【しっとのほのお】 flames of jealousy

Readings

Japanese names:
ぬく
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yan2
Korean:
yeom

Spanish

  • quemar
  • llamarada
  • inflamación
  • flama

Portuguese

  • inflamação
  • chama
  • fogo

French

  • inflammation
  • flamme
  • incendie
1024 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1231 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2751 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1727 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1513 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
697 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1336 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1419 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1803 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1264 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3075 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1568 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2145 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
164 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18910 Morohashi
2420 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3404 New Nelson (John Haig)
162 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
174 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1207 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1162 2001 Kanji
4d4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-4 SKIP code
9080.9 Four corner code
1-17-74 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
708e Unicode hex code