Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
Variants:
storehouse, hide, own, have, possess
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
468 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 蔵 【ゾウ】 possession, ownership, Tibet, Tibetan people
  • 蔵書 【ゾウショ】 collection of books, (personal) library
  • 地蔵 【ジゾウ】 Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld), Ksitigarbha, Jizō
  • 内蔵 【ナイゾウ】 internal (e.g. disk), built-in, equipped (with)
  • 秘蔵 【ヒゾウ】 treasuring, cherishing, prizing, holding dear

Kun reading compounds

  • 蔵 【くら】 warehouse, storehouse, cellar, magazine, granary, godown, depository, treasury, elevator
  • 蔵元 【くらもと】 brewery (sake, soy), brewer, warehouse overseer
  • 大蔵 【おおくら】 Ministry of Finance
  • お蔵 【おくら】 shelving (a play, movie, etc.), closing down, cancelling, canceling, rice storehouse (of the Edo shogunate)

Readings

Japanese names:
くらし、 くらん、 くろう、 さし、 ざ、 ろう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cang2, zang4
Korean:
jang

Spanish

  • almacén
  • depósito
  • bodega
  • esconder
  • guardar

Portuguese

  • armazém
  • esconder
  • possuir
  • ter

French

  • entrepôt
  • salle de stockage
  • cacher
  • avoir
  • posséder
833 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
936 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
923 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
429 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4042 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
779 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
873 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2424 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1286 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1360 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1111 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
667 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2995 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1530 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2088 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
858 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
31885P Morohashi
2364 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5182 New Nelson (John Haig)
850 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
913 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
986 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1959 2001 Kanji
3k12.17 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-12 SKIP code
2-3-11 SKIP code
4425.3 Four corner code
1-34-02 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8535 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
say
Parts:
write
Kun:
か.く-が.き-がき
On:
ショ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
169 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 書 【ショ】 book, document, calligraphy (esp. Chinese), penmanship, handwriting, letter, note
  • 書院 【ショイン】 drawing room, study, writing alcove, publishing house
  • 投書 【トウショ】 letter (e.g. of complaint), letter to the editor, letter from a reader, contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.)
  • 議定書 【ギテイショ】 protocol

Kun reading compounds

  • 書く 【かく】 to write, to compose, to pen, to draw, to paint

Readings

Japanese names:
かき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu1
Korean:
seo

Spanish

  • escritura
  • escrito
  • escribir

Portuguese

  • escrever

French

  • écrire
92 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
159 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
142 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
130 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3719 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
70 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
58 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1216 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
131 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
131 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
181 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
998 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3292 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1703 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2314 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
333 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14294 Morohashi
2658 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2463 New Nelson (John Haig)
327 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
349 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
121 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
197 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1678 2001 Kanji
4c6.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-4 SKIP code
5060.1 Four corner code
1-29-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
66f8 Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
kneel
Parts:
stamp, seal, mark, imprint, symbol, emblem, trademark, evidence, souvenir, India
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
682 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 印 【イン】 stamp, seal, chop, seal impression, seal, sealing, stamp, mark, print, mudra (symbolic hand gesture), ninja hand sign, India
  • 印鑑 【インカン】 stamp, seal
  • 消印 【ケシイン】 postmark, (postal) cancellation mark
  • 認め印 【ミトメイン】 private seal, personal seal, unregistered seal, informal seal, signet

Kun reading compounds

  • 印 【しるし】 mark, sign, symbol, emblem, badge, crest, flag, evidence, proof, token (of gratitude, affection, etc.)
  • 印半纏 【しるしばんてん】 livery coat
  • 感謝の印 【かんしゃのしるし】 token of appreciation
  • 印す 【しるす】 to leave (a mark, trace, etc.), to print, to stamp, to be a sign of, to be an omen for

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yin4
Korean:
in

Spanish

  • estampa
  • sello
  • marca
  • signo
  • símbolo

Portuguese

  • selo
  • carimbo
  • marca
  • símbolo
  • emblema
  • marca registrada
  • evidência
  • lembrança
  • Índia

French

  • tampon
  • sceau
  • impression
  • empreinte
  • symbole
  • emblème
  • marque
  • preuve
  • souvenir
  • Inde
348 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
448 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
425 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
720 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
102 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
801 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
384 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
260 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1043 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1086 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1136 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
251 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1023 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
554 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
733 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1437 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2848 Morohashi
828 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
630 New Nelson (John Haig)
1425 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1530 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
462 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2644 2001 Kanji
2e4.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-2 SKIP code
1-3-2 SKIP code
7772.0 Four corner code
1-16-85 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5370 Unicode hex code