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Kun reading compounds

  • 蚤 【のみ】 flea
  • ノミ取り 【ノミとり】 flea powder, flea medicine, flea medication, getting rid of fleas, killing fleas
  • 猫蚤 【ねこのみ】 cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis)
  • 砂蚤 【すなのみ】 chigoe, sand flea, chigger (Tunga penetrans)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zao3
Korean:
jo

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4122 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
32893 Morohashi
5287 New Nelson (John Haig)
2681 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2721 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
6d4.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-6 SKIP code
1713.6 Four corner code
7713.6 Four corner code
1-39-34 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
86a4 Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
self
Parts:
oneself
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
19 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 自 【ジ】 self-, from (a time or place)
  • 自営 【ジエイ】 running one's own business, doing business on one's own, self-employment
  • 出自 【シュツジ】 origin, birthplace, descent, lineage, ancestry, stock
  • 海自 【カイジ】 Maritime Self-Defense Force
  • 自然界 【シゼンカイ】 nature, the natural world, realm of nature
  • 自然 【シゼン】 nature, natural, spontaneous, automatic, naturally, spontaneously, automatically
  • 己がじし 【オノガジシ】 each (and every one), individually

Kun reading compounds

  • 自ら 【みずから】 oneself, oneself, for oneself, personally, in person
  • 自ら進んで 【みずからすすんで】 by choice, of one's own free will, on one's own initiative, off one's own bat
  • 自ずから 【おのずから】 naturally, in due course, by itself, of its own accord
  • 自ずから明らか 【おのずからあきらか】 self-evident
  • 自ずと 【おのずと】 naturally, in due course, by itself, of its own accord

Readings

Japanese names:
より
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zi4
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • uno mismo
  • por sí mismo
  • auto-

Portuguese

  • a si próprio

French

  • soi-même
229 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
150 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
134 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
53 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3841 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
60 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
242 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
340 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.19 Japanese for Busy People
62 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
62 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
63 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1587 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4338 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2195 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2954 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
36 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30095 Morohashi
3525 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4900 New Nelson (John Haig)
36 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
36 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
14 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
126 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
879 2001 Kanji
5c1.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-6-2 SKIP code
2600.0 Four corner code
1-28-11 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
81ea Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
right hand
Parts:
Variants:
confer, relate, narrate, describe
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1954 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 叙情 【ジョジョウ】 lyricism, description of one's feelings
  • 叙勲 【ジョクン】 conferring of decorations
  • 倒叙 【トウジョ】 reverse chronological order
  • 昇叙 【ショウジョ】 promotion, advancement

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xu4
Korean:
seo

Spanish

  • relato
  • narración
  • descripción

Portuguese

  • confira
  • relaciona
  • narra
  • descreve

French

  • conférer
  • relater
  • raconter
  • décrire
1384 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1574 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
862 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1476 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1122 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
893 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1067 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1114 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1617 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
272 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1834 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
970 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1314 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1676 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3163 Morohashi
1446 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
681 New Nelson (John Haig)
1660 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1789 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1238 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2867 2001 Kanji
2h7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-2 SKIP code
8794.0 Four corner code
1-29-86 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
53d9 Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
Variants:
transmit, go along, walk along, follow, report, communicate, legend, tradition
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
416 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 伝 【デン】 legend, tradition, biography, life, method, way, horseback transportation and communication relay system used in ancient Japan
  • 伝記 【デンキ】 biography, life story
  • 駅伝 【エキデン】 long-distance relay race, stagecoach, post horse
  • 評伝 【ヒョウデン】 critical biography
  • 転手 【テンジュ】 tuning peg (on a biwa or shamisen)
  • 伝奏 【テンソウ】 delivering a message to the emperor

Kun reading compounds

  • 伝わる 【つたわる】 to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.), to travel, to circulate, to go around, to be passed around, to become known, to be handed down (from generation to generation), to be passed down, to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.), to be brought, to come, to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.), to be felt, to come across, to travel (of sound, electricity, etc.), to propagate, to be conducted, to be transmitted, to go along, to move along
  • 伝える 【つたえる】 to convey, to report, to transmit, to communicate, to tell, to impart, to propagate, to teach, to bequeath
  • 伝う 【つたう】 to go along, to walk along, to follow
  • 伝 【つて】 means of making contact, intermediary, go-between, connections, influence, pull, good offices
  • 伝言 【つてこと】 (verbal) message, word (from someone), rumour, rumor
  • 風のつて 【かぜのつて】 hearsay, rumor, grapevine

Readings

Japanese names:
つたえ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yun2
Korean:
jeon

Spanish

  • transmitir
  • tradición
  • ser transmitido
  • comunicar
  • seguir

Portuguese

  • transmitir
  • progredir
  • andar ao longo
  • seguir
  • relatório
  • comunicar
  • lenda
  • tradição

French

  • transmettre
  • côtoyer
  • suivre
  • rapporter
  • communiquer
  • légende
  • tradition
681 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
580 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
553 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
494 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
379 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
554 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
308 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
359 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.3 Japanese for Busy People
434 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
440 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
278 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
68 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
48 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
28 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
29 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
972 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
462P Morohashi
44 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
141 New Nelson (John Haig)
963 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1036 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
331 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
470 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2171 2001 Kanji
2a4.14 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-4 SKIP code
2123.1 Four corner code
1-37-33 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f1d Unicode hex code