Jisho

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補

12 strokes
Radical:
clothes 衣 (衤)
Parts:
丶 十 用 初
supplement, supply, make good, offset, compensate, assistant, learner
Kun:
おぎな.う
On:
ホ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
332 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 補 【ホ】 assistant ..., probationary ...
  • 補完 【ホカン】 complementation, supplementation, completion
  • 増補 【ゾウホ】 extending (e.g. a book), augmenting, enlarging, supplementing
  • 追補 【ツイホ】 supplement, appendix, addendum

Kun reading compounds

  • 補う 【おぎなう】 to supplement, to make up for, to compensate for, to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.), to fill (e.g. a vacancy)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bu3
Korean:
bo

Spanish

  • suplir
  • resarcir
  • compensar

Portuguese

  • suplemento
  • oferta
  • cumprir
  • indenizar
  • compensar
  • assistente
  • aprendiz

French

  • complément
  • supplément
  • améliorer
  • compenser
  • assistant
  • stagiaire
868 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
981 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
970 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
516 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4242 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
744 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
884 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1644 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
889 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
910 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1001 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1632 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1529 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
809 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1103 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1857 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
34320 Morohashi
1194 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5464 New Nelson (John Haig)
1840 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1983 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
955 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
653 2001 Kanji
5e7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-7 SKIP code
3322.7 Four corner code
1-42-68 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
88dc Unicode hex code

因

6 strokes
Radical:
enclosure 囗
Parts:
囗 大
Variants:
囙
cause, factor, be associated with, depend on, be limited to
Kun:
よ.る、 ちな.む
On:
イン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
636 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 因 【イン】 cause, factor, hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions), the basis of one's argument (in hetuvidya)
  • 因縁 【インネン】 fate, destiny, connection, tie, bond, origin, pretext, justification, hetu and prataya (direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things)
  • 主因 【シュイン】 primary cause, main factor
  • 勝因 【ショウイン】 cause of victory, reason for (one's) success

Kun reading compounds

  • 依る 【よる】 to be due to, to be caused by, to depend on, to turn on, to be based on, to come from, to be based at (a location, an organization), to be headquartered at
  • よるところが大きい 【よるところがおおきい】 depending largely on, playing a large role in, due largely to
  • 因む 【ちなむ】 to be associated (with), to be connected (with)

Readings

Japanese names:
て
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yin1
Korean:
in

Spanish

  • causa
  • origen
  • depender de
  • contar con

Portuguese

  • causa
  • fator
  • seja associado com
  • contar com
  • ser limitado para

French

  • cause
  • facteur
  • associé à
  • dépendre de
  • limité à
548 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
643 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
614 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
646 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1026 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
462 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
420 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
311 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
554 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
563 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
406 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
337 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3792 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1936 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2629 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
590 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4693 Morohashi
3054 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
939 New Nelson (John Haig)
583 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
626 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
485 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
655 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1463 2001 Kanji
3s3.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-3 SKIP code
6043.0 Four corner code
1-16-88 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
56e0 Unicode hex code

子

3 strokes
Radical:
child, seed 子
Parts:
子
child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Kun:
こ、 -こ、 ね
On:
シ、 ス、 ツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
72 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 子 【シ】 child (esp. a boy), viscount, founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius), master, masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature), you, -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
  • 子宮 【シキュウ】 womb, uterus
  • 中性子 【チュウセイシ】 neutron
  • 精子 【セイシ】 sperm, spermatozoon
  • 主 【ス】 honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
  • 恵比寿 【エビス】 Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
  • 久留子 【クルス】 cross sign
  • 対子 【トイツ】 pair, eyes
  • 七対子 【チートイツ】 seven pairs, winning hand composed of seven pairs

Kun reading compounds

  • 子 【こ】 child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person, (one's) child, offspring, young woman, young (animal), offshoot, interest, new share, player who is not a dealer, young geisha, young prostitute, bird egg, -er (often of young women)
  • 子 【こう】 child, interest
  • 根っこ 【ねっこ】 root (of a plant), stump (of a tree), root (of a problem, etc.), base, foundation, origin, source
  • 江戸っ子 【えどっこ】 (true) Tokyoite, Edoite, Tokyo native, Edokko
  • 子 【ね】 the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am), north, eleventh month of the lunar calendar
  • 子忌み 【ねいみ】 collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
  • 庚子 【かのえね】 Metal Rat (37th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
  • 甲子 【きのえね】 Wood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)

Readings

Japanese names:
い、 き、 ぎ、 く、 け、 ねっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zi3, zi2, zi5
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • chiquillo
  • niño

Portuguese

  • criança

French

  • enfant
  • signe de la 1ère branche terrestre
  • signe du Rat (zodiaque)
  • 23 h à 01 h
  • Nord (0°)
31 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
40 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
25 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
56 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1264 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
61 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
43 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
38 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.18 Japanese for Busy People
103 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
103 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
69 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
455 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4196 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2125 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2872 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
96 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6930 Morohashi
3390 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1281 New Nelson (John Haig)
95 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
99 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
42 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
18 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3547 2001 Kanji
2c0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-1 SKIP code
4-2-1 SKIP code
1740.7 Four corner code
1-27-50 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5b50 Unicode hex code