Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
horn
Parts:
Variants:
contact, touch, feel, hit, proclaim, announce, conflict
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
904 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 触媒 【ショクバイ】 catalyst
  • 触発 【ショクハツ】 detonation by contact, contact detonation, touching off (something), triggering, sparking, provocation, inspiration
  • 鎧袖一触 【ガイシュウイッショク】 (beating someone) hands down, with a single blow
  • 濃厚接触 【ノウコウセッショク】 close contact (with an infected person)

Kun reading compounds

  • 触れる 【ふれる】 to touch, to feel, to touch (with), to experience, to come in contact with, to perceive, to touch on (a subject), to allude to, to refer to, to mention, to bring up, to be in conflict with, to violate (law, copyright, etc.), to infringe, to proclaim, to make known, to spread (e.g. a rumour)
  • 触る 【さわる】 to touch, to feel, to get involved (with), to approach, to be harmful to, to hinder, to interfere with, to irritate
  • 触る 【さわる】 to touch, to feel, to get involved (with), to approach, to be harmful to, to hinder, to interfere with, to irritate
  • 触らぬ神に祟りなし 【さわらぬかみにたたりなし】 let sleeping dogs lie, wake not a sleeping lion, the spirit you do not approach will not curse you

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chu4
Korean:
chog

Spanish

  • tocar
  • percibir
  • mencionar
  • proclamar
  • anunciar

Portuguese

  • contato
  • tocar
  • sentir
  • acesso
  • proclamar
  • anunciar
  • conflito

French

  • contact
  • toucher
  • sentir
  • frapper
  • proclamer
  • annoncer
  • conflit
1428 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1256 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4305 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
945 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
893 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
874 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
894 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1382 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1652 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1914 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1018 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1376 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1830 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35070 Morohashi
1518 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5547 New Nelson (John Haig)
1813 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1954 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1663 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2571 2001 Kanji
6d7.10 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-6 SKIP code
2523.6 Four corner code
1-31-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
89e6 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
hand
Kun:
て--てた-
On:
シュ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
60 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 手術 【シュジュツ】 surgery, operation, procedure, skill with one's hands, sleight of hand
  • 手記 【シュキ】 note, memorandum, memo, memoirs, personal account
  • 二塁手 【ニルイシュ】 second baseman
  • 名手 【メイシュ】 master, expert, brilliant move (in go, shogi, etc.), excellent move
  • 交際上手 【コウサイジョウズ】 good at socializing, sociability, being a good mixer
  • 処世上手 【ショセイジョウズ】 knowing how to get on in the world, knowing the secret of success in life

Kun reading compounds

  • 手 【て】 hand, arm, forepaw, foreleg, handle, hand, worker, help, trouble, care, effort, means, way, trick, move, technique, workmanship, hand, handwriting, kind, type, sort, one's hands, one's possession, ability to cope, hand (of cards), direction, move (in go, shogi, etc.)
  • 手足 【てあし】 hands and feet, limbs, person at one's beck and call, person at hand, reliable worker
  • 逆手 【ぎゃくて】 underhand grip, backhand grip (e.g. in tennis), unexpected twist, turning the tables (on an opponent)
  • 担い手 【にないて】 bearer, carrier, person bearing responsibility, person in charge, supporter

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shou3
Korean:
su

Spanish

  • mano

Portuguese

  • mão

French

  • main
28 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
35 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
32 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
42 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1827 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
37 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
54 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
118 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.19 Japanese for Busy People
57 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
57 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
170 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
847 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4267 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2155 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2907 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
644 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11768 Morohashi
3456 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2060 New Nelson (John Haig)
637 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
687 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
57 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
30 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2247 2001 Kanji
3c0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-3 SKIP code
2-1-3 SKIP code
2050.0 Four corner code
1-28-74 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
624b Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
cover
Parts:
crown, best, peerless
Kun:
かんむり
On:
カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1503 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 冠 【カンムリ】 traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers, crown, diadem, coronet, top kanji radical, first verse of a haikai, etc., best, peerless, first, name, title, named sponsorship of a program, event, team, etc., counter for titles
  • 冠婚葬祭 【カンコンソウサイ】 important ceremonial occasions in family relationships
  • 宝冠 【ホウカン】 diadem, jeweled crown
  • 月桂冠 【ゲッケイカン】 laurel wreath

Kun reading compounds

  • 冠 【かんむり】 traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers, crown, diadem, coronet, top kanji radical, first verse of a haikai, etc., best, peerless, first, name, title, named sponsorship of a program, event, team, etc., counter for titles
  • 冠海雀 【かんむりうみすずめ】 Japanese murrelet (Synthliboramphus wumizusume), crested murrelet
  • 初冠 【ういこうぶり】 crowning a boy for the first time at a coming-of-age ceremony, noh cap with a rolled or drooping tail (indicative of nobility)
  • 老冠 【おいかんむり】 kanji "old" radical at top

Readings

Japanese names:
か、 かっぷ、 まさる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guan1, guan4
Korean:
gwan

Spanish

  • corona
  • sin par
  • sin igual

Portuguese

  • coroa
  • melhor
  • inigualável

French

  • couronne
  • le meilleur
  • inégalable
1097 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1548 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
627 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1170 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1081 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
905 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1615 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1723 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1656 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
165 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2583 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1319 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1790 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
310 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1580 Morohashi
2081 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
401 New Nelson (John Haig)
304 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
326 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1232 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3657 2001 Kanji
2i7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-7 SKIP code
3721.4 Four corner code
1-20-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
51a0 Unicode hex code