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

Speed

Stroke order

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

9 strokes
Radical:
footsteps
Parts:
Variants:
departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
32 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 発 【ハツ】 departure, departing from ..., leaving at (e.g. 8:30), sent from ..., (a letter, etc.) dated ..., datelined ..., counter for engines (on an aircraft), counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc., counter for bullets, bombs, etc., counter for blows (punches), counter for jokes, puns, etc., counter for ideas, thoughts or guesses, counter for ejaculations or sexual intercourse
  • 発 【ハツ】 green dragon tile, winning hand with a pung (or kong) of green dragon tiles
  • 偶発 【グウハツ】 sudden outbreak, accidental, incidental
  • 電源開発 【デンゲンカイハツ】 development of electrical power resources
  • 発熱 【ハツネツ】 generation of heat, (attack of) fever, pyrexia
  • 発議 【ハツギ】 proposal, suggestion, motion, initiative

Kun reading compounds

  • 発つ 【たつ】 to depart (on a journey, trip, etc.), to leave, to set off, to start
  • 立つ鳥跡を濁さず 【たつとりあとをにごさず】 it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself, a bird does not foul the nest it is about to leave, on leaving a place, one should see that all is in good order
  • 暴く 【あばく】 to disclose, to divulge, to expose, to open (a grave), to dig out

Readings

Japanese names:
ば、 わ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fa1
Korean:
bal

Spanish

  • abrir
  • exponer
  • suceder

Portuguese

  • liberar
  • partida
  • publicar
  • emitir
  • a partir de
  • revelar

French

  • départ
  • décharge
  • dégagement
  • publier
  • émettre
  • partir de
  • divulguer
  • compteur de coups de feu
303 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
392 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
370 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
43 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3092 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
186 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
225 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
953 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.7 Japanese for Busy People
96 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
96 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
286 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1360 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3174 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1634 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2222 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1721 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
22662P Morohashi
2565 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3860 New Nelson (John Haig)
1705 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1840 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
102 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
342 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3557 2001 Kanji
0a9.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-4 SKIP code
1241.5 Four corner code
1-40-15 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
767a Unicode hex code