Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
poem, poetry
Kun:
うた
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N1
1196 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 詩 【シ】 poem, poetry, verse, Chinese poem
  • 詩歌 【シイカ】 Japanese and Chinese poetry, poetry, poems
  • 風物詩 【フウブツシ】 feature of the season, something characteristic of a particular season, poem about natural scenery or a particular season
  • 近代詩 【キンダイシ】 modern poetry, modern-style poetry

Kun reading compounds

  • 歌 【うた】 song, singing, classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka), modern poetry
  • 悪魔の詩 【あくまのうた】 The Satanic Verses (novel by Salman Rushdie)
  • 唐歌 【からうた】 Chinese poem

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi1
Korean:
si

Spanish

  • poema
  • poesía

Portuguese

  • poema
  • poesia

French

  • poème
  • poésie
415 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
307 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
291 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1094 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4360 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
648 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1750 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1933 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
570 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
579 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
945 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1681 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1924 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1024 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1384 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
352 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35427 Morohashi
1524 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5610 New Nelson (John Haig)
346 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
370 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
420 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3048 2001 Kanji
7a6.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-6 SKIP code
0464.1 Four corner code
1-27-77 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8a69 Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
Variants:
meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
4 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 会 【カイ】 meeting, assembly, party, gathering, conference, athletic meet, society, association, club
  • 会員 【カイイン】 member, the membership
  • 例会 【レイカイ】 regular meeting
  • 際会 【サイカイ】 meeting, facing, confronting
  • 会 【エ】 gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.)
  • 会釈 【エシャク】 slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude), nod, salutation, consideration, thoughtfulness
  • 法会 【ホウエ】 Buddhist service (e.g. memorial service)
  • 御斎会 【ゴサイエ】 imperial event at which high monks recited the Golden Light Sutra to pray for national security and good harvests (held annually at the palace from the 8th to the 14th of the first lunar month, between the Nara and Muromachi periods)

Kun reading compounds

  • 会う 【あう】 to meet, to encounter, to see, to have an accident, to have a bad experience
  • 逢うは別れの始め 【あうはわかれのはじめ】 we meet only to part, meeting is the first step to parting
  • 会わせる 【あわせる】 to make (someone) to meet, to let (someone) meet, to expose to, to subject to

Readings

Japanese names:
あい、 い
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hui4, kuai4
Korean:
hoe, goe, gwal

Spanish

  • asociación
  • reunión
  • encontrarse con
  • reunirse

Portuguese

  • encontro
  • reunião
  • festa
  • associação
  • entrevista
  • une

French

  • réunion
  • rencontre
  • meeting
  • parti
  • association
  • entrevue
  • rejoindre
54 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
93 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
87 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
12 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
381 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
116 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
454 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
158 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
158 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
59 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
47 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2512 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1275 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1741 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
759 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
460 Morohashi
2020 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
143 New Nelson (John Haig)
752 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
814 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
16 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
119 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2871 2001 Kanji
2a4.19 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-4 SKIP code
2-3-3 SKIP code
8073.1 Four corner code
1-18-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f1a Unicode hex code