Jisho

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14 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
document, records
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
851 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 誌 【シ】 magazine
  • 記す 【シルス】 to write down, to note down, to jot down, to take a note of, to mention, to describe, to give an account of, to inscribe, to mark, to brand, to remember, to engrave (in one's mind)
  • 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
  • 日誌 【ニッシ】 journal, log

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi4
Korean:
ji

Spanish

  • documento
  • escrito
  • revista

Portuguese

  • Documentos
  • registros

French

  • document
  • dossier
891 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
880 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
950 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4366 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
919 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
902 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2141 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
574 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
583 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
524 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1687 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1950 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1043 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1406 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
608 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35501 Morohashi
1548 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5620 New Nelson (John Haig)
601 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
646 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
974 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3058 2001 Kanji
7a7.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-7 SKIP code
0463.1 Four corner code
1-27-79 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8a8c Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
face 面 (靣)
Parts:
Variants:
mask, face, features, surface
Kun:
おもおもてつら
On:
メンベン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
186 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 面 【メン】 face, mask, face guard, striking the head (in kendo), surface (esp. a geometrical surface), page, aspect, facet, side, chamfer, counter for broad, flat objects, levels or stages, e.g. in a video game
  • 面会 【メンカイ】 meeting (face-to-face), seeing, visit, interview
  • 平面 【ヘイメン】 level surface, plane
  • 対面 【タイメン】 meeting face-to-face, seeing in person, facing (each other), opposing (traffic, etc.), confronting

Kun reading compounds

  • 面 【おもて】 face, surface, mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
  • 面影 【おもかげ】 face, looks, countenance, vestige, trace, reminder
  • 水の面 【みのも】 surface of the water, face of the water
  • 面 【おもて】 face, surface, mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
  • 面伏せ 【おもてぶせ】 being so embarrassed as to keep one's face down
  • 細面 【ほそおもて】 slender face
  • 面 【つら】 face, mug, surface, cheek meat, cheek, cheeks, surrounding area
  • 面当て 【つらあて】 spiteful remarks
  • 赤面 【あかつら】 red face, villain (in kabuki, jōruri, etc.)
  • 横面 【よこつら】 side of the face, side

Readings

Japanese names:
お、 ずら、 ほおつき、 も
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mian4
Korean:
myeon

Spanish

  • cara
  • semblante
  • superficie

Portuguese

  • máscara
  • rosto
  • recursos
  • superfície

French

  • masque
  • face
  • traits
  • surface
322 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
417 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
395 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
165 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5087 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
321 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1002 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
904 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.16 Japanese for Busy People
274 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
274 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
438 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1876 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2590 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1324 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1796 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1910 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
42618 Morohashi
2087 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6566 New Nelson (John Haig)
1892 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2039 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
117 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
347 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3176 2001 Kanji
3s6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-7 SKIP code
3-5-4 SKIP code
1060.0 Four corner code
1-44-44 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9762 Unicode hex code