Jisho

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14 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
vow, swear, pledge
Kun:
ちか.う
On:
セイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1567 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 誓約 【セイヤク】 oath, vow, pledge, covenant
  • 誓約書 【セイヤクショ】 written oath, covenant, pledge
  • 祈誓 【キセイ】 vow, oath, pledge
  • 偽誓 【ギセイ】 perjury, false oath

Kun reading compounds

  • 誓う 【ちかう】 to swear, to vow, to take an oath, to pledge

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi4
Korean:
seo

Spanish

  • voto
  • juramento
  • compromiso
  • jurar
  • hacer un voto
  • dar su palabra

Portuguese

  • voto
  • jurar
  • penhor

French

  • prêter serment
  • promettre
  • jurer
1478 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1743 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4369 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1036 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1755 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2218 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1395 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1484 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1712 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1655 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3424 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1764 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2401 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1142 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35514 Morohashi
2754 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5622 New Nelson (John Haig)
1133 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1214 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1728 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1377 2001 Kanji
7a7.17 The Kanji Dictionary
2-7-7 SKIP code
5260.1 Four corner code
1-32-32 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8a93 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
say
Parts:
write
Kun:
か.く-が.き-がき
On:
ショ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
169 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 書 【ショ】 book, document, calligraphy (esp. Chinese), penmanship, handwriting, letter, note
  • 書院 【ショイン】 drawing room, study, writing alcove, publishing house
  • 投書 【トウショ】 letter (e.g. of complaint), letter to the editor, letter from a reader, contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.)
  • 議定書 【ギテイショ】 protocol

Kun reading compounds

  • 書く 【かく】 to write, to compose, to pen, to draw, to paint

Readings

Japanese names:
かき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu1
Korean:
seo

Spanish

  • escritura
  • escrito
  • escribir

Portuguese

  • escrever

French

  • écrire
92 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
159 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
142 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
130 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3719 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
70 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
58 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1216 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
131 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
131 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
181 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
998 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3292 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1703 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2314 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
333 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14294 Morohashi
2658 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2463 New Nelson (John Haig)
327 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
349 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
121 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
197 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1678 2001 Kanji
4c6.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-4 SKIP code
5060.1 Four corner code
1-29-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
66f8 Unicode hex code