Jisho

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14 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
mistake, err, do wrong, mislead
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
1150 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 誤 【ゴ】 mistake, error
  • 誤解 【ゴカイ】 misunderstanding
  • 時代錯誤 【ジダイサクゴ】 anachronism
  • 錯誤 【サクゴ】 mistake, error, discrepancy, discrepancy between one's actions and intentions

Kun reading compounds

  • 誤る 【あやまる】 to make a mistake (in), to commit an error, to do incorrectly, to err, to be wrong, to be incorrect, to be false, to be mistaken, to mislead, to misguide, to lead astray

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wu4
Korean:
o

Spanish

  • error
  • equivocarse

Portuguese

  • erro
  • errar
  • fazer errado
  • enganar

French

  • erreur
  • faute
  • mal faire
  • induire en erreur
779 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
868 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
857 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1129 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4372 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
602 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
904 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
906 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
928 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
949 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1686 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1945 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1039 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1403 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1917 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35546P Morohashi
1542 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5626 New Nelson (John Haig)
1899 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2048 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
972 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3061 2001 Kanji
7a7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-7 SKIP code
1-7-8 SKIP code
0668.1 Four corner code
1-24-77 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8aa4 Unicode hex code

21 strokes
Radical:
ghost, demon
Parts:
广
witch, demon, evil spirit
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1514 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 魔 【マ】 demon, devil, evil spirit, evil influence, -crazed person, -obsessed person, fiend, dreaded, terrible, awful, dreadful
  • 魔女 【マジョ】 witch
  • 病魔 【ビョウマ】 demon of ill health, disease
  • 尼 【アマ】 Buddhist nun, Catholic nun, sister, bitch, Amagasaki (city in Hyogo Prefecture), Amazon (online retailer)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mo2
Korean:
ma

Spanish

  • demonio
  • espíritu maligno

Portuguese

  • bruxa
  • demônio
  • espírito do mal

French

  • sorcière
  • démon
  • esprit malfaisant
1832 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1326 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5398 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1546 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1919 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2961 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1528 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1629 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1418 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1929 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3953 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2035 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2747 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2041 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
45906P Morohashi
3187 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6843 New Nelson (John Haig)
2022 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2178 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1942 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
557 2001 Kanji
3q18.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-18 SKIP code
3-11-10 SKIP code
0021.3 Four corner code
1-43-66 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9b54 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
spoon
Parts:
change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
89 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 化 【カ】 change to ..., becoming ..., making into ..., -ization, -ification
  • 化学 【カガク】 chemistry
  • 機械化 【キカイカ】 mechanization, mechanisation
  • 民営化 【ミンエイカ】 privatization, privatisation
  • 化粧 【ケショウ】 make-up, makeup, cosmetics, decoration, dressing, veneer
  • 化粧水 【ケショウスイ】 skin lotion, face lotion
  • 応化 【オウゲ】 assumption of a suitable form (by a buddha or bodhisattva)
  • 教化 【キョウケ】 guidance, teaching people and leading them to Buddhism

Kun reading compounds

  • 化ける 【ばける】 to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.), to assume the shape of, to turn oneself into, to transform oneself into, to disguise oneself as, to change radically, to metamorphose, to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
  • 化かす 【ばかす】 to bewitch, to confuse, to enchant, to delude
  • 老ける 【ふける】 to age, to grow old (esp. in appearance), to show marks of age

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hua4
Korean:
hwa

Spanish

  • cambiar
  • transformarse
  • modificarse
  • disfrazarse

Portuguese

  • mudança
  • tomar a forma de
  • influência
  • encantar
  • iludir
  • seduzir
  • -isação

French

  • transformation
  • prendre la forme de
  • maquillage
  • influence
  • fantôme
  • enchanter
  • tromper
  • chimie
  • -isation
163 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
258 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
238 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
100 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
350 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
76 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
378 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
56 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.19 Japanese for Busy People
254 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
254 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
414 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
55 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
22 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
12 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
12 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1017 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2572X Morohashi
21 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
580 New Nelson (John Haig)
1008 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1083 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
104 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
242 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2156 2001 Kanji
2a2.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-2 SKIP code
2121.0 Four corner code
2421.0 Four corner code
1-18-29 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5316 Unicode hex code