Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
pig
Parts:
elephant, pattern after, imitate, image, shape, sign (of the times)
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
394 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 象 【ショウ】 form, shape, figure, appearance, phenomenon
  • 将棋 【ショウギ】 shogi, Japanese chess
  • 具象 【グショウ】 concreteness, embodiment, expressing concretely
  • 抽象 【チュウショウ】 abstraction
  • 象 【ゾウ】 elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
  • 象牙 【ゾウゲ】 ivory
  • アジア象 【アジアゾウ】 Asian elephant, Indian elephant
  • 海象 【セイウチ】 walrus (Odobenus rosmarus), elephant seal (Mirounga spp.)

Kun reading compounds

  • 象る 【かたどる】 to model (something) on, to be modelled on, to be made in the shape of, to take the shape of, to imitate, to symbolize, to represent

Readings

Japanese names:
きさ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiang4
Korean:
sang

Spanish

  • imagen
  • imitar
  • forma
  • figura
  • elefante

Portuguese

  • elefante
  • modelar
  • imitar
  • imagem
  • forma
  • sinal (dos tempos)

French

  • éléphant
  • modèle
  • imiter
  • image
  • forme
  • signe (des temps)
  • phénomène
663 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
540 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
533 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
575 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4472 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
809 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
916 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1761 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
739 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
752 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
939 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1718 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2647 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1350 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1831 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1995 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36372 Morohashi
2134 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5744 New Nelson (John Haig)
1976 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2130 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
591 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2551 2001 Kanji
2n10.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-10 SKIP code
2-6-6 SKIP code
2723.2 Four corner code
1-30-61 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8c61 Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
step
Parts:
indications, sign, omen, symptom, collect, seek, refer to, question
Kun:
しるし
On:
チョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
850 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 徴 【チョウ】 sign, indication, symptom, call, summons, requisition, expropriation
  • 兆候 【チョウコウ】 sign, indication, omen, symptom
  • 追徴 【ツイチョウ】 supplementary charge, additional collection
  • 吉兆 【キッチョウ】 lucky omen, good omen
  • 徴 【チ】 fourth degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale)
  • 徴 【チョウ】 sign, indication, symptom, call, summons, requisition, expropriation
  • 変徴 【ヘンチ】 note a semitone below the fourth degree of the Chinese and Japanese pentatonic scale

Kun reading compounds

  • 徴 【しるし】 sign, indication, omen

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zheng1
Korean:
jing, chi

Spanish

  • llamar
  • reunir
  • reclutar
  • signo
  • síntoma
  • efecto

Portuguese

  • indicações
  • sinal
  • presságios
  • sintoma
  • colecionar
  • procurar
  • referir-se
  • perguntar

French

  • indication
  • signe
  • symptôme
  • chercher
  • collecter (taxes)
  • appel
1596 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1026 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1634 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1384 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1285 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2265 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1420 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1509 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1148 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
636 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
841 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
485 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
622 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
896 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10238P Morohashi
683 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1768 New Nelson (John Haig)
887 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
952 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1702 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2066 2001 Kanji
3i11.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-11 SKIP code
2824.0 Four corner code
1-36-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5fb4 Unicode hex code

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