Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
shell
Parts:
upright, chastity, constancy, righteousness
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1389 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 貞 【テイ】 firm adherence to one's principles, chastity (of a woman)
  • 貞潔 【テイケツ】 chastity, purity
  • シロウト童貞 【シロウトドウテイ】 man who has never had sex except with sex workers
  • 不貞 【フテイ】 unfaithfulness, infidelity, unchastity
  • 貞永 【ジョウエイ】 Jōei era (1232.4.2-1233.4.15)
  • 貞応 【ジョウオウ】 Jōō era (1222.4.13-1224.11.20)

Kun reading compounds

  • 貞はる 【さだはる】 to harp too long on a subject

Readings

Japanese names:
さざ、 ただし、 りょう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhen1
Korean:
jeong

Spanish

  • recto
  • justo
  • constante
  • casto

Portuguese

  • correto
  • casto
  • constância
  • retidão

French

  • intègre
  • chasteté
  • pureté
  • vertu
1615 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1318 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
803 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1238 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1776 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
982 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1681 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1796 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1764 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1721 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2586 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1321 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1792 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
55 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36658 Morohashi
2083 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5768 New Nelson (John Haig)
55 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
58 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1295 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1261 2001 Kanji
2m7.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-7 SKIP code
2-7-2 SKIP code
2180.6 Four corner code
1-36-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8c9e Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
lid
Parts:
Variants:
enjoy, receive, undergo, answer (phone), take, get, catch
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1893 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 享受 【キョウジュ】 enjoyment (of freedom, beauty, etc.), reception (of a right, privilege, rank, etc.), having
  • 饗宴 【キョウエン】 feast, banquet
  • 永享 【エイキョウ】 Eikyō era (1429.9.5-1441.2.17)
  • 貞享 【ジョウキョウ】 Jōkyō era (1684.2.21-1688.9.30)

Kun reading compounds

  • 受ける 【うける】 to receive, to get, to catch (e.g. a ball), to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.), to sustain (damage), to incur (a loss), to suffer (an injury), to feel (influence), to undergo (e.g. surgery), to take (a test), to accept (a challenge), to be given (e.g. life, talent), to find funny, to find humorous, to be amused (by), to follow, to succeed, to be descended from, to face (south, etc.), to be modified by, to obtain (a pawned item, etc.) by paying a fee, to be well-received, to become popular, to go down well

Readings

Japanese names:
たか、 たかし、 とおる、 みち
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiang3
Korean:
hyang

Spanish

  • recibir tratamiento
  • recibir atención
  • conseguir
  • divertir

Portuguese

  • receber
  • sofrer
  • atender (telefone)
  • tomar
  • obter
  • pegar

French

  • recevoir
  • accepter
  • répondre (téléphone)
  • prendre
  • obtenir
1162 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1952 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
293 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1622 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1033 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
662 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1672 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1787 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1772 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
40 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2545 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1296 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1765 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
314 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
298 Morohashi
2051 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
92 New Nelson (John Haig)
308 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
330 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1147 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
447 2001 Kanji
2j5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-6 SKIP code
2-2-5 SKIP code
0040.7 Four corner code
1-21-93 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4eab Unicode hex code