Jisho

×

7 strokes
Radical:
body
Parts:
somebody, person, one's station in life
Kun:
On:
シン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
320 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 心身 【シンシン】 mind and body
  • 身障者 【シンショウシャ】 (physically) disabled person, person with a physical disability
  • 終身 【シュウシン】 the whole life
  • 等身 【トウシン】 body proportions

Kun reading compounds

  • 身 【み】 one's body, one's person, oneself, one's appearance, one's place (in society, etc.), one's position, main part, meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.), wood (as opposed to bark), blade (as opposed to its handle), container (as opposed to its lid)
  • 身動き 【みうごき】 movement (of one's body), moving about, stirring, acting freely, doing as one pleases
  • 肩身 【かたみ】 shoulders, body, honour, honor, prestige, face
  • 細身 【ほそみ】 narrow, thin (sized), slender

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shen1, juan1
Korean:
sin

Spanish

  • cuerpo
  • uno mismo
  • posición

Portuguese

  • alguém
  • pessoa
  • fase da vida

French

  • individu
  • personne
  • situation sociale
255 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
339 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
323 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
331 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4601 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
791 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
937 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
546 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
59 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
59 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
394 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1768 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4368 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2213 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2977 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1256 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38034 Morohashi
3553 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5928 New Nelson (John Haig)
1248 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1337 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
174 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
285 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
847 2001 Kanji
0a7.5 The Kanji Dictionary
4-7-3 SKIP code
4-7-4 SKIP code
2740.0 Four corner code
1-31-40 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8eab Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
Variants:
body, substance, object, reality, counter for images
Kun:
からだかたち
On:
タイテイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
88 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 体 【タイ】 body, physique, posture, shape, form, style, substance, identity, reality, field, counter for humanoid forms (e.g. dolls, statues, corpses, etc.), typeface, type
  • 体育 【タイイク】 physical education, PE, gym (class)
  • 生体 【セイタイ】 organism, living body
  • 解体 【カイタイ】 demolition, taking down, dismantling, disassembly, taking apart, dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.), breaking up, dissection (of a body), dismemberment
  • 体 【テイ】 appearance, air, condition, state, form
  • 体裁 【テイサイ】 (outward) appearance, (proper) format (e.g. of an essay), form, style, appearances, decency, show, display, lip-service, insincere words, glib talk
  • 身体 【シンタイ】 body, physical system, (the) person
  • 風体 【フウテイ】 appearance, look, dress

Kun reading compounds

  • 体 【からだ】 body, torso, trunk, build, physique, frame, figure, health, constitution, corpse, dead body
  • 体つき 【からだつき】 body build, figure
  • お体 【おからだ】 body
  • 御体 【おんからだ】 body of Christ (Eucharist)
  • 形体 【なりかたち】 one's appearance

Readings

Japanese names:
なり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ti3, ben4
Korean:
che

Spanish

  • cuerpo
  • forma

Portuguese

  • corpo
  • substância
  • objeto
  • realidade
  • sufixo para contagem de para imagens

French

  • corps
  • substance
  • objet
  • réalité
  • compteur d'images
270 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
182 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
165 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
110 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
405 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
176 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
115 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
358 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.11 Japanese for Busy People
61 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
61 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
165 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
80 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
80 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
52 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
55 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
966 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
509 Morohashi
71 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
165 New Nelson (John Haig)
957 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1030 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
96 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
149 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2155 2001 Kanji
2a5.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-5 SKIP code
2523.0 Four corner code
1-34-46 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f53 Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
long hair
Parts:
Variants:
hair of the head
Kun:
かみ
On:
ハツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
1474 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 髪 【ハツ】 hair (on the head), tresses, locks
  • 理髪 【リハツ】 haircut
  • 毛髪 【モウハツ】 hair

Kun reading compounds

  • 髪 【かみ】 hair (on the head)
  • 髪型 【かみがた】 hair style, coiffure, hairdo
  • 黒髪 【くろかみ】 black hair
  • 波打つ髪 【なみうつかみ】 wavy hair

Readings

Japanese names:
がた、 ひげ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fa4
Korean:
bal

Spanish

  • pelo
  • cabello

Portuguese

  • cabelo da cabeça

French

  • cheveux
1706 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1344 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5255 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1224 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1018 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1148 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1201 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1359 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1925 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3528 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1821 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2477 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1943 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
45387P Morohashi
2846 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6804 New Nelson (John Haig)
1924 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2074 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1745 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3467 2001 Kanji
3j11.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-10-4 SKIP code
7244.7 Four corner code
1-40-17 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9aea Unicode hex code

15 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
skin, body, grain, texture, disposition
Kun:
はだ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1679 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 肌膚 【キフ】 skin
  • ただれた皮膚 【タダレタヒフ】 inflamed skin

Kun reading compounds

  • 肌 【はだ】 skin, body (in the context of intimate bodily contact), surface, grain (e.g. of wood), texture, disposition, temperament, character, type
  • 肌色 【はだいろ】 flesh colour (of a Japanese person), flesh color, pale orange, (one's) skin color, skin colour, skin tone
  • 素肌 【すはだ】 bare skin, naked skin
  • 地肌 【じはだ】 texture, grain, one's skin (lacking makeup, etc.), natural skin, bare skin, scalp, surface of the earth, bare ground, surface of a sword blade

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fu1
Korean:
bu

Spanish

  • piel
  • cutis
  • textura

Portuguese

  • pele
  • corpo
  • grão
  • textura
  • disposição

French

  • peau
  • corps
  • grain
  • texture
  • disposition
1757 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1818 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4113 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1800 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
853 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1269 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1343 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1742 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1020 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4049 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2056 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2788 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2011 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29829 Morohashi
3265 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4867 New Nelson (John Haig)
1992 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2147 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1774 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1246 2001 Kanji
2m13.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-4-11 SKIP code
2122.7 Four corner code
1-41-70 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
819a Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
father
Parts:
father
Kun:
ちち
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
646 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 父母 【フボ】 father and mother, parents
  • 父子 【フシ】 father and child, father and son, father and daughter
  • 義父 【ギフ】 father-in-law, foster father, stepfather
  • 養父 【ヨウフ】 foster father, adoptive father

Kun reading compounds

  • 父 【ちち】 father
  • 父親 【ちちおや】 father
  • 亡き父 【なきちち】 (one's) late father
  • 建国の父 【けんこくのちち】 founding father (of a country)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fu4, fu3
Korean:
bu, bo

Spanish

  • padre

Portuguese

  • pai

French

  • père
131 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
216 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
197 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
742 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2832 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
90 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
70 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
65 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.7 Japanese for Busy People
113 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
113 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
73 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1286 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2467 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1248 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1714 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1282 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19721 Morohashi
1973 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3516 New Nelson (John Haig)
1274 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1366 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
226 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
100 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2066 2001 Kanji
2o2.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-2 SKIP code
8040.0 Four corner code
1-41-67 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7236 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
mother, do not 毋 (母, ⺟)
Parts:
mother
Kun:
はは
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
570 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 母国 【ボコク】 one's home country, one's homeland
  • 母校 【ボコウ】 alma mater
  • 養父母 【ヨウフボ】 adoptive parents
  • 空母 【クウボ】 aircraft carrier

Kun reading compounds

  • 母 【はは】 mother
  • 母親 【ははおや】 mother
  • 必要は発明の母 【ひつようははつめいのはは】 necessity is the mother of invention
  • 失敗は成功の母 【しっぱいはせいこうのはは】 failure is the mother of success
  • 母屋 【もや】 purlin (structural beam in a roof), purline, main building (of a manor), central room (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
  • 母屋桁 【もやげた】 purlin (structural beam in a roof), purline
  • 雲母 【うんも】 mica, isinglass
  • 乳母 【うば】 wet nurse, nursing mother

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mu3
Korean:
mo

Spanish

  • madre
  • base
  • cimientos

Portuguese

  • mãe
  • materno

French

  • maman
  • mère
137 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
222 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
203 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
554 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2466 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
89 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
65 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
326 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.7 Japanese for Busy People
112 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
112 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
74 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1143 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4287 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2165 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2917 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
102 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16723 Morohashi
3475 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3005 New Nelson (John Haig)
101 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
105 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
317 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
114 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3647 2001 Kanji
0a5.36 The Kanji Dictionary
4-5-1 SKIP code
7750.0 Four corner code
1-42-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6bcd Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
right hand
Parts:
accept, undergo, answer (phone), take, get, catch, receive
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
136 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 受 【ジュ】 vedana (sensation)
  • 受益 【ジュエキ】 benefitting by, benefiting by
  • 授受 【ジュジュ】 giving and receiving, transferring, transfer, changing hands
  • 収受 【シュウジュ】 reception, receiving

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
  • 受かる 【うかる】 to pass (examination)

Readings

Japanese names:
じょ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shou4
Korean:
su

Spanish

  • recipiente
  • acepción
  • aceptar
  • recibir
  • tomar
  • aprobar examen

Portuguese

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

French

  • subir
  • recevoir
  • accepter
  • répondre (téléphone)
  • prendre
  • obtenir
240 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
319 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
303 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
223 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2826 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
272 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
394 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
730 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.9 Japanese for Busy People
260 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
260 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
269 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
270 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3076 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1569 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2146 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
743 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3159 Morohashi
2421 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
678 New Nelson (John Haig)
735 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
794 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
298 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
304 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2067 2001 Kanji
2h6.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-4 SKIP code
2-6-2 SKIP code
2-1-7 SKIP code
2040.7 Four corner code
1-28-85 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
53d7 Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
weapon, lance
Parts:
break, destroy, censure, be chipped, be scratched, be broken, be ruined
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high

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  • 毀損 【キソン】 damage, injury, defamation, harm
  • 毀壊 【キカイ】 breaking, demolishing, smashing, destroying, wrecking, being broken, being ruined, being destroyed, being worn out
  • 焼毀 【ショウキ】 completely destroying by fire
  • 誹毀 【ヒキ】 defamation, libel, calumny, slander

Kun reading compounds

  • 毀つ 【こぼつ】 to destroy, to break, to damage
  • 壊す 【こわす】 to break, to destroy, to demolish, to wreck, to ruin, to spoil, to damage, to break (a bill, etc.)
  • 毀れる 【こぼれる】 to be chipped, to be nicked
  • 壊れる 【こわれる】 to be broken, to break, to fall apart, to collapse, to be destroyed, to be damaged, to break (down), to stop working, to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.), to collapse, to break down (of a relationship, negotiations, etc.), to be broken off, to be ruined (of an atmosphere, one's image, etc.)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hui3
Korean:
hwe

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2460 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1897 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2246 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1592 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
16654 Morohashi
1791 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3000 New Nelson (John Haig)
2067 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1532 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3b10.14 The Kanji Dictionary
1-9-4 SKIP code
1-8-4 SKIP code
7714.7 Four corner code
1-52-44 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6bc0 Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
wound, hurt, injure, impair, pain, injury, cut, gash, scar, weak point
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
845 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 傷跡 【キズアト】 scar
  • 傷害 【ショウガイ】 injury, inflicting bodily injury
  • 殺傷 【サッショウ】 killing and wounding, bloodshed
  • 脳挫傷 【ノウザショウ】 cerebral contusion

Kun reading compounds

  • 傷 【きず】 wound, injury, cut, gash, bruise, scratch, scrape, scar, chip, crack, scratch, nick, flaw, defect, weakness, weak point, stain (on one's reputation), disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, (emotional) hurt, hurt feelings
  • 傷跡 【きずあと】 scar
  • 無傷 【むきず】 unhurt, uninjured, unwounded, unscathed, unharmed, flawless (e.g. gem), unblemished, undamaged, perfect (condition), spotless (e.g. reputation), faultless (e.g. performance), perfect (record), without failure, without defeat
  • 古傷 【ふるきず】 old wound, scar, unpleasant past experience, painful memory, past misdeed
  • 痛む 【いたむ】 to hurt, to ache, to feel a pain, to be injured, to be spoiled (e.g. food), to be damaged
  • 痛める 【いためる】 to hurt, to injure, to cause pain, to harm, to damage, to spoil, to worry, to bother, to be grieved over, to afflict, to cause financial loss, to hurt one's pocket

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shang1
Korean:
sang

Spanish

  • herida
  • daño
  • lesión
  • corte
  • estar herido
  • herir

Portuguese

  • machucado
  • ferido
  • ferir
  • danificar
  • dor
  • dano
  • corte
  • corte profundo
  • cicatriz
  • ponto fraco

French

  • blessure
  • faire mal
  • abîmer
  • douleur
  • entaille
  • cicatrice
  • point faible
912 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
901 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
723 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
535 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1008 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1067 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
633 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
643 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
835 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
130 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
179 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
118 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
137 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1005 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1029 Morohashi
158 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
301 New Nelson (John Haig)
996 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1071 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
960 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2151 2001 Kanji
2a11.10 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-11 SKIP code
2822.7 Four corner code
1-29-93 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
50b7 Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
child, seed
Parts:
filial piety, child's respect
On:
コウキョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
1030 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 孝 【コウ】 filial piety
  • 孝行 【コウコウ】 filial piety, showing devotion (to someone)
  • 親不孝 【オヤフコウ】 lack of filial piety, disobedience to one's parents
  • 不孝 【フコウ】 undutifulness to one's parents, lack of filial piety, (the crime of) cursing one's parents, disowning one's child
  • 孝 【コウ】 filial piety
  • 不孝 【フコウ】 undutifulness to one's parents, lack of filial piety, (the crime of) cursing one's parents, disowning one's child

Readings

Japanese names:
たか、 たかし、 のり、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiao4
Korean:
hyo

Spanish

  • devoción filial
  • deber filial

Portuguese

  • piedade filial
  • respeito pelas crianças

French

  • piété filiale
  • respect des anciens
781 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
870 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
860 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1249 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
773 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
865 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1204 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
541 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
542 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
551 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
738 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
459 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3973 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2044 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2761 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1261 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6952 Morohashi
3205 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1289 New Nelson (John Haig)
1253 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1342 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
850 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1447 2001 Kanji
2k4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-3 SKIP code
3-4-3 SKIP code
4-6-4 SKIP code
4-7-4 SKIP code
2-4-2 SKIP code
3-4-2 SKIP code
4440.7 Four corner code
1-25-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5b5d Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
woman, female
Parts:
Variants:
commence, begin
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
244 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 始発 【シハツ】 first departure (of the day), first train, first bus, departing one's home station (of a train, bus, etc.)
  • 始業 【シギョウ】 start of work, commencement, opening
  • 年始 【ネンシ】 beginning of the year, new year, New Year's call, New Year's greetings
  • 創始 【ソウシ】 creation, founding, initiating

Kun reading compounds

  • 始める 【はじめる】 to start, to begin, to commence, to initiate, to originate, to start up (a business, society, etc.), to open (e.g. a store), to establish, to start ..., to begin to ...
  • 始まる 【はじまる】 to begin, to start, to commence, to happen (again), to begin (anew), to date (from), to originate (in)

Readings

Japanese names:
もと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi3
Korean:
si

Spanish

  • comenzar
  • empezar
  • empezar (trans.)
  • empezar (intrans.)

Portuguese

  • iniciar
  • começar

French

  • commencer
  • débuter
225 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
304 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
288 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
465 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1208 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
545 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
155 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1092 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.16 Japanese for Busy People
494 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
503 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
129 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
439 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
335 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
211 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
252 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
755 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6166 Morohashi
281 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1203 New Nelson (John Haig)
747 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
809 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
321 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
299 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1777 2001 Kanji
3e5.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
4346.0 Four corner code
1-27-47 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
59cb Unicode hex code