Jisho

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軌

9 strokes
Radical:
cart, car 車
Parts:
九 車
rut, wheel, track, model, way of doing
On:
キ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1480 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 軌 【キ】 rut, wheel track, distance between two wheels, gauge
  • 軌跡 【キセキ】 tire track, traces of a person or thing, path one has taken, locus
  • 広軌 【コウキ】 broad gauge
  • 狭軌 【キョウキ】 narrow gauge

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gui3
Korean:
gwe

Spanish

  • surco
  • vía
  • modelo
  • ejemplo

Portuguese

  • Sulco de rodas
  • roda
  • trilha
  • modelo
  • caminho

French

  • ornière
  • rails
  • orbite
  • modèle
  • façon de faire
1125 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1629 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4610 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1465 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1797 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
892 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1787 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1921 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1306 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1770 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1832 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
968 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1312 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
294 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38176 Morohashi
1445 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5941 New Nelson (John Haig)
288 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
306 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1297 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1557 2001 Kanji
7c2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-2 SKIP code
5401.7 Four corner code
1-21-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8ecc Unicode hex code

道

12 strokes (also 11)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
并 込 自 首
Variants:
噵 衜 衟
road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings
Kun:
みち、 いう
On:
ドウ、 トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
207 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 道 【ドウ】 road, path, street, route, way, set of practices, rules for conducting oneself, moral education, Buddhist teachings, Taoism, administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido), administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.), province (administrative region of Korea), circuit (administrative region of China), province (Tang-era administrative region of China)
  • 道義 【ドウギ】 morality, moral principles
  • 正道 【セイドウ】 path of righteousness, path of duty, right track, correct path
  • 海道 【カイドウ】 sea route
  • 有道 【ユウドウ】 being good, being virtuous, virtuous person
  • 不道 【フドウ】 inhuman, immoral, unreasonable, outrageous, wicked, barbarity (one of the eight unpardonable crimes, incl. killing three people in one family, or dismembering a corpse)

Kun reading compounds

  • 道 【みち】 road, path, street, lane, passage, route, way, distance, journey, road (e.g. to victory), course, way (of living, proper conduct, etc.), moral principles, teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist), dogma, field (e.g. of medicine), subject, speciality, means, way, method
  • 道筋 【みちすじ】 path, route, itinerary
  • 花道 【はなみち】 elevated walkway through the audience to the stage, honourable end to a career
  • 横道 【よこみち】 byway, side street, cross street, wrong way, digression

Readings

Japanese names:
さ、 じ、 ど、 みつ、 おさむ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dao4
Korean:
do

Spanish

  • camino
  • razón
  • modo
  • decir
  • senda
  • método

Portuguese

  • Caminho
  • estrada
  • rua
  • distrito
  • viagem
  • curso
  • moral
  • ensinamentos
  • filosofia

French

  • voie
  • route
  • rue
  • région
  • voyage
  • morale
  • enseignements
122 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
205 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
188 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
129 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4724 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
141 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
93 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1811 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.7 Japanese for Busy People
149 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
149 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
66 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
710 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3888 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2000 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2701 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
283 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39010P Morohashi
3134 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6091 New Nelson (John Haig)
277 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
295 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
123 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
220 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
979 2001 Kanji
2q9.14 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-9 SKIP code
3-2-9 SKIP code
3830.6 Four corner code
1-38-27 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9053 Unicode hex code

短

12 strokes
Radical:
arrow 矢
Parts:
并 口 矢 豆 乞
short, brevity, fault, defect, weak point
Kun:
みじか.い
On:
タン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
689 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 短 【タン】 fault, defect, weak point, minor, 5-point card, short
  • 短歌 【タンカ】 tanka, 31-mora Japanese poem
  • 長短 【チョウタン】 (relative) length, advantages and disadvantages, pluses and minuses, strong and weak points, merits and demerits
  • 車高短 【シャコウタン】 lowered car, car with lowered suspension

Kun reading compounds

  • 短い 【みじかい】 short, brief

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
duan3
Korean:
dan

Spanish

  • pequeño
  • breve
  • defecto
  • corto

Portuguese

  • curto
  • brevidade
  • falta
  • defeito
  • ponto fraco

French

  • court
  • bref
  • faute
  • défaut
  • point faible
466 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
362 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
342 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
789 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3172 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
261 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
230 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1633 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
215 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
215 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
90 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1395 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1515 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
801 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1093 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1454 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23978 Morohashi
1182 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3982 New Nelson (John Haig)
1442 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1550 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
403 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2373 2001 Kanji
3d9.27 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-7 SKIP code
8141.8 Four corner code
1-35-27 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
77ed Unicode hex code

半

5 strokes
Radical:
ten, complete 十
Parts:
｜ 二 并 十
half, middle, odd number, semi-, part-
Kun:
なか.ば
On:
ハン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
224 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 半 【ハン】 half, semi-, partial, half-past, odd number, han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)
  • 半額 【ハンガク】 half the amount (of money), half price, half fare
  • 四畳半 【ヨジョウハン】 four and a half tatami mats, four-and-a-half-mat room, small room esp. for assignations
  • 過半 【カハン】 the greater part

Kun reading compounds

  • 半ば 【なかば】 middle, halfway, midway, half (of), one half, half (e.g. done, jokingly), partly, in part, partially, mostly, almost, nearly
  • 半ば過ぎ 【なかばすぎ】 beyond the middle

Readings

Japanese names:
は
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ban4
Korean:
ban

Spanish

  • mitad
  • medio
  • incompleto
  • semi-
  • semi
  • a medias
  • en parte

Portuguese

  • metade
  • médio
  • número ímpar
  • semi-
  • parte-

French

  • moitié
  • demi
  • milieu
  • nombre impair
129 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
214 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
195 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
224 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
132 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
150 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
28 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
213 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
88 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
88 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
159 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
243 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4313 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2182 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2936 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1210 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2707X Morohashi
3501 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
608 New Nelson (John Haig)
1202 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1286 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
324 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
113 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1055 2001 Kanji
0a5.24 The Kanji Dictionary
4-5-3 SKIP code
9050.0 Four corner code
1-40-30 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
534a Unicode hex code

径

8 strokes
Radical:
step 彳
Parts:
又 土 彳
Variants:
徑 逕
diameter, path, method
Kun:
みち、 こみち、 さしわたし、 ただちに
On:
ケイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1435 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 径 【ケイ】 diameter
  • 経路 【ケイロ】 course, route, path, channel, process, stages
  • 半径 【ハンケイ】 radius
  • 口径 【コウケイ】 aperture, bore, calibre, caliber

Kun reading compounds

  • 道 【みち】 road, path, street, lane, passage, route, way, distance, journey, road (e.g. to victory), course, way (of living, proper conduct, etc.), moral principles, teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist), dogma, field (e.g. of medicine), subject, speciality, means, way, method
  • 径書房 【こみちしょぼう】 Komichi Shobo Publishing Ltd (publishing company)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jing4
Korean:
gyeong

Spanish

  • diámetro
  • camino
  • método

Portuguese

  • diâmetro
  • caminho
  • método

French

  • diamètre
  • chemin
  • méthode
492 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
845 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1451 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1602 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1630 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1279 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
576 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1475 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1572 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1448 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
622 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
347 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
216 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
260 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
891 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10080P Morohashi
291 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1730 New Nelson (John Haig)
882 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
947 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
502 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2072 2001 Kanji
3i5.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
2721.4 Four corner code
1-23-34 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f84 Unicode hex code