Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
cart, car
Parts:
Variants:
revolve, turn around, change
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
327 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 転 【テン】 change in pronunciation or meaning of a word, sound change, word with an altered pronunciation or meaning, turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
  • 転移 【テンイ】 moving (location, with the times, etc.), change, transition, metastasis, spread, transition (e.g. phase transition), transfer (of learning), transference (in psychoanalysis)
  • 不退転 【フタイテン】 determination, conviction
  • 大回転 【ダイカイテン】 giant slalom, big rotation

Kun reading compounds

  • 転がる 【ころがる】 to roll, to tumble, to fall over, to roll over, to lie down, to be scattered about, to be lying around, (of a situation or outcome) to change, to turn out, to come easily, to be common, to fall into one's hands, to grow on trees
  • 転がる石には苔は付かない 【ころがるいしにはこけはつかない】 a rolling stone gathers no moss
  • 転げる 【ころげる】 to roll over, to tumble, to roll about (with laughter)
  • 転がす 【ころがす】 to roll, to wheel, to trundle, to drive (a car), to turn over, to tip over, to throw down, to leave, to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
  • 転ぶ 【ころぶ】 to fall down, to fall over, to turn out, to play out, to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism), to apostatize, to roll, to tumble, (for a geisha) to prostitute (herself) in secret
  • 転ぶ 【ころぶ】 to fall down, to fall over, to turn out, to play out, to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism), to apostatize, to roll, to tumble, (for a geisha) to prostitute (herself) in secret
  • 転 【うたた】 more and more, increasingly, all the more
  • うたた寝 【うたたね】 doze, nap, snooze
  • 眩く 【くるめく】 to feel dizzy, to feel faint, to spin, to revolve, to twirl

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhuan3, zhuai3, zhuan4
Korean:
jeon

Spanish

  • cambiar
  • girar
  • rodar
  • caerse
  • tropezar
  • dar vueltas
  • volcarse
  • caer

Portuguese

  • revolver
  • voltar a ser
  • mudança

French

  • rouler
  • tourner
  • changer
479 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
375 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
354 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
339 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4615 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
515 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
257 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1656 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.16 Japanese for Busy People
433 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
439 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
65 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1773 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1872 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
995 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1346 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
427 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38234P Morohashi
1480 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5948 New Nelson (John Haig)
420 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
449 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
383 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1571 2001 Kanji
7c4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-4 SKIP code
5103.1 Four corner code
1-37-30 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8ee2 Unicode hex code

9 strokes (also 8)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
astray, be perplexed, in doubt, lost, err, illusion
Kun:
まよ.う
On:
メイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
942 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 迷惑 【メイワク】 trouble, bother, annoyance, nuisance, inconvenience, to be troubled (by), to be bothered (by), to be inconvenienced (by)
  • 迷路 【メイロ】 maze, labyrinth, inner ear
  • 混迷 【コンメイ】 turmoil, chaos, confusion
  • 愛迷 【アイメイ】 straying from love, falling out of love, lost love

Kun reading compounds

  • 迷う 【まよう】 to lose one's way, to get lost, to waver, to hesitate, to be of two minds over, to be puzzled, to be perplexed, to give into temptation, to lose control of oneself, to be charmed, to be infatuated, to be captivated, to be smitten, to turn in one's grave

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mi2
Korean:
mi

Spanish

  • extraviarse
  • estar perdido
  • perderse

Portuguese

  • desviado
  • estar perplexo
  • em dúvida
  • perdido
  • errar
  • ilusão

French

  • s'égarer
  • être perplexe
  • hésiter
  • perdu
  • se tromper
  • illusion
724 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
817 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
797 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1251 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4681 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
781 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
952 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
967 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
998 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1070 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
690 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3836 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1967 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2663 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
933 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38825P Morohashi
3092 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6037 New Nelson (John Haig)
924 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
992 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
706 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1064 2001 Kanji
2q6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-6 SKIP code
3930.9 Four corner code
1-44-34 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8ff7 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
gate
Parts:
Variants:
open, unfold, unseal
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
59 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 開花 【カイカ】 flowering, blooming, blossoming, coming into bloom, flowering (of a civilization, talent, etc.), blossoming, blooming, bearing fruit (of efforts)
  • 開演 【カイエン】 curtain raising, starting (e.g. play, concert)
  • 疎開 【ソカイ】 evacuation (to the country), spreading out (troops), deployment, dispersal
  • 非公開 【ヒコウカイ】 private, non-public, secret, closed-door, closed

Kun reading compounds

  • 開く 【ひらく】 to open, to undo, to unseal, to unpack, to bloom, to unfold, to spread out, to open (for business, e.g. in the morning), to be wide (gap, etc.), to widen, to hold (meeting, party, etc.), to give, to open, to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.), to open (a new business), to set up, to establish, to start, to open (ports, borders, etc.), to open (an account), to open up (new land, path, etc.), to clear, to develop, to open (a file, etc.), to extract (root), to reduce (equation), to cut open (fish), to change (kanji into hiragana), to flare (e.g. skirt), to slacken (into a poor posture)
  • 開き 【ひらき】 opening, gap, dried and opened fish
  • 開き直る 【ひらきなおる】 to become defiant, to fight back, to turn upon, to take the offensive
  • 開ける 【ひらける】 to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.), to spread out, to become clear (of a road, visibility, etc.), to open up, to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.), to get better, to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.), to become civilized, to modernize, to grow, to advance (of knowledge, ideas, etc.), to be sensible, to be understanding, to be enlightened, to open (of a new road, railway, etc.), to be opened to traffic, to become populous, to become densely built, to become bustling
  • 開く 【あく】 to open (e.g. doors), to open (e.g. business, etc.), to be empty, to be vacant, to be available, to be free, to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.), to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.), to come to an end, to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.), to have a hole, to form a gap, to have an interval (between events)
  • 開ける 【あける】 to open (a door, etc.), to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package), to unlock, to open (for business, etc.), to empty, to remove, to make space, to make room, to move out, to clear out, to be away from (e.g. one's house), to leave (temporarily), to dawn, to grow light, to end (of a period, season), to begin (of the New Year), to leave (one's schedule) open, to make time (for), to make (a hole), to open up (a hole)

Readings

Japanese names:
はる、 か、 ひらき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kai1
Korean:
gae

Spanish

  • abrir
  • desdoblar
  • dar comienzo
  • abrirse
  • estar abierto

Portuguese

  • abrir
  • desdobrar
  • deslacrar

French

  • ouvrir
  • s'ouvrir
  • briser le sceau
171 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
261 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
241 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
80 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4950 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
550 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
270 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1821 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
396 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
400 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
215 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1840 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4121 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2092 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2835 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1636 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41233 Morohashi
3321 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6393 New Nelson (John Haig)
1622 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1750 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
290 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
391 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3855 2001 Kanji
8e4.6 The Kanji Dictionary
3-8-4 SKIP code
7744.1 Four corner code
1-19-11 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
958b Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
Variants:
enlightenment, perceive, discern, realize, understand
Kun:
さと.る
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1411 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 悟性 【ゴセイ】 wisdom, understanding
  • 悟達 【ゴタツ】 attaining enlightenment
  • 大悟 【タイゴ】 enlightenment, great wisdom
  • 穎悟 【エイゴ】 intelligent, shrewd

Kun reading compounds

  • 悟る 【さとる】 to perceive, to sense, to become aware, to notice, to detect, to discern, to understand, to comprehend, to realize, to attain enlightenment

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wu4
Korean:
o

Spanish

  • percibir
  • discernir
  • percatarse
  • darse cuenta

Portuguese

  • Iluminação (budismo)
  • perceber
  • discernir
  • compreender
  • compreende

French

  • illumination
  • Eveil
  • percevoir
  • discerner
  • réaliser
  • comprendre
1239 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1479 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1700 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1104 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1297 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1053 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1438 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1528 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1454 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
816 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
502 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
312 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
379 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
629 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10680 Morohashi
419 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1870 New Nelson (John Haig)
622 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
669 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1335 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1177 2001 Kanji
4k7.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
9106.1 Four corner code
1-24-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
609f Unicode hex code