Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
cart, car
Parts:
axis, pivot, stem, stalk, counter for book scrolls
On:
ジク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1261 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 軸 【ジク】 axis, shaft, axle, center, centre, focal point, key point, stalk, stem, hanging scroll
  • 軸足 【ジクアシ】 pivot foot, emphasis, priority, focus
  • 基軸 【キジク】 basis, foundation, core, criterion, standard
  • 中軸 【チュウジク】 axis, pivot, central figure, key man

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhou2, zhou4, zhu2
Korean:
chug

Spanish

  • eje
  • pivote
  • péndulo
  • mango

Portuguese

  • eixo
  • pivô
  • talo
  • caule
  • sufixo para contagem de pergaminhos

French

  • axe
  • pivot
  • tige
  • compteur de livres en rouleaux
1330 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1719 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4619 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1258 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1798 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
988 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1023 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1589 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1776 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1908 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1014 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1371 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1121 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38269 Morohashi
1514 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5952 New Nelson (John Haig)
1112 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1193 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1591 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1576 2001 Kanji
7c5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-5 SKIP code
5506.0 Four corner code
1-28-20 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8ef8 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
sex, gender, nature
Kun:
さが
On:
セイショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
104 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 性 【セイ】 nature (of a person), sex, gender, sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.), gender, -ty, -ity, -ness, -cy
  • 性格 【セイカク】 character (of a person), personality, disposition, nature, characteristics, nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
  • 耐性 【タイセイ】 resistance (e.g. to antibiotics), tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
  • 社会性 【シャカイセイ】 sociality
  • 性 【ショウ】 nature, disposition, temperament, character, quality, that which does not change according to external influences
  • 性根 【ショウネ】 nature, character, disposition
  • 冷え性 【ヒエショウ】 sensitivity to cold
  • 凝り性 【コリショウ】 tendency to become totally absorbed in something, monomania, perfectionism, fastidiousness, meticulousness, susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders

Kun reading compounds

  • 性 【さが】 one's nature, one's destiny, custom, tradition, habit, convention

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xing4
Korean:
seong

Spanish

  • sexo
  • género
  • naturaleza
  • temperamento

Portuguese

  • sexo
  • gênero
  • natureza

French

  • sexe
  • genre
  • nature
  • propriétés
645 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
745 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
723 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
199 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1666 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
280 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
535 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
564 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
98 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
98 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
421 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
811 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
357 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
222 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
266 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1572 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10478 Morohashi
299 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1822 New Nelson (John Haig)
1558 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1679 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
119 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
690 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1172 2001 Kanji
4k5.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
1-1-7 SKIP code
9501.0 Four corner code
1-32-13 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6027 Unicode hex code