Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
cart, car
Parts:
Variants:
contrast, compare
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1172 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 較差 【カクサ】 range
  • 較優位論 【カクユウイロン】 theory of comparative advantage
  • 国際比較 【コクサイヒカク】 international comparison, country-by-country comparison
  • 直接比較 【チョクセツヒカク】 direct comparison
  • 校正 【コウセイ】 proofreading, calibration
  • 較量 【コウリョウ】 comparison

Kun reading compounds

  • 比べる 【くらべる】 to compare, to make a comparison, to compete, to vie

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jiao4, jiao3
Korean:
gyo, gag

Spanish

  • contrastar
  • comparar

Portuguese

  • contraste
  • comparar

French

  • contraste
  • comparer
1077 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1236 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4623 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1155 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
941 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1453 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1546 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
500 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1777 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1939 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1034 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1397 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1285 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38297 Morohashi
1536 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5959 New Nelson (John Haig)
1277 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1370 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1674 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1566 2001 Kanji
7c6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-6 SKIP code
5004.8 Four corner code
1-19-51 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8f03 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
village, mile
Parts:
quantity, measure, weight, amount, consider, estimate, surmise
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
469 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 量 【リョウ】 quantity, amount, volume, capacity, portion (of food), generosity, magnanimity, tolerance, pramana (means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge; in Indian philosophy)
  • 量刑 【リョウケイ】 judge's sentence, assessment of a case
  • 裁量 【サイリョウ】 discretion, judgement, judgment
  • 軽量 【ケイリョウ】 light weight

Kun reading compounds

  • 計る 【はかる】 to measure, to weigh, to survey, to time (sound, gauge, estimate), to conjecture, to infer, to surmise

Readings

Japanese names:
かず
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
liang4, liang2
Korean:
ryang

Spanish

  • cantidad
  • medida
  • medir
  • pesar
  • sondear

Portuguese

  • quantidade
  • medida
  • peso
  • quantia

French

  • quantité
  • mesure
  • poids
  • étudier (situation)
  • estimation
  • conjecture
734 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
630 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
600 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
544 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2141 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
743 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
973 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1741 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
411 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
417 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
435 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1804 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3119 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1598 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2180 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
179 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40138 Morohashi
2471 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6209 New Nelson (John Haig)
177 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
189 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
601 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3872 2001 Kanji
4c8.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-8 SKIP code
6010.4 Four corner code
1-46-44 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
91cf Unicode hex code