Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
bitter
Parts:
Variants:
resign, word, term, expression
Kun:
や.めるいな.む
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
633 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 辞 【ジ】 address (e.g. opening or closing remarks), speech, words, ci (Chinese literary form), ancillary word
  • 辞意 【ジイ】 intention to resign
  • 弔辞 【チョウジ】 message of condolence, memorial address
  • 修辞 【シュウジ】 figure of speech, rhetorical flourish

Kun reading compounds

  • 辞める 【やめる】 to resign, to retire, to quit, to leave (one's job, etc.)
  • 否む 【いなむ】 to refuse, to decline, to deny

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ci2
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • renuncia
  • dimisión
  • palabra
  • discurso
  • retirarse
  • abandonar

Portuguese

  • pedir demissão
  • palavra
  • termo
  • expressão

French

  • démission
  • mot
  • terme
  • expression
626 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
528 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
500 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
868 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3860 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
594 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
945 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1918 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
688 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
701 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
931 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1785 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1726 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
922 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1245 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1511 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38638 Morohashi
1364 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6000 New Nelson (John Haig)
1497 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1613 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
605 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2255 2001 Kanji
5b8.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-7 SKIP code
2064.1 Four corner code
1-28-13 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8f9e Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
responsibility, duty, term, entrust to, appoint
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
217 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 任 【ニン】 obligation, duty, charge, responsibility
  • 任意 【ニンイ】 optional, voluntary, arbitrary, random, discretionary, facultative, spontaneous, any, arbitrary
  • 再任 【サイニン】 reappointment
  • 在任 【ザイニン】 being in office

Kun reading compounds

  • 任せる 【まかせる】 to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone), to entrust (to someone), to entrust (someone) with, to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.), to let (take its own course), to let (happen), to give (oneself to something), to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full, to use freely, to use without reserve
  • 任す 【まかす】 to entrust (to someone), to leave (in someone's hands)

Readings

Japanese names:
さ、 とう、 ひで
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ren4, ren2
Korean:
im

Spanish

  • responsabilidad
  • deber
  • confiar a
  • dejar a cargo de

Portuguese

  • responsabilidade
  • dever
  • termo
  • confiar para
  • nomear

French

  • responsabilité
  • devoir
  • terme
  • confier à
  • nommer
688 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
785 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
764 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
310 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
374 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
414 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
307 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
235 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
334 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
334 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
639 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
69 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
57 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
37 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
38 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1012 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
416 Morohashi
53 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
136 New Nelson (John Haig)
1003 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1078 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
349 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
662 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2172 2001 Kanji
2a4.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-4 SKIP code
2221.4 Four corner code
1-39-04 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4efb Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
approach, draw near, push open
Kun:
ひら.く
On:
アイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2258 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 挨拶 【アイサツ】 greeting, greetings, salutation, salute, condolences, congratulations, speech (congratulatory or appreciative), address, reply, response, revenge, retaliation, a fine thing to say, dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment), relationship (between people), connection, intervention, mediation, mediator
  • 挨拶代わり 【アイサツガワリ】 substitute for a proper greeting (e.g. gift)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ai1, ai2
Korean:
ae

Spanish

  • empujar
  • acercarse

Portuguese

French

1910 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1101 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
510 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
383 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
12082 Morohashi
2160 New Nelson (John Haig)
2248 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1310 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1363 2001 Kanji
3c7.12 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
5303.4 Four corner code
1-16-07 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6328 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 舞台挨拶 【ブタイアイサツ】 on-stage speech by the director and cast on the opening day of a movie or play
  • 年頭挨拶 【ネントウアイサツ】 New Year's greetings

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zan3, za1
Korean:
chal

Spanish

  • acercarse
  • ser inminente

Portuguese

French

1888 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1102 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
451 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
336 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
12004 Morohashi
2134 New Nelson (John Haig)
2261 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
713 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1360 2001 Kanji
3c6.13 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-6 SKIP code
5202.7 Four corner code
1-27-02 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
62f6 Unicode hex code