195 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
113 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
103 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
127 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4671 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
127 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
259 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
506 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.12 | Japanese for Busy People |
445 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
452 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
109 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
679 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3798 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1941 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2634 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1136 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
38752P | Morohashi |
3061 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6021 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1129 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1210 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
149 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
140 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
194 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 近畿 【キンキ】 Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)
- 近海 【キンカイ】 coastal waters, adjacent seas
- ごく最近 【ゴクサイキン】 very recently, in the very recent past
- 至近 【シキン】 very near
- 近流 【コンル】 banishment (to a nearby province), the least severe of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryō system
Kun reading compounds
- 近い 【ちかい】 near, close, short (distance), close (in time), soon, close (relationship), friendly, intimate, closely related, similar, almost the same, close to, nearly
- 近いうちに 【ちかいうちに】 soon, shortly, before long
Readings
- Japanese names:
- おう、 おお、 この
- Korean:
- geun
Spanish
- cerca
- cercano
Portuguese
- perto
- cedo
- consangüíneo
- equivalente
French
- près
- tôt
- proche
- équivalent à
2654 | 2001 Kanji |
2q4.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-3-4 | SKIP code |
3-2-4 | SKIP code |
3230.2 | Four corner code |
1-22-65 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8fd1 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
923 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 似我蜂 【ジガバチ】 red-banded sand wasp (Ammophila sabulosa), thread-waisted wasp (any wasp of family Sphecidae, incl. digger wasps and mud daubers)
- 酷似 【コクジ】 resembling closely, being strikingly similar, bearing a strong likeness
- 疑似 【ギジ】 pseudo, quasi, false, para-, mock, sham, suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
Kun reading compounds
- 似る 【にる】 to resemble, to look like, to be like, to be alike, to be similar, to take after
Readings
- Japanese names:
- にた
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- parecerse a
- parecerse
- ser similar
Portuguese
- formação
- lembra
- falsificar
- imitar
- conveniente
French
- ressembler
- devenir
- contrefaire
- imiter
- approprié
625 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
724 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
696 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1219 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
376 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
775 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
311 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
350 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1486 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1583 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1172 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
77 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
71 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
43 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
46 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1038 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
485 | Morohashi |
63 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
138 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1029 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1106 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
669 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2162 | 2001 Kanji |
2a5.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-2-5 | SKIP code |
2820.0 | Four corner code |
1-27-87 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4f3c | Unicode hex code |
unravel, notes, key, explanation, understanding, untie, undo, solve, answer, cancel, absolve, explain, minute
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
176 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 解 【カイ】 solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.), root (e.g. of a polynomial), solution (to a given problem), answer, explanation, interpretation
- 解禁 【カイキン】 lifting a ban, raising an embargo, opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.), publishing contents, revealing information
- 瓦解 【ガカイ】 collapse, downfall
- 明解 【メイカイ】 clear explanation
- 解熱 【ゲネツ】 lowering a fever, alleviation of fever
- 解脱 【ゲダツ】 liberation from earthly desires and the woes of man, deliverance of one's soul, moksha, mukti, vimukti
- 雪消 【ユキゲ】 snow melting, water from melting snow
- 義解 【ギゲ】 explanation (of the meaning), interpretation
Kun reading compounds
- 解く 【とく】 to untie, to unfasten, to unwrap, to undo, to unbind, to unpack, to unsew, to unstitch, to solve, to work out, to answer, to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.), to clear up, to remove (suspicion), to appease, to dissolve (a contract), to cancel, to remove (a prohibition), to lift (a ban), to raise (a siege), to release (from duty), to relieve, to dismiss, to comb (out), to card, to untangle (hair)
- 溶かす 【とかす】 to dissolve, to melt
- 梳かす 【とかす】 to comb out, to brush, to untangle, to unravel
- 解ける 【とける】 to be solved, to be resolved, to loosen, to come untied, to come undone, to be removed (of restrictions), to be lifted (e.g. a ban), to be broken (spells, curses, etc.), to dissipate (of anger, tension, etc.), to melt away, to ease, to be appeased, to be resolved (of a dispute, misunderstanding, etc.), to be cleared up
- 溶ける 【とける】 to melt, to thaw, to fuse, to dissolve
- 解く 【ほどく】 to undo, to untie, to unfasten, to unlace, to unravel, to loosen, to unpack
- 解す 【ほぐす】 to unravel, to untie, to untangle, to loosen, to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.), to relax, to ease
- 分かる 【わかる】 to understand, to comprehend, to grasp, to see, to get, to follow, to become clear, to be known, to be discovered, to be realized, to be realised, to be found out, I know!, I think so too!
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さとる、 とけ
- Korean:
- hae, gae
Spanish
- desenredar
- desatar
- liberar
- aclarar
- resolver
- peinarse
- aflojar
Portuguese
- solucionar
- notas
- chave
- explicação
- compreensão
- desamarrar
- desfazer
- resolveer
- resposta
- cancelar
- absolver
- explicar
- deta
French
- délier
- notes
- clé
- explication
- compréhension
- défaire
- résoudre
- répondre
- annuler
- absoudre
- expliquer
- minute
567 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
662 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
632 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
192 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4306 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
577 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
892 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1923 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
474 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
482 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
293 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1651 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1913 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1017 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1375 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1831 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
35067 | Morohashi |
1517 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5548 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1814 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1955 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
142 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
769 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2555 | 2001 Kanji |
4g9.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-7-6 | SKIP code |
2725.2 | Four corner code |
1-18-82 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
89e3 | Unicode hex code |