Jisho

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遅

12 strokes (also 11)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
并 込 尸 王 羊
Variants:
遲
slow, late, back, later
Kun:
おく.れる、 おく.らす、 おそ.い
On:
チ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
833 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 遅々 【チチ】 slow, lagging, tardy
  • 遅延 【チエン】 delay, latency
  • 棲遅 【セイチ】 living in tranquility, retiring to the countryside, retirement house
  • 巧遅 【コウチ】 elaborate but slow execution, polished but slow work

Kun reading compounds

  • 遅れる 【おくれる】 to be late, to be delayed, to fall behind schedule, to be overdue, to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.), to lag behind, to be behind (the times), to be bereaved of, to be preceded by (someone) in death, to be slow (of a clock or watch)
  • 遅らす 【おくらす】 to delay, to postpone, to slow down, to retard
  • 遅い 【おそい】 slow, time-consuming, sluggish, late (in the day), towards the end (of the day or night), until a time far into the day or night, later (than expected or usual), late, behind schedule, behind time, tardy, overdue, unpunctual, too late, having missed the boat, dull, stupid

Readings

Japanese names:
じ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chi2
Korean:
ji

Spanish

  • despacio
  • tarde
  • llegar tarde
  • retrasar
  • retrasado

Portuguese

  • atrasado
  • lento
  • costas
  • mais tarde

French

  • retard
  • lent
  • précédent
  • plus tard
1574 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
884 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4722 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1090 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
961 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1807 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.17 Japanese for Busy People
702 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
715 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
118 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
709 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3887 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1999 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2700 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1076 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38989P Morohashi
3133 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6089 New Nelson (John Haig)
1067 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1148 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1594 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3755 2001 Kanji
2q9.17 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-9 SKIP code
3730.4 Four corner code
1-35-57 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9045 Unicode hex code

効

8 strokes
Radical:
power, force 力
Parts:
亠 力 父
Variants:
效
merit, efficacy, efficiency, benefit
Kun:
き.く、 ききめ、 なら.う
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
538 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 効 【コウ】 efficacy, benefit, efficiency, effect, result, success
  • 効果 【コウカ】 effect, effectiveness, efficacy, result, effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
  • 実効 【ジッコウ】 practical effect, efficacy, efficiency
  • 時効 【ジコウ】 statute of limitations, lapse of rights after a period of time, prescription (including acquisitive and extinctive prescription), becoming invalid or void after a set time, ageing, aging

Kun reading compounds

  • 効く 【きく】 to be effective, to take effect, to be good (for), to work, to function well, to be possible (to do, use, etc.), to be able to, to taste (alcohol), to try
  • 効き目 【ききめ】 effect, virtue, efficacy, impression, one's dominant eye

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiao4
Korean:
hyo

Spanish

  • eficacia
  • eficiencia
  • efecto
  • ser efectivo

Portuguese

  • mérito
  • eficácia
  • eficiência
  • benefício

French

  • efficacité
  • bénéfique
  • mérite
782 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
697 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
671 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
515 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
722 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
623 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
370 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
653 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
816 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
835 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
501 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
216 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1617 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
849 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1164 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1284 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2334 Morohashi
1265 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
535 New Nelson (John Haig)
1276 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1369 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
682 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
445 2001 Kanji
2g6.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-2 SKIP code
0442.7 Four corner code
1-24-90 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
52b9 Unicode hex code

性

8 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
忙 生
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

肥

8 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
月 巴
fertilizer, get fat, fertile, manure, pamper
Kun:
こ.える、 こえ、 こ.やす、 こ.やし、 ふと.る
On:
ヒ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
1469 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 肥満 【ヒマン】 corpulence, fatness, obesity
  • 肥大 【ヒダイ】 swelling, enlargement, becoming fat, hypertrophy
  • 堆肥 【タイヒ】 compost, manure
  • 追肥 【ツイヒ】 (adding) extra fertilizer or manure (fertiliser)

Kun reading compounds

  • 肥える 【こえる】 to grow fat, to gain weight, to put on weight, to grow fertile (of soil), to be discerning (of one's palate, eye, ear, etc.), to be discriminating, to be refined, to become rich, to become wealthy
  • 肥 【こえ】 manure, night soil, dung, fertiliser, fertilizer
  • 肥える 【こえる】 to grow fat, to gain weight, to put on weight, to grow fertile (of soil), to be discerning (of one's palate, eye, ear, etc.), to be discriminating, to be refined, to become rich, to become wealthy
  • 肥やす 【こやす】 to fertilize, to fertilise, to manure, to enrich
  • 肥やし 【こやし】 manure, night soil, dung, fertiliser, fertilizer, something that will help one develop in the future
  • 肥やし桶 【こやしおけ】 night soil pail
  • 太る 【ふとる】 to put on weight, to gain weight, to grow fat, to get stout

Readings

Japanese names:
い、 こい、 ひえ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fei2
Korean:
bi

Spanish

  • engordar
  • fertilizar
  • abonar
  • abono
  • fertilizante
  • enriquecer

Portuguese

  • fertilizar
  • engordar
  • fértil
  • estrume
  • mimar

French

  • engrais
  • grossir
  • fertile
  • fumier
  • choyer
699 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
793 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
772 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1398 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3740 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
724 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1668 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
617 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1723 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1841 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1352 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1024 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1091 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
592 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
783 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1772 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29290 Morohashi
879 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4774 New Nelson (John Haig)
1756 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1893 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
692 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3956 2001 Kanji
4b4.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
7721.7 Four corner code
1-40-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
80a5 Unicode hex code

料

10 strokes
Radical:
dipper 斗
Parts:
斗 米
fee, materials
On:
リョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N4
295 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 料 【リョウ】 fee, charge, rate, material
  • 料金 【リョウキン】 fee, charge, fare
  • 史料 【シリョウ】 historical materials, historical records, historical sources, archives
  • 使用料 【シヨウリョウ】 use fee, rent

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
liao4
Korean:
ryo

Spanish

  • material
  • precio

Portuguese

  • taxa
  • materiais

French

  • redevance
  • recette
  • frais
  • prix
  • matériau
531 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
629 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
599 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
212 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3468 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
410 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
181 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2.9 Japanese for Busy People
319 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
319 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
240 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
951 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1644 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
870 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1187 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1186 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13501 Morohashi
1292 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2374 New Nelson (John Haig)
1178 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1262 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
395 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
559 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1055 2001 Kanji
6b4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-4 SKIP code
9490.0 Four corner code
1-46-33 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6599 Unicode hex code