Jisho

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遊

12 strokes (also 11)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
込 子 方 乞
play
Kun:
あそ.ぶ、 あそ.ばす
On:
ユウ、 ユ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
941 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 遊撃 【ユウゲキ】 raid, military attack by a mobile unit, hit-and-run attack, search-and-kill mission, search-and-destroy mission, military action without a predetermined target, attacking the enemy or assisting allies as the opportunity arises, shortstop, short
  • 遊園地 【ユウエンチ】 amusement park
  • 浮遊 【フユウ】 floating, drifting, suspension, wandering (about)
  • 外遊 【ガイユウ】 foreign travel
  • 遊撃 【ユウゲキ】 raid, military attack by a mobile unit, hit-and-run attack, search-and-kill mission, search-and-destroy mission, military action without a predetermined target, attacking the enemy or assisting allies as the opportunity arises, shortstop, short
  • 遊園地 【ユウエンチ】 amusement park

Kun reading compounds

  • 遊ぶ 【あそぶ】 to play (games, sports), to enjoy oneself, to have a good time, to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.), to be idle, to do nothing, to be unused, to meet up (with friends), to hang out, to give oneself up (to gambling, drinking, etc.), to go to (for pleasure or for study), to tease (someone), to play (with), to intentionally throw a ball to lower the batter's concentration
  • 遊糸 【ゆうし】 gossamer, heat haze, shimmer of hot air
  • 遊ばす 【あそばす】 to let (someone) play, to keep (someone) amused, to entertain, to leave idle, to not make use of, to let go to waste, to do, to do

Readings

Japanese names:
あす、 う
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
you2
Korean:
yu

Spanish

  • jugar
  • viajar
  • moverse libremente

Portuguese

  • Jogo
  • jogar

French

  • jouer
326 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
424 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
402 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
728 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4726 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
587 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
962 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1809 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1003 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1040 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
196 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
712 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3896 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2008 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2709 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1056 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
38994P Morohashi
3142 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6093 New Nelson (John Haig)
1047 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1126 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
411 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
447 2001 Kanji
2q8.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-9 SKIP code
3-3-8 SKIP code
3-2-8 SKIP code
3830.4 Four corner code
1-45-23 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
904a Unicode hex code

戯

15 strokes
Radical:
spear, halberd 戈
Parts:
匕 卜 厂 戈 虍
Variants:
戲
frolic, play, sport
Kun:
たわむ.れる、 ざ.れる、 じゃ.れる
On:
ギ、 ゲ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1880 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 冗談 【ジョウダン】 joke, jest, funny story
  • 戯曲 【ギキョク】 drama, play, Chinese opera
  • 遊戯 【ユウギ】 play, playing, game, play and dance (at a kindergarten or elementary school)
  • 性戯 【セイギ】 sex act, sexual play
  • 冗談 【ジョウダン】 joke, jest, funny story
  • 戯作 【ゲサク】 cheap literature, writing for amusement, light literature popular in the late Edo period

Kun reading compounds

  • 戯れる 【たわむれる】 to be playful, to gambol, to be amused (with something), to play, to sport, to frolic, to joke, to flirt with, to have elegance, to have refinement
  • 戯れる 【たわむれる】 to be playful, to gambol, to be amused (with something), to play, to sport, to frolic, to joke, to flirt with, to have elegance, to have refinement
  • 戯れる 【じゃれる】 to play around (of a cat, dog, etc.), to frisk, to gambol, to frolic

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xi4, hu1
Korean:
heui, hwi, ho

Spanish

  • jugueteo
  • broma
  • diversión
  • teatro
  • función
  • juguetear
  • bromear
  • flirtear

Portuguese

  • brincadeira
  • jogo
  • esporte

French

  • divertissement
  • jeu
  • sport
1138 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1632 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
246 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1298 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1331 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2350 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1573 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1679 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1901 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
840 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2351 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1208 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1654 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2013 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11665 Morohashi
1875 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2041 New Nelson (John Haig)
1994 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2149 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1766 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1259 2001 Kanji
4n11.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-11-4 SKIP code
2325.0 Four corner code
1-21-26 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
622f Unicode hex code

王

4 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
王
king, rule, magnate
On:
オウ、 -ノウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N3
684 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 王 【オウ】 king, ruler, sovereign, monarch, tycoon, magnate, champion, master, king (of the senior player)
  • 王女 【オウジョ】 princess
  • 竜王 【リュウオウ】 Dragon King, promoted rook
  • 大王 【ダイオウ】 great king

Readings

Japanese names:
おお、 おおきみ、 わ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wang2, wang4
Korean:
wang

Spanish

  • rey
  • regla
  • magnate

Portuguese

  • rei
  • regra
  • magnata
  • governo

French

  • roi
  • régner
  • magnat
49 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
47 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
5 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
499 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2922 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
310 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
733 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
90 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
294 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
294 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
577 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1315 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4247 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2145 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2895 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
261 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
20823 Morohashi
3439 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3619 New Nelson (John Haig)
255 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
271 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
26 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3172 2001 Kanji
4f0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-1 SKIP code
1010.4 Four corner code
1-18-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
738b Unicode hex code

登

12 strokes
Radical:
footsteps 癶
Parts:
并 口 癶 豆
Variants:
僜
ascend, climb up
Kun:
のぼ.る、 あ.がる
On:
トウ、 ト、 ドウ、 ショウ、 チョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
566 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 登校 【トウコウ】 attendance (at school), going to school
  • 登記 【トウキ】 registry, registration
  • 完登 【カントウ】 completing a climb, completing a route (up a mountain), completing a series of climbs (e.g. the Seven Summits), peak bagging
  • 先登 【セントウ】 going first, arriving first
  • 登校 【トウコウ】 attendance (at school), going to school
  • 登記 【トウキ】 registry, registration
  • 能登 【ノト】 Noto (former province located in the north of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture), Noto (peninsula)

Kun reading compounds

  • 上る 【のぼる】 to ascend, to go up, to climb, to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun), to rise, to go to (the capital), to be promoted, to add up to, to advance (in price), to swim up (a river), to sail up, to come up (on the agenda)

Readings

Japanese names:
たか、 のぼし、 のぼり、 のり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
deng1
Korean:
deung

Spanish

  • ascensión
  • escalada
  • subir
  • ascender
  • escalar

Portuguese

  • subir
  • escalar

French

  • monter
  • escalader
483 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
382 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
360 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
572 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3094 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
559 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
752 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1744 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.17 Japanese for Busy People
960 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
991 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
472 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1361 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3208 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1661 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2251 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1719 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
22668 Morohashi
2595 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3862 New Nelson (John Haig)
1703 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1838 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
405 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3573 2001 Kanji
3d9.26 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-7 SKIP code
2-6-6 SKIP code
1210.8 Four corner code
1-37-48 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
767b Unicode hex code

場

12 strokes
Radical:
earth 土
Parts:
一 土 日 勿
Variants:
塲
location, place
Kun:
ば
On:
ジョウ、 チョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
52 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 場 【ジョウ】 place, spot, grounds, arena, stadium, range, course
  • 場外 【ジョウガイ】 outside the hall (or stadium, market, etc.), off the grounds, off the premises, off-track
  • 斎場 【サイジョウ】 funeral hall, ceremony site
  • 開場 【カイジョウ】 opening (the doors of a venue), inauguration (of a new building, facility, etc.)

Kun reading compounds

  • 場 【ば】 place, spot, space, field, discipline, sphere, realm, occasion, situation, scene (of a play, movie, etc.), session, field, table, area in which cards are laid out, round (east, south, etc.), field, field (in Gestalt psychology)
  • 場合 【ばあい】 case, occasion, situation, circumstances
  • 木場 【きば】 lumberyard
  • 漁場 【ぎょじょう】 fishing grounds, permitted fishing zone

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chang2, chang3
Korean:
jang

Spanish

  • lugar
  • situación
  • momento

Portuguese

  • localização
  • lugar

French

  • lieu
  • place
  • aire
  • champ (magnétique)
252 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
161 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
144 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
34 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1113 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
250 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
145 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
3.2 Japanese for Busy People
154 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
154 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
335 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
380 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
678 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
408 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
512 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
551 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5278 Morohashi
558 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1058 New Nelson (John Haig)
545 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
584 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
49 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
216 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1451 2001 Kanji
3b9.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
4612.7 Four corner code
1-30-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5834 Unicode hex code

人

2 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
人
person
Kun:
ひと、 -り、 -と
On:
ジン、 ニン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
5 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 人 【ジン】 -ian (e.g. Italian), -ite (e.g. Tokyoite), -er (e.g. performer, etc.), person working with ..., man, person, people
  • 人為 【ジンイ】 human work, human agency, art, artificiality
  • 米人 【ベイジン】 American person
  • 俳人 【ハイジン】 haiku poet
  • 人 【ニン】 counter for people
  • 人気 【ニンキ】 popularity, public favor, condition (e.g. market), tone, character, nature
  • 同人 【ドウジン】 same person, said person, the person in question, coterie, clique, fraternity, kindred spirits, comrade, colleague, dōjin, doujin, Japanese fans or hobbyists who produce their own magazines, manga, software, etc.
  • 代人 【ダイニン】 substitute, deputy, proxy, representative, agent

Kun reading compounds

  • 人 【ひと】 person, someone, somebody, human beings, mankind, man, people, humans, human (Homo sapiens), (other) people, others, character, personality, nature, capable person, competent person, suitable person, right person, adult, grown-up, I, me, one
  • 人一倍 【ひといちばい】 (much) more than others, exceedingly, extremely, unusually
  • 貴人 【きじん】 aristocrat, nobleman, dignitary, person of high rank
  • いい人 【いいひと】 good-natured person, good person, (one's) lover, boyfriend, girlfriend

Readings

Japanese names:
じ、 と、 ね、 ひこ、 ふみ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ren2
Korean:
in

Spanish

  • persona

Portuguese

  • pessoa

French

  • être humain
  • personne
30 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
39 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
39 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
9 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
339 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
14 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.5 Japanese for Busy People
1 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
15 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
42 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4175 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2111 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2857 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
960 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
344 Morohashi
3368 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
99 New Nelson (John Haig)
951 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1023 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
7 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1262 2001 Kanji
2a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-2-4 SKIP code
8000.0 Four corner code
1-31-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4eba Unicode hex code

物

8 strokes
Radical:
cow 牛 (牜)
Parts:
ノ 勹 牛 勿
thing, object, matter
Kun:
もの、 もの-
On:
ブツ、 モツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
215 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 物 【ブツ】 stock, products, goods (esp. stolen), loot, spoils, stuff
  • 物議 【ブツギ】 public discussion, public criticism, controversy
  • 異物 【イブツ】 foreign substance, foreign body, foreign contamination, foreign material, strange object, unusual object, dead body, corpse, remains
  • 遺物 【イブツ】 relic, remains, memento
  • 財物 【ザイブツ】 property
  • 幣物 【ヘイモツ】 Shinto offerings, present to a guest

Kun reading compounds

  • 物 【もの】 thing, object, article, stuff, substance, one's things, possessions, property, belongings, things, something, anything, everything, nothing, quality, reason, the way of things, used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc., used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense), used to indicate a general tendency, used to indicate something that should happen, item classified as ..., item related to ..., work in the genre of ..., cause of ..., cause for ..., somehow, somewhat, for some reason, really, truly
  • 物言い 【ものいい】 manner of speaking, verbal argument, objection, protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee), rumor, rumour
  • 先物 【さきもの】 futures, futures contract
  • 拾い物 【ひろいもの】 found article, thing picked up (e.g. in the street), (lucky) find, piece of good luck, windfall, bargain

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wu4
Korean:
mul

Spanish

  • cosa
  • objeto
  • materia

Portuguese

  • coisa
  • objeto
  • matéria

French

  • objet
  • chose
  • matière
313 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
410 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
387 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
126 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2857 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
74 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
214 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
611 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
79 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
79 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
321 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1290 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1084 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
587 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
777 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1059 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19959 Morohashi
874 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3538 New Nelson (John Haig)
1050 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1129 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
95 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
313 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2451 2001 Kanji
4g4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
2752.0 Four corner code
1-42-10 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7269 Unicode hex code