Jisho

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過

12 strokes (also 11)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
冂 込 口
overdo, exceed, go beyond, error
Kun:
す.ぎる、 す.ごす、 あやま.ち、 あやま.つ、 よぎ.る、 よ.ぎる
On:
カ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
285 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 過 【カ】 surplus-, excess-, over-, per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)
  • 過激 【カゲキ】 extreme (measure, idea, etc.), radical, violent (language), strenuous (exercise, work, etc.), excessive, (physically) demanding
  • 看過 【カンカ】 overlooking, turning a blind eye
  • 輸出超過 【ユシュツチョウカ】 excess of exports

Kun reading compounds

  • 過ぎる 【すぎる】 to pass through, to pass by, to go beyond, to pass (of time), to elapse, to have expired, to have ended, to be over, to exceed, to surpass, to be above, to be no more than ..., to be excessive, to be too much, to be too ...
  • 過ごす 【すごす】 to spend (time), to pass, to lead (a life), to live, to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption), to drink (alcohol), to carry too far, to carry to excess, to take care of, to support, to overdo, to do too much, to ... without acting on it, to ... without getting involved
  • 過ち 【あやまち】 fault, error, indiscretion, faux pas
  • 過ちて改めざるこれを過ちという 【あやまちてあらためざるこれをあやまちという】 a man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake
  • 過つ 【あやまつ】 to err
  • 過ぎる 【よぎる】 to go by, to cross, to pass by, to flash across
  • 過ぎる 【よぎる】 to go by, to cross, to pass by, to flash across

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guo4, guo1
Korean:
gwa

Spanish

  • pasar
  • extralimitarse
  • exceder
  • fallo
  • error
  • traspasar
  • fallar

Portuguese

  • sobrepujar
  • exceder
  • ir além de
  • erro

French

  • passer
  • dépasser
  • excéder
  • erreur
562 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
659 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
629 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
399 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4723 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
368 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
963 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1804 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
413 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
419 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
284 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
705 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3891 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2003 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2704 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1302 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39002P Morohashi
3137 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6090 New Nelson (John Haig)
1293 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1389 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
230 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
750 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3649 2001 Kanji
2q9.18 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-9 SKIP code
3730.2 Four corner code
1-18-65 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
904e Unicode hex code

敏

10 strokes
Radical:
rap 攴 (攵)
Parts:
毋 母 乞 攵
Variants:
勄
cleverness, agile, alert
Kun:
さとい
On:
ビン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1042 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 敏 【ビン】 quick, nimble, agile, sharp, smart, clever
  • 敏感 【ビンカン】 sensitive, alert, aware, susceptible
  • 穎敏 【エイビン】 sharp (mind), keen, acute
  • 慧敏 【ケイビン】 clever, of quick intellect

Kun reading compounds

  • 聡い 【さとい】 clever, smart, sharp (ear, etc.), sensitive, discerning

Readings

Japanese names:
さとし、 ちょう、 とし、 び
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
min3
Korean:
min

Spanish

  • ingenioso
  • inteligente
  • ágil

Portuguese

  • inteligência
  • ágil
  • alerta

French

  • vivacité d'esprit
  • vif
  • intelligent
1746 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1381 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2047 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1429 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1389 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1409 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1735 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1857 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1800 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
938 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1675 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
887 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1206 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
469 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13202P Morohashi
1322 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2337 New Nelson (John Haig)
459 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
498 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1342 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2366 2001 Kanji
4i6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-4 SKIP code
8854.0 Four corner code
1-41-50 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
654f 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

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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

肺

9 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
亠 巾 月
lungs
On:
ハイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1387 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 肺 【ハイ】 lung
  • 肺炎 【ハイエン】 pneumonia
  • 珪肺 【ケイハイ】 silicosis
  • 人工肺 【ジンコウハイ】 artificial lung

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fei4
Korean:
pye, pae

Spanish

  • pulmones

Portuguese

  • pulmões

French

  • poumon
968 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
958 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1778 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3752 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
943 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1670 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1277 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1351 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1343 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1028 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1147 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
619 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
825 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
421 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29422P Morohashi
916 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4791 New Nelson (John Haig)
414 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
443 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
894 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3944 2001 Kanji
4b5.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-5 SKIP code
7022.7 Four corner code
7522.7 Four corner code
1-39-57 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
80ba Unicode hex code

臓

19 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
ノ 厂 艾 戈 月 臣
Variants:
臟
entrails, viscera, bowels
Kun:
はらわた
On:
ゾウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
991 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 臓 【ゾウ】 viscera, bowels
  • 臓器 【ゾウキ】 internal organs, viscera
  • 膵臓 【スイゾウ】 pancreas
  • 肝膵臓 【カンスイゾウ】 hepatopancreas

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zang4
Korean:
jang

Spanish

  • entrañas
  • vísceras
  • órganos internos

Portuguese

  • entranhas
  • víscera
  • tripas

French

  • entrailles
  • viscères
  • intestins
937 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
924 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1098 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3828 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
921 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
854 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1287 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1361 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1108 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1044 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1417 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
753 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1022 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
859 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29995P Morohashi
1102 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4886 New Nelson (John Haig)
851 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
914 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1006 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3959 2001 Kanji
4b15.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-15 SKIP code
1-4-14 SKIP code
7425.3 Four corner code
1-34-01 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
81d3 Unicode hex code

炎

8 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
火
inflammation, flame, blaze
Kun:
ほのお
On:
エン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1242 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 炎 【エン】 -itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
  • 炎症 【エンショウ】 inflammation, irritation
  • 脳炎 【ノウエン】 brain inflammation, encephalitis, cerebritis
  • 胃炎 【イエン】 gastritis, gastric catarrh

Kun reading compounds

  • 炎 【ほのお】 flame, blaze, flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger), passion
  • 炎検出器 【ほのおけんしゅつき】 flame detector
  • 瞋恚の炎 【しんいのほのお】 intense antipathy (like a blazing fire), flames of rage
  • 嫉妬の炎 【しっとのほのお】 flames of jealousy

Readings

Japanese names:
ぬく
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yan2
Korean:
yeom

Spanish

  • quemar
  • llamarada
  • inflamación
  • flama

Portuguese

  • inflamação
  • chama
  • fogo

French

  • inflammation
  • flamme
  • incendie
1024 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1231 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2751 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1727 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1513 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
697 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1336 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1419 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1803 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1264 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3075 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1568 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2145 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
164 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18910 Morohashi
2420 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3404 New Nelson (John Haig)
162 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
174 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1207 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1162 2001 Kanji
4d4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-4 SKIP code
9080.9 Four corner code
1-17-74 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
708e Unicode hex code