Jisho

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14 strokes (also 13)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
suitable, occasional, rare, qualified, capable
Kun:
かな.う
On:
テキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
670 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 適格 【テキカク】 eligible, qualified, competent
  • 適応 【テキオウ】 adaptation, accommodation, conformity
  • 不適 【フテキ】 inadequacy, inappropriateness, unfitness, impropriety
  • 悠々自適 【ユウユウジテキ】 living a life of leisure with dignity, living quietly and comfortably free from worldly cares, otium cum dignitate

Kun reading compounds

  • 叶う 【かなう】 to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.), to be realized, to be fulfilled, to suit (e.g. a purpose), to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.), to conform to (standards, rules, etc.), to be consistent with, to match (implies competition), to rival, to bear (e.g. the heat)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi4, kuo4
Korean:
jeog, cheog

Spanish

  • adecuado
  • apropiado
  • adaptarse

Portuguese

  • raro
  • ocasional
  • conveniente
  • qualificado
  • capaz

French

  • approprié
  • occasionnel
  • rare
  • qualifié
  • capable
679 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
778 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
755 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
663 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4738 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
453 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
966 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2240 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
415 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
421 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
657 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
718 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3918 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2020 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2726 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
448 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39076P Morohashi
3160 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6107 New Nelson (John Haig)
441 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
473 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
799 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
449 2001 Kanji
2q11.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-11 SKIP code
3-2-11 SKIP code
3030.2 Four corner code
1-37-12 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9069 Unicode hex code

17 strokes
Radical:
tooth, molar
Parts:
Variants:
age
Kun:
よわいとし
On:
レイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
770 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 齢 【レイ】 instar (developmental stage of arthropods), age, years
  • 適齢 【テキレイ】 suitable age
  • 加齢 【カレイ】 aging, ageing, growing older

Kun reading compounds

  • 齢 【よわい】 (one's) age
  • 歯する 【よわいする】 to associate (with), to join the company of, to stand alongside (as an equal)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ling2
Korean:
ryeong

Spanish

  • años
  • edad

Portuguese

  • idade

French

  • âge
1925 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1054 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5431 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1354 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1023 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2766 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
833 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
852 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1404 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1943 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2390 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1218 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1675 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1415 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
48632P Morohashi
1895 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
7093 New Nelson (John Haig)
1403 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1505 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1892 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1244 2001 Kanji
6b11.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-12-5 SKIP code
2873.7 Four corner code
1-46-80 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9f62 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
moon, month
Parts:
Variants:
period, time, date, term
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
117 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 期 【キ】 period, time, opportunity, chance, occasion, age, term (e.g. in office), session (e.g. of parliament), stage (e.g. of a disease), season (e.g. of a TV series)
  • 期間 【キカン】 period, term, interval
  • 周期 【シュウキ】 cycle, period
  • 当期 【トウキ】 current term (period)
  • 期 【ゴ】 time, moment, limit, time of death, last moment, midnight in red-light districts during the Edo period
  • 期日 【キジツ】 fixed date, appointed date, set date, deadline, due date
  • 一期 【イチゴ】 one's whole life, one's lifetime
  • 非業の最期 【ヒゴウノサイゴ】 unnatural death, violent death

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji1, qi1, qi2
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • período
  • plazo
  • intención
  • propósito

Portuguese

  • período
  • tempo
  • data
  • termo

French

  • période
  • temps
  • date
  • terme
183 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
269 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
251 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
119 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3785 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
619 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
614 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1671 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
449 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
456 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
690 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1008 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2139 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1120 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1520 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1781 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14378 Morohashi
1704 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4836 New Nelson (John Haig)
1765 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1902 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
247 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
394 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1946 2001 Kanji
4b8.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-4 SKIP code
4782.0 Four corner code
1-20-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
671f Unicode hex code