Jisho

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14 strokes (also 13)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
广
intercept, interrupt, obstruct
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1865 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 遮断機 【シャダンキ】 (railway) crossing gate, barrier (at a toll booth, parking lot, etc.)
  • 遮断器 【シャダンキ】 circuit breaker
  • 間遮 【アイシャ】 piece placed to block opponent's check, interposed piece

Kun reading compounds

  • 遮る 【さえぎる】 to interrupt, to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.), to block (light, wind, etc.), to intercept, to cut off

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhe1, zhe5
Korean:
cha

Spanish

  • interceptar
  • interrumpir
  • obstruir

Portuguese

  • interceptar
  • interromper
  • obstruir

French

  • intercepter
  • interrompre
  • obstruer
1339 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1927 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4737 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1818 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1767 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1899 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1749 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
716 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3916 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2018 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2724 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1200 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39086X Morohashi
3158 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6106 New Nelson (John Haig)
1192 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1276 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1732 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
540 2001 Kanji
2q11.4 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-11 SKIP code
3-3-10 SKIP code
3030.3 Four corner code
1-28-55 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
906e Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
eye
Parts:
Variants:
eyeball
Kun:
まなこ
On:
ガンゲン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
1527 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 眼 【ガン】 eye, insight, vision, power of observation, gist, main point, hole
  • 眼科 【ガンカ】 ophthalmology
  • 主眼 【シュガン】 main purpose, chief aim, focus, main point, gist, essence
  • 象嵌 【ゾウガン】 inlay, inlaying, damascening
  • 慈眼 【ジゲン】 merciful eye (of a Buddha or a bodhisattva watching humanity)
  • 開眼 【カイガン】 enlightenment, spiritual awakening, opening one's eyes to the truth, reaching one's peak (as a performer, etc.), reaching the highest echelons, gaining eyesight, restoring eyesight, opening the eyes, filling out the eyes (of a Buddha) as the last step of consecrating a new statue or picture, ceremony where a newly made image or idol is consecrated

Kun reading compounds

  • 眼 【まなこ】 eye, eyeball, pupil and (dark) iris of the eye, insight, perceptivity, power of observation, look, field of vision, core, center, centre, essence
  • 血眼 【ちまなこ】 bloodshot eyes, (doing something in a) frenzy
  • 百眼 【ひゃくまなこ】 using multiple simple paper masks to represent different emotions in a play (from the middle of the Edo period), simple paper mask
  • 目 【め】 eye, eyeball, eyesight, sight, vision, look, stare, gaze, glance, notice, attention, observation, eyes (of the world, public, etc.), an experience, viewpoint, discrimination, discernment, judgement, eye (e.g. for quality), (an) appearance, chance (of success), possibility (of a good result), spacing (between crossed strands of a net, mesh, etc.), opening, stitch, texture, weave, grain (of wood, paper), eye (of a storm, needle, etc.), intersection (on a go board), square (on a chessboard), dot (on a dice), pip, rolled number, graduation, division (of a scale), tooth (of a saw, comb, etc.), ordinal number suffix, somewhat, -ish, point (e.g. of change)
  • 眼鏡 【めがね】 glasses, eyeglasses, spectacles, judgment, judgement, discrimination, discernment, insight
  • 血眼 【ちまなこ】 bloodshot eyes, (doing something in a) frenzy
  • 遠目 【とおめ】 distant view, looking from a distance, being able to see a long distance, good long-distance vision, farsightedness

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yan3
Korean:
an

Spanish

  • ojo
  • vista
  • perspicacia
  • punto principal

Portuguese

  • globo ocular

French

  • globe oculaire
754 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
669 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
640 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1127 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3140 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
674 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1561 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1637 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
848 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
867 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
976 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1387 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1504 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
796 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1084 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1479 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23318 Morohashi
1172 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3935 New Nelson (John Haig)
1467 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1577 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
725 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3965 2001 Kanji
5c6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-6 SKIP code
6703.2 Four corner code
1-20-67 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
773c Unicode hex code

3 strokes
Radical:
child, seed
Parts:
child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Kun:
-こ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
72 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 子 【シ】 child (esp. a boy), viscount, founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius), master, masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature), you, -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
  • 子宮 【シキュウ】 womb, uterus
  • 中性子 【チュウセイシ】 neutron
  • 精子 【セイシ】 sperm, spermatozoon
  • 主 【ス】 honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
  • 恵比寿 【エビス】 Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
  • 久留子 【クルス】 cross sign
  • 対子 【トイツ】 pair, eyes
  • 七対子 【チートイツ】 seven pairs, winning hand composed of seven pairs

Kun reading compounds

  • 子 【こ】 child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person, (one's) child, offspring, young woman, young (animal), offshoot, interest, new share, player who is not a dealer, young geisha, young prostitute, bird egg, -er (often of young women)
  • 子 【こう】 child, interest
  • 根っこ 【ねっこ】 root (of a plant), stump (of a tree), root (of a problem, etc.), base, foundation, origin, source
  • 江戸っ子 【えどっこ】 (true) Tokyoite, Edoite, Tokyo native, Edokko
  • 子 【ね】 the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am), north, eleventh month of the lunar calendar
  • 子忌み 【ねいみ】 collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
  • 庚子 【かのえね】 Metal Rat (37th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
  • 甲子 【きのえね】 Wood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)

Readings

Japanese names:
い、 き、 ぎ、 く、 け、 ねっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zi3, zi2, zi5
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • chiquillo
  • niño

Portuguese

  • criança

French

  • enfant
  • signe de la 1ère branche terrestre
  • signe du Rat (zodiaque)
  • 23 h à 01 h
  • Nord (0°)
31 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
40 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
25 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
56 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1264 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
61 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
43 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
38 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.18 Japanese for Busy People
103 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
103 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
69 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
455 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4196 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2125 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2872 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
96 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6930 Morohashi
3390 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1281 New Nelson (John Haig)
95 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
99 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
42 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
18 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3547 2001 Kanji
2c0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-1 SKIP code
4-2-1 SKIP code
1740.7 Four corner code
1-27-50 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5b50 Unicode hex code