Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
divide, distinguish, choose
Parts:
dice, form, appearance, take, gather, coloring
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 采 【サイ】 baton (of command)
  • 賽 【サイ】 dice, die
  • 納采 【ノウサイ】 betrothal gift
  • 神采 【シンサイ】 surpassing looks, exceptional appearance, mind and appearance

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cai3, cai4
Korean:
chae

Spanish

  • forma
  • apariencia
  • colorido

Portuguese

French

2825 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
707 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2153 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
957 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3077 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1570 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2147 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
40116X Morohashi
6201 New Nelson (John Haig)
2090 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
791 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4a4.24 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-4 SKIP code
2090.4 Four corner code
1-26-51 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
91c7 Unicode hex code

3 strokes
Radical:
woman, female
Parts:
woman, female
Kun:
おんな
On:
ジョニョニョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
151 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 女 【ジョ】 woman, girl, daughter, Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), feminine noun
  • 女王 【ジョオウ】 queen, female champion
  • 処女 【ショジョ】 virgin (usu. female), maiden, virgin (e.g. forest), unspoiled by human activity, debut, maiden (e.g. voyage)
  • 一女 【イチジョ】 one daughter, eldest daughter, first-born daughter
  • 女王 【ジョオウ】 queen, female champion
  • 女房 【ニョウボウ】 wife (esp. one's own wife), court lady, female court attache, woman who served at the imperial palace, woman (esp. as a love interest)
  • 老若男女 【ロウニャクナンニョ】 men and women of all ages
  • 天女 【テンニョ】 heavenly nymph, celestial maiden, beautiful and kind woman
  • 女房 【ニョウボウ】 wife (esp. one's own wife), court lady, female court attache, woman who served at the imperial palace, woman (esp. as a love interest)
  • 女官 【ジョカン】 court lady, lady-in-waiting

Kun reading compounds

  • 女 【おんな】 woman, female, female lover, girlfriend, mistress, (someone's) woman
  • 女形 【おんながた】 onnagata, male actor in female kabuki roles, female partner (in a relationship)
  • 醜女 【しゅうじょ】 homely woman, plain-looking woman, female demon
  • 囲い女 【かこいおんな】 mistress
  • 雌 【め】 female, smaller (of the two), weaker, woman, wife
  • 女神 【めがみ】 goddess, female deity
  • 早乙女 【さおとめ】 young female rice planter, young girl
  • 醜女 【しゅうじょ】 homely woman, plain-looking woman, female demon

Readings

Japanese names:
おな、 た、 つき、 な
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nu:3, ru3
Korean:
nyeo, yeo

Spanish

  • femenino
  • mujer

Portuguese

  • mulher
  • fêmea

French

  • femme
  • féminin
32 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
41 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
35 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
178 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1185 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
62 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
42 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
114 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
102 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
102 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
68 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
423 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4226 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2135 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2884 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
99 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6036 Morohashi
3418 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1173 New Nelson (John Haig)
98 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
102 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
60 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
19 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1769 2001 Kanji
3e0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-4 SKIP code
4040.0 Four corner code
1-29-87 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5973 Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
help, assist
Kun:
たす.ける
On:
ユウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2250 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 佑助 【ユウジョ】 assistance
  • 神祐 【シンユウ】 heavenly protection, divine help
  • 天佑 【テンユウ】 divine aid, divine grace, providential help
  • 神祐 【シンユウ】 heavenly protection, divine help
  • 天佑 【テンユウ】 divine aid, divine grace, providential help

Kun reading compounds

  • 助ける 【たすける】 to save, to rescue, to spare, to help, to assist, to support (financially), to contribute (to), to provide aid, to facilitate, to stimulate, to promote, to contribute to

Readings

Japanese names:
すけ、 たすく、 ゆ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
you4
Korean:
u

Spanish

  • proteger
  • ayudar

Portuguese

French

389 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
364 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2015 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
83 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
55 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
58 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
507 Morohashi
74 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
150 New Nelson (John Haig)
2126 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2a5.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-5 SKIP code
2426.0 Four corner code
1-45-04 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f51 Unicode hex code