Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
Variants:
kettle, cauldron, iron pot
Kun:
かま
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
1761 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 釜山 【プサン】 Busan (South Korea), Pusan
  • 釜中の魚 【フチュウノウオ】 fish in a pot about to be boiled, person who is blissfully unaware of deadly danger

Kun reading compounds

  • 釜 【かま】 iron pot, kettle
  • 釜揚げうどん 【かまあげうどん】 straight-from-the-pot udon, udon noodles pulled straight from the pot and served in the hot water used for boiling (traditionally without being soaked in cold water), eaten by dipping in sauce
  • お釜 【おかま】 pot, (volcanic) crater, buttocks, effeminate gay man, male transvestite, (preoperative) transgender woman, (gay) male prostitute
  • 一つ釜 【ひとつかま】 one or the same pot, eating or living together

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fu3
Korean:
bu

Spanish

  • caldero
  • cacerola
  • olla

Portuguese

French

1621 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2834 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1160 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1131 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2610 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1808 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
40164 Morohashi
2107 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6215 New Nelson (John Haig)
2332 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1367 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2o8.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-8 SKIP code
2-4-6 SKIP code
8010.9 Four corner code
1-19-88 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
91dc Unicode hex code

15 strokes
Radical:
rap 攴 (攵)
Parts:
Variants:
spread, pave, sit, promulgate
Kun:
し.く-し.き
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1212 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 敷設 【フセツ】 laying (a railroad, pipes, naval mines, etc.), construction
  • 敷衍 【フエン】 expatiation, enlargement (e.g. on a point), elaboration, amplification, clear explanation, paraphrasing

Kun reading compounds

  • 敷く 【しく】 to spread out, to lay out, to cover, to lay (e.g. railway tracks), to sit on, to take a position, to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

Readings

Japanese names:
しき、 にゅう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fu1
Korean:
bu

Spanish

  • extender
  • tender una vía
  • pavimentar

Portuguese

  • espalhar
  • pavimentar
  • assentar
  • promulgar

French

  • étaler
  • paver
  • s'asseoir
  • promulguer
1756 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1053 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2059 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1039 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1392 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2355 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1451 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1544 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
724 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
947 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2345 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1207 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1653 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1901 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13359P Morohashi
1870 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2357 New Nelson (John Haig)
1883 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2028 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1772 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1566 2001 Kanji
4i11.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-11-4 SKIP code
5824.0 Four corner code
1-41-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6577 Unicode hex code