Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
pointed, sharpness, edge, weapon, sharp, violent
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1395 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 鋭 【エイ】 sharpness, sharp weapon, blade, fine soldier
  • 鋭意 【エイイ】 eagerly, earnestly, zealously, wholeheartedly, diligently, assiduously
  • 精鋭 【セイエイ】 elite, best, pick, cream of the crop
  • 気鋭 【キエイ】 spirited, energetic

Kun reading compounds

  • 鋭い 【するどい】 sharp (knife, claws, etc.), pointed, sharp (pain, tone, etc.), acute, stabbing, cutting (remark, criticism, etc.), stinging, biting, fierce (attack), pointed (question, look, etc.), piercing (gaze), shrill (sound), keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.), acute, sharp (eye, mind, etc.), astute, shrewd, discerning, penetrating (insight, question, etc.), perceptive

Readings

Japanese names:
とし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
rui4
Korean:
ye, tae

Spanish

  • puntiagudo
  • afilado
  • borde
  • violento

Portuguese

  • apontar
  • afiar
  • fio
  • arma
  • violento
  • afiado

French

  • pointu
  • aigu
  • tranchant
  • arme
  • radical
  • violent
1018 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1211 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4864 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1449 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
979 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2344 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1371 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1458 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1373 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1823 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2171 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1140 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1544 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
512 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40418P Morohashi
1730 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6279 New Nelson (John Haig)
500 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
539 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1811 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2857 2001 Kanji
8a7.12 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-7 SKIP code
8811.6 Four corner code
1-17-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
92ed Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
99 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 意 【イ】 feelings, thoughts, meaning
  • 意外 【イガイ】 unexpected, surprising
  • 賛意 【サンイ】 approval, assent
  • 総意 【ソウイ】 consensus, collective will, collective opinion

Readings

Japanese names:
もと、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yi4
Korean:
eui

Spanish

  • idea
  • sentimiento
  • razón
  • intención

Portuguese

  • idéia
  • mente
  • coração
  • gosto
  • pensamento
  • desejo
  • atenção

French

  • idée
  • esprit
  • coeur
  • pensée
  • attention
  • goût
  • désir
155 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
246 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
226 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
118 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5113 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
225 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
176 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2007 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.19 Japanese for Busy People
132 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
132 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
291 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
791 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2650 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1352 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1834 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
615 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10921 Morohashi
2136 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1926 New Nelson (John Haig)
608 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
654 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
86 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
416 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
458 2001 Kanji
5b8.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-11 SKIP code
2-5-8 SKIP code
0033.6 Four corner code
1-16-53 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
610f Unicode hex code