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

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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

16 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 錐 【スイ】 cone, pyramid
  • 錐状体 【スイジョウタイ】 cone (cell)
  • 方錐 【ホウスイ】 square drill, regular pyramid
  • 角錐 【カクスイ】 pyramid

Kun reading compounds

  • 錐 【きり】 drill, gimlet, awl, auger
  • 錐揉み 【きりもみ】 tailspin, spin, drilling, boring
  • 嚢中の錐 【のうちゅうのきり】 cream rises to the top, a drill in a bag (will always poke through)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhui1
Korean:
chu

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4875 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2190 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1558 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
40536 Morohashi
6294 New Nelson (John Haig)
2760 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2783 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
8a8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-8 SKIP code
8011.4 Four corner code
1-31-77 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9310 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
stone
Parts:
stone
Kun:
いし
On:
セキシャクコク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N3
342 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 石 【セキ】 counter for jewels in a watch, counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
  • 石材 【セキザイ】 (building) stone
  • 一石 【イッセキ】 one game (of go)
  • 投石 【トウセキ】 stone throwing
  • 石神 【シャクジン】 stone which is worshipped, image of a god in stone
  • 石南花 【シャクナゲ】 rhododendron
  • 電磁石 【デンジシャク】 electromagnet
  • 界磁石 【カイジシャク】 field magnet
  • 石 【コク】 koku, traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres, measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
  • 石高 【コクダカ】 (crop) yield, stipend (orig. assessed on the basis of a crop), salary
  • 一石 【イッコク】 one koku (measure)

Kun reading compounds

  • 石 【いし】 stone, jewel, precious stone, flint (in a lighter), stone, stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.), calculus
  • 石垣 【いしがき】 stone wall
  • 墓石 【ぼせき】 tombstone, gravestone
  • 敷石 【しきいし】 paving stone, pavement

Readings

Japanese names:
いさ、 いす、 いわ、 し、 せっく、 と
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi2, dan4
Korean:
seog

Spanish

  • piedra

Portuguese

  • pedra

French

  • pierre
44 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
72 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
45 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
276 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3176 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
102 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
763 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
172 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
78 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
78 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
102 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1397 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3689 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1884 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2564 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
114 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24024 Morohashi
2971 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3985 New Nelson (John Haig)
113 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
118 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
347 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
44 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3377 2001 Kanji
5a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-3 SKIP code
1026.0 Four corner code
1060.0 Four corner code
1-32-48 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
77f3 Unicode hex code