Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
Variants:
casting, mint
Kun:
い.る
On:
チュウシュシュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2005 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 鋳造 【チュウゾウ】 casting, founding, minting
  • 鋳貨 【チュウカ】 coinage, mintage
  • 改鋳 【カイチュウ】 reminting, recasting
  • 再鋳 【サイチュウ】 recasting
  • 鋳物 【イモノ】 casting, cast-metal object
  • 鋳型 【イガタ】 mold, mould, template

Kun reading compounds

  • 鋳る 【いる】 to cast, to mint, to coin

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhu4
Korean:
ju

Spanish

  • fundir
  • acuñar

Portuguese

  • calcular
  • cunhar moedas

French

  • couler (métal)
  • frapper (monnaie)
1586 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1893 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4865 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1423 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1850 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2343 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1551 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1653 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1601 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1824 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2170 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1139 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1543 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1580 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40503P Morohashi
1729 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6280 New Nelson (John Haig)
1566 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1688 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1812 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2848 2001 Kanji
8a7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-7 SKIP code
8514.0 Four corner code
1-35-82 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
92f3 Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
earth
Parts:
Variants:
clod, lump, chunk, clot, mass
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1800 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 塊茎 【カイケイ】 tuber
  • 塊鉱 【カイコウ】 lump ore
  • 団塊 【ダンカイ】 mass, lump, clod, clump, nodule, baby boom generation (of 1947-1949), babyboomer (born between 1947-1949)
  • 山塊 【サンカイ】 mountain mass, massif

Kun reading compounds

  • 塊 【かたまり】 lump, mass, bundle, clump, clod, cluster, group, crowd, embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.), personification
  • 塊魂 【かたまりだましい】 Katamari Damacy (2004 video game)
  • 一塊 【いっかい】 one lump, one group
  • 拝金主義の塊 【はいきんしゅぎのかたまり】 money-worshiper

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kuai4
Korean:
goe

Spanish

  • conglomerado
  • terrón
  • masa
  • aglomeración

Portuguese

  • grumo
  • montículo
  • reboco
  • coágulo
  • massa

French

  • motte
  • caillot
  • masse
1065 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1946 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1122 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1670 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1161 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1524 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1625 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1753 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
386 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
775 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
457 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
579 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2043 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5319 Morohashi
632 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1070 New Nelson (John Haig)
2024 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2180 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1613 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1457 2001 Kanji
3b10.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-10 SKIP code
4611.3 Four corner code
1-18-84 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
584a Unicode hex code