Jisho

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17 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
Variants:
forge, discipline, train
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1793 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 鍛錬 【タンレン】 tempering (metal), annealing, forging, toughening, disciplining, training
  • 鍛金 【タンキン】 hammering

Kun reading compounds

  • 鍛える 【きたえる】 to forge, to temper, to drill, to train, to discipline

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
duan4
Korean:
dan

Spanish

  • forjar
  • disciplinar
  • entrenar

Portuguese

  • forjar
  • disciplinar
  • treinar

French

  • former
  • discipliner
  • entraîner
1569 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1733 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4895 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1351 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1855 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2651 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1817 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1966 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1605 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1831 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2206 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1152 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1567 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1877 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40625 Morohashi
1755 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6318 New Nelson (John Haig)
1860 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2004 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1887 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2868 2001 Kanji
8a9.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-9 SKIP code
8714.7 Four corner code
1-35-35 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
935b Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
ice
Parts:

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 冶 【ヤ】 melting
  • 冶金 【ヤキン】 metallurgy
  • 艷冶 【エンヤ】 charming, bewitching, coquettish
  • 鍛冶 【カジ】 smithing, blacksmith

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ye3
Korean:
ya

Spanish

  • fundición
  • fundir

Portuguese

French

640 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2024 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1962 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
89 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
58 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
62 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1621 Morohashi
418 New Nelson (John Haig)
2137 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
808 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2b5.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-5 SKIP code
3316.0 Four corner code
1-44-74 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
51b6 Unicode hex code

5 strokes
Radical:
use 用 (甩)
Parts:
utilize, business, service, use, employ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
107 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 用 【ヨウ】 business, task, errand, engagement, use, purpose, for the use of ..., used for ..., made for ..., call of nature, excretion
  • 用意 【ヨウイ】 preparation, arrangements, provision, getting ready, laying out (e.g. a meal)
  • 登用 【トウヨウ】 appointment, assignment, promotion
  • 効用 【コウヨウ】 use, utility, effect, benefit

Kun reading compounds

  • 用いる 【もちいる】 to use, to make use of, to utilize, to utilise

Readings

Japanese names:
たから
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yong4
Korean:
yong

Spanish

  • uso
  • empleo
  • trabajo
  • usar
  • hacer uso de

Portuguese

  • utilizar
  • negócios
  • serviço
  • usar
  • empregar

French

  • se servir de
  • affaires
  • service
  • utiliser
  • employer
146 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
235 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
215 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
102 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2993 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
110 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
219 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
193 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.19 Japanese for Busy People
107 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
107 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
308 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1329 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3694 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1889 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2569 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1189 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21703 Morohashi
2976 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3721 New Nelson (John Haig)
1181 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1265 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
177 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
116 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3653 2001 Kanji
2r3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-3 SKIP code
4-5-1 SKIP code
7722.0 Four corner code
1-45-49 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7528 Unicode hex code

3 strokes
Radical:
big, very
Parts:
large, big
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
7 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 大 【ダイ】 large, big, great, huge, vast, major, important, serious, severe, great, prominent, eminent, distinguished, -sized, as big as, the size of, university, large (e.g. serving size), large option, long month (i.e. having 31 days)
  • 大尉 【タイイ】 captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF), lieutenant (Navy), flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
  • 国大 【コクダイ】 national university
  • 電通大 【デンツウダイ】 University of Electro-Communications
  • 大 【タイ】 nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)
  • 大尉 【タイイ】 captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF), lieutenant (Navy), flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
  • 御大 【オンタイ】 boss, governor, headman

Kun reading compounds

  • 大きい 【おおきい】 big, large, great, loud, extensive, spacious, important, decisive, valuable, older, grown up

Readings

Japanese names:
うふ、 お、 おう、 た、 たかし、 とも、 はじめ、 ひろ、 ひろし、 まさ、 まさる、 もと、 わ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
da4, dai4
Korean:
dae, da, tae

Spanish

  • grande
  • muy
  • mucho

Portuguese

  • grande
  • enorme

French

  • grand
22 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
25 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
53 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
7 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1171 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
32 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
40 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
48 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.2 Japanese for Busy People
26 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
26 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
87 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
408 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4224 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2133 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2882 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
108 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5831 Morohashi
3416 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1133 New Nelson (John Haig)
107 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
112 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
5 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
14 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1463 2001 Kanji
0a3.18 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-4 SKIP code
4003.0 Four corner code
1-34-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5927 Unicode hex code

13 strokes (also 14)
Radical:
tree
Parts:
hammer, mallet
Kun:
つち
On:
ツイ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2462 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 槌骨 【ツチコツ】 malleus (bone of the ear), hammer
  • 破城槌 【ハジョウツイ】 battering ram
  • 鉄槌 【テッツイ】 iron hammer, crushing blow

Kun reading compounds

  • 槌 【つち】 hammer, mallet, sledgehammer, gavel
  • 槌音 【つちおと】 hammering sound, hammering
  • 鑿と言えば槌 【のみといえばつち】 one should do more than what is literally being asked for, when told (to bring) the chisel, (also bring) the mallet

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chui2
Korean:
toe, chu

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2308 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2102 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1331 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
968 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
15318X Morohashi
2709 New Nelson (John Haig)
2477 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2543 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4a9.27 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-9 SKIP code
4793.7 Four corner code
1-36-40 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
69cc Unicode hex code