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

Speed

Stroke order

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

6 strokes
Radical:
spear, halberd
Parts:
turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
116 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 成果 【セイカ】 (good) result, outcome, fruits (of one's labors), product, accomplishment
  • 成案 【セイアン】 definite plan
  • 合成 【ゴウセイ】 composition, synthesis, compounding, combining, composite photo, (function) composition
  • 集大成 【シュウタイセイ】 (large) compilation, culmination (of hard work)
  • 成仏 【ジョウブツ】 attaining Buddhahood, becoming a Buddha, entering Nirvana, going to heaven, resting in peace, dying (peacefully)
  • 成就 【ジョウジュ】 fulfillment, fulfilment, realization, realisation, completion

Kun reading compounds

  • 成る 【なる】 to become, to get, to grow, to turn, to reach, to attain, to result in, to turn out, to end up, to prove (to be), to consist of, to be composed of, to be made up of, to be completed, to be realized, to succeed, to be attained, to be accomplished, to change (into), to turn (into), to transform, to come (to do), to begin (to do), to grow (to do), to come to, to amount to, to add up to, to make, to play (the part of), to act as, to be used for, to be useful for, to serve as, to be promoted, to do ...
  • 成るべく 【なるべく】 as (much) as possible, as (much) as one can, wherever practicable, if possible
  • 為す 【なす】 to build up, to establish, to form, to become (a state), to accomplish, to achieve, to succeed in, to change into, to do, to perform, to intend to, to attempt, to try
  • なす角 【なすかく】 formed angle, angle made

Readings

Japanese names:
あき、 あきら、 しげ、 そん、 たえ、 なお、 なり、 なる、 のり、 ひら、 まさ、 よし、 り
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cheng2
Korean:
seong

Spanish

  • convertirse en
  • resultar
  • consistir en
  • hacerse
  • llegar a ser
  • llevar a cabo
  • lograr

Portuguese

  • tornar-se
  • obter
  • crescer
  • passar
  • alcançar

French

  • se changer en
  • devenir
  • obtenir
  • croissance
  • s'écouler
  • accomplir
439 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
545 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
515 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
115 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1799 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
224 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
549 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
322 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
261 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
261 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
377 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
836 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4352 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2202 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2964 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
367 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11542P Morohashi
3537 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2025 New Nelson (John Haig)
361 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
386 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
160 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
466 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1459 2001 Kanji
4n2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-6-4 SKIP code
3-5-1 SKIP code
5320.0 Four corner code
1-32-14 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6210 Unicode hex code