Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
Variants:
collapse, fall into, cave in, fall (castle), slide into
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1154 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 陥落 【カンラク】 subsidence, sinking, cave-in, collapse, falling in, fall (of a city, fortress, etc.), surrender, fall (in position, rank, etc.), demotion, giving in (to someone's persuasion), yielding, being convinced
  • 陥没 【カンボツ】 cave-in, collapse, sinking, depression (e.g. of the skull), subsidence
  • 擠陥 【セイカン】 tempting into crime
  • 注意欠陥 【チュウイケッカン】 attention deficit

Kun reading compounds

  • 陥る 【おちいる】 to fall into (e.g. a hole), to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.), to fall into (a trap, etc.), to fall, to surrender, to capitulate
  • 陥れる 【おとしいれる】 to trap (into a difficult situation), to put (in a fix), to throw (e.g. into turmoil), to trick (into doing), to lure (into a trap), to frame (for a crime), to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.), to take, to reduce, to drop (something) into

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xian4
Korean:
ham

Spanish

  • hundirse
  • derrumbarse
  • caer
  • resbalarse
  • deslizarse

Portuguese

  • colapso
  • desmoronar
  • ruir
  • queda (castelo)
  • deslizamento

French

  • s'écrouler
  • piège
  • tomber dans
  • capituler
  • tomber (château)
  • glisser dans
1098 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1678 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4990 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1718 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1870 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1218 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1281 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1522 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
730 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
547 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
334 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
413 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1325 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41676P Morohashi
457 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6446 New Nelson (John Haig)
1315 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1412 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1401 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3678 2001 Kanji
2d7.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-7 SKIP code
7726.2 Four corner code
1-20-57 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9665 Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
Variants:
drown, sink, hide, fall into, disappear, die
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1385 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 没 【ボツ】 death, rejection (of a manuscript, etc.), lacking, without
  • 没後 【ボツゴ】 after death, posthumously
  • 戦没 【センボツ】 death in battle, killed in action
  • 陥没 【カンボツ】 cave-in, collapse, sinking, depression (e.g. of the skull), subsidence
  • 没薬 【モツヤク】 myrrh

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mei2, mo4
Korean:
mol

Spanish

  • hundirse
  • ocultarse
  • morir
  • perecer
  • perder
  • penetrar
  • rechazar
  • excluir

Portuguese

  • afogar
  • afundar
  • esconder
  • cair na mãos de
  • desaparecer
  • evaporar

French

  • sombrer
  • couler
  • cacher
  • immersion
  • disparaître
  • mourir
1823 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1579 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2506 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1075 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1461 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
935 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
963 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1130 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1167 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
305 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
194 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
230 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
714 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17233 Morohashi
260 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3066 New Nelson (John Haig)
707 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
763 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1140 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
368 2001 Kanji
3a4.15 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-4 SKIP code
3714.7 Four corner code
1-43-55 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6ca1 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
bone
Parts:
skeleton, bone, remains, frame
Kun:
ほね
On:
コツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
936 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 骨 【コツ】 knack, skill, trick, secret, know-how, the ropes, hang, bone, skeleton, cremated remains (esp. the bones), ashes
  • 骨髄 【コツズイ】 bone marrow, medulla, true spirit, one's mind
  • 白骨 【ハッコツ】 white (bleached) bone, skeleton
  • 鉄骨 【テッコツ】 steel frame, steel beam, steel girder

Kun reading compounds

  • 骨 【ほね】 bone, frame, outline, core, backbone, spirit, fortitude, laborious, troublesome, difficult
  • 骨抜き 【ほねぬき】 boning (fish or meat), deboning, watering down (a plan, bill, etc.), dilution, emasculation, taking the backbone out of, weakening
  • 河骨 【こうほね】 Japanese spatterdock (species of water lily, Nuphar japonica)
  • お骨 【おこつ】 cremated remains (esp. the bones), ashes

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gu3, gu1, gu2
Korean:
gol

Spanish

  • hueso
  • esqueleto

Portuguese

  • esqueleto
  • osso
  • permanecer
  • moldura

French

  • os
  • squelette
  • restes
  • charpente
877 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
867 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1081 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5236 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
971 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1017 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1213 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1266 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1340 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1104 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1922 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3288 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1699 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2310 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1297 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
45098 Morohashi
2654 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6784 New Nelson (John Haig)
1288 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1383 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
899 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3646 2001 Kanji
4b6.14 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-4 SKIP code
7722.7 Four corner code
1-25-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9aa8 Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
fold, break, fracture, bend, yield, submit
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
962 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 曲折 【キョクセツ】 bending, winding, meandering, zigzagging, ups and downs, twists and turns, complications, difficulties, vicissitudes
  • 屈折 【クッセツ】 bending, curving, twisting, turning, winding, warping (of feelings, logic, etc.), distortion, twisting, refraction, inflection
  • 折伏 【シャクブク】 preaching down, breaking down someone's false beliefs through confrontation (in order to convert them to the right faith)

Kun reading compounds

  • 折る 【おる】 to break, to fracture, to break off, to snap off, to pick (e.g. flowers), to fold, to bend, to make (origami), to interrupt, to end
  • 折 【おり】 opportunity, chance, occasion, time, folding, fold, pleat, crease, small food box (wooden or cardboard), folding in ... (two, three, etc.), counter for folded items, counter for items (esp. food) packed in an oribako
  • 折り合い 【おりあい】 agreement (e.g. business, dispute), understanding, compromise, settlement, relationship, relation, (good, bad, etc.) terms
  • 折々 【おりおり】 occasionally, now and then, from time to time
  • 指折り 【ゆびおり】 leading, prominent, eminent, foremost, distinguished, counting on one's fingers
  • 折 【おり】 opportunity, chance, occasion, time, folding, fold, pleat, crease, small food box (wooden or cardboard), folding in ... (two, three, etc.), counter for folded items, counter for items (esp. food) packed in an oribako
  • 折り合い 【おりあい】 agreement (e.g. business, dispute), understanding, compromise, settlement, relationship, relation, (good, bad, etc.) terms
  • 折々 【おりおり】 occasionally, now and then, from time to time
  • 指折り 【ゆびおり】 leading, prominent, eminent, foremost, distinguished, counting on one's fingers
  • 折れる 【おれる】 to break, to be broken, to snap, to fracture, to be folded, to give in, to back down, to yield, to submit, to turn (a corner)

Readings

Japanese names:
せき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhe2, she2, zhe1
Korean:
jeol, je

Spanish

  • plegar
  • doblar
  • romper
  • dividir
  • en ese tiempo
  • quebrar

Portuguese

  • dobrar
  • quebrar
  • fraturar
  • curvar
  • produto
  • submeter

French

  • plier
  • casser
  • fracture
  • courber
  • céder
  • soumettre
  • tourner (coin)
651 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
551 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
522 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
830 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1855 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
585 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
560 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
385 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1394 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1483 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
772 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
860 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
297 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
189 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
225 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1139 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11890 Morohashi
253 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2094 New Nelson (John Haig)
1130 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1211 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
485 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1354 2001 Kanji
3c4.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-4 SKIP code
5202.1 Four corner code
1-32-62 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6298 Unicode hex code