Jisho

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階

12 strokes
Radical:
mound, dam (阝 left) 阜 (阝)
Parts:
阡 比 白
Variants:
堦
storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building
Kun:
きざはし
On:
カイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
513 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 階 【カイ】 storey, story, floor, stairs, stage (in chronostratigraphy), counter for storeys and floors of a building
  • 階級 【カイキュウ】 (social) class, rank, grade
  • 中二階 【チュウニカイ】 mezzanine floor
  • 位階 【イカイ】 court rank

Kun reading compounds

  • 階 【きざはし】 stairs, stairs at the front of a noh stage

Readings

Japanese names:
しな、 と、 はし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jie1
Korean:
gye

Spanish

  • piso
  • nivel
  • grado
  • posición

Portuguese

  • Andar de edifícios
  • grau
  • sufixo para contagem de andares de um edifício

French

  • étage
  • niveau
  • compteur d'étages
361 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
262 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
242 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
253 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5011 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
436 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
991 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1840 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.18 Japanese for Busy People
588 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
597 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
607 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
743 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
761 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
451 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
569 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1318 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41755 Morohashi
624 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6469 New Nelson (John Haig)
1309 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1406 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
328 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
392 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3678 2001 Kanji
2d9.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
1-2-9 SKIP code
7226.2 Four corner code
7126.1 Four corner code
1-19-12 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
968e Unicode hex code

段

9 strokes
Radical:
weapon, lance 殳
Parts:
一 ｜ ノ 几 又 殳
grade, steps, stairs
On:
ダン、 タン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
479 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 段 【ダン】 step, stair, rung, (flight of) steps, shelf, layer, tier, grade, level, class, dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.), rank, paragraph, passage, column (of print), act (in kabuki, joruri, etc.), section, scene, row of the multiplication table (e.g. five times table), stage (in a process), phase, occasion, time, moment, situation, matter, occasion, degree, extent, counter for breaks in written language or speech
  • 段階 【ダンカイ】 stage, step, phase, level, rank, grade, gradation, order, stairs
  • 特段 【トクダン】 exceptional, unusual, special, especially, exceptionally, unusually
  • 中段 【チュウダン】 half-way up a slope or stairway, landing, center of three (horizontal) columns (of print) (centre)
  • 反 【タン】 variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width), for kimonos: at least 10 m in length, for haori: at least 7.27 m in length, for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length, 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres), six ken (10.91 m)
  • 反物 【タンモノ】 fabric, cloth, textiles, drapery, dry-goods, piece goods, measure of kimono material
  • 減反 【ゲンタン】 reduction (of crop size), reduction of acreage (under cultivation)
  • 一反 【イッタン】 one-tenth hectare

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
duan4
Korean:
dan

Spanish

  • escalón
  • escalera
  • grado

Portuguese

  • grau
  • passos
  • escada

French

  • étape
  • marche
  • escalier
944 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
931 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
340 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2452 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
911 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
656 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
874 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.18 Japanese for Busy People
362 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
363 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
608 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1139 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1471 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
780 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1059 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1876 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16619 Morohashi
1144 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2991 New Nelson (John Haig)
1859 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2003 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
425 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
891 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2668 2001 Kanji
2s7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-4 SKIP code
7744.7 Four corner code
1-35-42 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6bb5 Unicode hex code

昇

8 strokes
Radical:
sun, day 日
Parts:
ノ 十 廾 日
Variants:
曻
rise up
Kun:
のぼ.る
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
826 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 昇給 【ショウキュウ】 salary raise
  • 昇格 【ショウカク】 promotion, raising of status
  • 定昇 【テイショウ】 regular (annual) pay raise
  • 温度上昇 【オンドジョウショウ】 temperature increase, rise in temperature

Kun reading compounds

  • 上る 【のぼる】 to ascend, to go up, to climb, to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun), to rise, to go to (the capital), to be promoted, to add up to, to advance (in price), to swim up (a river), to sail up, to come up (on the agenda)

Readings

Japanese names:
しゅう、 のり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sheng1
Korean:
seung

Spanish

  • elevar
  • levantar
  • alzar

Portuguese

  • ascender

French

  • s'élever
1393 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
841 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2109 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1441 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
596 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
713 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1777 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1909 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1280 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
969 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3068 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1565 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2139 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
42 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13794 Morohashi
2415 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2434 New Nelson (John Haig)
43 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
43 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1189 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3855 2001 Kanji
4c4.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-4 SKIP code
6044.0 Four corner code
1-30-26 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6607 Unicode hex code

裸

13 strokes
Radical:
clothes 衣 (衤)
Parts:
木 田 初
naked, nude, uncovered, partially clothed
Kun:
はだか
On:
ラ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1796 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 裸体 【ラタイ】 naked body, nudity
  • 裸眼 【ラガン】 bare eyes (i.e. without glasses, contact lenses, etc.), uncorrected vision, unaided vision
  • 全裸 【ゼンラ】 stark naked, completely naked, nude
  • 赤裸 【セキラ】 stark naked, nude, bare, unvarnished (e.g. truth), plain (e.g. fact), frank, candid, outspoken

Kun reading compounds

  • 裸 【はだか】 nakedness, nudity, bareness, nakedness, baldness, being uncovered, being penniless, concealing nothing, openness
  • 裸一貫 【はだかいっかん】 having nothing except one's body, having empty pockets, being penniless
  • 丸裸 【まるはだか】 being stark-naked, having no possessions, losing all one's belongings
  • 赤裸 【あかはだか】 stark naked, nude, bare, stripped of all belongings, penniless, naked barley (Hordeum vulgare var. nudum)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
luo3
Korean:
ra, ya

Spanish

  • desnudo
  • descubierto

Portuguese

  • descoberto
  • nu
  • parcialmente vestido

French

  • nudité
  • nu
  • découvert
  • partiellement habillé
1886 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1709 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4248 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1229 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1730 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1536 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1638 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1305 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1635 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1550 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
819 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1120 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1133 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
34371 Morohashi
1211 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5475 New Nelson (John Haig)
1124 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1205 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1662 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
664 2001 Kanji
5e8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-8 SKIP code
3629.4 Four corner code
1-45-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
88f8 Unicode hex code

婦

11 strokes
Radical:
woman, female 女
Parts:
冖 女 巾 ヨ
lady, woman, wife, bride
Kun:
よめ
On:
フ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
671 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 婦 【フ】 married woman, woman, lady
  • 婦女暴行 【フジョボウコウ】 sexual assault (of a woman), rape
  • 保健婦 【ホケンフ】 district health nurse, public health nurse
  • 老婦 【ロウフ】 old woman

Kun reading compounds

  • 嫁 【よめ】 bride, (one's) daughter-in-law, wife

Readings

Japanese names:
ね
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fu4
Korean:
bu

Spanish

  • señora
  • mujer
  • esposa

Portuguese

  • dama
  • mulher
  • esposa
  • noiva

French

  • femme mariée
  • épouse
  • dame
  • femme
707 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
800 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
779 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
481 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1237 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
313 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
454 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1603 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
316 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
316 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
597 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
448 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
565 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
343 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
426 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1159 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6432P Morohashi
469 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1243 New Nelson (John Haig)
1151 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1234 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
746 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1744 2001 Kanji
3e8.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-8 SKIP code
4742.7 Four corner code
1-41-56 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5a66 Unicode hex code