Jisho

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16 strokes
Radical:
slave, capture
Parts:
Variants:
slave, servant, prisoner, criminal, follower
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2009 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 隷 【レイ】 clerical script (ancient, highly angular style of kanji)
  • 隷書 【レイショ】 clerical script (ancient, highly angular style of kanji)
  • 性奴隷 【セイドレイ】 sex slave, sexual slavery
  • 性的奴隷 【セイテキドレイ】 sex slave, sexual slavery

Kun reading compounds

  • 僕 【しもべ】 servant, manservant, menial

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
li4
Korean:
rye

Spanish

  • servir
  • criado
  • sirviente
  • tipografía de escritura para kanjis

Portuguese

  • escravo
  • servo
  • prisioneiro
  • criminosso
  • seguidor

French

  • esclave
  • serviteur
  • prisonnier
  • criminel
  • adepte
1924 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1910 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5026 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1873 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1934 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2119 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1872 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1848 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2201 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1151 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1563 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2053 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41928 Morohashi
1751 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6490 New Nelson (John Haig)
2036 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2192 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1863 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1442 2001 Kanji
4e11.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-8 SKIP code
4593.2 Four corner code
1-46-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
96b7 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
corpse
Parts:
Variants:
belong, genus, subordinate official, affiliated
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
912 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 属 【ゾク】 genus, generic
  • 属する 【ゾクスル】 to belong to, to come under, to be affiliated with, to be subject to
  • 非鉄金属 【ヒテツキンゾク】 non-ferrous metal
  • 貴金属 【キキンゾク】 precious metal
  • 嘱託 【ショクタク】 commission, entrusting with (work), part-time employee, temporary work
  • 嘱望 【ショクボウ】 having great hopes for (someone's future), expecting much of, pinning one's hopes on

Kun reading compounds

  • 雅楽属 【うたのさかん】 alternate assistant court musician (ritsuryō system)

Readings

Japanese names:
さっか、 つき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu3, zhu3
Korean:
chog, sog

Spanish

  • subordinación
  • obediencia
  • pertenencia

Portuguese

  • pertencer
  • gênero
  • oficial subordinado
  • afiliado

French

  • faire partie de
  • genre
  • fonctionnaire subalterne
  • affilié à
835 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
766 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
744 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
799 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1400 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
655 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1233 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1802 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1637 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1750 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1091 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
532 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3901 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2009 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2711 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1972 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7754X Morohashi
3145 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1430 New Nelson (John Haig)
1953 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2103 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
758 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3753 2001 Kanji
3r9.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-9 SKIP code
7722.7 Four corner code
1-34-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c5e Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
enclosure
Parts:
Variants:
country
Kun:
くに
On:
コク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
3 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 国益 【コクエキ】 national interest
  • 国営 【コクエイ】 government management, state management
  • 最恵国 【サイケイコク】 most favored nation, most favoured nation, MFN
  • 異国 【イコク】 foreign country

Kun reading compounds

  • 国 【くに】 country, state, region, national government, central government, home (i.e. hometown, home country), province (of Japan), land, earth
  • 国人 【こくじん】 indigenous person, inhabitant of a country, local, native, local lords and samurai, daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
  • お国 【おくに】 your native country, your hometown, my home country (i.e. Japan), countryside, country, daimyo's territory (Edo period)
  • 現国 【うつしくに】 world of mankind, this world

Readings

Japanese names:
くな、 こ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guo2
Korean:
gug

Spanish

  • país

Portuguese

  • País
  • terra
  • nação

French

  • pays
79 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
136 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
123 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
8 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1037 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
111 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
36 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
745 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.11 Japanese for Busy People
40 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
40 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
151 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
344 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3831 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1964 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2659 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
588 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
4752 Morohashi
3087 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
950 New Nelson (John Haig)
581 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
624 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
158 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3172 2001 Kanji
3s5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-5 SKIP code
6010.3 Four corner code
1-25-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
56fd Unicode hex code