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雅

13 strokes
Radical:
small bird 隹
Parts:
牙 隹
gracious, elegant, graceful, refined
Kun:
みや.び
On:
ガ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1192 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 雅 【ガ】 elegance, grace, festal song (genre of the Shi Jing)
  • 雅致 【ガチ】 artistry, good taste, elegance, grace
  • 清雅 【セイガ】 graceful, elegant
  • 大雅 【タイガ】 major festal song (subgenre of the Shi Jing)

Kun reading compounds

  • 雅 【みやび】 refinement, elegance, grace
  • 雅び男 【みやびお】 elegant and refined man

Readings

Japanese names:
う、 お、 か、 ただし、 のり、 まさ、 まさし、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ya3, ya1
Korean:
a

Spanish

  • elegante
  • refinado
  • gracioso

Portuguese

  • elegante
  • benévolo
  • gracioso
  • refinado

French

  • bon goût
  • élégant
  • gracieux
  • raffiné
1057 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1271 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2850 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1211 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1885 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1913 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1456 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1550 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1638 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1853 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1532 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
811 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1106 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1926 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41973 Morohashi
1197 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6505 New Nelson (John Haig)
1907 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2056 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1684 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3275 2001 Kanji
8c5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-8 SKIP code
1021.4 Four corner code
7021.4 Four corner code
1-18-77 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
96c5 Unicode hex code

俗

9 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
化 个 ハ 口 谷
vulgar, customs, manners, worldliness, mundane things
On:
ゾク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1610 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 俗 【ゾク】 layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk), laity, man of the world, the world, local manners, modern customs, common, popular, vulgar, low
  • 俗語 【ゾクゴ】 colloquialism, colloquial language, slang
  • 民俗 【ミンゾク】 folk customs, folkways, ethnic customs
  • 低俗 【テイゾク】 vulgar, lowbrow, coarse

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
su2
Korean:
sog

Spanish

  • vulgar
  • ordinario
  • costumbres
  • modales
  • maneras

Portuguese

  • vulgar
  • costumes
  • maneiras
  • coisas do mundanas

French

  • vulgaire
  • coutumes
  • manières
  • temporel
  • séculier
834 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
925 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1498 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
453 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
544 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1051 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
776 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1126 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1178 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1243 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
100 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
119 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
79 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
88 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
977 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
695 Morohashi
104 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
220 New Nelson (John Haig)
968 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1042 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1231 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2177 2001 Kanji
2a7.17 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-7 SKIP code
2826.8 Four corner code
1-34-15 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4fd7 Unicode hex code

折

7 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
扎 斤
fold, break, fracture, bend, yield, submit
Kun:
お.る、 おり、 お.り、 -お.り、 お.れる
On:
セツ、 シャク
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

衷

9 strokes (also 10)
Radical:
clothes 衣 (衤)
Parts:
十 口 衣
Variants:
inmost, heart, mind, inside
On:
チュウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2229 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 衷心 【チュウシン】 innermost feelings
  • 衷情 【チュウジョウ】 true heart, inner feelings
  • 折衷 【セッチュウ】 compromise, cross, blending, eclecticism
  • 苦衷 【クチュウ】 distress, anguish, mental suffering

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhong1
Korean:
chung

Spanish

  • sinceridad
  • corazón
  • adecuado

Portuguese

  • íntimo
  • coração
  • mente
  • interior

French

  • au plus profond
  • coeur
  • esprit
  • intime
1585 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1986 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
110 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1809 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1726 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1190 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1677 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1792 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1806 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1621 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2600 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1643 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1802 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1909 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
34139 Morohashi
2575 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
31 New Nelson (John Haig)
1891 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2038 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1389 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
465 2001 Kanji
0a9.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-4 SKIP code
5073.2 Four corner code
1-35-79 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8877 Unicode hex code