Jisho

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14 strokes
Radical:
small bird
Parts:
Variants:
miscellaneous
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
839 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 雑 【ザツ】 rough, crude, sloppy, messy, miscellaneous
  • 雑音 【ザツオン】 noise (usu. unpleasant), interference (e.g. radio), static, noise, gossip, irresponsible criticism
  • 猥雑 【ワイザツ】 vulgar, indecent, crude, sordid, jumbled (of a place), disorderly, chaotic, messy
  • 交雑 【コウザツ】 hybridization, crossing, mixing
  • 雑 【ゾウ】 miscellany (classification of Japanese poetry unrelated to the seasons or to love)
  • 雑木林 【ゾウキバヤシ】 grove of miscellaneous trees, copse, coppice, thicket

Kun reading compounds

  • 交える 【まじえる】 to mix, to combine, to include, to exchange (words, fire, etc.), to cross (e.g. swords), to join together
  • 混じる 【まじる】 to be mixed, to be blended with, to be combined, to associate with, to mingle with, to interest, to join

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
za2
Korean:
jab

Spanish

  • misceláneo
  • varios
  • mezclado
  • basto
  • tosco

Portuguese

  • misto

French

  • divers
615 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
714 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
687 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
812 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5032 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
365 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
994 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2127 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
575 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
584 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
523 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1855 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1752 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
939 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1267 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
569 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
42022 Morohashi
1385 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6507 New Nelson (John Haig)
562 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
604 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
790 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1675 2001 Kanji
8c6.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-8 SKIP code
4091.4 Four corner code
1-27-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
96d1 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
stone
Parts:
Variants:
smash, break, crush, familiar, popular
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1579 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 砕石 【サイセキ】 crushed stone, macadam, crushing (rock)
  • 砕岩機 【サイガンキ】 rock crusher
  • 破砕 【ハサイ】 crushing (into pieces), smashing, cracking, breaking up
  • 玉砕 【ギョクサイ】 honorable death, death without surrender, honorable defeat, trying but being utterly beaten, being completely rejected when professing one's love

Kun reading compounds

  • 砕く 【くだく】 to break (into pieces), to smash, to crush, to shatter, to grind (into powder), to pound, to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.), to crush, to frustrate, to simplify, to make easy to understand
  • 砕ける 【くだける】 to break (into pieces), to be broken, to be smashed, to collapse, to crumble, to decline, to cool (e.g. enthusiasm), to dampen (e.g. one's will to fight), to become less formal, to throw off reserve, to become affable, to become easy to understand (e.g. a story), to be worried

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sui4
Korean:
swae

Spanish

  • destrozar
  • romper
  • aplastar
  • despedazar

Portuguese

  • quebrar
  • quebrado
  • esmagar
  • popular
  • familiar

French

  • fracasser
  • casser
  • briser
  • familier (informel)
  • populaire
1287 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1695 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3179 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1467 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1568 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1710 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1827 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1550 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1400 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1458 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
773 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1048 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
117 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24080P Morohashi
1134 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3990 New Nelson (John Haig)
116 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
121 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1287 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3355 2001 Kanji
5a4.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-4 SKIP code
1464.1 Four corner code
1-26-53 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7815 Unicode hex code