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震

15 strokes
Radical:
rain 雨
Parts:
厂 衣 辰 雨
quake, shake, tremble, quiver, shiver
Kun:
ふる.う、 ふる.える、 ふる.わせる、 ふる.わす
On:
シン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
893 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 震 【シン】 zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
  • 震源 【シンゲン】 hypocentre (of an earthquake), hypocenter, focus
  • 微震 【ビシン】 slight earthquake
  • 軽震 【ケイシン】 weak earthquake

Kun reading compounds

  • 震う 【ふるう】 to shake, to tremble, to vibrate
  • 震える 【ふるえる】 to shiver, to shake, to quake, to tremble, to quaver, to quiver
  • 震わせる 【ふるわせる】 to (make something) quiver, to shake, to tremble, to vibrate
  • 震わす 【ふるわす】 to (make something) quiver, to shake, to tremble, to vibrate

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhen4
Korean:
jin

Spanish

  • temblar
  • estremecerse
  • agitar
  • sacudir

Portuguese

  • tremor
  • agitar
  • tremer
  • estremecimento
  • calafrio

French

  • tremblement
  • secouer
  • frémir
  • frissonner
1444 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
800 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5055 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1123 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
999 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2577 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
953 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
983 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
847 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1866 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3481 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1794 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2443 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2029 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
42300 Morohashi
2806 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6531 New Nelson (John Haig)
2010 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2166 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1814 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3165 2001 Kanji
8d7.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-7 SKIP code
1023.2 Four corner code
1-31-44 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9707 Unicode hex code

源

13 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
厂 小 汁 白
Variants:
厵
source, origin
Kun:
みなもと
On:
ゲン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
738 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 源 【ゲン】 source, origin
  • 源氏 【ゲンジ】 Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari), the Minamoto family
  • 震源 【シンゲン】 hypocentre (of an earthquake), hypocenter, focus
  • 財源 【ザイゲン】 source of funds, resources, finances

Kun reading compounds

  • 源 【みなもと】 source (of a river), fountainhead, source, origin, root
  • 河の源 【かわのみなもと】 fountainhead

Readings

Japanese names:
はら、 みな、 もと
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yuan2
Korean:
weon

Spanish

  • fuente
  • origen

Portuguese

  • fonte
  • origem

French

  • source
  • origine
864 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
853 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
827 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2656 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
893 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1486 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1863 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
580 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
589 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
854 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1231 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
806 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
470 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
600 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
144 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17926 Morohashi
656 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3274 New Nelson (John Haig)
142 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
153 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
958 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
341 2001 Kanji
3a10.25 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-10 SKIP code
3119.6 Four corner code
1-24-27 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6e90 Unicode hex code

距

12 strokes
Radical:
foot 足 (⻊)
Parts:
匚 口 止 巨 足
long-distance, spur, fetlock
Kun:
へだ.たる、 けづめ
On:
キョ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1191 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 距 【キョ】 tubular nectary, spur
  • 距離 【キョリ】 distance, range, interval, difference (e.g. in opinion), gap, distance, metric
  • 緯距 【イキョ】 latitude
  • 経距 【ケイキョ】 departure (surveying, etc.)

Kun reading compounds

  • 隔たる 【へだたる】 to be distant
  • 蹴爪 【けづめ】 spur (of a chicken, pheasant, etc.), cockspur, calcar, fetlock

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ju4
Korean:
geo

Spanish

  • larga distancia
  • distante
  • separar

Portuguese

  • Longa distância

French

  • longue distance
  • éperon (botanique)
  • fanon (de cheval)
1157 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1245 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4548 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1110 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1791 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1294 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1369 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1007 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1760 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1905 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1013 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1370 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1289 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
37481 Morohashi
1511 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5866 New Nelson (John Haig)
1281 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1375 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1590 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3775 2001 Kanji
7d5.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-5 SKIP code
1-7-4 SKIP code
6111.7 Four corner code
1-21-87 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8ddd Unicode hex code

離

19 strokes
Radical:
small bird 隹
Parts:
亠 凵 禹 隹
detach, separation, disjoin, digress
Kun:
はな.れる、 はな.す
On:
リ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
555 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 離 【リ】 li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
  • 離宮 【リキュウ】 imperial villa, royal villa, detached palace
  • 短距離 【タンキョリ】 short distance, short range, short-haul
  • 近距離 【キンキョリ】 short distance

Kun reading compounds

  • 離れる 【はなれる】 to be separated, to be apart, to be distant, to leave, to go away, to leave (a job, etc.), to quit, to give up, to lose connection with, to drift away from
  • 離す 【はなす】 to separate, to part, to divide, to keep apart

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
li2
Korean:
ri

Spanish

  • separarse
  • apartarse
  • separar
  • apartar

Portuguese

  • separar
  • separação
  • digressão
  • divagação

French

  • séparer
  • détacher
  • diviser
  • s'écarter
1897 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
641 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5040 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
909 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1887 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2889 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1281 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1355 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1008 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1857 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2364 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1195 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1663 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1505 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
42140X Morohashi
1836 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6517 New Nelson (John Haig)
1492 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1605 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1923 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
475 2001 Kanji
8c10.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-11-8 SKIP code
0041.4 Four corner code
1-46-05 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
96e2 Unicode hex code