Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
wrong
Parts:
un-, mistake, negative, injustice, non-
Kun:
あら.ず
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
472 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 非 【ヒ】 fault, error, mistake, going poorly, being disadvantageous, being unfavorable, un-, non-, an-
  • 非行 【ヒコウ】 delinquency, misconduct
  • 是非是非 【ゼヒゼヒ】 certainly, by all means
  • 理非 【リヒ】 right and wrong

Kun reading compounds

  • 非ず 【あらず】 not, does not exist
  • 非ずんば 【あらずんば】 if not, unless

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fei1
Korean:
bi

Spanish

  • negativo
  • equivocado
  • culpar
  • agravar
  • in-

Portuguese

  • Prefixo negativo in-
  • erro
  • negativa
  • injustiça

French

  • in-
  • non-
  • négatif
  • faute
  • injustice
  • condamner
698 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
794 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
773 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
491 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5080 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
353 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1001 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
498 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
507 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
707 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1873 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1101 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
598 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
790 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1647 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
42585 Morohashi
889 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6563 New Nelson (John Haig)
1632 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1760 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
222 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
693 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1254 2001 Kanji
0a8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
1111.1 Four corner code
1-40-83 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
975e Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
sue, accuse
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1061 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 訟務 【ショウム】 litigation
  • 訟務部 【ショウムブ】 Litigation Department (of the Ministry of Justice)
  • 行政訴訟 【ギョウセイソショウ】 administrative litigation (action)
  • 争訟 【ソウショウ】 dispute by legal action, contentious

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
song4
Korean:
song

Spanish

  • declarar
  • pleitear
  • demandar
  • acusar

Portuguese

  • processar
  • acusar

French

  • accusation
  • poursuites
1401 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1675 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4320 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1483 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1742 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1403 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1492 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1208 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1665 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1864 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
988 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1339 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
795 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35266 Morohashi
1472 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5565 New Nelson (John Haig)
787 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
850 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1485 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3071 2001 Kanji
7a4.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-4 SKIP code
0863.2 Four corner code
1-30-57 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8a1f Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
hook
Parts:
Variants:
matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
Kun:
ことつか.うつか.える
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
18 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 事 【ジ】 individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle)
  • 事業 【ジギョウ】 business, enterprise, venture, (commercial) activity, (business) operation, industry, (social) project, undertaking, enterprise, work, activity, program, service
  • 商事 【ショウジ】 commercial affairs
  • 有事 【ユウジ】 emergency

Kun reading compounds

  • 事 【こと】 thing, matter, incident, occurrence, event, something serious, trouble, crisis, circumstances, situation, state of affairs, work, business, affair, after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to, nominalizing suffix, pretending to ..., playing make-believe ..., alias, also known as, otherwise known as, or, necessity, need, you should ..., I advise that you ..., it's important to ...
  • 事柄 【ことがら】 matter, thing, affair, circumstance
  • 神事 【しんじ】 Shinto ritual
  • いい事 【いいこと】 good thing, nice thing, good excuse, good grounds, good opportunity, interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
  • 仕える 【つかえる】 to serve, to work for, to attend

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi4
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • cosa
  • hecho
  • asunto
  • acción

Portuguese

  • matéria
  • coisa
  • fato
  • negócios
  • razão
  • possivelmente

French

  • fait
  • chose
  • matière
  • affaire
  • raison
  • peut-être
230 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
309 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
293 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
32 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
272 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
73 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
108 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
768 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.7 Japanese for Busy People
80 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
80 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
237 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
30 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4384 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2220 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2986 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1164 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
241 Morohashi
3567 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
71 New Nelson (John Haig)
1156 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1240 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
10 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
300 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1547 2001 Kanji
0a8.15 The Kanji Dictionary
4-8-3 SKIP code
5000.7 Four corner code
1-27-86 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e8b Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
affair, case, matter, item
Kun:
くだん
On:
ケン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
212 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 件 【ケン】 matter, affair, case, item, subject, counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc., counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
  • 件数 【ケンスウ】 number of cases, incidents, items, messages, accounts, etc.
  • 刑事事件 【ケイジジケン】 criminal case
  • 要件 【ヨウケン】 important matter, requirement, requisite, necessary condition, sine qua non

Kun reading compounds

  • 件 【くだん】 the aforementioned, the said, (man, incident, etc.) in question, the above-mentioned, the aforesaid, the usual

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jian4
Korean:
geon

Spanish

  • asunto
  • caso

Portuguese

  • romance
  • caso
  • matéria
  • item

French

  • affaire
  • cas
  • matière
  • article
598 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
687 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
660 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
290 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
368 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
485 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
306 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
3.9 Japanese for Busy People
732 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
745 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
482 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
66 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
54 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
35 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
35 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
968 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
410 Morohashi
51 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
130 New Nelson (John Haig)
959 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1032 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
171 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
657 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2155 2001 Kanji
2a4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-4 SKIP code
2520.0 Four corner code
1-23-79 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4ef6 Unicode hex code