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食

9 strokes
Radical:
eat, food 食 (飠)
Parts:
食
eat, food
Kun:
く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む
On:
ショク、 ジキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
328 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 食 【ショク】 food, foodstuff, eating, appetite, meal, portion
  • 食 【ショク】 eclipse (solar, lunar, etc.), occultation
  • 飽食 【ホウショク】 eating until one is full, eating one's fill, gorging (on), satiation, having adequate food, having all one needs (for daily living), plenty
  • 会食 【カイショク】 eating together, dining together, having a meal together
  • 食 【ショク】 food, foodstuff, eating, appetite, meal, portion
  • 食堂 【ジキドウ】 dining hall (at a temple)
  • 断食 【ダンジキ】 fasting, fast
  • 斎食 【サイジキ】 morning meal (for priests, monks, etc.), food offering at a Buddhist ceremony

Kun reading compounds

  • 食う 【くう】 to eat, to live, to make a living, to survive, to bite, to sting (as insects do), to tease, to torment, to taunt, to make light of, to make fun of, to encroach on, to eat into, to consume, to defeat a superior, to threaten a position, to consume time and-or resources, to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event), to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time
  • 食うや食わず 【くうやくわず】 (living) from hand to mouth, living on the fringe of subsistence
  • 食らう 【くらう】 to eat, to drink, to wolf, to knock back, to receive (e.g. a blow), to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable), to undergo (trouble)
  • 食べる 【たべる】 to eat, to live on (e.g. a salary), to live off, to subsist on
  • 食べるラー油 【たべるラーゆ】 chili oil mixed with chopped garlic, onions, etc.
  • 食む 【はむ】 to eat (fodder, grass, etc.), to receive (a salary), to receive a stipend from one's lord

Readings

Japanese names:
ぐい
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi2, si4
Korean:
sig, sa

Spanish

  • alimento
  • comida
  • eclipse
  • comer

Portuguese

  • comer
  • comida
  • alimento

French

  • manger
  • nourriture
253 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
163 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
146 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
269 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5154 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
283 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
99 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1159 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
322 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
322 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
131 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1900 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2578 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1316 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1787 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1484 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
44014 Morohashi
2075 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6674 New Nelson (John Haig)
1472 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1582 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
207 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
180 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2865 2001 Kanji
8b0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-7 SKIP code
8073.2 Four corner code
1-31-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
98df Unicode hex code

品

9 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
口 品
goods, refinement, dignity, article, counter for meal courses
Kun:
しな
On:
ヒン、 ホン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
225 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 品 【ヒン】 elegance, grace, refinement, class, dignity, article, item, counter for items (of food, etc.), counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
  • 品位 【ヒンイ】 dignity, grace, nobility, grade, quality, fineness, carat, karat
  • 小品 【ショウヒン】 short piece (of music, writing), small work (painting, sculpture, etc.), literary sketch, essay, small article, small item
  • 遺品 【イヒン】 things left (to one) by the deceased, inherited item, estate, memento, keepsake, lost item, lost property
  • 品 【ホン】 court rank, level, grade, chapter, section, volume
  • 品題 【ホンダイ】 chapter title, section title, volume title
  • 九品 【クホン】 nine levels of Amitabha's Pure Land, Amitabha's Pure Land, nine-tiered lotus leaf platform in Amitabha's Pure Land

Kun reading compounds

  • 品 【しな】 article, item, thing, goods, stock, quality, flirtatiousness, coquetry
  • 品目 【ひんもく】 item, commodity, list of articles
  • 一品 【いっぴん】 item, article, dish, course, finest item
  • 極め付きの品 【きわめつきのしな】 article of certified genuineness

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pin3
Korean:
pum

Spanish

  • producto
  • artículo
  • bienes

Portuguese

  • bens
  • refinamento
  • dignidade
  • artigo
  • sufixo para contagem de para pratos de refeição

French

  • marchandise
  • dignité
  • raffinement
  • article
  • compteur de plats
311 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
405 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
382 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
138 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
923 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
146 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
138 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
916 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.11 Japanese for Busy People
230 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
230 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
683 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
328 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2795 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1437 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1937 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
23 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3581 Morohashi
2248 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
792 New Nelson (John Haig)
23 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
23 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
372 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
345 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3777 2001 Kanji
3d6.15 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-6 SKIP code
6066.0 Four corner code
1-41-42 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
54c1 Unicode hex code

基

11 strokes
Radical:
earth 土
Parts:
一 ハ 土 甘
fundamentals, radical (chem), counter for machines, foundation
Kun:
もと、 もとい
On:
キ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
241 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 基 【キ】 group, (free) radical, counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
  • 起因 【キイン】 to be caused by, to result from, to arise from, to stem from, to be due to, cause, origin
  • 塩基 【エンキ】 base
  • 開基 【カイキ】 founding (of a temple or sect), founder, laying the foundation (for something), base (topology), basis

Kun reading compounds

  • 元 【もと】 origin, source, beginning, basis, base, foundation, root, cause, (raw) material, ingredient, base, mix (e.g. for a cake), (soup) stock, (one's) side, capital, principal, cost price, root (of a plant), (tree) trunk, part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand), first three lines of a waka, counter for plants or trees, counter for falcons (in falconry)
  • 基 【もとい】 basis, foundation, origin, source
  • 失敗は成功のもと 【しっぱいはせいこうのもと】 failure teaches success, failure is a stepping-stone to success
  • 生兵法は大怪我のもと 【なまびょうほうはおおけがのもと】 a little learning is a dangerous thing
  • 基 【もとい】 basis, foundation, origin, source

Readings

Japanese names:
きい、 とも
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji1
Korean:
gi

Spanish

  • fundamento
  • origen
  • base

Portuguese

  • fundamentais
  • radicais (Quim.)
  • comtador para máquinas
  • fundação

French

  • fondements
  • radical (chimie)
  • compteur de machines
  • fondations
755 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
670 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
641 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
382 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1098 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
688 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
435 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1493 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
450 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
457 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
691 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
354 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3312 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1716 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2330 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1783 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5197 Morohashi
2673 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1040 New Nelson (John Haig)
1767 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1904 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
251 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
726 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1972 2001 Kanji
3b8.12 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-5 SKIP code
2-8-3 SKIP code
4410.4 Four corner code
1-20-80 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
57fa Unicode hex code

準

13 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
十 汁 隹
Variants:
凖
semi-, correspond to, proportionate to, conform, imitate
Kun:
じゅん.じる、 じゅん.ずる、 なぞら.える、 のり、 ひと.しい、 みずもり
On:
ジュン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
425 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 準 【ジュン】 semi-, quasi-, associate
  • 準決勝 【ジュンケッショウ】 semifinal
  • 照準 【ショウジュン】 sight (e.g. of a gun), aim, alignment
  • 低水準 【テイスイジュン】 substandard, low-level

Kun reading compounds

  • 準じる 【じゅんじる】 to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.), to conform to (the law, standards, etc.), to be based on, to apply correspondingly, to be proportionate to, to correspond to, to be equivalent to, to be treated in the same way as
  • 準ずる 【じゅんずる】 to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.), to conform to (the law, standards, etc.), to be based on, to apply correspondingly, to be proportionate to, to correspond to, to be equivalent to, to be treated in the same way as
  • 準える 【なぞらえる】 to liken to, to compare to, to pattern after, to model after, to imitate

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhun3
Korean:
jun, jeol

Spanish

  • semi
  • asociado
  • norma
  • asemejar

Portuguese

  • semi-
  • corresponder-se
  • proporcional para
  • adaptar-se
  • imitar

French

  • demi-
  • correspondre à
  • proportionnel à
  • se conformer à
  • standard
637 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
733 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
709 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
547 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
791 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
498 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
704 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2041 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
778 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
792 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
614 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1233 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3541 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1828 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2486 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
571 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
17934 Morohashi
2856 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3278 New Nelson (John Haig)
564 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
606 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
778 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
355 2001 Kanji
2k11.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-11-2 SKIP code
3040.1 Four corner code
1-29-64 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6e96 Unicode hex code

庁

5 strokes
Radical:
house on cliff 广
Parts:
一 亅 广
Variants:
廳 廰
government office
Kun:
やくしょ
On:
チョウ、 テイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
793 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 庁 【チョウ】 government office, agency, board
  • 庁舎 【チョウシャ】 government office building
  • 国税庁 【コクゼイチョウ】 National Tax Agency (Japan), national taxation agency (e.g. IRS)
  • 政庁 【セイチョウ】 government office

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ting1
Korean:
cheong

Spanish

  • oficina del gobierno
  • edificio público

Portuguese

  • escritório de governo

French

  • bureau du gouvernement
950 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
938 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
459 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1498 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1034 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
506 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
174 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
763 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
777 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
541 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
582 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3768 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1920 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2612 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
598 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9223 Morohashi
3034 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1603 New Nelson (John Haig)
591 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
635 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
837 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
553 2001 Kanji
3q2.2 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-2 SKIP code
0022.1 Four corner code
1-36-03 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e81 Unicode hex code