Jisho

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12 strokes (also 11)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
Variants:
road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings
Kun:
みちいう
On:
ドウトウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
207 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 道 【ドウ】 road, path, street, route, way, set of practices, rules for conducting oneself, moral education, Buddhist teachings, Taoism, administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido), administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.), province (administrative region of Korea), circuit (administrative region of China), province (Tang-era administrative region of China)
  • 道義 【ドウギ】 morality, moral principles
  • 正道 【セイドウ】 path of righteousness, path of duty, right track, correct path
  • 海道 【カイドウ】 sea route
  • 有道 【ユウドウ】 being good, being virtuous, virtuous person
  • 不道 【フドウ】 inhuman, immoral, unreasonable, outrageous, wicked, barbarity (one of the eight unpardonable crimes, incl. killing three people in one family, or dismembering a corpse)

Kun reading compounds

  • 道 【みち】 road, path, street, lane, passage, route, way, distance, journey, road (e.g. to victory), course, way (of living, proper conduct, etc.), moral principles, teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist), dogma, field (e.g. of medicine), subject, speciality, means, way, method
  • 道筋 【みちすじ】 path, route, itinerary
  • 花道 【はなみち】 elevated walkway through the audience to the stage, honourable end to a career
  • 横道 【よこみち】 byway, side street, cross street, wrong way, digression

Readings

Japanese names:
さ、 じ、 ど、 みつ、 おさむ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dao4
Korean:
do

Spanish

  • camino
  • razón
  • modo
  • decir
  • senda
  • método

Portuguese

  • Caminho
  • estrada
  • rua
  • distrito
  • viagem
  • curso
  • moral
  • ensinamentos
  • filosofia

French

  • voie
  • route
  • rue
  • région
  • voyage
  • morale
  • enseignements
122 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
205 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
188 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
129 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4724 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
141 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
93 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1811 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.7 Japanese for Busy People
149 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
149 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
66 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
710 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3888 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2000 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2701 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
283 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
39010P Morohashi
3134 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6091 New Nelson (John Haig)
277 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
295 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
123 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
220 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
979 2001 Kanji
2q9.14 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-9 SKIP code
3-2-9 SKIP code
3830.6 Four corner code
1-38-27 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9053 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
rice
Parts:
flour, powder, dust
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
1484 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 粉末 【フンマツ】 fine powder
  • 粉飾 【フンショク】 embellishment (e.g. of a story), ornamentation, decoration, putting on makeup
  • 米粉 【コメコ】 rice flour
  • 製粉 【セイフン】 milling, grinding into flour

Kun reading compounds

  • 粉 【デシメートル】 decimetre, decimeter
  • 粉 【こな】 flour, meal, powder, dust
  • 粉ミルク 【こなミルク】 milk powder, baby formula, infant formula, formula, baby milk
  • 火の粉 【ひのこ】 sparks
  • 薄力粉 【はくりきこ】 cake flour, pastry flour
  • 粉 【こな】 flour, meal, powder, dust
  • 粉ミルク 【こなミルク】 milk powder, baby formula, infant formula, formula, baby milk

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fen3
Korean:
bun

Spanish

  • harina
  • polvo

Portuguese

  • farinha
  • poeira

French

  • farine
  • poudre
  • poussière
507 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
605 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
577 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1152 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3469 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
793 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
804 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1133 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1701 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1817 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1557 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1495 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1643 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
869 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1186 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
929 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
26872 Morohashi
1291 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4390 New Nelson (John Haig)
920 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
988 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
556 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1045 2001 Kanji
6b4.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-4 SKIP code
9892.7 Four corner code
1-42-20 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7c89 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
rice
Parts:
flour, powder, dust
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
1484 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 粉末 【フンマツ】 fine powder
  • 粉飾 【フンショク】 embellishment (e.g. of a story), ornamentation, decoration, putting on makeup
  • 米粉 【コメコ】 rice flour
  • 製粉 【セイフン】 milling, grinding into flour

Kun reading compounds

  • 粉 【デシメートル】 decimetre, decimeter
  • 粉 【こな】 flour, meal, powder, dust
  • 粉ミルク 【こなミルク】 milk powder, baby formula, infant formula, formula, baby milk
  • 火の粉 【ひのこ】 sparks
  • 薄力粉 【はくりきこ】 cake flour, pastry flour
  • 粉 【こな】 flour, meal, powder, dust
  • 粉ミルク 【こなミルク】 milk powder, baby formula, infant formula, formula, baby milk

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fen3
Korean:
bun

Spanish

  • harina
  • polvo

Portuguese

  • farinha
  • poeira

French

  • farine
  • poudre
  • poussière
507 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
605 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
577 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1152 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3469 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
793 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
804 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1133 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1701 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1817 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1557 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1495 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1643 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
869 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1186 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
929 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
26872 Morohashi
1291 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4390 New Nelson (John Haig)
920 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
988 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
556 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1045 2001 Kanji
6b4.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-4 SKIP code
9892.7 Four corner code
1-42-20 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7c89 Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
rap 攴 (攵)
Parts:
Variants:
number, strength, fate, law, figures
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
148 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 数 【スウ】 several, a few, a number of, number, quantity, amount, counting, calculation, figures, numbers, number, numeral, figure, number, destiny, fate, outcome, course of events, trend
  • 数億年 【スウオクネン】 several hundred million years
  • 複数 【フクスウ】 plural, multiple, plural (number)
  • 枚数 【マイスウ】 the number of flat things, win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers
  • 数 【スウ】 several, a few, a number of, number, quantity, amount, counting, calculation, figures, numbers, number, numeral, figure, number, destiny, fate, outcome, course of events, trend
  • 数億年 【スウオクネン】 several hundred million years
  • 数牌 【シューパイ】 suited tiles

Kun reading compounds

  • 数 【かず】 number, amount
  • 数多く 【かずおおく】 in great numbers
  • 手数 【てすう】 trouble, bother, number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.), number of punches
  • 口数 【くちかず】 number of words a person speaks, number of dependents, number of mouths to feed, number of shares, items, applications, etc.
  • 数える 【かぞえる】 to count, to enumerate
  • 屡々 【しばしば】 often, again and again, frequently, repeatedly

Readings

Japanese names:
じゅ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu4, shu3, shuo4
Korean:
su, chog

Spanish

  • número
  • cifra
  • contar

Portuguese

  • número
  • vigor
  • destino
  • lei
  • figuras

French

  • nombre
  • compter
  • destin
  • loi
  • chiffres
262 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
168 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
151 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
188 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2057 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
429 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
592 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2169 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.6 Japanese for Busy People
225 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
225 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
529 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
945 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2245 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1170 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1591 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
938 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13319 Morohashi
1790 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2353 New Nelson (John Haig)
929 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
998 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
159 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
227 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1066 2001 Kanji
4i9.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-9-4 SKIP code
9844.0 Four corner code
1-31-84 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6570 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
village, mile
Parts:
quantity, measure, weight, amount, consider, estimate, surmise
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
469 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 量 【リョウ】 quantity, amount, volume, capacity, portion (of food), generosity, magnanimity, tolerance, pramana (means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge; in Indian philosophy)
  • 量刑 【リョウケイ】 judge's sentence, assessment of a case
  • 裁量 【サイリョウ】 discretion, judgement, judgment
  • 軽量 【ケイリョウ】 light weight

Kun reading compounds

  • 計る 【はかる】 to measure, to weigh, to survey, to time (sound, gauge, estimate), to conjecture, to infer, to surmise

Readings

Japanese names:
かず
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
liang4, liang2
Korean:
ryang

Spanish

  • cantidad
  • medida
  • medir
  • pesar
  • sondear

Portuguese

  • quantidade
  • medida
  • peso
  • quantia

French

  • quantité
  • mesure
  • poids
  • étudier (situation)
  • estimation
  • conjecture
734 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
630 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
600 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
544 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2141 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
743 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
973 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1741 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
411 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
417 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
435 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1804 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3119 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1598 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2180 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
179 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40138 Morohashi
2471 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6209 New Nelson (John Haig)
177 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
189 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
601 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3872 2001 Kanji
4c8.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-8 SKIP code
6010.4 Four corner code
1-46-44 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
91cf Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
death, decay 歹 (歺)
Parts:
death, die
Kun:
し.ぬし.に-
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
229 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 死 【シ】 death, (an) out, death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
  • 死因 【シイン】 cause of death
  • 安楽死 【アンラクシ】 euthanasia
  • 病死 【ビョウシ】 death from disease, death from illness

Kun reading compounds

  • 死ぬ 【しぬ】 to die, to pass away, to lose spirit, to lose vigor, to look dead, to cease, to stop
  • 死ぬ気で 【しぬきで】 all out, like hell, like crazy, desperately, expecting to die

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
si3
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • muerte
  • morir

Portuguese

  • morte
  • dados

French

  • mort
  • mourir
223 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
302 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
286 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
254 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2439 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
207 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
205 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
3.5 Japanese for Busy People
85 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
85 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
258 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1133 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4334 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2194 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2952 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
823 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16365 Morohashi
3521 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2968 New Nelson (John Haig)
815 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
878 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
238 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
267 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3256 2001 Kanji
0a6.6 The Kanji Dictionary
4-6-1 SKIP code
1021.1 Four corner code
1021.2 Four corner code
1-27-64 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6b7b Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
rice
Parts:
flour, powder, dust
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
1484 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 粉末 【フンマツ】 fine powder
  • 粉飾 【フンショク】 embellishment (e.g. of a story), ornamentation, decoration, putting on makeup
  • 米粉 【コメコ】 rice flour
  • 製粉 【セイフン】 milling, grinding into flour

Kun reading compounds

  • 粉 【デシメートル】 decimetre, decimeter
  • 粉 【こな】 flour, meal, powder, dust
  • 粉ミルク 【こなミルク】 milk powder, baby formula, infant formula, formula, baby milk
  • 火の粉 【ひのこ】 sparks
  • 薄力粉 【はくりきこ】 cake flour, pastry flour
  • 粉 【こな】 flour, meal, powder, dust
  • 粉ミルク 【こなミルク】 milk powder, baby formula, infant formula, formula, baby milk

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fen3
Korean:
bun

Spanish

  • harina
  • polvo

Portuguese

  • farinha
  • poeira

French

  • farine
  • poudre
  • poussière
507 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
605 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
577 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1152 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3469 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
793 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
804 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1133 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1701 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1817 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1557 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1495 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1643 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
869 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1186 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
929 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
26872 Morohashi
1291 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4390 New Nelson (John Haig)
920 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
988 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
556 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1045 2001 Kanji
6b4.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-4 SKIP code
9892.7 Four corner code
1-42-20 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7c89 Unicode hex code