Jisho

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道

12 strokes (also 11)
Radical:
walk 辵 (辶, ⻌, ⻍)
Parts:
并 込 自 首
Variants:
噵 衜 衟
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

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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

帖

8 strokes
Radical:
turban, scarf 巾
Parts:
卜 口 巾
quire (of paper), bundle of seaweed, counter for screens, notebook
Kun:
かきもの
On:
チョウ、 ジョウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2208 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 帖合 【チョウアイ】 type of commission system in the book industry in Japan
  • 捕物帳 【トリモノチョウ】 detective story (esp. one from the Edo period featuring thief-takers), detective's memoirs, thief taker's memoirs
  • 写生帖 【シャセイチョウ】 sketchbook
  • 帖 【ジョウ】 folding book, counter for units of paper and nori (48 pages of Mino paper; 20 pages of hanshi; 10 sheets of nori), counter for folding books, folding screens, shields, etc., counter for pairs (of curtains), counter for tatami mats
  • 法帖 【ホウジョウ】 copybook printed from the works of old masters of calligraphy
  • 画帖 【ガジョウ】 picture album

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tie1, tie3, tie4
Korean:
cheob, che

Spanish

  • manojo de algas
  • taco de papel
  • libreta
  • contador para papeles y algas

Portuguese

French

1473 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
563 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
342 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
256 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
8849 Morohashi
286 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1558 New Nelson (John Haig)
2231 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2338 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3f5.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
4126.0 Four corner code
1-36-01 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e16 Unicode hex code

子

3 strokes
Radical:
child, seed 子
Parts:
子
child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Kun:
こ、 -こ、 ね
On:
シ、 ス、 ツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
72 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 子 【シ】 child (esp. a boy), viscount, founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius), master, masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature), you, -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
  • 子宮 【シキュウ】 womb, uterus
  • 中性子 【チュウセイシ】 neutron
  • 精子 【セイシ】 sperm, spermatozoon
  • 主 【ス】 honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
  • 恵比寿 【エビス】 Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
  • 久留子 【クルス】 cross sign
  • 対子 【トイツ】 pair, eyes
  • 七対子 【チートイツ】 seven pairs, winning hand composed of seven pairs

Kun reading compounds

  • 子 【こ】 child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person, (one's) child, offspring, young woman, young (animal), offshoot, interest, new share, player who is not a dealer, young geisha, young prostitute, bird egg, -er (often of young women)
  • 子 【こう】 child, interest
  • 根っこ 【ねっこ】 root (of a plant), stump (of a tree), root (of a problem, etc.), base, foundation, origin, source
  • 江戸っ子 【えどっこ】 (true) Tokyoite, Edoite, Tokyo native, Edokko
  • 子 【ね】 the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am), north, eleventh month of the lunar calendar
  • 子忌み 【ねいみ】 collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
  • 庚子 【かのえね】 Metal Rat (37th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
  • 甲子 【きのえね】 Wood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)

Readings

Japanese names:
い、 き、 ぎ、 く、 け、 ねっ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zi3, zi2, zi5
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • chiquillo
  • niño

Portuguese

  • criança

French

  • enfant
  • signe de la 1ère branche terrestre
  • signe du Rat (zodiaque)
  • 23 h à 01 h
  • Nord (0°)
31 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
40 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
25 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
56 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1264 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
61 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
43 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
38 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.18 Japanese for Busy People
103 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
103 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
69 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
455 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4196 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2125 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2872 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
96 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6930 Morohashi
3390 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1281 New Nelson (John Haig)
95 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
99 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
42 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
18 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3547 2001 Kanji
2c0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-1 SKIP code
4-2-1 SKIP code
1740.7 Four corner code
1-27-50 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5b50 Unicode hex code

刷

8 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
刈 尸 巾
printing, print, brush
Kun:
す.る、 -ず.り、 -ずり、 は.く
On:
サツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
1352 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 刷 【サツ】 printing, impression, issue
  • 刷数 【サツスウ】 number (of books) printed
  • 凸版印刷 【トッパンインサツ】 letterpress, relief printing
  • 増刷 【ゾウサツ】 additional printing (esp. of books, etc.), additional run

Kun reading compounds

  • 刷る 【する】 to print, to color or pattern fabric using a wooden mold
  • 刷く 【はく】 to daub, to brush, to touch up

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shua1, shua4
Korean:
swae

Spanish

  • impreso
  • estampado
  • imprimir

Portuguese

  • impressão
  • imprimir

French

  • imprimer
  • impression
405 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
514 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
487 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1261 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
210 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
802 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
358 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
655 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1044 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1087 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1137 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
191 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1623 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
853 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1169 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1078 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1964 Morohashi
1273 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
479 New Nelson (John Haig)
1069 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1150 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
504 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3743 2001 Kanji
2f6.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-2 SKIP code
7220.0 Four corner code
1-26-94 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5237 Unicode hex code

点

9 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
卜 口 杰
Variants:
點
spot, point, mark, speck, decimal point
Kun:
つ.ける、 つ.く、 た.てる、 さ.す、 とぼ.す、 とも.す、 ぼち
On:
テン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
165 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 点 【テン】 dot, spot, point, speck, mark, mark (in an exam, etc.), grade, score, points, point (in a game), score, goal, run, point, point, aspect, matter, detail, part, respect, way, viewpoint, (punctuation) mark (e.g. comma, period, decimal point), dot, "dot" stroke (in a Chinese character), counter for points, marks, goals, etc., counter for goods, items, articles of clothing, works of art, etc.
  • 点検 【テンケン】 detailed inspection, thorough examination, checking
  • 最重点 【サイジュウテン】 very important point
  • 同点 【ドウテン】 same score, deadlock, tie, draw

Kun reading compounds

  • 点ける 【つける】 to turn on, to switch on, to light up
  • 点く 【つく】 to be lit (of a lamp, burner, etc.), to catch fire, to ignite, to start burning, to be turned on (of a light, appliance, etc.), to come on
  • 点てる 【たてる】 to make tea (matcha), to perform the tea ceremony
  • 注す 【さす】 to pour, to add (liquid), to serve (drinks), to put on (lipstick, etc.), to apply, to colour, to dye, to light (a fire), to burn
  • 灯す 【ともす】 to light (a candle, lamp, etc.), to turn on (a light)
  • 灯す 【ともす】 to light (a candle, lamp, etc.), to turn on (a light)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
dian3
Korean:
jeom

Spanish

  • punto
  • marca

Portuguese

  • ponto
  • marca
  • ponto decimal

French

  • point
  • note
  • allumer
  • virgule (décimales)
285 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
196 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
179 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
141 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
804 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
229 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
714 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
169 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
169 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
399 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1275 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2587 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1322 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1793 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
171 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18980 Morohashi
2084 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3412 New Nelson (John Haig)
169 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
181 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
175 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
185 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1240 2001 Kanji
2m7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-7 SKIP code
2-5-4 SKIP code
2133.6 Four corner code
1-37-32 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
70b9 Unicode hex code

机

6 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
几 木
desk, table
Kun:
つくえ
On:
キ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1671 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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  • 机上 【キジョウ】 on the desk, theoretical, academic, armchair (e.g. plan), desktop, paper, not yet implemented
  • 几案 【キアン】 desk
  • 明窓浄机 【メイソウジョウキ】 dustless desk by a well-lit window, well-lit and clean study conducive to learning

Kun reading compounds

  • 机 【つくえ】 desk
  • 机に向かう 【つくえにむかう】 to sit at a desk (to study), to be at one's desk, to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
  • 片袖机 【かたそでづくえ】 desk with a tier of drawers on one side
  • 八足の机 【やつあしのつくえ】 eight-legged table (used as a stand for religious offerings, etc.)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji1
Korean:
gwe

Spanish

  • mesa
  • escritorio

Portuguese

  • mesa
  • escrivaninha

French

  • bureau
  • table
845 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
832 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1610 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2174 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1785 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
618 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1305 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1384 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
38 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1068 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1014 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
549 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
726 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
214 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14435 Morohashi
820 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2543 New Nelson (John Haig)
210 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
223 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
842 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1857 2001 Kanji
4a2.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-2 SKIP code
4791.0 Four corner code
1-20-89 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
673a Unicode hex code

会

6 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
二 个 厶
Variants:
會
meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Kun:
あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる
On:
カイ、 エ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
4 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 会 【カイ】 meeting, assembly, party, gathering, conference, athletic meet, society, association, club
  • 会員 【カイイン】 member, the membership
  • 例会 【レイカイ】 regular meeting
  • 際会 【サイカイ】 meeting, facing, confronting
  • 会 【エ】 gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.)
  • 会釈 【エシャク】 slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude), nod, salutation, consideration, thoughtfulness
  • 法会 【ホウエ】 Buddhist service (e.g. memorial service)
  • 御斎会 【ゴサイエ】 imperial event at which high monks recited the Golden Light Sutra to pray for national security and good harvests (held annually at the palace from the 8th to the 14th of the first lunar month, between the Nara and Muromachi periods)

Kun reading compounds

  • 会う 【あう】 to meet, to encounter, to see, to have an accident, to have a bad experience
  • 逢うは別れの始め 【あうはわかれのはじめ】 we meet only to part, meeting is the first step to parting
  • 会わせる 【あわせる】 to make (someone) to meet, to let (someone) meet, to expose to, to subject to

Readings

Japanese names:
あい、 い
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hui4, kuai4
Korean:
hoe, goe, gwal

Spanish

  • asociación
  • reunión
  • encontrarse con
  • reunirse

Portuguese

  • encontro
  • reunião
  • festa
  • associação
  • entrevista
  • une

French

  • réunion
  • rencontre
  • meeting
  • parti
  • association
  • entrevue
  • rejoindre
54 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
93 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
87 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
12 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
381 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
116 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
454 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
158 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
158 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
59 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
47 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2512 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1275 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1741 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
759 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
460 Morohashi
2020 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
143 New Nelson (John Haig)
752 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
814 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
16 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
119 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2871 2001 Kanji
2a4.19 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-4 SKIP code
2-3-3 SKIP code
8073.1 Four corner code
1-18-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f1a Unicode hex code

帮

10 strokes
Radical:
turban, scarf 巾
Parts:
Variants:
幇 幫
help, assist, defend, shoe upper
Kun:
たす.ける
On:
ホウ

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bang1

Spanish

Portuguese

French

8928 Morohashi
2-7-3 SKIP code
1-28-13 JIS X 0212-1990 kuten code
2-08-86 JIS X 0213-2000 kuten code
5e2e Unicode hex code

开

4 strokes
Radical:
two hands, twenty 廾
Parts:
Variants:
open, initiate, begin, start

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kai1

Spanish

Portuguese

French

2-1-3 SKIP code
1-84-17 JIS X 0213-2000 kuten code
5F00 Unicode hex code