Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
small bird
Parts:
vessels, counter for ships, fish, birds, arrows, one of a pair
On:
セキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1546 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 隻 【セキ】 counter for ships, counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen), counter for items carried in a bundle (e.g. fish, birds, arrows)
  • 隻影 【セキエイ】 a glimpse of an object's outlines
  • 数隻 【スウセキ】 several (boats)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhi1
Korean:
cheog

Spanish

  • uno (de un par)
  • contador para barcos

Portuguese

  • vasos
  • peixe
  • pássaros
  • flechas
  • um de um par

French

  • compteur de bateaux
  • compteur d'oiseaux
  • vaisseaux
  • poissons
  • flèches
  • l'un d'une paire
1483 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1405 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5028 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1153 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1883 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1311 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1390 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1919 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1849 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3426 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1765 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2403 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
706 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
41941 Morohashi
2755 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6494 New Nelson (John Haig)
699 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
755 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1403 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2467 2001 Kanji
8c2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-2 SKIP code
2040.7 Four corner code
1-32-41 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
96bb Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
word, speech, language
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
301 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 語 【ゴ】 word, language, speech
  • 語学 【ゴガク】 study of foreign languages, linguistics
  • 標語 【ヒョウゴ】 motto, slogan, catchword
  • 造語 【ゾウゴ】 coinage, invention of a new word, coined word

Kun reading compounds

  • 語る 【かたる】 to talk about, to speak of, to tell, to narrate, to recite, to chant, to indicate, to show
  • 語るに落ちる 【かたるにおちる】 to let slip a secret, to let the cat out of the bag
  • 語らう 【かたらう】 to talk, to tell, to recite, to pledge, to conspire with

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yu3, yu4
Korean:
eo

Spanish

  • palabra
  • discurso
  • lenguaje
  • hablar
  • conversar
  • narrar

Portuguese

  • palavra
  • discurso
  • língua

French

  • langage
  • mot
  • raconter
209 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
124 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
112 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
274 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4374 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
231 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
87 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2136 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.1 Japanese for Busy People
67 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
67 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
154 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1685 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1944 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1040 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1402 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
353 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35533 Morohashi
1543 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5628 New Nelson (John Haig)
347 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
371 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
211 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
231 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3077 2001 Kanji
7a7.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-7 SKIP code
0166.1 Four corner code
1-24-76 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8a9e Unicode hex code