EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    event; phenomenon; matter

    事象として簡単なことを、いかにも難しそうに表現する人は、あまり頭がよさそうではない。
    A person who makes an easy matter sound difficult does not seem to be so smart.
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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly

Kun
ことつか.うつか.える
On
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
18 of 2500
Radical
hook
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-8-3SKIP code
0a8.15The Kanji Dictionary
5000.7Four corner code
1547deroo
4e8bUnicode hex code
1-27-86JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
272Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
71New Nelson (John Haig)
3567New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4384Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2220Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2986Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1156Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1240Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
32A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
768Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
73Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
241Morohashi
293A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
80Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
80Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
230sakade
108Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
309henshall3
300Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
10crowley
237Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.7busy_people
30Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1164Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shi4Pinyin reading
saKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

elephant, pattern after, imitate, image, shape, sign (of the times)

Kun
かたど.る
On
ショウゾウ
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N2
Frequency
394 of 2500
Radical
pig
WaniKani
Level 24

Built from

Used in names as

きさ

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-2-10, 2-6-6SKIP code
2n10.1The Kanji Dictionary
2723.2Four corner code
2551deroo
8c61Unicode hex code
1-30-61JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4472Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5744New Nelson (John Haig)
2134New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2647Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1350Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1831Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1976Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2130Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
575A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1761Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
809Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
36372Morohashi
533A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
739Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
752Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
663sakade
916Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
540henshall3
591Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
939Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1718Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1995Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xiang4Pinyin reading
sangKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
24WaniKani level