Entry
  1. Noun

    salary (paid in rice to a samurai); stipend

    Historical term

  2. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

    making (someone) a retainer and granting a stipend

    Historical term

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

aid, help, assist

Kun
たす.ける
On
Strokes
7
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1879 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 58

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-3-4SKIP code
3c4.4The Kanji Dictionary
5503.0Four corner code
1363deroo
6276Unicode hex code
1-41-62JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1850Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2089New Nelson (John Haig)
247New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
291Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
184Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
220Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
839Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
902Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1748A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
383Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1796Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11840Morohashi
1748A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1721Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1839Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1336Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1130Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1466Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
866Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
847Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
fu2Pinyin reading
buKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
58WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

hold, have

Kun
も.つ、-も.ち、も.てる
On
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
119 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Used in names as

もち、もつ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-3-6SKIP code
3c6.8The Kanji Dictionary
5404.1Four corner code
1348deroo
6301Unicode hex code
1-27-93JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1903Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2151New Nelson (John Haig)
374New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
447Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
275Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
333Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
660Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
712Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
184A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
801Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
50Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
12019Morohashi
294A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
451Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
458Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
231sakade
178Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
310henshall3
328Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
94crowley
142Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.15busy_people
889Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
667Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
chi2Pinyin reading
jiKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level