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Bushu (Radical) Info: 亠 (なべぶた) – lid

Henshall Mnemonic: mix six crosses

Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 2
Frequency: #178 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N5 Words

• 交番   [こうばん]
  (n) police box   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 交差点   [こうさてん]
  (n) crossing; intersection   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N4 Words

• 交通   [こうつう]
  (n) communication; transportation; traffic; intercourse   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 外交   [がいこう]
  (n) diplomacy   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 交換   [こうかん]
  (n,vs) exchange; interchange; reciprocity; barter; substitution; clearing (of checks)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 交際   [こうさい]
  (n,vs) company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 交替   [こうたい]
  (n,vs) alternation; change; relief; relay; shift   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 交通機関   [こうつうきかん]
  (n) transportation facilities   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 交流   [こうりゅう]
  (n) alternating current; intercourse; (cultural) exchange; intermingling   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 交ざる   [まざる]
  (v5r,vi) to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 交じる   [まじる]
  (v5r,vi) to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest; to join   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 交ぜる   [まぜる]
  (v1,vi) to be mixed; to be blended with   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 交差   [こうさ]
  (n,vs) cross   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 交付   [こうふ]
  (n,vs) delivering; furnishing (with copies)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 社交   [しゃこう]
  (n) social life; social intercourse   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 交える   [まじえる]
  (v1) to mix; to converse with; to cross (swords)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 交わす   [かわす]
  (v5s) to exchange (messages); to dodge; to parry; to avoid; to turn aside   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 国交   [こっこう]
  (n) diplomatic relations   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 交わる   [まじわる]
  (v5r) to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest; to join   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 交易   [こうえき]
  (n) trade; commerce   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 交互   [こうご]
  (adj-no,n) mutual; reciprocal; alternate   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 交渉   [こうしょう]
  (n) (1) negotiations; discussions; (2) connection   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 交戦   [こうせん]
  (n) war; battle; hostilities   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 交代   [こうたい]
  (n,vs) alternation; change; relief; relay; shift   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 交通事故   [こうつうじこ]
  traffic accident   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 親交   [しんこう]
  (n) intimacy   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 交通費   [こうつうひ]
  (n) traveling expenses; carfare   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 交通網   [こうつうもう]
  (n) traffic network   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 交友   [こうゆう]
  (n) friend; companion   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 外交官   [がいこうかん]
  (n) diplomat   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 飛び交う   [とびかう]
  (v5u) to fly about; to flutter about; to fly past each other   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 絶交   [ぜっこう]
  (n) breach   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 性交   [せいこう]
  (n) sexual intercourse   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 社交的   [しゃこうてき]
  (adj-na) sociable   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 交じり   [まじり]
  (n,n-suf) mixed; mingled   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 交響楽   [こうきょうがく]
  (n) symphony (orchestra)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 交響曲   [こうきょうきょく]
  (n) symphony   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 交際費   [こうさいひ]
  (n) entertainment expenses   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 交錯   [こうさく]
  (n) mixture; blending; complication   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 交信   [こうしん]
  (n,vs) telecommunications; correspondence   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 交 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.