91 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
158 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
141 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
461 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2122 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
162 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
188 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
963 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.20 | Japanese for Busy People |
460 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
468 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
96 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
971 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3184 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1644 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2232 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1582 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
13844 | Morohashi |
2576 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2453 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1568 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1690 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
179 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
579 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 春秋 【シュンジュウ】 spring and autumn, spring and fall, years, age, The Spring and Autumn Annals, The Chronicles of Lu, Chunqiu, Ch'un Ch'iu
- 春季 【シュンキ】 spring season
- 昨春 【サクシュン】 last spring, the spring of last year
- 売春 【バイシュン】 prostitution
Kun reading compounds
- 春 【はる】 spring, springtime, New Year, prime (of life), height (of one's prosperity), heyday, adolescence, puberty, sexuality, sexual desire
- 春秋 【しゅんじゅう】 spring and autumn, spring and fall, years, age, The Spring and Autumn Annals, The Chronicles of Lu, Chunqiu, Ch'un Ch'iu
- 小春 【こはる】 10th month of the lunisolar calendar (traditional first month of winter, approx. November), late autumn, late fall
- 毎春 【まいしゅん】 every spring
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あずま、 かす、 すの、 ひ、 わら
- Korean:
- chun
Spanish
- primavera
- comienzo del año
- tiempos de juventud
Portuguese
- primaveril
- primavera (estação)
French
- printemps
1478 | 2001 Kanji |
4c5.13 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-5-4 | SKIP code |
4-9-2 | SKIP code |
5060.3 | Four corner code |
1-29-53 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6625 | Unicode hex code |
木
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
317 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 木刀 【ボクトウ】 wooden sword
- 木偶 【デク】 wooden doll, wooden figure, puppet, blockhead, good-for-nothing, fool
- 土木 【ドボク】 engineering works, civil engineering, public works
- 名木 【メイボク】 old tree of historical interest, excellent wood, precious woods, choice wood
- 木 【モク】 Thursday, wood (first of the five elements)
- 木材 【モクザイ】 lumber, timber, wood
- 水木 【スイモク】 Wednesday and Thursday
- 火水木 【カスイモク】 Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
Kun reading compounds
- 木 【き】 tree, shrub, bush, wood, timber, wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
- 木々 【きぎ】 (many) trees, every tree, all kinds of trees
- 本木 【もとき】 original stock
- 青木 【あおき】 Japanese laurel (Aucuba japonica), spotted laurel, lush, green tree
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ぐ、 も、 もと
- Korean:
- mog, mo
Spanish
- árbol
- madera
Portuguese
- árvore
- madeira
French
- arbre
- bois (matière)
15 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
17 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
69 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
148 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2170 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
17 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
60 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
109 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
22 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
22 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
20 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1045 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4261 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2149 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2901 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
199 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
14415 | Morohashi |
3450 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2531 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
195 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
207 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
255 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
36 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1864 | 2001 Kanji |
4a0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-4-3 | SKIP code |
4090.0 | Four corner code |
1-44-58 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6728 | Unicode hex code |
良
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
501 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 良 【リョウ】 good (quality, condition, etc.), Good (grade), B
- 良好 【リョウコウ】 good, fine, excellent, favorable, favourable, satisfactory
- 優良 【ユウリョウ】 superior, excellent, fine
- 選良 【センリョウ】 member of parliament, the elite
Kun reading compounds
- 良い 【よい】 good, excellent, fine, nice, pleasant, agreeable, sufficient, enough, ready, prepared, profitable (deal, business offer, etc.), beneficial, OK, all right, fine, no problem, easy to ...
- いい男 【いいおとこ】 handsome man, looker, good guy, great guy, influential person (esp. in the yakuza), sumo wrestler
- いい塩梅に 【いいあんばいに】 fortunately, luckily
- いい男 【いいおとこ】 handsome man, looker, good guy, great guy, influential person (esp. in the yakuza), sumo wrestler
Readings
- Japanese names:
- じ、 なが、 まこと、 よし、 ら、 りょ、 ろう
- Korean:
- ryang
Spanish
- bueno
- sobresaliente
Portuguese
- bom
- agradável
- hábil
French
- bon
- plaisant
- habile
530 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
628 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
598 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
520 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3885 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
586 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
861 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
767 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
321 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
321 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
602 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1642 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4373 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2216 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2980 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1480 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
30597 | Morohashi |
3558 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4954 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1468 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1578 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
479 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
492 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
865 | 2001 Kanji |
0a7.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-7-4 | SKIP code |
3-5-2 | SKIP code |
3073.2 | Four corner code |
1-46-41 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
826f | Unicode hex code |
子
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
72 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
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
- 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 |