1571 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4275 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1219 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2111 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
3280 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1694 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2303 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1623 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
14695 | Morohashi |
2649 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2662 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1609 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1735 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1550 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 戦々慄々 【センセンリツリツ】 trembling with fear, filled with trepidation
- 栗鼠 【リス】 squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae), Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
- リス亜目 【リスアモク】 Sciuromorpha (suborder of rodents)
- 片栗 【カタクリ】 dogtooth violet (Erythronium japonicum)
- 実栗 【ミクリ】 branched bur-reed (Sparganium erectum), simplestem bur-reed
Kun reading compounds
- 栗 【くり】 Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
- 栗石 【くりいし】 construction stone (approx. 10-15 cm in diameter), chestnut-sized pebble
- 片栗 【かたくり】 dogtooth violet (Erythronium japonicum)
- 実栗 【みくり】 branched bur-reed (Sparganium erectum), simplestem bur-reed
Readings
- Japanese names:
- くる、 りっ
- Korean:
- ryul
Spanish
- castaña
- estricto
Portuguese
French
- châtaigne
4a6.32 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-6-4 | SKIP code |
1090.4 | Four corner code |
1-23-10 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6817 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
10 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 本 【ホン】 book, volume, script, this, present, current, ... in question, ... at issue, main, head, principal, real, genuine, regular, proper, counter for long, cylindrical things, counter for films, TV shows, etc., counter for goals, home runs, etc., counter for telephone calls
- 本位 【ホンイ】 standard, basis, principle
- 社会資本 【シャカイシホン】 social capital, SOC
- 配本 【ハイホン】 distribution of books
Kun reading compounds
- 元 【もと】 origin, source, beginning, basis, base, foundation, root, cause, (raw) material, ingredient, base, mix (e.g. for a cake), (soup) stock, (one's) side, capital, principal, cost price, root (of a plant), (tree) trunk, part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand), first three lines of a waka, counter for plants or trees, counter for falcons (in falconry)
- 本木 【もとき】 original stock
- 大本 【おおもと】 root, origin, source, cause, basis, foundation, Ōmoto (religion)
- 旗本 【はたもと】 shogunal vassal, direct retainer of a shogun
Readings
- Japanese names:
- まと、 ごう
- Korean:
- bon
Spanish
- libro
- origen
- base
- contador de cosas alargadas
Portuguese
- livro
- presente
- real
- verdadeiro
- principal
- sufixo p/ contagem De coisas longas
French
- livre
- présent
- essentiel
- origine
- principal
- réalité
- vérité
- compteur d'objets allongés
45 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
76 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
70 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
15 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
96 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
20 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
61 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
212 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.1 | Japanese for Busy People |
25 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
25 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
37 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1046 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4314 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2183 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2937 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
215 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
14421 | Morohashi |
3502 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2536 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
211 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
224 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
6 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
47 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1855 | 2001 Kanji |
0a5.25 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-5-3 | SKIP code |
5023.0 | Four corner code |
1-43-60 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
672c | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
143 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 正 【セイ】 (logical) true, regular, 10^40, ten thousand undecillion, original, positive, greater than zero, thesis (in dialectics)
- 正解 【セイカイ】 correct answer, right solution, correct interpretation, right decision, right choice, appropriate judgement
- 検事正 【ケンジセイ】 chief public prosecutor
- 適正 【テキセイ】 reasonable, suitable
- 正 【ショウ】 exactly, precisely, correct, right, true, greater (of equal court ranks), upper, senior, director (highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryō period), chief
- 正月 【ショウガツ】 New Year (esp. first three days), first month of the year, January
- 大正 【タイショウ】 Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25), Taisho era
- 賀正 【ガショウ】 A Happy New Year!
Kun reading compounds
- 正しい 【ただしい】 right, correct, proper, righteous, just, honest, truthful, lawful
- 正しい行い 【ただしいおこない】 conducting oneself properly, right conduct, doing the right thing
- 正す 【ただす】 to correct, to rectify, to reform, to amend, to redress, to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.), to adjust
- 糺す 【ただす】 to ascertain, to confirm, to verify, to make sure of
- 正 【まさ】 exact, precise
- 正に 【まさに】 exactly, just, precisely, really, truly, surely, certainly, without doubt, right (when), just (as), just (about to), on the point of, on the verge of, on the brink of, really (ought to), certainly (should), naturally
- 正に 【まさに】 exactly, just, precisely, really, truly, surely, certainly, without doubt, right (when), just (as), just (about to), on the point of, on the verge of, on the brink of, really (ought to), certainly (should), naturally
Readings
- Japanese names:
- おお、 くに、 ま、 まさし、 ただし
- Korean:
- jeong
Spanish
- correcto
- justo
- arreglar
- enderezar
Portuguese
- corrigir
- justiça
- correto
- direito
- 10 elevado a 40
French
- correct
- positif
- juste
- droit
- 10**40
46 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
79 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
41 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
109 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
27 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
123 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
203 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
205 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.17 | Japanese for Busy People |
275 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
275 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
407 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1128 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4296 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2172 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2926 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
385 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
16255 | Morohashi |
3484 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2955 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
379 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
405 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
139 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
42 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3173 | 2001 Kanji |
2m3.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-5-1 | SKIP code |
1010.1 | Four corner code |
1-32-21 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6b63 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
397 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 助 【ジョ】 help, rescue, assistant
- 助演 【ジョエン】 supporting performance, playing a supporting role
- 互助 【ゴジョ】 mutual aid, cooperation, benefit
- 介助 【カイジョ】 help, assistance, aid
Kun reading compounds
- 助ける 【たすける】 to save, to rescue, to spare, to help, to assist, to support (financially), to contribute (to), to provide aid, to facilitate, to stimulate, to promote, to contribute to
- 助かる 【たすかる】 to be saved, to be rescued, to survive, to escape harm, to be spared damage, to be helped, to be saved trouble
- 助 【すけ】 assistance, help, helper, babe, chick, broad
- 助っ人 【すけっと】 helper, supporter, second, backer, foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)
- 福助 【ふくすけ】 large-headed dwarf statue, bringer of good luck
- デコ助 【デコすけ】 big forehead, fivehead, asshole
Readings
- Korean:
- jo
Spanish
- ayudar
- rescatar
- salvar
- ser salvado
- ser ayudado
Portuguese
- ajuda
- resgate
- auxiliar
French
- aider
- secourir
- assister
248 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
330 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
314 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
407 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
719 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
346 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
367 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
431 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
623 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
633 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
826 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
211 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1440 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
764 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1037 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1800 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
2313 | Morohashi |
1121 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
530 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1782 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1921 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
248 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
284 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3945 | 2001 Kanji |
2g5.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-5-2 | SKIP code |
7412.7 | Four corner code |
1-29-85 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
52a9 | Unicode hex code |