202 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
289 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
271 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
94 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2509 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
230 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
667 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
402 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.5 | Japanese for Busy People |
356 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
357 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
277 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1163 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
308 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
197 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
233 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1656 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
17174 | Morohashi |
263 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3070 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1641 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1770 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
138 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
281 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
71 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 決 【ケツ】 decision, vote
- 決意 【ケツイ】 decision, determination, resolution
- 表決 【ヒョウケツ】 vote, voting
- 強行採決 【キョウコウサイケツ】 forced passage (of a bill, measure, resolution, etc.), railroading, steamrolling, steamrollering
Kun reading compounds
- 決める 【きめる】 to decide, to choose, to determine, to make up one's mind, to resolve, to set one's heart on, to settle, to arrange, to set, to appoint, to fix, to clinch (a victory), to decide (the outcome of a match), to persist in doing, to go through with, to always do, to have made a habit of, to take for granted, to assume, to dress up, to dress to kill, to dress to the nines, to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.), to succeed in doing, to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.), to eat or drink something, to take illegal drugs
- 決まる 【きまる】 to be decided, to be settled, to be fixed, to be arranged, to be unchanging, to be the same (as always), to be fixed, to be set, to be a fixed rule, to be destined, to be a convention, to be a custom, to be common knowledge, to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.), to go well, to succeed, to connect (of a punch), to look good (of clothing), to look sharp, to be stylish, to suit one, to be held in place (of a hairdo), to be struck and held (of a pose in kabuki)
- 決る 【しゃくる】 to dig out, to gouge out, to hollow out, to scoop, to ladle, to bail, to jerk (one's chin)
Readings
- Korean:
- gyeol
Spanish
- decidir
- fijar
- quedar decidido
Portuguese
- decida
- fixar
- concordar sobre
- nomear
French
- décider
- fixer
- se mettre d'accord
- arrangement
363 | 2001 Kanji |
3a4.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-4 | SKIP code |
3513.0 | Four corner code |
1-23-72 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6c7a | Unicode hex code |
文
sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
190 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 文 【ブン】 sentence, composition, text, writings, the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts), academia, literature, statement
- 文化 【ブンカ】 culture, civilization, civilisation, Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
- 公文 【コウブン】 official document, archives
- 異文 【イブン】 variant (in a manuscript or book), part of a text that differs from other versions
- 文 【モン】 mon, one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870), mon, traditional unit used for shoe and sock sizes (approx. 2.4 cm), letter, character, sentence, scripture, incantation
- 紋 【モン】 (family) crest, coat of arms, pattern, figure, playing card suit (in karuta)
- 人文 【ジンブン】 humanity, civilization, civilisation, culture
- 縄文 【ジョウモン】 straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware, Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
Kun reading compounds
- 文 【ふみ】 letter, note, mail, book, writings, literary arts, learning, scholarship
- 文香 【ふみこう】 scented insert (to enclose with a letter), perfumed insert
- 御文 【おふみ】 Gobunsho (The Epistles, a collection of letters written by Rennyo)
- 雁の文 【かりのふみ】 (a) letter
- 綾 【あや】 figure, design, twill weave, pattern of diagonal stripes, style (of writing), figure (of speech), design, plot, plan, minor market fluctuation, technical correction, cat's cradle, lease rod (in a loom)
- 文つける 【あやつける】 to make a false accusation, to invent a pretext for a quarrel
- 言葉は身の文 【ことばはみのあや】 words betray one's character
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かざり、 ふ、 も
- Korean:
- mun
Spanish
- letras
- literatura
Portuguese
- sentença
- literatura
- estilo
- arte
- decoração
- figuras
- plano
French
- phrase
- littérature
- style
- art
- décoration
- figure (de style)
- plan
- radical littéraire (no. 67)
134 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
77 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
68 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
136 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2064 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
71 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
180 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
86 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
111 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
111 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
320 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
949 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2458 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1242 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1708 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1741 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
13450 | Morohashi |
1962 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2364 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1725 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1861 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
89 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
35 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
466 | 2001 Kanji |
2j2.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-2 | SKIP code |
0040.0 | Four corner code |
1-42-24 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6587 | Unicode hex code |
phrase, clause, sentence, passage, paragraph, counter for haiku
- On:
- ク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
1244 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 句 【ク】 section (i.e. of text), sentence, passage, paragraph, phrase, verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry), haiku, first 17 morae of a renga, etc., maxim, saying, idiom, expression, clause (e.g. in a database query language)
- 区切り 【クギリ】 pause (in speech, writing, etc.), punctuation, break, end, (place to) stop, pause, milestone (e.g. in a project)
- 絶句 【ゼック】 being lost for words, becoming speechless, jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
- 慣用句 【カンヨウク】 idiom, set phrase, idiomatic phrase
Readings
- Japanese names:
- すく
- Korean:
- gu, gwi
Spanish
- frase
- cláusula
- sentencia
- oración
- párrafo
Portuguese
- frase
- cláusula
- sentença
- passagem
- parágrafo
French
- phrase
- clause
- paragraphe
- passage
- compteur de haïku
592 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
683 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
655 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1258 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
745 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
795 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1123 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
337 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
337 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
663 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
315 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3685 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1881 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2561 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
65 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
3234 | Morohashi |
2967 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
693 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
65 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
69 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
650 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2549 | 2001 Kanji |
3d2.13 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-2-3 | SKIP code |
2762.0 | Four corner code |
1-22-71 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
53e5 | Unicode hex code |