1 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
1 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
1 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
4 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
3 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
2 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
2 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4148 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2105 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2850 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
1 | Morohashi |
3341 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
1 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
2 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 一 【イチ】 one, 1, best, first, foremost, beginning, start, a (single), one (of many), ace, bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
- 一位 【イチイ】 first place, first rank, units position (of a number)
- 十一 【ジュウイチ】 eleven, 11, jack
- 1対1 【イチタイイチ】 one-to-one, one-on-one
- 一 【イツ】 one, same (mind, path, etc.)
- 一に 【イツニ】 solely, entirely, only, or
- 均一 【キンイツ】 uniformity, equality
- 画一 【カクイツ】 uniformity, standardization, standardisation
Kun reading compounds
- 一つ 【ひとつ】 one, for one thing, only, (not) even, just (e.g. "just try it"), some kind of, one type of
- 一つ一つ 【ひとつひとつ】 one-by-one, separately, in detail
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かず、 い、 いっ、 いる、 かつ、 かづ、 てん、 はじめ、 ひ、 ひとつ、 まこと
- Korean:
- il
Spanish
- uno
- 1
Portuguese
- um
French
- un
- radical un (no. 1)
3072 | 2001 Kanji |
0a1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-1-4 | SKIP code |
1000.0 | Four corner code |
1-16-76 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4e00 | 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 6
JLPT level N3
696 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 背後 【ハイゴ】 back, rear, background, behind the scenes
- 背景 【ハイケイ】 background, scenery, backdrop, setting, background (of an incident, situation, etc.), circumstances, context, backing, support (from behind the scenes)
- 違背 【イハイ】 violation, transgression
- 向背 【コウハイ】 one's attitude, state of affairs
Kun reading compounds
- 背 【せ】 back, reverse, rear side, back (e.g. of a chair), spine (of a book), height, stature, ridge (of a mountain)
- 背 【せい】 height, stature
- 膝皿貝 【ひざらがい】 chiton (any marine mollusk of the class Polyplacophora), sea cradle, Japanese chiton (Acanthopleura japonica)
- 角背 【かくせ】 flat back (book spine), square back
- 背 【せい】 height, stature
- 背丈 【せたけ】 stature, height
- 背く 【そむく】 to run counter to, to go against, to disobey, to infringe
- 背ける 【そむける】 to turn (one's face) away, to avert (one's eyes)
Readings
- Korean:
- bae, pae
Spanish
- espalda
- detrás
- estatura
- desobedecer
- infringir
- rebelarse
Portuguese
- estatura
- altura
- costas
- atrás
- desobedecer
- desafiar
- quebrar promesum
- rebelar
French
- stature
- taille
- dos
- arrière
- désobéir
- défier
- revenir sur
- se rebeller
967 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
957 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
796 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3754 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
933 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
845 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
957 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1265 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1338 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1085 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1017 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3182 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1641 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2230 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
455 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
29363 | Morohashi |
2573 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4794 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
446 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
481 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
893 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1246 | 2001 Kanji |
4b5.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-5-4 | SKIP code |
1222.7 | Four corner code |
1122.7 | Four corner code |
1-39-56 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
80cc | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
443 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 負 【フ】 negative, minus
- 負荷 【フカ】 burden, load (electrical, CPU, etc.)
- 正負 【セイフ】 positive and negative, +-, plus and minus
- 非負 【ヒフ】 non-negative
Kun reading compounds
- 負ける 【まける】 to lose, to be defeated, to succumb, to give in, to surrender, to yield, to be inferior to, to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.), to reduce the price, to give a discount, to throw in (something extra) for free
- 負けるが勝ち 【まけるがかち】 he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day, sometimes you have to lose to win, losing is winning
- 負かす 【まかす】 to defeat
- 負う 【おう】 to carry on one's back, to bear, to shoulder, to take (responsibility), to assume, to accept, to bear (the blame, costs, etc.), to have (a duty, obligation, etc.), to become responsible for, to be burdened with (work, debt, etc.), to suffer (an injury), to sustain (a wound), to receive, to incur (a loss, damage, etc.), to owe (a debt of gratitude to), to be indebted to, to have (something) behind one, to be backed by
- 負うた子に教えられて浅瀬を渡る 【おうたこにおしえられてあさせをわたる】 some things can be learned from the young, a fool may give a wise man counsel, to be led across the shallows by the child on one's shoulders
Readings
- Korean:
- bu
Spanish
- llevar
- tomar a su cargo
- deber
- ser derrotado
- llevarse la victoria
Portuguese
- derrotar
- negativa
- menos
- carregar
- dever a
- assumir uma responsabilidade
French
- défaite
- perdre
- moins
- négatif
- assumer
- porter sur le dos
- devoir à quelqu'un
- faire un rabais
312 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
406 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
383 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
473 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4488 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
503 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
918 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
981 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
510 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
519 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
717 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1722 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2594 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1327 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1799 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
63 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
36660X | Morohashi |
2091 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5769 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
63 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
67 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
346 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2561 | 2001 Kanji |
2n7.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-7 | SKIP code |
2-7-2 | SKIP code |
2780.6 | Four corner code |
1-41-73 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8ca0 | Unicode hex code |
throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
236 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 投 【トウ】 pitching ability, counter for throws (of a javelin, bowling ball, etc.), counter for casts (of a line)
- 投下 【トウカ】 throwing down, dropping, airdrop, investment
- 好投 【コウトウ】 good (nice) pitching
- 継投 【ケイトウ】 relieving the (starting) pitcher
Kun reading compounds
- 投げる 【なげる】 to throw, to hurl, to fling, to toss, to cast, to give up, to abandon, to throw away, to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
Readings
- Korean:
- tu
Spanish
- lanzar
- arrojar
Portuguese
- arremessar
- descartar
- desembaraçar
- lançar
- unir
- investir
- atirar
- desistir
- vender com perdas
French
- jeter
- mettre au rebut
- abandonner
- lancer
- investir
- se lancer dans
- vendre à perte
291 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
378 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
357 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
273 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1856 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
653 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
559 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1021 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1060 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
282 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
862 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
300 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
192 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
228 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
713 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
11887 | Morohashi |
256 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2095 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
706 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
762 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
287 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1368 | 2001 Kanji |
3c4.18 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-4 | SKIP code |
5704.7 | Four corner code |
1-37-74 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6295 | Unicode hex code |