20 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
23 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
37 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
21 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
798 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
29 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
5 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
47 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.14 | Japanese for Busy People |
32 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
32 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
31 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
6 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4212 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2128 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2876 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
49 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
13 | Morohashi |
3404 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
10 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
49 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
50 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
29 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
12 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
above, up
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
35 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 上 【ジョウ】 from the standpoint of, from the viewpoint of, with respect to, in terms of, as a matter of, in view of, so far as ... is concerned, on, above, on top of, aboard (a ship or vehicle), the best, top, first class, first grade, first volume (of a two or three-volume set), first book, with my compliments
- 上位 【ジョウイ】 superior (in rank), top, ranking, higher order (e.g. byte), host computer (of connected device)
- 口上 【コウジョウ】 vocal message, speech, statement, prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
- 水上 【スイジョウ】 on the water, aquatic, waterside, water's edge
- 上人 【ショウニン】 holy priest, saint
- 上下 【ショウカ】 top and bottom, up and down, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people
- 呈上 【テイジョウ】 giving, gifting, presenting
- 主上 【シュジョウ】 emperor
- 上海 【シャンハイ】 Shanghai (China)
- 上湯 【シャンタン】 top-grade Chinese soup stock
Kun reading compounds
- 上 【うえ】 above, over, up, top, summit, upper part, head (e.g. of a staircase), surface, on (top of), the above (in a piece of writing), earlier part, superior, better, higher (position, rank, etc.), upper (class), elder, older, senior, with respect to ..., in terms of, as far as ... is concerned, when (e.g. drunk), besides ..., in addition to ..., on top of ..., as well as ..., after ..., upon ..., on ..., with (e.g. full awareness), as a result of ..., since ..., now that ..., because ..., honorable, venerable, dear, emperor, sovereign, shogun, daimyo
- 上向き 【うわむき】 pointing up, pointing upward, upturn, uptrend, upward tendency
- 床上 【ゆかうえ】 on a floor, above floor level
- 一枚上 【いちまいうえ】 one step higher, one better, cut above, one up
- 上 【かみ】 upper reaches (of a river), upper stream, top, upper part, upper half (of the body), long ago, beginning, first, person of high rank (e.g. the emperor), government, imperial court, imperial capital (i.e. Kyoto), capital region (i.e. Kansai), region (or direction of) the imperial palace, head (of a table), wife, mistress (of a restaurant)
- 上期 【かみき】 first half of the (fiscal) year
- 風上 【かざかみ】 windward, upwind
- 御上 【おかみ】 the Emperor, His Majesty, the government, the authorities, proprietress, hostess, landlady, mistress, your wife, his wife, (one's) master, lord
- 上げる 【あげる】 to raise, to elevate, to do up (one's hair), to fly (a kite, etc.), to launch (fireworks, etc.), to surface (a submarine, etc.), to land (a boat), to deep-fry, to show someone (into a room), to give, to send someone (away), to enrol (one's child in school), to enroll, to increase (price, quality, status, etc.), to develop (talent, skill), to improve, to make (a loud sound), to raise (one's voice), to earn (something desirable), to praise, to give (an example, etc.), to cite, to summon up (all of one's energy, etc.), to arrest, to nominate, to summon (for geishas, etc.), to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.), to bear (a child), to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding), (of the tide) to come in, to vomit, to do for (the sake of someone else), to complete ..., to humbly do ...
- 上がる 【あがる】 to rise, to go up, to come up, to ascend, to be raised, to enter (esp. from outdoors), to come in, to go in, to enter (a school), to advance to the next grade, to get out (of water), to come ashore, to increase, to improve, to make progress, to be promoted, to advance, to be made (of profit, etc.), to occur (esp. of a favourable result), to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.), to be finished, to be done, to be over, to stop (of rain), to lift, to stop (working properly), to cut out, to give out, to die, to win (in a card game, etc.), to be arrested, to turn up (of evidence, etc.), to be deep fried, to be spoken loudly, to get nervous, to get stage fright, to be offered (to the gods, etc.), to go, to visit, to eat, to drink, to be listed (as a candidate), to serve (in one's master's home), to be complete, to finish, above, north of
- 上がり 【あがり】 rise, increase, ascent, income, takings, earnings, proceeds, (crop) yield, return, profit, completion, end, finish, end result (e.g. of crafts), how something comes out, finish, finishing (in a board or card game, etc.), green tea (esp. in a sushi restaurant), after (rain, illness, etc.), ex- (e.g. ex-bureaucrat), former
- 上がり下り 【あがりおり】 going up and down, ascent and descent
- 芸者上がり 【げいしゃあがり】 ex-geisha, former geisha
- 上る 【のぼる】 to ascend, to go up, to climb, to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun), to rise, to go to (the capital), to be promoted, to add up to, to advance (in price), to swim up (a river), to sail up, to come up (on the agenda)
- 上り 【のぼり】 ascent, climbing, ascending (path), climb, up-train, train heading toward the starting point of its route, upbound (esp. toward Tokyo), upstream, uphill
- 上り下り 【のぼりくだり】 going up and down, ascent and descent, climb and descent
- 逆上せる 【のぼせる】 to feel dizzy, to have blood rush to one's head, to lose one's cool, to be obsessed, to be infatuated, to become conceited
- 上せる 【のぼせる】 to raise, to record, to bring up (a matter), to serve (food), to send some on out
- 上す 【のぼす】 to raise, to record, to bring up (a matter), to serve (food), to send someone out
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あおい、 あげ、 い、 か、 かき、 かず、 かん、 こう、 のぼり、 ほつ
- Korean:
- sang
Spanish
- arriba
- encima
- parte superior
- cima
- superficie
Portuguese
- acima
- para cima
- sobre
- subir
- galgar
- em cima
- escalar
French
- au-dessus
- haut
- monter
- donner (je te donne)
1272 | 2001 Kanji |
2m1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-3-2 | SKIP code |
2110.0 | Four corner code |
1-30-69 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4e0a | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
9 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 二 【ニ】 two, 2
- 二院 【ニイン】 the two houses of legislature
- 一二 【イチニ】 the first and second, a few
- 十二 【ジュウニ】 twelve, 12, queen
- 次男 【ジナン】 second son
- 二黒 【ジコク】 second of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Saturn and southwest)
- 不二 【フジ】 being two sides of the same coin, being the same (while appearing different), Very sincerely yours, peerless, unparalleled, unparallelled
- 唯一不二 【ユイイツフジ】 one and only, unique
Kun reading compounds
- 二 【に】 two, 2
- 二重 【にじゅう】 double, two-fold, two layers, duplex, diplo-, dipl-, double-edged eyelid, double eyelid, creased eyelid
- 二つ 【ふたつ】 two
- 二つ目 【ふたつめ】 one after next, second
- 再び 【ふたたび】 again, once more, a second time
Readings
- Japanese names:
- おと、 つぐ、 つぎ、 にい、 は、 ふ、 ふたつ、 ふだ、 わ
- Korean:
- i
Spanish
- dos
- 2
Portuguese
- dois
French
- deux
- radical deux (no. 2)
2 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
2 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
61 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
6 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
273 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
2 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
9 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
4 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
3 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
3 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
2 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
31 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2421 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1224 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1688 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
2 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
247 | Morohashi |
1922 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
72 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
11 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
2 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3072 | 2001 Kanji |
0a2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-1-1 | SKIP code |
1010.0 | Four corner code |
1-38-83 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4e8c | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
479 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 段 【ダン】 step, stair, rung, (flight of) steps, shelf, layer, tier, grade, level, class, dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.), rank, paragraph, passage, column (of print), act (in kabuki, joruri, etc.), section, scene, row of the multiplication table (e.g. five times table), stage (in a process), phase, occasion, time, moment, situation, matter, occasion, degree, extent, counter for breaks in written language or speech
- 段階 【ダンカイ】 stage, step, phase, level, rank, grade, gradation, order, stairs
- 特段 【トクダン】 exceptional, unusual, special, especially, exceptionally, unusually
- 中段 【チュウダン】 half-way up a slope or stairway, landing, center of three (horizontal) columns (of print) (centre)
- 反 【タン】 variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width), for kimonos: at least 10 m in length, for haori: at least 7.27 m in length, for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length, 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres), six ken (10.91 m)
- 反物 【タンモノ】 fabric, cloth, textiles, drapery, dry-goods, piece goods, measure of kimono material
- 減反 【ゲンタン】 reduction (of crop size), reduction of acreage (under cultivation)
- 一反 【イッタン】 one-tenth hectare
Readings
- Korean:
- dan
Spanish
- escalón
- escalera
- grado
Portuguese
- grau
- passos
- escada
French
- étape
- marche
- escalier
944 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
931 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
340 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2452 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
911 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
656 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
874 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
362 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
363 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
608 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1139 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1471 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
780 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1059 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1876 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
16619 | Morohashi |
1144 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2991 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1859 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2003 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
425 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
891 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2668 | 2001 Kanji |
2s7.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-5-4 | SKIP code |
7744.7 | Four corner code |
1-35-42 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6bb5 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
171 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 活 【カツ】 living, life, judo art of resuscitation, action, activity
- 活字 【カツジ】 printing type, movable type, printed text, print
- 死活 【シカツ】 life and death, life or death
- 就活 【シュウカツ】 job hunting, job searching
Kun reading compounds
- 生きる 【いきる】 to live, to exist, to make a living, to subsist, to be in effect, to be in use, to function, to come to life, to be enlivened, to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)
- 生かす 【いかす】 to make (the best) use of, to put to good use, to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.), to capitalise on (experience, etc.), to let live, to keep alive, to revive, to resuscitate, to bring back to life, to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
- 生ける 【いける】 to arrange (flowers), to plant, living, live
Readings
- Korean:
- hwal, gwal
Spanish
- vida
- energía
- actividad
Portuguese
- vivo
- resuscitação
- existência
- ser ajudado
- vida
French
- vivant
- animé
- résurrection
- être aidé
174 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
99 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
244 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
203 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2552 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
198 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
681 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
819 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
237 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
237 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
517 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1185 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
460 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
285 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
345 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
145 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
17423 | Morohashi |
385 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3132 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
143 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
154 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
132 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
172 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
377 | 2001 Kanji |
3a6.16 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-6 | SKIP code |
3216.4 | Four corner code |
1-19-72 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6d3b | Unicode hex code |
用
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
107 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 用 【ヨウ】 business, task, errand, engagement, use, purpose, for the use of ..., used for ..., made for ..., call of nature, excretion
- 用意 【ヨウイ】 preparation, arrangements, provision, getting ready, laying out (e.g. a meal)
- 登用 【トウヨウ】 appointment, assignment, promotion
- 効用 【コウヨウ】 use, utility, effect, benefit
Kun reading compounds
- 用いる 【もちいる】 to use, to make use of, to utilize, to utilise
Readings
- Japanese names:
- たから
- Korean:
- yong
Spanish
- uso
- empleo
- trabajo
- usar
- hacer uso de
Portuguese
- utilizar
- negócios
- serviço
- usar
- empregar
French
- se servir de
- affaires
- service
- utiliser
- employer
146 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
235 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
215 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
102 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2993 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
110 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
219 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
193 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
107 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
107 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
308 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1329 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3694 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1889 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2569 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1189 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
21703 | Morohashi |
2976 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3721 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1181 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1265 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
177 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
116 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3653 | 2001 Kanji |
2r3.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-2-3 | SKIP code |
4-5-1 | SKIP code |
7722.0 | Four corner code |
1-45-49 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7528 | Unicode hex code |