21 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
24 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
7 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
72 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
9 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
30 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
6 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
46 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.1 | Japanese for Busy People |
31 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
31 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
32 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
4 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4186 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2115 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2862 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
50 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
14 | Morohashi |
3378 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
9 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
50 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
51 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
75 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
13 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
below, down, descend, give, low, inferior
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
97 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 下 【カ】 under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of), during (war, occupation, etc.)
- 下位 【カイ】 low rank, lower position, subordinate position, lower order (e.g. byte)
- 陛下 【ヘイカ】 Your Majesty, His Majesty, Her Majesty
- 最下 【サイカ】 the lowest, the worst
- 下 【ゲ】 lowness (of degree, value, etc.), inferiority, second volume (of two), third volume (of three)
- 下山 【ゲザン】 descending a mountain, descent
- 高下 【コウゲ】 rise and fall (e.g. prices), fluctuation, difference (rank, grade, quality, etc.), variation
- 帯下 【タイゲ】 leukorrhoea, leucorrhoea, leukorrhea, leucorrhea, mucous discharge from female genitals
Kun reading compounds
- 下 【した】 below, down, under, younger (e.g. daughter), bottom, beneath, underneath, just after, right after, inferiority, one's inferior (i.e. one's junior), trade-in, preliminary, preparatory
- 下請け 【したうけ】 subcontract, subcontractor (person or company)
- 幕下 【まくした】 third highest division, wrestlers of the third highest division
- 上下 【うえした】 top and bottom, up and down, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, upside-down
- 下 【しも】 lower reaches (of a river), bottom, lower part, lower half (of the body, esp. the privates), feces (faeces), urine, menses, end, far from the imperial palace (i.e. far from Kyoto, esp. of western Japan), dirty (e.g. dirty jokes, etc.)
- 下期 【しもき】 second half of the (fiscal) year
- 風下 【かざしも】 leeward, lee, downwind
- 裃 【かみしも】 samurai costume, old ceremonial costume, top and bottom, up and down, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends
- 下 【もと】 under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.), under (a flag, the sun, etc.), beneath, with (e.g. one blow), on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...), in (e.g. the name of ...), (someone's) side, (someone's) location
- 山元 【やまもと】 foot of a mountain, base of a mountain, mine, colliery, owner of a mountain, operator of a mine
- お膝元 【おひざもと】 beside a nobleman, close aid (of a nobleman, etc.), place where a high ranking person resides, one's own city (of a shogun, lord, etc.), Imperial capital, Imperial court, (shogun's) headquarters, place under one's direct control, one's own turf, one's own backyard
- 下げる 【さげる】 to hang, to suspend, to wear (e.g. decoration), to lower, to reduce, to bring down, to demote, to move back, to pull back, to clear (plates), to remove (food, etc. from table or altar), to keep on playing after one has formed a scoring combination with captured cards
- 下がる 【さがる】 to come down, to go down, to fall, to drop, to sink, to get lower, to hang, to dangle, to move back, to step back, to withdraw, to retire, to deteriorate, to fall off, to be downgraded, to get closer to the present day, below, south of
- 下る 【くだる】 to descend, to go down, to come down, to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.), to pass (of time), to surrender, to capitulate, to be less than, to be inferior to, to have the runs, to have diarrhea, to pass (in stool), to be discharged from the body, to depreciate oneself, to be humble
- 下り 【くだり】 down-train, train heading toward the ending point of its route, down-slope, downward going, downbound (esp. away from Tokyo), downstream, downhill
- 下り坂 【くだりざか】 downhill, downward slope, descent, decline, waning, ebb, (going) downhill
- 下す 【くだす】 to make a decision, to draw a conclusion, to give a judgement, to hand down a verdict, to pass a sentence, to give an order, to let go down, to lower, to do oneself, to do by oneself, to beat, to defeat, to have loose bowels, to have diarrhea, to pass (in stool), to discharge from the body, to do in one go, to do to the end without stopping
- 下さる 【くださる】 to give, to confer, to bestow, to kindly do for one, to oblige, to favour, to favor
- 下ろす 【おろす】 to take down, to bring down, to lower (a hand, flag, shutter, etc.), to drop (an anchor, curtain, etc.), to let down (hair), to launch (a boat), to drop off (a passenger), to let off, to unload (goods, a truck, etc.), to offload, to discharge, to withdraw (money), to use for the first time, to wear for the first time, to cut off, to fillet (fish), to grate (e.g. radish), to prune (branches), to remove (someone from a position), to oust, to drop, to clear (the table), to remove (offerings from an altar), to pass down (e.g. old clothes), to hand down, to expel from the body (e.g. worms), to abort (a fetus), to invoke (a spirit), to call down
- 降りる 【おりる】 to descend (e.g. a mountain), to go down, to come down, to alight (e.g. from bus), to get off, to disembark, to dismount, to step down, to retire, to give up, to quit, to fold, to be granted, to be issued, to be given, to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.), to be passed (from the body; e.g. of a roundworm)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さか、 しと
- Korean:
- ha
Spanish
- debajo
- inferior
- debajo de
- parte inferior
Portuguese
- baixo
- abaixo
- descende
- inferior
- sub
- sob
French
- au-dessous
- descendre
- bas
- donner (vous me donnez)
- inférieur
3154 | 2001 Kanji |
2m1.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-3-1 | SKIP code |
1023.0 | Four corner code |
1-18-28 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4e0b | Unicode hex code |
transmit, go along, walk along, follow, report, communicate, legend, tradition
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
416 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 伝 【デン】 legend, tradition, biography, life, method, way, horseback transportation and communication relay system used in ancient Japan
- 伝記 【デンキ】 biography, life story
- 駅伝 【エキデン】 long-distance relay race, stagecoach, post horse
- 評伝 【ヒョウデン】 critical biography
- 転手 【テンジュ】 tuning peg (on a biwa or shamisen)
- 伝奏 【テンソウ】 delivering a message to the emperor
Kun reading compounds
- 伝わる 【つたわる】 to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.), to travel, to circulate, to go around, to be passed around, to become known, to be handed down (from generation to generation), to be passed down, to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.), to be brought, to come, to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.), to be felt, to come across, to travel (of sound, electricity, etc.), to propagate, to be conducted, to be transmitted, to go along, to move along
- 伝える 【つたえる】 to convey, to report, to transmit, to communicate, to tell, to impart, to propagate, to teach, to bequeath
- 伝う 【つたう】 to go along, to walk along, to follow
- 伝 【つて】 means of making contact, intermediary, go-between, connections, influence, pull, good offices
- 伝言 【つてこと】 (verbal) message, word (from someone), rumour, rumor
- 風のつて 【かぜのつて】 hearsay, rumor, grapevine
Readings
- Japanese names:
- つたえ
- Korean:
- jeon
Spanish
- transmitir
- tradición
- ser transmitido
- comunicar
- seguir
Portuguese
- transmitir
- progredir
- andar ao longo
- seguir
- relatório
- comunicar
- lenda
- tradição
French
- transmettre
- côtoyer
- suivre
- rapporter
- communiquer
- légende
- tradition
681 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
580 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
553 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
494 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
379 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
554 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
308 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
359 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.3 | Japanese for Busy People |
434 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
440 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
278 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
68 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
48 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
28 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
29 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
972 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
462P | Morohashi |
44 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
141 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
963 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1036 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
331 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
470 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2171 | 2001 Kanji |
2a4.14 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-2-4 | SKIP code |
2123.1 | Four corner code |
1-37-33 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4f1d | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
311 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 送球 【ソウキュウ】 throwing a ball, handball
- 送還 【ソウカン】 sending home, repatriation, deportation
- 葬送 【ソウソウ】 attending a funeral procession, seeing off the deceased, burial of someone's remains, observing a burial
- 移送 【イソウ】 transfer, transport, transportation
Kun reading compounds
- 送る 【おくる】 to send (a thing), to dispatch, to despatch, to transmit, to take or escort (a person somewhere), to see off (a person), to bid farewell (to the departed), to bury, to spend (time), to live one's life, to pass (down the line), to affix okurigana
Readings
- Korean:
- song
Spanish
- enviar
- remitir
- expedir
Portuguese
- acompanhante
- enviar
French
- escorter
- envoyer
268 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
349 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
331 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
220 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4683 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
192 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
260 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
441 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
447 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
206 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
686 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3837 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1968 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2664 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
2035 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
38842P | Morohashi |
3093 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6039 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2016 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2172 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
440 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
335 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
963 | 2001 Kanji |
2q6.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-3-6 | SKIP code |
3-2-6 | SKIP code |
3830.3 | Four corner code |
1-33-87 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9001 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
576 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 速 【ソク】 gear, speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
- 速度 【ソクド】 speed, velocity, pace, rate, velocity
- 失速 【シッソク】 stall, downturn, slowdown, slump, weakening, decline
- 快速 【カイソク】 high speed, rapidity, rapid-service train (not as fast as express), rapid train
Kun reading compounds
- 早い 【はやい】 fast, quick, rapid, swift, speedy, brisk, prompt, early, soon, earlier than usual, premature, too soon, too early, easy, simple, quick, fast, as soon as ..., the moment ..., the instant ...
- 早める 【はやめる】 to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours), to advance, to hasten (e.g. one's death), to expedite, to precipitate, to quicken (e.g. one's step), to speed up, to accelerate
- 速やか 【すみやか】 quick, speedy, prompt, rapid, swift
Readings
- Japanese names:
- わ
- Korean:
- sog
Spanish
- rápido
- veloz
- darse prisa
- velocidad
Portuguese
- rápido
- apressar
French
- vite
- rapide
453 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
352 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
534 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
659 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4700 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
848 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
958 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1237 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
502 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
511 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
383 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
693 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3851 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1978 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2674 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1685 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
38897P | Morohashi |
3105 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6060 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1669 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1799 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
360 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1564 | 2001 Kanji |
2q7.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-3-7 | SKIP code |
3530.9 | Four corner code |
1-34-14 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
901f | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
110 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 度 【ド】 degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.), counter for occurrences, strength (of glasses), glasses prescription, alcohol content (percentage), alcohol by volume, extent, degree, limit, presence of mind, composure
- 度 【ド】 precisely, exactly, plumb, totally, very much, damn, stupid, cursed
- 重度 【ジュウド】 severe (illness, disability, etc.), serious
- 濃度 【ノウド】 concentration, density, cardinality
- 法度 【ハット】 ban, prohibition, taboo, something forbidden, law, ordinance (esp. in the middle ages)
- ご法度 【ゴハット】 forbidden, prohibited, banned, taboo
- 忖度 【ソンタク】 surmise (about someone's feelings), guess, conjecture, (showing) deference (to), consideration (of someone's wishes), servility
- 臆度 【オクタク】 guessing, speculation, supposition, hypothesis
Kun reading compounds
- 度 【たび】 time (three times, each time, etc.), times
- 度数 【どすう】 frequency, number of times, incidence, degree (e.g. temperature), strength (e.g. alcohol, lens, etc.)
- 中度 【なかたび】 midway (through), halfway
- 千度 【せんど】 thousand times
Readings
- Japanese names:
- のり
- Korean:
- do, tag
Spanish
- grado
- vez
- veces
Portuguese
- graus
- ocorrência
- tempo
- sufixo para contagem de para ocorrências
French
- degré
- occurrence
- fois
- compteur d'occurrences
288 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
377 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
356 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
83 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1511 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
252 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
165 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1009 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.6 | Japanese for Busy People |
377 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
378 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
333 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
588 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3844 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1974 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2670 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1202 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
9313 | Morohashi |
3100 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1616 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1194 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1278 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
72 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
340 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
567 | 2001 Kanji |
3q6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-3-6 | SKIP code |
3-3-5 | SKIP code |
0024.7 | Four corner code |
1-37-57 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5ea6 | Unicode hex code |