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 |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 顎 【アゴ】 jaw, chin, barb (of a fishhook)
- 顎関節 【ガクカンセツ】 jaw joint, temporomandibular joint, TMJ
- 上顎 【ウワアゴ】 upper jaw, palate
- 下顎 【シタアゴ】 lower jaw, mandible
Kun reading compounds
- 顎 【あご】 jaw, chin, barb (of a fishhook)
- 顎足付き 【あごあしつき】 paid expenses (meals and transport)
- 二重顎 【にじゅうあご】 double chin
- 下顎 【したあご】 lower jaw, mandible
- 顎門 【あぎと】 chin, jaw, gills, branchia
Readings
- Korean:
- ag
Spanish
Portuguese
French
5135 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
2002 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
2276 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1607 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
43590 | Morohashi |
6643 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2795 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1333 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
9a9.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-9-9 | SKIP code |
6128.6 | Four corner code |
1-19-60 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
984e | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N1
160 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 第 【ダイ】 prefix for forming ordinal numbers
- 第一義 【ダイイチギ】 primary significance, primary importance, first principle, absolute truth, ultimate truth
- 式次第 【シキシダイ】 program of a ceremony (programme)
- 登第 【トウダイ】 passing the examination
- 邸宅 【テイタク】 (large) house, residence, mansion
Readings
- Korean:
- je
Spanish
- número
- prefijo ordinal
- examen
Portuguese
- Prefixo p/ números ordinais
- residência
French
- numéro
- résidence
273 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
359 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
339 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
76 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3385 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
360 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
793 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1768 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
404 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
408 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
354 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1473 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3298 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1706 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2318 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1247 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
25943 | Morohashi |
2660 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4272 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1239 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1327 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
83 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
380 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2344 | 2001 Kanji |
6f5.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-6-5 | SKIP code |
8822.7 | Four corner code |
1-34-72 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7b2c | 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 |
小
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
114 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 小 【ショウ】 smallness, small item, short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days), elementary school, smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name), inferior, younger (of two people with the same name), junior, unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m)
- 小雨 【コサメ】 light rain, drizzle
- 微小 【ビショウ】 microscopic
- 中小 【チュウショウ】 small and medium
Kun reading compounds
- 小さい 【ちいさい】 small, little, tiny, slight, below average (in degree, amount, etc.), minor, small, low (e.g. sound), soft (e.g. voice), unimportant, petty, insignificant, trifling, trivial, young, juvenile
- 小さい頃 【ちいさいころ】 as a child, when one was a child
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いさら、 こう、 さざ、 しゃお、 ちいさ
- Korean:
- so
Spanish
- poco
- pequeño
Portuguese
- Pequeno
- pouco
French
- petit
24 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
27 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
36 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
63 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1355 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
33 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
46 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
21 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.15 | Japanese for Busy People |
27 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
27 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
88 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
511 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
7 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
106 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
7473 | Morohashi |
7 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1389 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
105 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
110 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
126 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
15 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1141 | 2001 Kanji |
3n0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-1-2 | SKIP code |
9000.0 | Four corner code |
1-30-14 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5c0f | Unicode hex code |
臼
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2048 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 臼蓋 【キュウガイ】 acetabular roof
- 臼蓋形成不全 【キュウガイケイセイフゼン】 acetabular dysplasia
- 烏臼 【ウキュウ】 Chinese tallow (as an ingredient in Chinese medicine)
- 亜脱臼 【アダッキュウ】 subluxation
Kun reading compounds
- 臼 【うす】 millstone, mortar
- 臼茸 【うすたけ】 shaggy chanterelle (Turbinellus floccosus), scaly chanterelle, woolly chanterelle
- 提宇子 【ダイウス】 God
- 搗き臼 【つきうす】 mortar (for pounding rice)
- 臼搗く 【うすづく】 to pound (rice, etc.)
Readings
- Korean:
- gu
Spanish
- mortero
Portuguese
French
- mortier
3849 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
338 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1896 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
4341 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2957 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
2060 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
30173 | Morohashi |
3528 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4907 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2063 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1531 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
0a6.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-6-2 | SKIP code |
4-5-2 | SKIP code |
7777.0 | Four corner code |
1-17-17 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
81fc | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
1106 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 歯 【シ】 tooth, age, years
- 歯科 【シカ】 dentistry
- 義歯 【ギシ】 artificial tooth
- 生歯 【セイシ】 teething, cutting teeth, dentition
Kun reading compounds
- 齢 【よわい】 (one's) age
- 歯する 【よわいする】 to associate (with), to join the company of, to stand alongside (as an equal)
- 歯 【は】 tooth, teeth, tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.), cog, support (of a geta)
- 歯切れ 【はぎれ】 feel when biting, manner of enunciation
- 継ぎ歯 【つぎば】 capped tooth, (dental) crown
- 年端 【としは】 age, years (old)
- 齢 【よわい】 (one's) age
- 歯する 【よわいする】 to associate (with), to join the company of, to stand alongside (as an equal)
- 歯する 【よわいする】 to associate (with), to join the company of, to stand alongside (as an equal)
Readings
- Korean:
- chi
Spanish
- diente
- diente de engranaje
Portuguese
- dentes
- dentes de engrenagens
French
- dent
- dentée (roue)
- crémaillère (rail)
414 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
306 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
290 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
997 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
5428 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
439 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
652 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2051 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
478 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
486 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
702 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1942 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3124 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1603 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2185 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1179 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
16323 | Morohashi |
2476 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2961 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1171 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1255 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
398 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1275 | 2001 Kanji |
6b6.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-4-8 | SKIP code |
2177.2 | Four corner code |
1-27-85 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6b6f | Unicode hex code |