101 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
830 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
567 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
155 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
922 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
288 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
40 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
644 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
654 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
591 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
17 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4225 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2134 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2883 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
44 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
94 | Morohashi |
3417 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
34 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
44 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
44 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
82 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
round, full (month), perfection, -ship, pills, make round, roll up, curl up, seduce, explain away
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
542 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 丸 【ガン】 fishball, meatball, pill
- 丸剤 【ガンザイ】 pill
- 一丸 【イチガン】 one lump, one body, one group
- 雷丸 【ライガン】 raigan (Omphalia lapidescens), parasitic fungus which grows on bamboo, used in Chinese medicine
Kun reading compounds
- 丸 【まる】 circle, entirety, whole, full, complete, money, dough, moola, enclosure inside a castle's walls, soft-shelled turtle, suffix for ship names, suffix for names of people (esp. infants), suffix for names of swords, armour, musical instruments, etc., suffix for names of dogs, horses, etc.
- 丸い 【まるい】 round, circular, spherical, curved, smooth, harmonious, calm, peaceful, amiable, amicable
- 本丸 【ほんまる】 inner citadel, core, center, centre, focus, crux
- 大丸 【だいまる】 Daimaru, Daimaru (Japanese department store chain)
- 丸める 【まるめる】 to make round, to roll up, to curl up, to seduce, to cajole, to explain away, to round off (a fraction), to shave (one's head), to lump together
- 丸い 【まるい】 round, circular, spherical, curved, smooth, harmonious, calm, peaceful, amiable, amicable
- 丸井 【まるい】 Marui, Marui (retailer)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ま、 わ、 わに
- Korean:
- hwan
Spanish
- redondo
- circular
- círculo
- redondear
Portuguese
- arredondar
- cheio
- mês
- perfeição
- -nave
- pílulas
- espiral para cima
- seduzir
French
- rond
- arrondir
- entier (mois)
- pilule
- perfection
- suffixe des bateaux
- se pelotonner
- se rouler en boule
- séduire
- justifier
1657 | 2001 Kanji |
0a3.28 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-3-4 | SKIP code |
5001.7 | Four corner code |
1-20-61 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4e38 | Unicode hex code |
山
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
131 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 山 【サン】 Mt., Mount, temple
- 山陰 【ヤマカゲ】 place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess
- 治山 【チサン】 forest conservation, afforestation
- 開山 【カイサン】 founding a temple (on a hill-top)
- 山道 【ヤマミチ】 mountain road, mountain trail
- 山海経 【センガイキョウ】 Classic of Mountains and Seas (classic Chinese text)
- 雪山 【セツザン】 snowy mountain, permanently snow-covered mountain, Himalayas
- 須弥山 【シュミセン】 Mount Sumeru (believed to be the centre of the Buddhist world)
Kun reading compounds
- 山 【やま】 mountain, hill, mine (e.g. coal mine), heap, pile, crown (of a hat), thread (of a screw), tread (of a tire), protruding part of an object, high part, climax, peak, critical point, guess, speculation, gamble, criminal case, crime, mountain climbing, mountaineering, festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd), deck (of playing cards on table, face down, from which cards are drawn), stack, wall, wall tile, temple, temple grounds, wild
- 山陰 【やまかげ】 place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess
- 奥山 【おくやま】 remote mountain, mountain recesses
- 青山 【せいざん】 lush mountain, green mountain, grave, burial place
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さ、 やの、 やん
- Korean:
- san
Spanish
- montaña
Portuguese
- montanha
French
- montagne
38 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
58 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
24 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
60 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1407 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
21 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
48 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
89 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
34 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
34 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
100 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
535 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3658 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1867 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2544 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
775 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
7869 | Morohashi |
2940 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1439 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
768 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
830 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
148 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
17 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1276 | 2001 Kanji |
3o0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-2-1 | SKIP code |
4-3-2 | SKIP code |
2277.0 | Four corner code |
1-27-19 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5c71 | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1651 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 桂 【ケイ】 knight
- 桂庵 【ケイアン】 agency for employing servants and arranging marriages (Edo period), mediator, go-between, flattery, flatterer, Keian era (1648.2.15-1652.9.18)
- 月桂 【ゲッケイ】 bay laurel (Laurus nobilis), bay tree, sweet bay, laurel tree, moon, moonlight, katsura tree on the moon (in Chinese legends)
- 肉桂 【ニッケイ】 cinnamon, cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum sieboldii)
Kun reading compounds
- 桂 【かつら】 katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum), Japanese Judas tree
- 桂男 【かつらおとこ】 man in the moon
- 広葉桂 【ひろはかつら】 Cercidiphyllum magnificum (species of katsura)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かつ、 よし、 か
- Korean:
- gye
Spanish
- árbol aromático
- árbol de judas
Portuguese
French
- gainier japonais
- arbre de Judée japonais
1158 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2253 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1929 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1102 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2109 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1163 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
629 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
837 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
202 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
14755 | Morohashi |
928 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2659 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
198 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
210 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1872 | 2001 Kanji |
4a6.13 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-6 | SKIP code |
4491.4 | Four corner code |
1-23-43 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6842 | Unicode hex code |
里
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
1096 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 里 【リ】 Japanese league, ri, old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927 km or 2.44 miles, neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes), unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)
- 俚諺 【リゲン】 proverb, saying
- 万里 【バンリ】 thousands of miles
- 海里 【カイリ】 nautical mile
Kun reading compounds
- 里 【さと】 village, hamlet, countryside, country, home (of one's parents, etc.), hometown, one's origins, one's upbringing, one's past
- 里親 【さとおや】 foster parent, foster parents, (pet) caretaker
- お里 【おさと】 one's parents' home, one's origins, one's upbringing, one's past
- 夏山冬里 【なつやまふゆさと】 pasturing cattle in summer and feeding them indoors during winter, rotated grazing
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さ
- Korean:
- ri
Spanish
- ri (unidad de medida)
- aldea
- pueblo
- lugar natal
Portuguese
- aldeia
- casa paterna
- légua
French
- hameau
- village natal
- maison de ses parents
- ri (3965 mètres)
332 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
238 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
219 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1077 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4813 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
101 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1842 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
517 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
142 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
142 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1025 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1801 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4356 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2206 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2968 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
175 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
40131 | Morohashi |
3542 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6206 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
173 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
185 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
154 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3672 | 2001 Kanji |
0a7.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-7-1 | SKIP code |
6010.4 | Four corner code |
1-46-04 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
91cc | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
841 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 奈良 【ナラ】 Nara (city, prefecture)
- な行 【ナギョウ】 the "na" column of the Japanese syllabary table (na, ni, nu, ne, no)
- 眼仁奈 【メジナ】 largescale blackfish (Girella punctata)
- 輪奈 【ワナ】 loop (of thread, string, etc.)
Kun reading compounds
- 如何 【いかん】 (depending on) how, (depending on) what, nature (of), what is ...?, how is ...?, what will be ...?
- 唐梨 【からなし】 Chinese quince (Pseudocydonia sinensis)
Readings
- Korean:
- nae, na
Spanish
- Nara
- ¿que tal?
- ¿por qué?
Portuguese
French
- Nara
- comment ?
822 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1174 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1977 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
696 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2044 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
947 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
2759 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1411 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1905 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1103 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
5893 | Morohashi |
2219 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1147 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1094 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1175 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1441 | 2001 Kanji |
4e3.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-5 | SKIP code |
2-4-4 | SKIP code |
4090.1 | Four corner code |
1-38-64 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5948 | Unicode hex code |