1563 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1263 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
163 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1852 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1028 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
79 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1093 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1144 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1813 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
18 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4249 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2147 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2897 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
2058 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
99 | Morohashi |
3441 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
36 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2038 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2196 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1016 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1402 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 丹念 【タンネン】 painstaking, careful, meticulous, scrupulous, detailed, elaborate
- 丹精 【タンセイ】 working earnestly, sincerity, diligence, effort, pains
- 伊勢丹 【イセタン】 Isetan (department store)
- 切支丹 【キリシタン】 Christianity (in feudal Japan), Christian
Kun reading compounds
- 丹 【に】 red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium), vermilion
- 丹色 【にいろ】 red
- 海胆 【うに】 sea urchin, seasoned sea urchin eggs
- 黄丹 【おうだん】 orange color traditionally worn by the crown prince
Readings
- Japanese names:
- た、 たみ、 まこと
- Korean:
- dan
Spanish
- rojo
- sin adornos
Portuguese
- Ferrugem
- colorido
- vermelho
- pílulas
French
- couleur de rouille
- rouge
- minium
- pilules
3647 | 2001 Kanji |
0a4.34 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-4-1 | SKIP code |
7744.0 | Four corner code |
1-35-16 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4e39 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N2
593 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 竹林 【チクリン】 bamboo thicket, bamboo grove
- 竹馬 【タケウマ】 stilts (for walking), hobby horse
- 爆竹 【バクチク】 firecracker
- 破竹 【ハチク】 breaking bamboo
Kun reading compounds
- 竹 【たけ】 bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae), middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
- 竹馬 【たけうま】 stilts (for walking), hobby horse
- 笛竹 【ふえたけ】 bamboo flute, bamboo for making flutes, wind and string instruments
- 苦竹 【にがたけ】 Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides), giant timber bamboo, madake, Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- たか
- Korean:
- jug
Spanish
- bambú
Portuguese
- bambu
French
- bambou
113 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
71 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
170 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
719 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3366 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
68 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
790 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
247 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
129 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
129 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
374 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1471 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
267 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
168 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
201 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
946 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
25841 | Morohashi |
228 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4246 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
937 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1007 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
59 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2353 | 2001 Kanji |
6f0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-3 | SKIP code |
8822.0 | Four corner code |
1-35-61 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7af9 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
433 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 頭 【トウ】 counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle), counter for insects in a collection, counter for helmets, masks, etc.
- 頭角 【トウカク】 top of the head
- 教頭 【キョウトウ】 deputy head teacher, vice principal
- 会頭 【カイトウ】 society president
- 頭 【ズ】 head
- 頭打ち 【アタマウチ】 reaching a peak, reaching the limit, plateauing, maxing out
- 馬頭 【メズ】 horse-headed demon (in hell)
- 竜頭 【リュウズ】 crown (of a watch), stem, canon (of a bell), something in the shape of a dragon's head (esp. a helmet crest)
- 頭 【トウ】 counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle), counter for insects in a collection, counter for helmets, masks, etc.
- 頭角 【トウカク】 top of the head
- 鳥兜 【トリカブト】 aconite (esp. species Aconitum japonicum), wolfsbane, monkshood, traditional bugaku hat
Kun reading compounds
- 頭 【あたま】 head, hair (on one's head), mind, brains, intellect, leader, chief, boss, captain, top, tip, beginning, start, head, person, down payment, deposit, top structural component of a kanji, pair
- 頭打ち 【あたまうち】 reaching a peak, reaching the limit, plateauing, maxing out
- 石頭 【いしあたま】 obstinate person, stubbornness, pigheadedness, hard head (like a rock)
- ごま塩頭 【ごましおあたま】 salt and pepper hair, dark hair streaked with gray
- 頭 【あたま】 head, hair (on one's head), mind, brains, intellect, leader, chief, boss, captain, top, tip, beginning, start, head, person, down payment, deposit, top structural component of a kanji, pair
- 頭文字 【かしらもじ】 first letter of a word, capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence), initials (of one's name)
- お頭 【おかしら】 leader, chief, head, boss, (another person's) head
- 鯛の尾より鰯の頭 【たいのおよりいわしのかしら】 better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion
- 頭 【かぶり】 head
- 頭を振る 【かぶりをふる】 to shake one's head (in denial)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かみ、 がみ、 ちゃん、 つむり、 づ
- Korean:
- du
Spanish
- cabeza
- principio
- delantera
Portuguese
- cabeça
- sufixo para contagem de animais grandes
French
- tête
- compteur de gros animaux
294 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
203 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
186 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
386 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4469 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
519 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
275 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2504 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
276 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
276 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
166 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1889 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2019 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1073 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1450 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1453 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
43490 | Morohashi |
1604 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6639 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1441 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1549 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
234 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
238 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3061 | 2001 Kanji |
9a7.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-7-9 | SKIP code |
1118.6 | Four corner code |
1-38-12 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
982d | Unicode hex code |
station
- On:
- エキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
724 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 駅 【エキ】 railway station, train station, staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan), counter for railway stations and bus stations
- 駅員 【エキイン】 (train) station attendant, station employee, station staff
- 宿駅 【シュクエキ】 relay station, post station, stage
- 終着駅 【シュウチャクエキ】 terminal station
Readings
- Korean:
- yeog
Spanish
- estación
Portuguese
- estação
French
- gare
158 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
253 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
233 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
384 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
5199 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
189 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
101 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2172 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.12 | Japanese for Busy People |
284 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
284 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
56 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1915 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2292 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1184 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1618 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
2003 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
44633P | Morohashi |
1822 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6735 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1984 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2138 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
426 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3462 | 2001 Kanji |
10a4.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-10-4 | SKIP code |
7738.7 | Four corner code |
1-17-56 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
99c5 | Unicode hex code |