81 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
138 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
125 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
146 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
352 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
94 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
12 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
67 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
51 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
51 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
27 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
45 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2464 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1246 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1712 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1601 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
358 | Morohashi |
1968 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
112 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1587 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1711 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
50 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
93 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
49 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 今 【コン】 the current ..., this, today's ...
- 今夏 【コンカ】 this summer, next summer, last summer
- 往古来今 【オウコライコン】 in all ages, since antiquity
- 当今 【トウコン】 nowadays, these days, at present
- 今古 【キンコ】 now and anciently
- 今上 【キンジョウ】 His Majesty the Emperor, the present emperor, the reigning emperor
Kun reading compounds
- 今 【いま】 now, the present time, just now, soon, immediately, another, more
- 今に 【いまに】 before long, even now
- 中今 【なかいま】 the present (esp. as a privileged moment in eternity)
- 今が今 【いまがいま】 just now
Readings
- Japanese names:
- な
- Korean:
- geum
Spanish
- ahora
- momento actual
Portuguese
- agora
French
- maintenant
2860 | 2001 Kanji |
2a2.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-2 | SKIP code |
2-3-1 | SKIP code |
8020.7 | Four corner code |
1-26-03 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4eca | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
287 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 少 【ショウ】 small, little, few
- 少輔 【ショウ】 assistant vice-minister (ritsuryō system, early Meiji period)
- 最少 【サイショウ】 fewest, least, smallest (number), lowest, minimum, youngest
- 過少 【カショウ】 too few, too little, insufficient
Kun reading compounds
- 少ない 【すくない】 few, little, small (amount), low, scarce, insufficient, seldom, rare
- 少し 【すこし】 a little, a bit, a small amount, a few, some, slightly, somewhat, a little while, a short time, a moment, a minute, a little way, a short distance
- 少しも 【すこしも】 (not) at all, (not) a bit, (not) in the least, (not) in the slightest
Readings
- Korean:
- so
Spanish
- poco
- pequeño
- un poco
- apenas
Portuguese
- poucos
- pequenos
French
- un petit peu
- un peu
93 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
160 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
143 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
231 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
166 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
129 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
47 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
88 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.17 | Japanese for Busy People |
144 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
144 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
105 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
512 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4278 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2163 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2915 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
107 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
7475 | Morohashi |
3467 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1390 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
106 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
111 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
153 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
95 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1160 | 2001 Kanji |
3n1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-4-4 | SKIP code |
1-1-3 | SKIP code |
9020.0 | Four corner code |
1-30-15 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5c11 | Unicode hex code |