1283 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
285 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
392 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1322 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1043 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
365 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1744 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1867 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1002 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
74 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
76 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
48 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
51 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
961 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
506 | Morohashi |
67 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
155 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
952 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1024 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
381 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
1093 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
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Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
474 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 佐保姫 【サホヒメ】 Saohime, goddess of Spring
- 佐織養護学校 【サオリヨウゴガッコウ】 Saori Special Needs School (older name style)
- 中佐 【チュウサ】 lieutenant colonel, commander (navy)
- 二佐 【ニサ】 lieutenant colonel (JGSDF)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- すけ
- Korean:
- jwa
Spanish
- ayuda
- asistencia
- rango militar
Portuguese
- assistente
- ajuda
French
- assistant
- aide
2172 | 2001 Kanji |
2a5.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-2-5 | SKIP code |
2421.1 | Four corner code |
1-26-20 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4f50 | Unicode hex code |
川
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
181 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 川柳 【センリュウ】 senryū, comic haiku, humorous seventeen-mora poem
- 川きゅう 【センキュウ】 cnidium rhizome (Cnidium officinale)
- 山川 【サンセン】 mountains and rivers
- 四川 【シセン】 Sichuan (China), Szechuan, Szechwan
Kun reading compounds
- 川 【かわ】 river, stream, River, the ... river
- 川上 【かわかみ】 upper reaches of a river, upstream
- 堀川 【ほりかわ】 canal
- 山川 【さんせん】 mountains and rivers
Readings
- Japanese names:
- か、 こ、 さわ
- Korean:
- cheon
Spanish
- arroyo
- río
Portuguese
- corrente
- rio
French
- rivière
- fleuve
- radical rivière (no. 47)
39 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
59 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
48 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
111 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1447 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
41 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
49 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
20 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
33 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
33 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
101 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
548 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
6 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
129 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
8673 | Morohashi |
6 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1526 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
127 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
134 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
196 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
21 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1254 | 2001 Kanji |
0a3.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-1-2 | SKIP code |
2200.0 | Four corner code |
1-32-78 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5ddd | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
309 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 急 【キュウ】 sudden, abrupt, unexpected, urgent, pressing, steep, sharp, precipitous, rapid, swift, fast, emergency, crisis, danger, urgency, hurrying, haste, (in gagaku or noh) end of a song
- 急遽 【キュウキョ】 hurriedly, in a hurry, hastily, in haste, sudden, abrupt
- 準急 【ジュンキュウ】 semi-express train, local express train, sub-express train
- 快急 【カイキュウ】 rapid express (train)
Kun reading compounds
- 急ぐ 【いそぐ】 to hurry, to rush, to hasten, to make something happen sooner
- 急ぎ 【いそぎ】 haste, hurry, expedition, speed, dispatch
- 急ぎ足 【いそぎあし】 fast pace, quick pace
- 急く 【せく】 to hurry, to rush
Readings
- Korean:
- geub
Spanish
- prisa
- urgencia
- apresurarse
- darse prisa
Portuguese
- apressar
- emergência
- repentina
French
- urgence
- se dépêcher
- soudain
- raide
- abrupt
- aigu
186 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
272 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
254 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
275 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1667 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
330 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
174 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
303 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
303 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
260 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
775 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2595 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1328 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1800 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1155 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
10475X | Morohashi |
2092 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1823 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1146 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1229 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
322 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2558 | 2001 Kanji |
2n7.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-7 | SKIP code |
2-5-4 | SKIP code |
2733.7 | Four corner code |
1-21-62 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6025 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
729 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 便 【ベン】 convenience, service, facility, accommodation, excreta (esp. faeces), excrement, stool
- 便宜 【ベンギ】 convenience, accommodation, advantage, benefit, expediency
- 利便 【リベン】 convenience
- 大便 【ダイベン】 feces, faeces, excrement, stool
- 便 【ビン】 flight (e.g. airline flight), trip (e.g. train trip), service, mail, post, letter, opportunity, chance
- 便宜 【ベンギ】 convenience, accommodation, advantage, benefit, expediency
- 穏便 【オンビン】 gentle, peaceable, amicable, quiet, without fuss, simply
- 増便 【ゾウビン】 increase in the number of flights
Kun reading compounds
- 便り 【たより】 news, tidings, information, correspondence, letter
- 便りがないのはよい便り 【たよりがないのはよいたより】 no news is good news
Readings
- Korean:
- pyeon, byeon
Spanish
- conveniencia
- excremento
- noticias
- correspondencia
- carta
Portuguese
- conveniência
French
- commodité
- courrier
- vol (avion)
- nouvelles
510 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
610 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
582 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
578 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
450 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
265 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
118 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
3.8 | Japanese for Busy People |
330 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
330 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
227 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
101 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
105 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
71 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
75 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1000 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
659 | Morohashi |
95 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
219 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
991 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1066 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
533 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2166 | 2001 Kanji |
2a7.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-2-7 | SKIP code |
2124.6 | Four corner code |
1-42-56 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4fbf | Unicode hex code |
大
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
7 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 大 【ダイ】 large, big, great, huge, vast, major, important, serious, severe, great, prominent, eminent, distinguished, -sized, as big as, the size of, university, large (e.g. serving size), large option, long month (i.e. having 31 days)
- 大尉 【タイイ】 captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF), lieutenant (Navy), flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
- 国大 【コクダイ】 national university
- 電通大 【デンツウダイ】 University of Electro-Communications
- 大 【タイ】 nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)
- 大尉 【タイイ】 captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF), lieutenant (Navy), flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
- 御大 【オンタイ】 boss, governor, headman
Kun reading compounds
- 大きい 【おおきい】 big, large, great, loud, extensive, spacious, important, decisive, valuable, older, grown up
Readings
- Japanese names:
- うふ、 お、 おう、 た、 たかし、 とも、 はじめ、 ひろ、 ひろし、 まさ、 まさる、 もと、 わ
- Korean:
- dae, da, tae
Spanish
- grande
- muy
- mucho
Portuguese
- grande
- enorme
French
- grand
22 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
25 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
53 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
7 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1171 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
32 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
40 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
48 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
26 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
26 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
87 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
408 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4224 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2133 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2882 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
108 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
5831 | Morohashi |
3416 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1133 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
107 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
112 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
5 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
14 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1463 | 2001 Kanji |
0a3.18 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-3-4 | SKIP code |
4003.0 | Four corner code |
1-34-71 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5927 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
503 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 阪神 【ハンシン】 Osaka-Kobe, Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)
- 阪急 【ハンキュウ】 Hankyū, Hankyu (Kansai area railway and retail conglomerate)
- 京阪 【ケイハン】 Kyoto and Osaka, Kyoto-Osaka area
- 京阪 【ケイハン】 Keihan Electric Railway (abbr)
Kun reading compounds
- 坂 【さか】 slope, incline, hill, milestone, (age) mark
- セレッソ大阪 【セレッソおおさか】 Cerezo Osaka (Japanese pro soccer team)
- ガンバ大阪 【ガンバおおさか】 Gamba Osaka (Japanese pro soccer team)
Readings
- Korean:
- pan
Spanish
- cuesta
- pendiente
- abreviación de Osaka
Portuguese
French
- coteaux
- pente
401 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4979 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1893 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
375 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
450 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
321 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
243 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1303 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
41562 | Morohashi |
271 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6428 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1294 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1390 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
3667 | 2001 Kanji |
2d4.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-4 | SKIP code |
7124.7 | Four corner code |
1-26-69 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
962a | Unicode hex code |