72 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
129 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
116 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
417 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1358 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
217 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
123 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
281 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
138 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
138 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
464 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
143 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3043 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1550 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2121 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
120 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
1350 | Morohashi |
2391 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
349 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
119 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
125 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
345 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
121 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
527 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 光学 【コウガク】 optics
- 光栄 【コウエイ】 honour, honor, glory, privilege
- 脚光 【キャッコウ】 footlight, limelight
- 発光 【ハッコウ】 emission (of light), radiation (of light), luminescence
Kun reading compounds
- 光る 【ひかる】 to shine, to glitter, to be bright
- 光る棒 【ひかるぼう】 glowstick, neon light stick
- 光 【ひかり】 light, illumination, ray, beam, gleam, glow, happiness, hope, influence, power, vision, eyesight, optical fiber, optical fibre
- 光り輝く 【ひかりかがやく】 to shine, to glitter
- 越光 【こしひかり】 Koshihikari (variety of rice)
- 柔らかな光 【やわらかなひかり】 soft light
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あき、 あきら、 こお、 てる、 ひこ、 み、 みつ
- Korean:
- gwang
Spanish
- rayo
- luz
- paisaje
- honor
- brillar
- brillo
Portuguese
- raio
- luz
French
- rayon
- lumière
1057 | 2001 Kanji |
3n3.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-4-2 | SKIP code |
2-3-3 | SKIP code |
9021.1 | Four corner code |
1-24-87 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5149 | Unicode hex code |
子
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
72 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 子 【シ】 child (esp. a boy), viscount, founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius), master, masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature), you, -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
- 子宮 【シキュウ】 womb, uterus
- 中性子 【チュウセイシ】 neutron
- 精子 【セイシ】 sperm, spermatozoon
- 主 【ス】 honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
- 恵比寿 【エビス】 Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
- 久留子 【クルス】 cross sign
- 対子 【トイツ】 pair, eyes
- 七対子 【チートイツ】 seven pairs, winning hand composed of seven pairs
Kun reading compounds
- 子 【こ】 child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person, (one's) child, offspring, young woman, young (animal), offshoot, interest, new share, player who is not a dealer, young geisha, young prostitute, bird egg, -er (often of young women)
- 子 【こう】 child, interest
- 根っこ 【ねっこ】 root (of a plant), stump (of a tree), root (of a problem, etc.), base, foundation, origin, source
- 江戸っ子 【えどっこ】 (true) Tokyoite, Edoite, Tokyo native, Edokko
- 子 【ね】 the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am), north, eleventh month of the lunar calendar
- 子忌み 【ねいみ】 collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
- 庚子 【かのえね】 Metal Rat (37th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
- 甲子 【きのえね】 Wood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 き、 ぎ、 く、 け、 ねっ
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- chiquillo
- niño
Portuguese
- criança
French
- enfant
- signe de la 1ère branche terrestre
- signe du Rat (zodiaque)
- 23 h à 01 h
- Nord (0°)
31 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
40 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
25 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
56 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1264 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
61 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
43 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
38 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
103 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
103 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
69 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
455 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4196 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2125 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2872 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
96 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
6930 | Morohashi |
3390 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1281 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
95 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
99 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
42 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
18 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3547 | 2001 Kanji |
2c0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-3-1 | SKIP code |
4-2-1 | SKIP code |
1740.7 | Four corner code |
1-27-50 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5b50 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
1208 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 魚類 【ギョルイ】 fish, fishes
- 魚介類 【ギョカイルイ】 marine products, seafood, fish and shellfish
- 鮮魚 【センギョ】 fresh fish
- 稚魚 【チギョ】 fry, juvenile fish, fingerling
Kun reading compounds
- 魚 【さかな】 fish
- 魚市場 【うおいちば】 fish market
- 川魚 【かわうお】 river fish, freshwater fish
- 活魚 【かつぎょ】 live fish and shellfish (kept in a tank in a restaurant)
- 魚 【さかな】 fish
- 魚釣り 【さかなつり】 fishing
- 旬の魚 【しゅんのさかな】 fish in season
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い
- Korean:
- eo
Spanish
- pez
- pescado
Portuguese
- peixe
French
- poisson
190 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
109 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
98 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1008 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
5281 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
603 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
103 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1485 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
290 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
290 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
485 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1931 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2636 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1345 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1825 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
173 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
45956 | Morohashi |
2127 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6845 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
171 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
183 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
200 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2540 | 2001 Kanji |
11a0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-9 | SKIP code |
2-7-4 | SKIP code |
2733.6 | Four corner code |
1-21-91 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9b5a | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1491 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 雷 【カミナリ】 lightning, thunder, thunderbolt, god of thunder, god of lightning, anger, fit of anger
- 雷雨 【ライウ】 thunderstorm
- 機雷 【キライ】 (sea) mine
- 界雷 【カイライ】 frontal thunderstorm
Kun reading compounds
- 雷 【かみなり】 lightning, thunder, thunderbolt, god of thunder, god of lightning, anger, fit of anger
- 雷雲 【らいうん】 thundercloud
- 水雷 【みずがみなり】 thunder accompanied by rain, lightning that does not start a fire
- 日雷 【ひがみなり】 thunder on a clear day, lightning that starts a fire
- 雷 【かみなり】 lightning, thunder, thunderbolt, god of thunder, god of lightning, anger, fit of anger
- 雷雲 【らいうん】 thundercloud
- 雷 【かみなり】 lightning, thunder, thunderbolt, god of thunder, god of lightning, anger, fit of anger
Readings
- Korean:
- roe
Spanish
- trueno
- relámpago
- rayo
Portuguese
- trovão
- raio
French
- tonnerre
- foudre
1888 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1524 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
5049 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1204 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1889 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2026 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
952 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
982 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
843 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1863 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3466 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1785 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2432 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
432 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
42245 | Morohashi |
2791 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6525 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
425 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
454 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1685 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3176 | 2001 Kanji |
8d5.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-8-5 | SKIP code |
1060.1 | Four corner code |
1060.3 | Four corner code |
1-45-75 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
96f7 | Unicode hex code |