139 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
224 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
205 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
103 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
751 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
156 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
24 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
138 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.20 | Japanese for Busy People |
73 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
73 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
42 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
231 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
230 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
147 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
176 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
454 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
2574 | Morohashi |
197 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
581 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
445 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
480 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
282 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
115 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
153 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 北欧 【ホクオウ】 Northern Europe, Nordic countries, Scandinavia
- 北緯 【ホクイ】 north latitude
- 極北 【キョクホク】 extreme north, North Pole
- 西北 【セイホク】 north-west
Kun reading compounds
- 北 【きた】 north, the North, northern territories, North Korea, north wind
- 北アイルランド 【きたアイルランド】 Northern Ireland
- 西北 【せいほく】 north-west
Readings
- Japanese names:
- きら、 ほう、 ほっ、 ほつ
- Korean:
- bug, bae
Spanish
- Norte
- huir
- perder
Portuguese
- norte
French
- nord
1256 | 2001 Kanji |
0a5.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-2 | SKIP code |
1111.0 | Four corner code |
1-43-44 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5317 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
200 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 海運 【カイウン】 maritime transport, shipping
- 海域 【カイイキ】 area of ocean
- 公海 【コウカイ】 high seas, international waters
- 内海 【ナイカイ】 inland sea, inlet, gulf, bay, lake
Kun reading compounds
- 海 【うみ】 sea, ocean, waters
- 海辺 【うみべ】 beach, seashore, seaside, coast
- 内海 【ないかい】 inland sea, inlet, gulf, bay, lake
- 血の海 【ちのうみ】 sea of blood, pool of blood
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あ、 あま、 うな、 うん、 え、 か、 た、 ひろ、 ひろし、 ぶ、 まち、 まま、 み、 め、 わたる
- Korean:
- hae
Spanish
- mar
- océano
- playa
Portuguese
- oceano
- mar
French
- mer
- océan
55 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
94 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
88 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
158 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2553 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
99 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
211 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1071 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.14 | Japanese for Busy People |
117 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
117 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
454 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1184 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
459 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
284 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
344 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
471 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
17450 | Morohashi |
384 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3133 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
461 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
500 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
206 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
171 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
347 | 2001 Kanji |
3a6.20 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-6 | SKIP code |
3815.7 | Four corner code |
1-19-04 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6d77 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
207 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 道 【ドウ】 road, path, street, route, way, set of practices, rules for conducting oneself, moral education, Buddhist teachings, Taoism, administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido), administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.), province (administrative region of Korea), circuit (administrative region of China), province (Tang-era administrative region of China)
- 道義 【ドウギ】 morality, moral principles
- 正道 【セイドウ】 path of righteousness, path of duty, right track, correct path
- 海道 【カイドウ】 sea route
- 有道 【ユウドウ】 being good, being virtuous, virtuous person
- 不道 【フドウ】 inhuman, immoral, unreasonable, outrageous, wicked, barbarity (one of the eight unpardonable crimes, incl. killing three people in one family, or dismembering a corpse)
Kun reading compounds
- 道 【みち】 road, path, street, lane, passage, route, way, distance, journey, road (e.g. to victory), course, way (of living, proper conduct, etc.), moral principles, teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist), dogma, field (e.g. of medicine), subject, speciality, means, way, method
- 道筋 【みちすじ】 path, route, itinerary
- 花道 【はなみち】 elevated walkway through the audience to the stage, honourable end to a career
- 横道 【よこみち】 byway, side street, cross street, wrong way, digression
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さ、 じ、 ど、 みつ、 おさむ
- Korean:
- do
Spanish
- camino
- razón
- modo
- decir
- senda
- método
Portuguese
- Caminho
- estrada
- rua
- distrito
- viagem
- curso
- moral
- ensinamentos
- filosofia
French
- voie
- route
- rue
- région
- voyage
- morale
- enseignements
122 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
205 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
188 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
129 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4724 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
141 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
93 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1811 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.7 | Japanese for Busy People |
149 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
149 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
66 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
710 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3888 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2000 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2701 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
283 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
39010P | Morohashi |
3134 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6091 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
277 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
295 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
123 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
220 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
979 | 2001 Kanji |
2q9.14 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-3-9 | SKIP code |
3-2-9 | SKIP code |
3830.6 | Four corner code |
1-38-27 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9053 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
166 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 教育委員会 【キョウイクイインカイ】 Board of Education
- 教育 【キョウイク】 education, schooling, training, instruction, teaching, upbringing, culture, cultivation, education
- 政教 【セイキョウ】 religion and politics, church and state
- 正教 【セイキョウ】 orthodoxy, (Greek) orthodox church
Kun reading compounds
- 教える 【おしえる】 to teach, to instruct, to tell, to inform, to show, to preach
- 教わる 【おそわる】 to be taught, to learn, to take lessons in
Readings
- Japanese names:
- のり、 ひさ
- Korean:
- gyo
Spanish
- educación
- enseñanza
- enseñar
- instruir
- ser enseñado
Portuguese
- ensinar
- fé
- doutrina
French
- enseigner
- foi
- doctrine
191 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
112 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
101 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
97 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2052 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
247 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
179 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1408 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
245 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
245 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
214 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
940 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1887 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1002 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1356 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1262 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
13213 | Morohashi |
1493 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2345 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1254 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1343 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
58 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
202 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1466 | 2001 Kanji |
4i6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-7-4 | SKIP code |
1-6-4 | SKIP code |
4844.0 | Four corner code |
1-22-21 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6559 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
369 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 育児 【イクジ】 childcare, child-rearing, nursing, upbringing
- 育英 【イクエイ】 education of gifted young people, providing financial support to gifted students, education
- 性教育 【セイキョウイク】 sex education
- 社会教育 【シャカイキョウイク】 social education
Kun reading compounds
- 育つ 【そだつ】 to be raised (e.g. child), to be brought up, to grow (up)
- 育ち 【そだち】 growth, breeding, growing up (in, as), upbringing
- 育ち盛り 【そだちざかり】 growth period (in children)
- 育てる 【そだてる】 to raise, to rear, to bring up, to train, to teach, to educate, to promote the growth of, to nurture, to foster, to develop
- 育む 【はぐくむ】 to raise, to bring up, to rear, to cultivate, to foster, to nurture
Readings
- Japanese names:
- やす
- Korean:
- yug
Spanish
- educar
- criar
- ser educado
- crecer
Portuguese
- educar
- crescer
- levantar
- elevar
French
- élever
- grandir
347 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
247 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
227 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
250 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
296 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
487 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
843 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
958 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.20 | Japanese for Busy People |
246 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
246 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
879 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1013 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2544 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1295 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1764 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
766 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
29318 | Morohashi |
2050 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4773 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
759 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
821 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
259 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
292 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
446 | 2001 Kanji |
2j6.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-6 | SKIP code |
2-4-4 | SKIP code |
0022.7 | Four corner code |
1-16-73 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
80b2 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
187 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 委 【イ】 committee, commission, board, panel
- 委員 【イイン】 committee member
- 公取委 【コウトリイ】 Japan Fair Trade Commission
- 公委 【コウイ】 public safety commission
Kun reading compounds
- 委ねる 【ゆだねる】 to entrust (a matter) to, to leave to, to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure), to yield to (e.g. anger), to devote oneself to
Readings
- Japanese names:
- まかせ
- Korean:
- wi
Spanish
- confiar
- confianza
- detallado
Portuguese
- comitê
- confiar a
- deixar para
- dedicar
- descartar
French
- comité
- confier à
- laisser à
- se consacrer
- abandonner
346 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
245 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
423 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
171 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3267 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
837 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
451 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
960 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
466 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
474 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
697 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
426 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3160 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1623 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2209 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
922 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
6181 | Morohashi |
2553 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1204 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
913 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
979 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
291 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2269 | 2001 Kanji |
5d3.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-5-3 | SKIP code |
2-1-7 | SKIP code |
2040.4 | Four corner code |
1-16-49 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
59d4 | Unicode hex code |
employee, member, number, the one in charge
- On:
- イン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
54 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 員 【イン】 member
- 員数 【インズウ】 (total) number (of people or things), count, quota
- 随員 【ズイイン】 member of an entourage or retinue or party, attendant
- 執行委員 【シッコウイイン】 executive committee
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いな、 かず
- Korean:
- weon
Spanish
- empleado
- miembro
- personal
Portuguese
- empregado
- membro
- número
- encarregado
French
- employé
- membre
- nombre (de personnes)
- personne en charge
349 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
248 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
228 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
47 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
928 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
374 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
139 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1167 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.15 | Japanese for Busy People |
163 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
163 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
395 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
329 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2822 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1454 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1958 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
56 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
3633 | Morohashi |
2269 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
808 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
56 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
59 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
127 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
349 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3761 | 2001 Kanji |
3d7.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-7 | SKIP code |
6080.6 | Four corner code |
1-16-87 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
54e1 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
4 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 会 【カイ】 meeting, assembly, party, gathering, conference, athletic meet, society, association, club
- 会員 【カイイン】 member, the membership
- 例会 【レイカイ】 regular meeting
- 際会 【サイカイ】 meeting, facing, confronting
- 会 【エ】 gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.)
- 会釈 【エシャク】 slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude), nod, salutation, consideration, thoughtfulness
- 法会 【ホウエ】 Buddhist service (e.g. memorial service)
- 御斎会 【ゴサイエ】 imperial event at which high monks recited the Golden Light Sutra to pray for national security and good harvests (held annually at the palace from the 8th to the 14th of the first lunar month, between the Nara and Muromachi periods)
Kun reading compounds
- 会う 【あう】 to meet, to encounter, to see, to have an accident, to have a bad experience
- 逢うは別れの始め 【あうはわかれのはじめ】 we meet only to part, meeting is the first step to parting
- 会わせる 【あわせる】 to make (someone) to meet, to let (someone) meet, to expose to, to subject to
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あい、 い
- Korean:
- hoe, goe, gwal
Spanish
- asociación
- reunión
- encontrarse con
- reunirse
Portuguese
- encontro
- reunião
- festa
- associação
- entrevista
- une
French
- réunion
- rencontre
- meeting
- parti
- association
- entrevue
- rejoindre
54 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
93 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
87 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
12 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
381 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
116 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
14 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
454 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.1 | Japanese for Busy People |
158 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
158 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
59 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
47 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2512 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1275 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1741 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
759 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
460 | Morohashi |
2020 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
143 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
752 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
814 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
16 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
119 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2871 | 2001 Kanji |
2a4.19 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-4 | SKIP code |
2-3-3 | SKIP code |
8073.1 | Four corner code |
1-18-81 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4f1a | Unicode hex code |