457 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
564 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
537 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
738 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
294 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
798 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
380 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
732 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.1 | Japanese for Busy People |
787 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
801 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
306 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
245 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2549 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1300 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1769 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1034 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
2740 | Morohashi |
2055 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
615 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1025 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1102 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
509 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
772 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 卒 【ソツ】 low-ranking soldier, graduation, moving on (from), outgrowing (something), low-ranking samurai (1870-1872), death (of a noble, etc.)
- 卒業 【ソツギョウ】 graduation, completion (of a course), moving on (from), outgrowing (something), leaving (a group, company, etc.), quitting
- 中卒 【チュウソツ】 having graduated from junior high school (as one's highest completed level of education), having completed no schooling beyond junior high school, middle school graduate
- 大卒 【ダイソツ】 university graduate, having graduated from university
Kun reading compounds
- 卒する 【そっする】 to die, to pass away
- 終える 【おえる】 to finish, to graduate
- 終わる 【おわる】 to end, to come to an end, to finish, to close, to be over, to finish, to complete, to conclude, to finish doing, to be past its (one's) prime, to be awful, to be terrible, to suck, to be hopeless
Readings
- Korean:
- jeol
Spanish
- graduación
- soldado raso
Portuguese
- soldado
- particular
- dados
French
- fin d'études
- soldat
- privé
- mourir
455 | 2001 Kanji |
2j6.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-6 | SKIP code |
2-6-2 | SKIP code |
0040.8 | Four corner code |
1-34-20 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5352 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
43 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 業 【ギョウ】 work, business, company, agency, study
- 業界 【ギョウカイ】 business world, business circles, (the) industry
- 鉱業 【コウギョウ】 mining industry
- 興業 【コウギョウ】 promotion of industry, inauguration of a new industrial enterprise
- 業 【ゴウ】 karma, result of one's karma, fate, destiny, uncontrollable temper
- 業因 【ゴウイン】 karma
- 罪業 【ザイゴウ】 sin, iniquity, crime
- 正業 【ショウゴウ】 right action, correct meditative activity (in Jodo, saying the name of Amitabha)
Kun reading compounds
- 業 【わざ】 deed, act, work, performance
- 業師 【わざし】 tricky wrestler, shrewd fellow
- 寝技 【ねわざ】 pinning technique (in wrestling or judo), underhanded dealings
- 投げ技 【なげわざ】 throw or throwing technique (sumo, judo)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- なり、 のぶ
- Korean:
- eob
Spanish
- negocio
- industria
- trabajo
Portuguese
- negócios
- vocação
- artes
- performance
French
- activité
- vocation
- arts
- représentation
- karma
380 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
278 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
260 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
54 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
143 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
292 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
199 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2024 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.1 | Japanese for Busy People |
279 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
279 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
307 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1066 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3227 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1674 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2265 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1809 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
15170 | Morohashi |
2612 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2789 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1792 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1931 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
74 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
419 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1064 | 2001 Kanji |
0a13.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-5-8 | SKIP code |
3290.4 | Four corner code |
1-22-40 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
696d | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
6 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 年 【ネン】 year, counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school), period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
- 年会 【ネンカイ】 conference, annual convention
- 往年 【オウネン】 years gone by, earlier years, former years, the past
- 平年 【ヘイネン】 non-leap year, average year (for rainfall, temperature, etc.), normal year
Kun reading compounds
- 年 【とし】 year, age, years, past one's prime, old age
- 年明け 【としあけ】 beginning of the year, early in the New Year
- いい年 【いいとし】 mature age, advanced age, maturity, age when one is old enough to know better
- 御年 【おんとし】 age (esp. advanced)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ね
- Korean:
- nyeon
Spanish
- año
- edad
Portuguese
- Ano
French
- année
- compteur d'années
126 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
20 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
64 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
3 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
188 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
64 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
51 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
342 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.3 | Japanese for Busy People |
45 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
45 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
24 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
574 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2528 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1284 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1752 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1045 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
9168 | Morohashi |
2035 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1593 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1036 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1114 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
13 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
51 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2355 | 2001 Kanji |
0a6.16 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-4 | SKIP code |
4-6-3 | SKIP code |
8050.0 | Four corner code |
1-39-15 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5e74 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N4
404 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 映画館 【エイガカン】 movie theatre, movie theater, cinema
- 映画 【エイガ】 movie, film, motion picture
- 大映 【ダイエイ】 Daiei Motion Picture Company
- 開映 【カイエイ】 beginning of a screening (at a movie theatre), starting a screening
Kun reading compounds
- 映る 【うつる】 to be reflected, to harmonize with (harmonise), to come out (photo), to be projected, to be displayed (on a screen)
- 映す 【うつす】 to project, to reflect, to cast (shadow)
- 映える 【はえる】 to shine, to glow, to look attractive, to look nice, to be set off (by)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あきら、 え、 てる
- Korean:
- yeong
Spanish
- reflejo
- reflexión
- reflejar
- reflejarse
- proyectarse
- proyectar
Portuguese
- reflitir
- reflexão
- projeção
French
- projection
- refléter
- réflexion
830 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
813 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
234 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2118 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
910 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
187 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
840 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.14 | Japanese for Busy People |
352 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
353 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
234 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
985 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1104 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
600 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
793 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1758 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
13838 | Morohashi |
892 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2448 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1742 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1879 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
368 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
876 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3863 | 2001 Kanji |
4c5.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-5 | SKIP code |
6503.0 | Four corner code |
1-17-39 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6620 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
199 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 絵 【エ】 picture, drawing, painting, sketch, image (TV, film, etc.), picture, footage
- 画家 【ガカ】 painter, artist
- 洋画 【ヨウガ】 Western painting, Western film, Western movie
- 邦画 【ホウガ】 Japanese film, Japanese painting
- 画 【カク】 stroke (of a kanji)
- 描く 【エガク】 to draw, to paint, to sketch, to depict, to describe, to picture in one's mind, to imagine, to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)
- 参画 【サンカク】 taking part (in planning), participation
- 家族計画 【カゾクケイカク】 family planning
- 絵 【エ】 picture, drawing, painting, sketch, image (TV, film, etc.), picture, footage
- 描く 【エガク】 to draw, to paint, to sketch, to depict, to describe, to picture in one's mind, to imagine, to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)
- 似顔絵 【ニガオエ】 portrait, likeness, sketch (of a face)
- 影絵 【カゲエ】 shadow picture, silhouette, shadowgraph
Kun reading compounds
- 描く 【えがく】 to draw, to paint, to sketch, to depict, to describe, to picture in one's mind, to imagine, to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)
- 画する 【かくする】 to draw (a line), to demarcate, to mark, to divide, to map out, to plan
Readings
- Korean:
- hwa, hoeg
Spanish
- dibujo
- trazo
- puntuar
- interrumpir
Portuguese
- gravura
French
- trait de plume
- dessin
- écran
- compteur de traits de kanji
167 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
91 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
85 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
150 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
50 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
477 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
222 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
991 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.14 | Japanese for Busy People |
343 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
343 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
235 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
176 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3723 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1904 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2586 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1178 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
21739P | Morohashi |
3000 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3733 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1170 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1254 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
176 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
155 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3175 | 2001 Kanji |
0a8.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-2-6 | SKIP code |
1077.2 | Four corner code |
1-18-72 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
753b | Unicode hex code |