205 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
119 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
107 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
132 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
825 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
202 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
388 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1231 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
136 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
136 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
405 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
260 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3733 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1910 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2593 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
136 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
2973 | Morohashi |
3009 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
652 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
134 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
142 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
113 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
192 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
172 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 原 【ゲン】 original, primitive, primary, fundamental, proto-
- 原案 【ゲンアン】 original plan, original bill, original motion, draft
- 中原 【チュウゲン】 middle of a field, middle of a country, field of contest
- 抗原 【コウゲン】 antigen
Kun reading compounds
- 原 【はら】 field, plain, prairie, tundra, moor, wilderness
- 原っぱ 【はらっぱ】 open field, empty lot, plain
- 笹原 【ささはら】 field of bamboo grass
- 関ヶ原 【せきがはら】 Sekigahara (battle site, 1600), decisive battle, critical battle
Readings
- Japanese names:
- た、 ばる、 ら、 わた、 わら
- Korean:
- weon
Spanish
- origen
- pradera
- prado
- campo
Portuguese
- prado
- original
- primitivo
- campo
- planície
- pradaria
- tundra
- sertão
French
- pré
- prairie
- champ
- original
- primitif
- toundra
- désert (étendue sauvage)
3341 | 2001 Kanji |
2p8.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-2-8 | SKIP code |
7129.6 | Four corner code |
1-24-22 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
539f | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
636 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 因 【イン】 cause, factor, hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions), the basis of one's argument (in hetuvidya)
- 因縁 【インネン】 fate, destiny, connection, tie, bond, origin, pretext, justification, hetu and prataya (direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things)
- 主因 【シュイン】 primary cause, main factor
- 勝因 【ショウイン】 cause of victory, reason for (one's) success
Kun reading compounds
- 依る 【よる】 to be due to, to be caused by, to depend on, to turn on, to be based on, to come from, to be based at (a location, an organization), to be headquartered at
- よるところが大きい 【よるところがおおきい】 depending largely on, playing a large role in, due largely to
- 因む 【ちなむ】 to be associated (with), to be connected (with)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- て
- Korean:
- in
Spanish
- causa
- origen
- depender de
- contar con
Portuguese
- causa
- fator
- seja associado com
- contar com
- ser limitado para
French
- cause
- facteur
- associé à
- dépendre de
- limité à
548 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
643 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
614 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
646 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1026 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
462 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
420 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
311 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
554 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
563 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
406 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
337 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3792 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1936 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2629 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
590 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
4693 | Morohashi |
3054 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
939 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
583 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
626 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
485 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
655 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1463 | 2001 Kanji |
3s3.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-3-3 | SKIP code |
6043.0 | Four corner code |
1-16-88 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
56e0 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
19 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 自 【ジ】 self-, from (a time or place)
- 自営 【ジエイ】 running one's own business, doing business on one's own, self-employment
- 出自 【シュツジ】 origin, birthplace, descent, lineage, ancestry, stock
- 海自 【カイジ】 Maritime Self-Defense Force
- 自然界 【シゼンカイ】 nature, the natural world, realm of nature
- 自然 【シゼン】 nature, natural, spontaneous, automatic, naturally, spontaneously, automatically
- 己がじし 【オノガジシ】 each (and every one), individually
Kun reading compounds
- 自ら 【みずから】 oneself, oneself, for oneself, personally, in person
- 自ら進んで 【みずからすすんで】 by choice, of one's own free will, on one's own initiative, off one's own bat
- 自ずから 【おのずから】 naturally, in due course, by itself, of its own accord
- 自ずから明らか 【おのずからあきらか】 self-evident
- 自ずと 【おのずと】 naturally, in due course, by itself, of its own accord
Readings
- Japanese names:
- より
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- uno mismo
- por sí mismo
- auto-
Portuguese
- a si próprio
French
- soi-même
229 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
150 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
134 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
53 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3841 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
60 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
242 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
340 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
62 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
62 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
63 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1587 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4338 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2195 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2954 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
36 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
30095 | Morohashi |
3525 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4900 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
36 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
36 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
14 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
126 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
879 | 2001 Kanji |
5c1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-6-2 | SKIP code |
2600.0 | Four corner code |
1-28-11 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
81ea | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
325 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 由来 【ユライ】 origin, source, history, derivation, originally, from the start, by nature
- 由緒 【ユイショ】 history, pedigree, lineage
- 来由 【ライユ】 origin, cause
- 因由 【インユ】 cause
- 事由 【ジユウ】 reason, cause
- 服装自由 【フクソウジユウ】 no dress code, lack of dress code (at work)
- 由緒 【ユイショ】 history, pedigree, lineage
- 由緒ある 【ユイショアル】 venerable, prestigious, with a long history
Kun reading compounds
- 由 【よし】 reason, significance, cause, piece of information that one has heard, I hear that ..., it is said that ...
- 由ありげ 【よしありげ】 meaningful, suggestive, seeming to be with a history, seeming to be with circumstances that are hard to explain
- 候由 【そうろうよし】 I hear that ...
- 依る 【よる】 to be due to, to be caused by, to depend on, to turn on, to be based on, to come from, to be based at (a location, an organization), to be headquartered at
Readings
- Korean:
- yu
Spanish
- razón
- significado
- causa
Portuguese
- porquanto
- por conseguinte
- uma razão
French
- c'est pourquoi
- raison
- cause
- origine
- grave
325 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
421 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
399 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
376 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
89 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
297 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
739 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
186 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
363 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
364 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
623 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1333 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4311 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2181 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2935 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1114 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
21724 | Morohashi |
3499 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3724 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1105 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1186 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
134 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
261 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1676 | 2001 Kanji |
0a5.35 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-5-2 | SKIP code |
5060.0 | Four corner code |
1-45-19 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7531 | Unicode hex code |
going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
20 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 行 【コウ】 going, travelling, traveling, journey, trip, act, action, bank, counter for banks, counter for groups or parties of people, type of classical Chinese verse (usu. an epic from the Tang period onwards), shopping district (of similar merchants; in the Sui and Tang periods), merchants' guild (in the Tang period)
- 行為 【コウイ】 act, deed, conduct
- 並行 【ヘイコウ】 going side-by-side, going abreast, running concurrently, occurring at the same time, keeping pace with
- 性行 【セイコウ】 character and conduct
- 行 【ギョウ】 line (of text), row, verse, carya (austerities), samskara (formations), semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters), running style
- 行革 【ギョウカク】 administrative reform
- 奉行 【ブギョウ】 magistrate, shogunate administrator
- 施行 【シコウ】 putting in force (a law), putting into operation, putting into effect, enforcement, carrying out (a plan, policy, etc.), execution
- 行脚 【アンギャ】 pilgrimage, walking tour, travelling (on foot)
- 行火 【アンカ】 bed warmer, foot warmer
Kun reading compounds
- 行く 【いく】 to go, to move (towards), to head (towards), to leave (for), to move through, to travel across, to walk along (e.g. a road), to go (well, badly, etc.), to proceed, to turn out, to get along, to do (in a particular way), to go (with; a choice), to try, to pass (of time, seasons, etc.), to go by, to stream, to flow, to die, to pass away, to reach (a stage, extent, age, etc.), to get to, to go (so far as ...), to reach (of information, instructions, wind, etc.), to arrive, to continue ..., to go on ..., to (progress) steadily, to gradually ..., to progressively ..., to have an orgasm, to come, to cum, to trip, to get high, to have a drug-induced hallucination
- 行く先 【ゆくさき】 destination, whereabouts, future, prospects
- 行く 【いく】 to go, to move (towards), to head (towards), to leave (for), to move through, to travel across, to walk along (e.g. a road), to go (well, badly, etc.), to proceed, to turn out, to get along, to do (in a particular way), to go (with; a choice), to try, to pass (of time, seasons, etc.), to go by, to stream, to flow, to die, to pass away, to reach (a stage, extent, age, etc.), to get to, to go (so far as ...), to reach (of information, instructions, wind, etc.), to arrive, to continue ..., to go on ..., to (progress) steadily, to gradually ..., to progressively ..., to have an orgasm, to come, to cum, to trip, to get high, to have a drug-induced hallucination
- 行方 【ゆくえ】 (one's) whereabouts, destination, where one is headed, outcome, course (of events), development, direction, tide, future, journey ahead
- 行う 【おこなう】 to perform, to do, to conduct oneself, to carry out
- 行う 【おこなう】 to perform, to do, to conduct oneself, to carry out
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いく、 なみ、 なめ、 みち、 ゆき、 ゆく
- Korean:
- haeng, hang
Spanish
- ir
- fila
- línea (texto)
- ocurrencia
- conducta
- realizar
- llevar a cabo
- ocurrir
Portuguese
- ir
- viagem
- viajar
French
- aller
- voyage
73 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
131 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
118 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
31 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4213 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
24 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
82 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
245 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.4 | Japanese for Busy People |
68 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
68 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
58 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1613 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
246 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
157 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
187 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
882 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
34029 | Morohashi |
212 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5419 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
873 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
938 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
18 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
123 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2053 | 2001 Kanji |
3i3.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-3 | SKIP code |
2122.1 | Four corner code |
1-25-52 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
884c | Unicode hex code |
do, change, make, benefit, welfare, be of use, reach to, try, practice, cost, serve as, good, advantage, as a result of
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
831 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 為政者 【イセイシャ】 statesman, administrator, politician, policymaker
- 為公会 【イコウカイ】 Iko-kai (faction of the LDP)
- 人為 【ジンイ】 human work, human agency, art, artificiality
- 営為 【エイイ】 business, occupation
Kun reading compounds
- 為 【ため】 good, advantage, benefit, welfare, sake, purpose, objective, aim, consequence, result, effect, affecting, regarding, concerning
- 為に 【ために】 for, for the sake of, to one's advantage, in favor of, in favour of, on behalf of, because of, as a result of
- 外為 【がいため】 foreign exchange
- 念のため 【ねんのため】 (just) making sure, just to be sure, just in case, for caution's sake
- 成る 【なる】 to become, to get, to grow, to turn, to reach, to attain, to result in, to turn out, to end up, to prove (to be), to consist of, to be composed of, to be made up of, to be completed, to be realized, to succeed, to be attained, to be accomplished, to change (into), to turn (into), to transform, to come (to do), to begin (to do), to grow (to do), to come to, to amount to, to add up to, to make, to play (the part of), to act as, to be used for, to be useful for, to serve as, to be promoted, to do ...
- 為す 【なす】 to build up, to establish, to form, to become (a state), to accomplish, to achieve, to succeed in, to change into, to do, to perform, to intend to, to attempt, to try
- なす術 【なすすべ】 means, method, way
- 為る 【する】 to do, to carry out, to perform, to cause to become, to make (into), to turn (into), to serve as, to act as, to work as, to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.), to judge as being, to view as being, to think of as, to treat as, to use as, to decide on, to choose, to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.), to be (in a state, condition, etc.), to be worth, to cost, to pass (of time), to elapse, to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B, to transform A to B, to make A into B, to exchange A for B, to make use of A for B, to view A as B, to handle A as if it were B, to feel A about B, verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"), creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"), to be just about to, to be just starting to, to try to, to attempt to
- 成り 【なり】 promoted (of a piece)
- 成り代わる 【なりかわる】 to take over for (someone), to stand in for, to substitute for, to replace, to take the place of (something)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- びい
- Korean:
- wi
Spanish
- hacer
- ocurrir
- razón
- causa
Portuguese
- mudança
- benefício
- bem-estar
- é de uso
- tentativa
- prática
- custo
- servir para
- bom
- vantagem
- como um resultado de
French
- faire
- changer
- bénéfice
- bien-être
- être utile
- atteindre
- essayer
- s'entraîner
- coûter
- servir pour
- bon
- avantage
- par suite de
1003 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1137 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
138 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
977 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1514 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1005 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1484 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1581 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
736 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1274 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4395 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2225 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2994 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1937 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
18981P | Morohashi |
3577 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3411 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1918 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2067 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
446 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
1277 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
950 | 2001 Kanji |
4d5.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-9-4 | SKIP code |
3-5-4 | SKIP code |
3402.7 | Four corner code |
1-16-57 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
70ba | Unicode hex code |