| 918 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 907 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1716 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 211 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1214 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1150 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 761 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1070 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1117 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1322 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 350 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4382 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2219 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2985 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1596 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5012 | Morohashi |
| 3565 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 999 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1582 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1705 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 866 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1720 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 垂直 【スイチョク】 vertical, perpendicular
- 垂纓 【スイエイ】 hanging tail (of a traditional Japanese hat), drooping tail
- 口蓋垂 【コウガイスイ】 uvula
- 虫垂 【チュウスイ】 (vermiform) appendix
Kun reading compounds
- 垂れる 【たれる】 to hang, to droop, to dangle, to sag, to lower, to pull down, to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status), to confer, to grant, to bestow, to drip, to ooze, to trickle, to drop, to leave behind (at death), to say, to utter, to excrete (urine, feces, etc.), to let out (a fart)
- 垂らす 【たらす】 to dribble, to spill, to suspend, to hang down, to slouch, to dangle
- 垂れ 【たれ】 sauce (esp. soy or mirin-based dipping sauce), hanging, something hanging (flap, lappet, etc.), (kendo) loin guard, kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character, woman, -ass, -head
- 垂れ幕 【たれまく】 hanging banner, hanging screen, curtain
- 直垂 【ひたたれ】 ancient ceremonial court robe
- 垂んとす 【なりなんとす】 to close in on (a certain age, etc.), to approach, to get close to
- 垂んとする 【なんなんとする】 to close in on (30 years of age, etc.), to approach, to get close to
Readings
- Japanese names:
- たる、 だれ
- Korean:
- su
Spanish
- estar colgado
- colgar
- suspender
Portuguese
- declínio
- suspender
- pendurar
- negligente
French
- pendre
- suspendre
- tomber
- être avachi
- goutter
| 2272 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a8.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-8-2 | SKIP code |
| 2-1-7 | SKIP code |
| 2010.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-31-66 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5782 | Unicode hex code |
straightaway, honesty, frankness, fix, repair
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
246 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 直 【チョク】 direct, honest, frank, straightforward, candid, easygoing, lighthearted, friendly, night duty, night watch, being on duty (in a factory), shift
- 直営 【チョクエイ】 direct management
- 司直 【シチョク】 judge, judiciary, administration of justice, judicial authorities
- 愚直 【グチョク】 simple honesty, tactless frankness
- 直 【ジキ】 soon, in a moment, before long, shortly, nearby, close, direct, spot transaction, cash transaction
- 直に 【ジキニ】 immediately, right away, at once, soon, shortly, in a moment, before long, easily, readily
- 高直 【コウジキ】 expensive, valuable
- バカ正直 【バカショウジキ】 honest to a fault, foolishly honest, naively honest
- 直 【ジカ】 direct
- 直に 【ジカニ】 directly, in person, firsthand
Kun reading compounds
- 直ちに 【ただちに】 at once, immediately, right away, without delay, directly (face, lead to, etc.), automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
- 直す 【なおす】 to repair, to mend, to fix, to correct (a mistake, bad habit, etc.), to put right, to restore, to straighten (e.g. a tie), to tidy up (one's hair, make-up, etc.), to revive (one's spirits), to change, to alter, to convert, to translate, to put back, to put away, to cure, to heal, to move up, to promote, to do over again, to redo
- 直る 【なおる】 to get mended, to be repaired, to be fixed, to return to normal, to recover (e.g. one's temper), to be restored, to improve, to rally, to come right, to be corrected, to get put right, to be rectified, to come right, to cure (itself), to get cured, to sit properly, to be promoted, to rise, to have one's crimes forgiven
- 直き 【なおき】 straight, upright
- 直木三十五賞 【なおきさんじゅうごしょう】 Naoki Prize (literary award)
- 直ぐ 【すぐ】 immediately, at once, right away, directly, soon, before long, shortly, easily, readily, without difficulty, right (near), nearby, just (handy), honest, upright, frank, straightforward
- 直ぐさま 【すぐさま】 immediately, promptly
- 真直ぐ 【ますぐ】 straight (ahead), direct, upright, erect, straightforward, honest, frank
Readings
- Japanese names:
- すぐ、 なお、 のう、 のお
- Korean:
- jig
Spanish
- derecho
- recto
- correcto
- de inmediato
- arreglar
- reparar
- arreglarse
- repararse
Portuguese
- retidão
- honestidade
- franqueza
- consertar
- reparo
French
- droit devant
- directement
- honnêteté
- franchise
- réparer
- guérir
- tout de suite
| 472 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 192 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 349 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 329 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 775 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 304 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 758 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 988 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.3 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 423 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 429 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 220 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1377 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3649 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1862 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2539 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 73 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 23136 | Morohashi |
| 2932 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3908 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 73 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 77 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 214 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 162 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1575 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2k6.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-1-7 | SKIP code |
| 2-2-6 | SKIP code |
| 4071.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-36-30 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 76f4 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
555 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 離 【リ】 li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
- 離宮 【リキュウ】 imperial villa, royal villa, detached palace
- 短距離 【タンキョリ】 short distance, short range, short-haul
- 近距離 【キンキョリ】 short distance
Kun reading compounds
- 離れる 【はなれる】 to be separated, to be apart, to be distant, to leave, to go away, to leave (a job, etc.), to quit, to give up, to lose connection with, to drift away from
- 離す 【はなす】 to separate, to part, to divide, to keep apart
Readings
- Korean:
- ri
Spanish
- separarse
- apartarse
- separar
- apartar
Portuguese
- separar
- separação
- digressão
- divagação
French
- séparer
- détacher
- diviser
- s'écarter
| 1897 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 641 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5040 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 909 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1887 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2889 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1281 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1355 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1008 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1857 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2364 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1195 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1663 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1505 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 42140X | Morohashi |
| 1836 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6517 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1492 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1605 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1923 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 475 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8c10.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-11-8 | SKIP code |
| 0041.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-46-05 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 96e2 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
376 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 着 【チャク】 arrival, arriving at ..., counter for items or suits of clothing, nth place (in a race), counter for moves
- 着衣 【チャクイ】 clothes (that one is wearing), wearing clothes
- 決着 【ケッチャク】 conclusion, decision, end, settlement
- 装着 【ソウチャク】 equipping, installing, fitting, mounting, putting on
- 着す 【ジャクス】 to insist on, to cling to, to adhere to
- 愛着 【アイジャク】 attachment, love, affection, fondness, addiction, craving
- 頓着 【トンチャク】 being concerned about or mindful of
Kun reading compounds
- 着る 【きる】 to wear (from the shoulders down), to put on, to take (the blame, responsibility), to bear
- 着類 【きるい】 clothing
- 着せる 【きせる】 to put clothes on (someone), to dress, to clothe, to cover, to coat, to plate, to gild, to veneer, to pin (e.g. a crime on someone), to lay (blame), to charge (with an offence), to give (a bad name), to remind someone of (their indebtedness)
- 着く 【つく】 to arrive at, to reach, to sit on, to sit at (e.g. the table)
- 付ける 【つける】 to attach, to join, to connect, to add, to append, to affix, to stick, to glue, to fasten, to sew on, to apply (ointment), to put against, to furnish (a house with), to wear, to put on, to keep a diary, to make an entry, to appraise, to set (a price), to allot, to budget, to assign, to bring alongside, to place (under guard or doctor), to follow (someone), to shadow, to tail, to stalk, to load, to give (courage to), to keep (an eye on), to establish (relations or understanding), to turn on (a light), to produce flowers (of a plant), to produce fruit, to do intensely, to do fiercely, to do strongly, to be used to (doing), to be accustomed to
Readings
- Korean:
- chag
Spanish
- usar
- llevar puesto
- vestir
- llegar
- alcanzar
Portuguese
- vestir
- chegar
- usar
- sufixo para contagem de vestuário
French
- enfiler
- porter (vêtement)
- arriver
- compteur de vêtements
| 276 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 364 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 343 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 314 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3665 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 403 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 228 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2.7 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 657 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 668 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 190 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1567 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4110 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2086 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2826 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 561 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 23339 | Morohashi |
| 3316 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3938 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 555 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 594 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 410 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 404 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 979 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2o10.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-7-5 | SKIP code |
| 2-6-6 | SKIP code |
| 2-3-9 | SKIP code |
| 2-2-10 | SKIP code |
| 8060.4 | Four corner code |
| 8060.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-69 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7740 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
736 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 陸 【リク】 land, shore
- 陸海 【リクカイ】 land and sea, army and navy
- 北陸 【ホクリク】 Hokuriku region (of Honshu; incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
- 内陸 【ナイリク】 inland
- 六 【ロク】 six, 6
- 碌 【ロク】 satisfactory, decent, good, proper, worthy
- 碌々 【ロクロク】 (not) well, (not) properly, (not) enough, (not) sufficiently
- 双六 【スゴロク】 race game (board game played with dice in which the object is to reach the end of a track), ban-sugoroku, sugoroku, traditional Japanese board game similar to backgammon
Kun reading compounds
- 陸 【りく】 land, shore
- 丘 【おか】 hill, height, knoll, rising ground, bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
Readings
- Japanese names:
- くが、 たち、 みち、 む、 むつ
- Korean:
- ryug
Spanish
- tierra
Portuguese
- terra
French
- continent
- six
| 529 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 627 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 597 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 651 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5005 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 193 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 987 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1312 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 647 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 657 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 833 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 740 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 659 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 399 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 496 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1527 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 41708 | Morohashi |
| 543 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6461 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1513 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1631 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 445 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 579 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3672 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2d8.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 1-2-8 | SKIP code |
| 7421.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-46-06 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9678 | Unicode hex code |