914 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
903 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
638 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1078 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
886 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
433 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
796 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
720 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
733 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
942 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
374 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
417 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
261 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
312 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
368 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
5086P | Morohashi |
352 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1011 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
362 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
387 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
884 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
795 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 城 【ジョウ】 castle (in place names), castle, fortress
- 城内 【ジョウナイ】 inside of a castle, area surrounded by castle walls
- 荒城 【コウジョウ】 ruined castle
- 開城 【カイジョウ】 surrender of a castle, surrender of a fortress, capitulation of a stronghold
- 傾城 【ケイセイ】 beauty, siren, courtesan, prostitute
- 傾国傾城 【ケイコクケイセイ】 woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty, femme fatale
Kun reading compounds
- 城 【しろ】 castle
- 城跡 【しろあと】 castle site, ruins of a castle
- ハウルの動く城 【ハウルのうごくしろ】 Howl's Moving Castle (2004 animated film)
- 砂の城 【すなのしろ】 sandcastle, sand castle
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いく、 がき、 き、 くに、 ぐしく、 ぐすく、 しき、 すく、 ぜい、 たち、 なり
- Korean:
- seong
Spanish
- castillo
Portuguese
- Castelo
French
- château
1459 | 2001 Kanji |
3b6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-6 | SKIP code |
4315.0 | Four corner code |
1-30-75 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
57ce | 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 |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 崖下 【ガイカ】 below a cliff
- 崖上 【ガイジョウ】 cliff top
- 断層崖 【ダンソウガイ】 fault scarp, fault escarpment
- 崎崖 【キガイ】 steepness of a mountain
Kun reading compounds
- 崖 【がけ】 cliff, precipice, precipice, brink of a dangerous situation
- 崖上 【がいじょう】 cliff top
- 財政の崖 【ざいせいのがけ】 fiscal cliff (e.g. potential 2013 US financial crisis), fiscal precipice
- ガラスの崖 【ガラスのがけ】 glass cliff (corporate leadership)
Readings
- Korean:
- ae, eui
Spanish
- acantilado
- precipicio
- despeñadero
Portuguese
French
1428 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1737 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1556 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
2862 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1988 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
8180 | Morohashi |
1488 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2227 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
841 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
3o8.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-8 | SKIP code |
2221.4 | Four corner code |
1-19-19 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5d16 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
647 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 遺憾 【イカン】 regrettable, unsatisfactory, deplorable, lamentable
- 遺影 【イエイ】 portrait of a deceased person
- 拾遺 【シュウイ】 gleaning, gleanings
- 古語拾遺 【コゴシュウイ】 Gleanings from Ancient Stories (Inbe no Hironari, 807 CE), historical record from the Inbe clan
- 遺言 【ユイゴン】 will, testament, last request, dying wish
- 遺骸 【イガイ】 remains, corpse, body
Kun reading compounds
- 遺す 【のこす】 to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death), to bequeath
Readings
- Korean:
- yu
Spanish
- olvidar
- dejar atrás
- legar
- dejar en herencia
Portuguese
- legar
- deixar para trás
- reservar
French
- léguer
- laisser derrière
- garder
739 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
827 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
808 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
780 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4745 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
656 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1821 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1172 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1230 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1179 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
719 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3928 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2023 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2731 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1788 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
39134P | Morohashi |
3166 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6115 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1772 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1909 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
981 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1661 | 2001 Kanji |
2q12.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-3-12 | SKIP code |
3530.8 | Four corner code |
1-16-68 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
907a | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
953 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 跡 【セキ】 trace
- 史跡 【シセキ】 historic landmark, historic site, historic remains
- 軌跡 【キセキ】 tire track, traces of a person or thing, path one has taken, locus
Kun reading compounds
- 跡 【あと】 trace, tracks, mark, sign, site, remains, ruins, scar
- 後始末 【あとしまつ】 settlement (of a matter), sorting out, winding up (affairs), dealing with the aftermath, cleaning up afterwards, tidying up (when finished)
- 焼け跡 【やけあと】 ruins of a fire, fire-devastated area
- 後々 【あとあと】 future, distant future
Readings
- Korean:
- jeog
Spanish
- marca
- huella
- señal
- ruinas
Portuguese
- trilhas
- marca
- impressão
French
- traces
- marques
- vestiges
- empreinte
1485 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
931 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4560 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1502 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1792 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1926 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1569 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1673 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1587 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1761 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1937 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1032 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1395 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1762 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
37493 | Morohashi |
1534 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5875 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1746 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1883 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1671 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3741 | 2001 Kanji |
7d6.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-7-6 | SKIP code |
6013.0 | Four corner code |
1-32-55 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8de1 | Unicode hex code |