421 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
316 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
300 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
564 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1282 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
352 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
460 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
284 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
490 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
499 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
537 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
466 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2697 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1375 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1861 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
189 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
7071 | Morohashi |
2173 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1310 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
186 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
198 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
364 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
270 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
457 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 守備 【シュビ】 defense, defence
- 守勢 【シュセイ】 (being on the) defensive
- 好守 【コウシュ】 good fielding
- 攻守 【コウシュ】 offense and defense, offence and defence, batting and fielding
- 守護 【シュゴ】 protection, safeguard, shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
- 都寺 【ツウス】 one of the six administrators of a Zen temple
- 居留守 【イルス】 pretending to be out
Kun reading compounds
- 守る 【まもる】 to protect, to guard, to defend, to keep (i.e. a promise), to abide (by the rules), to observe, to obey, to follow
- 守り 【まもり】 protection, defense, defence, providence, amulet, charm, talisman
- 守り神 【まもりがみ】 guardian deity
- 島主 【とうしゅ】 island chief
- 山守 【やまもり】 ranger (forest), mountain guardian
- 守り 【もり】 babysitting, babysitter, protecting, keeping, keeper
- 守り立てる 【もりたてる】 to support, to back up, to rally round, to revive (e.g. a company), to boost (e.g. morale), to bring up, to raise
- 井守 【いもり】 newt (esp. the Japanese fire belly newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster)
- 足無井守 【あしなしいもり】 caecilian (any burrowing legless amphibian of the order Gymnophiona)
- 守 【かみ】 director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryō system)
- 肥後守 【ひごのかみ】 higonokami, type of folding knife with metal handle
- 出羽守 【でわのかみ】 director of Dewa province, person who frequently makes comparisons with other countries, industries, etc. when complaining about an issue or situation
Readings
- Japanese names:
- う、 し、 も、 て
- Korean:
- su
Spanish
- guardar proteger
- defender
- guardar
- proteger
Portuguese
- vigia
- protege
- defende
- obedece
French
- garder
- protéger
- défendre
- obéir
- respect (des règles)
748 | 2001 Kanji |
3m3.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-3 | SKIP code |
3034.2 | Four corner code |
1-28-73 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5b88 | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
703 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 伊 【イ】 Italy
- 伊勢丹 【イセタン】 Isetan (department store)
- 駐伊 【チュウイ】 stationed in Italy
- 紀伊 【キイ】 Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- これ、 ただ、 よし、 いと、 だ
- Korean:
- i
Spanish
- I fonética
- Italia
- ese
- aquel
Portuguese
French
- Italie
- celui-là
603 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
372 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1909 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
237 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2011 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
52 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
33 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
33 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1169 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
432 | Morohashi |
49 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
134 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1161 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1245 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
2160 | 2001 Kanji |
2a4.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-2-4 | SKIP code |
2725.7 | Four corner code |
1-16-43 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4f0a | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
291 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 藤黄 【トウオウ】 gamboge
- 藤花 【トウカ】 wisteria flower
Kun reading compounds
- 藤 【ふじ】 wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda), wistaria
- 藤色 【ふじいろ】 light purple
- 草藤 【くさふじ】 tufted vetch (Vicia cracca), cow vetch
- 野田藤 【のだふじ】 Japanese wisteria (Wisteria floribunda)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ぞう、 と、 ふじゅ
- Korean:
- deung
Spanish
- glicina (planta)
Portuguese
French
- glycine
206 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4090 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1975 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
2773 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2231 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
2087 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
3025 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1544 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2109 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1218 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
32340P | Morohashi |
2382 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5241 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1210 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1295 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
432 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
1942 | 2001 Kanji |
3k15.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-15 | SKIP code |
4423.2 | Four corner code |
1-38-03 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
85e4 | 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
841 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 奈良 【ナラ】 Nara (city, prefecture)
- な行 【ナギョウ】 the "na" column of the Japanese syllabary table (na, ni, nu, ne, no)
- 眼仁奈 【メジナ】 largescale blackfish (Girella punctata)
- 輪奈 【ワナ】 loop (of thread, string, etc.)
Kun reading compounds
- 如何 【いかん】 (depending on) how, (depending on) what, nature (of), what is ...?, how is ...?, what will be ...?
- 唐梨 【からなし】 Chinese quince (Pseudocydonia sinensis)
Readings
- Korean:
- nae, na
Spanish
- Nara
- ¿que tal?
- ¿por qué?
Portuguese
French
- Nara
- comment ?
822 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1174 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1977 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
696 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2044 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
947 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
2759 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1411 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1905 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1103 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
5893 | Morohashi |
2219 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1147 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1094 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1175 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1441 | 2001 Kanji |
4e3.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-5 | SKIP code |
2-4-4 | SKIP code |
4090.1 | Four corner code |
1-38-64 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5948 | Unicode hex code |
bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
810 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 曲 【キョク】 composition, piece of music, song, track (on a record), tune, melody, air, enjoyment, fun, interest, pleasure
- 曲折 【キョクセツ】 bending, winding, meandering, zigzagging, ups and downs, twists and turns, complications, difficulties, vicissitudes
- 歌謡曲 【カヨウキョク】 kayōkyoku, form of Japanese popular music that developed during the Showa era, (Western) pop song
- 名曲 【メイキョク】 famous piece of music, excellent song, (musical) masterpiece
Kun reading compounds
- 曲がる 【まがる】 to bend, to curve, to warp, to wind, to twist, to turn, to be awry, to be askew, to be crooked
- 曲げる 【まげる】 to bend, to crook, to bow, to curve, to curl, to lean, to tilt, to incline, to slant, to bend (the truth), to distort, to twist, to pervert, to yield (a point), to depart (from a principle), to ignore (what one really thinks), to pawn
- 隈 【くま】 corner, nook, recess, shade, shadow, dark area, dark circles (under the eyes), dark rings, bend (in a road, river, etc.), shading, gradation, kumadori, style of kabuki makeup used for violent roles
Readings
- Japanese names:
- まがた
- Korean:
- gog
Spanish
- melodía
- curva
- encorvado
- torcer
- doblar
- torcerse
- girarse
Portuguese
- tender
- música
- melodia
- composição
- prazer
- injustiça
- falta
- curva
- tortuoso
- perverso
- inclinar
French
- courber
- musique
- mélodie
- composition
- plaisir
- injustice
- faute
- malhonnête
- pervers
- pencher
381 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
279 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
261 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
604 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
103 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
715 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
609 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
327 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
366 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
367 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
625 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
996 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4340 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2197 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2956 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1180 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
14280 | Morohashi |
3527 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2418 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1172 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1256 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
264 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1976 | 2001 Kanji |
0a6.27 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-6-2 | SKIP code |
5560.0 | Four corner code |
1-22-42 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
66f2 | Unicode hex code |