24 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
27 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
36 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
63 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1355 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
33 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
46 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
21 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.15 | Japanese for Busy People |
27 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
27 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
88 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
511 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
7 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
106 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
7473 | Morohashi |
7 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1389 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
105 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
110 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
126 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
15 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
小
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
114 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 小 【ショウ】 smallness, small item, short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days), elementary school, smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name), inferior, younger (of two people with the same name), junior, unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m)
- 小雨 【コサメ】 light rain, drizzle
- 微小 【ビショウ】 microscopic
- 中小 【チュウショウ】 small and medium
Kun reading compounds
- 小さい 【ちいさい】 small, little, tiny, slight, below average (in degree, amount, etc.), minor, small, low (e.g. sound), soft (e.g. voice), unimportant, petty, insignificant, trifling, trivial, young, juvenile
- 小さい頃 【ちいさいころ】 as a child, when one was a child
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いさら、 こう、 さざ、 しゃお、 ちいさ
- Korean:
- so
Spanish
- poco
- pequeño
Portuguese
- Pequeno
- pouco
French
- petit
1141 | 2001 Kanji |
3n0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-1-2 | SKIP code |
9000.0 | Four corner code |
1-30-14 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5c0f | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō variant of a jōyō kanji, used in names
1633 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
Kun reading compounds
- 島 【しま】 island, one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.), one's turf
Readings
- Korean:
- do
Spanish
Portuguese
French
1434 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
2279A | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
840 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
621 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
8434 | Morohashi |
682 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1503 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2976 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2982 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
3o7.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-11 | SKIP code |
2772.7 | Four corner code |
1-37-72 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5d8b | 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 |
chronicle, account, narrative, history, annals, geologic period
- On:
- キ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
780 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 紀 【キ】 period, Nihon Shoki (second oldest work of Japanese history, compiled in 720 CE), Nihongi, Chronicles of Japan, Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)
- 紀元前 【キゲンゼン】 pre-era, BC, BCE
- デボン紀 【デボンキ】 Devonian period
- 前世紀 【ゼンセイキ】 last century, previous century, ancient times, old times
Readings
- Japanese names:
- おさむ、 ただす、 とし、 とも、 のり、 もと
- Korean:
- gi
Spanish
- crónica
- normas
- era
Portuguese
- crônica
- contos
- narrativa
- história
- anais
- período geológico
French
- chronique
- compte-rendu
- narration
- histoire
- annales
- ère géologique
578 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
472 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
449 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
930 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3497 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
666 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1619 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1424 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
372 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
373 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
634 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1512 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1628 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
856 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1173 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1366 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
27234 | Morohashi |
1276 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4439 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1354 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1454 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
521 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2756 | 2001 Kanji |
6a3.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-6-3 | SKIP code |
2791.7 | Four corner code |
1-21-10 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7d00 | Unicode hex code |
substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
66 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 代 【ダイ】 charge, cost, price, generation, age, (school) year, cohort, reign, era, a representative of, on behalf of, for (someone), switchboard number, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.), proxy application company, pronoun
- 代官 【ダイカン】 local governor (Edo period), local magistrate, bailiff, deputy official (Middle Ages), acting administrator
- 大時代 【オオジダイ】 old-fashioned, antiquated, anachronistic
- 次代 【ジダイ】 the next era
- 代謝 【タイシャ】 metabolism, renewal, regeneration, replacing the old with the new
- 代赭 【タイシャ】 red ocher (ochre)
- 永代 【エイタイ】 permanence, eternity
- 希代 【キタイ】 uncommon, rare, extraordinary, matchless
Kun reading compounds
- 替わる 【かわる】 to succeed, to relieve, to replace, to take the place of, to substitute for, to take over for, to represent, to hand over (telephone), to be exchanged, to change (places with), to switch
- 代わる代わる 【かわるがわる】 alternately, by turns
- 替わる 【かわる】 to succeed, to relieve, to replace, to take the place of, to substitute for, to take over for, to represent, to hand over (telephone), to be exchanged, to change (places with), to switch
- 代わる代わる 【かわるがわる】 alternately, by turns
- 代わり 【かわり】 substitute, replacement, substituting, replacing, stand-in, proxy, alternate, deputy, relief, successor, compensation, exchange, return, another helping, second helping, seconds, refill, upcoming program, upcoming programme
- 変わり目 【かわりめ】 turning point, change, transition, turn (of the tide, century, etc.), point of difference
- 代わり 【かわり】 substitute, replacement, substituting, replacing, stand-in, proxy, alternate, deputy, relief, successor, compensation, exchange, return, another helping, second helping, seconds, refill, upcoming program, upcoming programme
- 変わり目 【かわりめ】 turning point, change, transition, turn (of the tide, century, etc.), point of difference
- 替える 【かえる】 to replace, to convert, to change, to exchange, to interchange, to renew, to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
- 世 【よ】 world, society, public, life, lifetime, age, era, period, epoch, generation, reign, rule, the times, world (of existence)
- 代々 【よよ】 for generations, from generation to generation, generation after generation, through the ages
- 千代 【ちよ】 thousand years, very long period, forever
- 君が代 【きみがよ】 Imperial reign, Kimigayo (Japanese national anthem)
- 代 【しろ】 substitution, material, price, margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.), area required for something, shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
- 代物 【しろもの】 article, goods, product, fine thing, fellow, affair, stuff, prostitute, price, cost, money
- 地代 【ちだい】 land rent
- 阿代 【あしろ】 Ophidion asiro (species of cusk eel)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- す
- Korean:
- dae
Spanish
- generación
- reinado
- sustituir
- reemplazar
- relevar
Portuguese
- substituto
- mudança
- convertido
- repor
- período
- idade
- geração
- carga
- valor
- taxa
French
- substituer
- changer
- convertir
- remplacer
- période
- âge
- ère
- génération
- montant d'argent
- taux
- prix
- redevance
463 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
358 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
338 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
68 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
364 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
85 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
111 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
125 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
256 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
256 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
413 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
61 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
34 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
18 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
18 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1014 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
386 | Morohashi |
30 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
125 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1005 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1080 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
87 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
257 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2156 | 2001 Kanji |
2a3.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-2-3 | SKIP code |
2324.0 | Four corner code |
1-34-69 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4ee3 | Unicode hex code |