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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
402 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 早急 【ソウキュウ】 immediate, prompt, quick, rapid, urgent, pressing
- 早期 【ソウキ】 early stage
- 時期早々 【ジキソウソウ】 premature
- 尚早 【ショウソウ】 prematurity
- 早急 【ソウキュウ】 immediate, prompt, quick, rapid, urgent, pressing
- 早速 【サッソク】 at once, immediately, without delay, promptly
Kun reading compounds
- 早い 【はやい】 fast, quick, rapid, swift, speedy, brisk, prompt, early, soon, earlier than usual, premature, too soon, too early, easy, simple, quick, fast, as soon as ..., the moment ..., the instant ...
- 早いこと 【はやいこと】 quickly
- 早 【はや】 already, now, by this time, quick, early, fast, rapid
- 甲矢 【はや】 arrow with feathers that curve to the left (the first of two arrows to be fired)
- 千早 【ちはや】 thin, white ceremonial haori worn by miko
- 早々 【はやはや】 quickly
- 早まる 【はやまる】 to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours), to be moved up, to be advanced, to be hasty, to be rash, to quicken, to speed up, to gather speed
- 早める 【はやめる】 to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours), to advance, to hasten (e.g. one's death), to expedite, to precipitate, to quicken (e.g. one's step), to speed up, to accelerate
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さか、 さわ、 そ、 わ
- Korean:
- jo
Spanish
- temprano
- rápido
- pronto
- apresurarse
- precipitarse
- acelerar
Portuguese
- cedo
- rápido
French
- tôt
- rapide
104 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
56 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
50 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
259 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2100 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
117 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
185 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
295 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.6 | Japanese for Busy People |
248 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
248 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
117 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
966 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3042 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1549 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2120 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
26 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
13742 | Morohashi |
2390 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2419 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
26 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
26 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
409 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
55 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3855 | 2001 Kanji |
4c2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-4-2 | SKIP code |
6040.0 | Four corner code |
1-33-65 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
65e9 | Unicode hex code |
川
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
181 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 川柳 【センリュウ】 senryū, comic haiku, humorous seventeen-mora poem
- 川きゅう 【センキュウ】 cnidium rhizome (Cnidium officinale)
- 山川 【サンセン】 mountains and rivers
- 四川 【シセン】 Sichuan (China), Szechuan, Szechwan
Kun reading compounds
- 川 【かわ】 river, stream, River, the ... river
- 川上 【かわかみ】 upper reaches of a river, upstream
- 堀川 【ほりかわ】 canal
- 山川 【さんせん】 mountains and rivers
Readings
- Japanese names:
- か、 こ、 さわ
- Korean:
- cheon
Spanish
- arroyo
- río
Portuguese
- corrente
- rio
French
- rivière
- fleuve
- radical rivière (no. 47)
39 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
59 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
48 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
111 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1447 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
41 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
49 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
20 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
33 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
33 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
101 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
548 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
6 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
129 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
8673 | Morohashi |
6 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1526 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
127 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
134 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
196 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
21 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1254 | 2001 Kanji |
0a3.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-1-2 | SKIP code |
2200.0 | Four corner code |
1-32-78 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5ddd | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
133 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 家 【カ】 -ist, -er
- 家屋 【カオク】 house, building
- 研究家 【ケンキュウカ】 researcher, student (of)
- 活動家 【カツドウカ】 activist
- 家 【ケ】 house, family
- 家来 【ケライ】 retainer, retinue, servant
- 本家 【ホンケ】 head house (family), birthplace, originator
- 公家 【クゲ】 court noble, nobility, kuge, Imperial Court
Kun reading compounds
- 家 【いえ】 house, residence, dwelling, family, household, lineage, family name
- 家主 【やぬし】 landlord, landlady, house owner, home owner, head of the household
- 本家 【ほんけ】 head house (family), birthplace, originator
- 小家 【こいえ】 small and simple home
- 屋 【や】 shop, store, restaurant, someone who sells (something) or works as (something), someone with a (certain) personality trait, house, roof
- 家内 【かない】 (my) wife, inside the home, one's family
- 長屋 【ながや】 tenement house, row house
- 本家 【ほんけ】 head house (family), birthplace, originator
- 家 【うち】 one's house, one's home, one's family, one's household, house
- 内 【うち】 inside, within, while (e.g. one is young), during, within (e.g. a day), in the course of, among, amongst, (out) of, between, in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.), amidst, with (e.g. success), within oneself, one's feelings, inner thoughts, we, our company, our organization, one's home, one's family, my spouse, my husband, my wife, signed on behalf of (husband's name) by his wife, I, me, imperial palace grounds, emperor
- お家 【おうち】 your home, your family, their home, their family, (my) home
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あり、 え、 く、 つか、 べ
- Korean:
- ga
Spanish
- casa
- hogar
- especialista
Portuguese
- casa
- lar
French
- maison
53 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
89 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
83 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
81 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1311 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
151 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
158 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1185 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.8 | Japanese for Busy People |
165 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
165 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
52 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
480 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2827 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1458 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1963 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
547 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
7169 | Morohashi |
2273 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1337 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
541 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
580 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
46 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
189 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
751 | 2001 Kanji |
3m7.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-7 | SKIP code |
3023.2 | Four corner code |
1-18-40 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5bb6 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
635 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 秋季 【シュウキ】 fall season, autumn season
- 秋風 【アキカゼ】 autumn breeze, fall breeze
- 今秋 【コンシュウ】 this autumn, this fall, autumn of this year
- 中秋 【チュウシュウ】 15th day of the 8th lunar month, eighth month of the lunar calendar
Kun reading compounds
- 秋 【あき】 autumn, fall
- 秋口 【あきぐち】 beginning of autumn, beginning of fall
- 春秋 【しゅんじゅう】 spring and autumn, spring and fall, years, age, The Spring and Autumn Annals, The Chronicles of Lu, Chunqiu, Ch'un Ch'iu
- 中秋 【ちゅうしゅう】 15th day of the 8th lunar month, eighth month of the lunar calendar
- 時 【とき】 time, hour, moment, occasion, case, chance, opportunity, season, the times, the age, the day, tense
- 危急存亡の秋 【ききゅうそんぼうのとき】 crisis, critical moment, critical time
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あい
- Korean:
- chu
Spanish
- otoño
Portuguese
- outono
French
- automne
89 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
156 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
140 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
540 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3273 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
164 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
233 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
878 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.20 | Japanese for Busy People |
462 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
470 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
98 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1431 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1464 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
776 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1054 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
909 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
24940 | Morohashi |
1139 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4131 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
900 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
966 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
178 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2262 | 2001 Kanji |
5d4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-5-4 | SKIP code |
2998.0 | Four corner code |
1-29-09 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
79cb | Unicode hex code |