93 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
160 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
143 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
231 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
166 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
129 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
47 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
88 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.17 | Japanese for Busy People |
144 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
144 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
105 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
512 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4278 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2163 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2915 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
107 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
7475 | Morohashi |
3467 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1390 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
106 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
111 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
153 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
95 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
287 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 少 【ショウ】 small, little, few
- 少輔 【ショウ】 assistant vice-minister (ritsuryō system, early Meiji period)
- 最少 【サイショウ】 fewest, least, smallest (number), lowest, minimum, youngest
- 過少 【カショウ】 too few, too little, insufficient
Kun reading compounds
- 少ない 【すくない】 few, little, small (amount), low, scarce, insufficient, seldom, rare
- 少し 【すこし】 a little, a bit, a small amount, a few, some, slightly, somewhat, a little while, a short time, a moment, a minute, a little way, a short distance
- 少しも 【すこしも】 (not) at all, (not) a bit, (not) in the least, (not) in the slightest
Readings
- Korean:
- so
Spanish
- poco
- pequeño
- un poco
- apenas
Portuguese
- poucos
- pequenos
French
- un petit peu
- un peu
1160 | 2001 Kanji |
3n1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-4-4 | SKIP code |
1-1-3 | SKIP code |
9020.0 | Four corner code |
1-30-15 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5c11 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
6 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 年 【ネン】 year, counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school), period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
- 年会 【ネンカイ】 conference, annual convention
- 往年 【オウネン】 years gone by, earlier years, former years, the past
- 平年 【ヘイネン】 non-leap year, average year (for rainfall, temperature, etc.), normal year
Kun reading compounds
- 年 【とし】 year, age, years, past one's prime, old age
- 年明け 【としあけ】 beginning of the year, early in the New Year
- いい年 【いいとし】 mature age, advanced age, maturity, age when one is old enough to know better
- 御年 【おんとし】 age (esp. advanced)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ね
- Korean:
- nyeon
Spanish
- año
- edad
Portuguese
- Ano
French
- année
- compteur d'années
126 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
20 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
64 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
3 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
188 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
64 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
51 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
342 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.3 | Japanese for Busy People |
45 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
45 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
24 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
574 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2528 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1284 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1752 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1045 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
9168 | Morohashi |
2035 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1593 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1036 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1114 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
13 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
51 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2355 | 2001 Kanji |
0a6.16 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-4 | SKIP code |
4-6-3 | SKIP code |
8050.0 | Four corner code |
1-39-15 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5e74 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
380 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 残 【ザン】 remainder, the rest, what is left
- 残虐 【ザンギャク】 cruel, brutal, savage, barbarous
- 敗残 【ハイザン】 survival after defeat, decline (of a person, business, etc.), ruin
- 遺残 【イザン】 persistence, vestigial remnant
Kun reading compounds
- 残る 【のこる】 to remain, to be left
- 残す 【のこす】 to leave (behind), to leave (undone), to not finish, to save, to set aside, to reserve, to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death), to bequeath, to stay (in the ring), to hold on
- 残り 【のこり】 remainder, remnant, the rest, what is left, balance, leftovers
- 残り惜しい 【のこりおしい】 regrettable, reluctant
Readings
- Korean:
- jan
Spanish
- resto
- balance
- quedar
- dejar
Portuguese
- restante
- restos
- balança
French
- reste
- solde (compte)
409 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
520 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
493 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
492 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2445 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
315 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
655 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
650 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
661 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
223 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1134 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1179 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
640 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
851 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
816 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
16459 | Morohashi |
943 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2976 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
808 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
871 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
382 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
546 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3159 | 2001 Kanji |
0a10.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-6 | SKIP code |
1325.0 | Four corner code |
1-27-36 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6b8b | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1596 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 酷 【コク】 severe, harsh, stringent, rigorous, strict, unfair
- 酷似 【コクジ】 resembling closely, being strikingly similar, bearing a strong likeness
- 残忍冷酷 【ザンニンレイコク】 atrocious and cold-blooded, cruel, brutal, merciless
- 厳酷 【ゲンコク】 severity, rigor, rigour
Kun reading compounds
- 酷い 【ひどい】 cruel, heartless, hard, harsh, severe, violent, intense, strong, heavy, extreme, very bad, terrible, awful, excessive, exorbitant, unreasonable, outrageous, unfair, unjust
- ひどい風邪 【ひどいかぜ】 bad cold
Readings
- Korean:
- hog
Spanish
- severidad
- crueldad
- atrocidad
- injusticia
Portuguese
- injusto
- cruel
- severo
French
- cruel
- atroce
- sévère
- injuste
1273 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1702 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4788 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1591 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1837 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1711 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1828 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1596 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1796 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1967 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1048 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1414 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1443 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
39870P | Morohashi |
1562 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6176 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1431 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1539 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1735 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3277 | 2001 Kanji |
7e7.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-7-7 | SKIP code |
1466.1 | Four corner code |
1-25-83 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9177 | Unicode hex code |
弓
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N1
1802 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 弓 【キュウ】 bow (and arrow), unit of distance to an archery target (approx. six feet), unit of distance for land surveying (approx. eight feet)
- 弓矢 【ユミヤ】 bow and arrow, weapon, arms
- 洋弓 【ヨウキュウ】 (Western) archery, Western-style bow
- 鰓弓 【サイキュウ】 branchial arch, gill arch
Kun reading compounds
- 弓 【ゆみ】 bow (weapon), archery, bow (for a violin, etc.)
- 弓矢 【ゆみや】 bow and arrow, weapon, arms
- 大弓 【だいきゅう】 bow, longbow
- 上げ弓 【あげゆみ】 up-bow (technique used when playing a string instrument)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- こ、 ゆ
- Korean:
- gung
Spanish
- arco
Portuguese
- arquear
- arco (arma
- violino)
French
- arc
- archet
107 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
836 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1539 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1560 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1419 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1268 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
95 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
212 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
212 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
592 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
604 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4193 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2120 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2869 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1239 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
9692 | Morohashi |
3383 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1678 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1231 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1317 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
83 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3552 | 2001 Kanji |
3h0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-3-1 | SKIP code |
4-4-1 | SKIP code |
1720.7 | Four corner code |
1772.7 | Four corner code |
1-21-61 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5f13 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
937 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 射 【シャ】 archery, mapping, map, morphism, arrow
- 射撃 【シャゲキ】 firing, shooting, fire, gunshot, marksmanship
- 照射 【ショウシャ】 irradiation, radiation, beaming, exposure (to light), illumination
- 投射 【トウシャ】 projection (of an image)
Kun reading compounds
- 射る 【いる】 to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
- 射す 【さす】 to shine
- 撃つ 【うつ】 to shoot (a gun, person, etc.), to fire
Readings
- Korean:
- sa, seog
Spanish
- disparar
- tirar
- radiar
- liberar
Portuguese
- dispare
- brilha dentro
- sobre
- arte do arco e flexa
French
- lancer une flèche
- tir à l'arc
- sur
- briller
893 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
882 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1000 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4603 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
989 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1222 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1144 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
900 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
922 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1015 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
505 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1850 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
979 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1327 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1257 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
7434 | Morohashi |
1458 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1380 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1249 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1338 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
902 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
848 | 2001 Kanji |
0a10.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-7-3 | SKIP code |
2440.0 | Four corner code |
2420.0 | Four corner code |
1-28-45 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5c04 | Unicode hex code |