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) |
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)
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 junior high
JLPT level N1
1152 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
Kun reading compounds
- 瀬 【せ】 shallows, shoal, rapids, current, torrent, position, place, chance, opportunity
- 瀬戸 【せと】 strait, channel
- 早瀬 【はやせ】 swift current, rapids
- 高瀬 【たかせ】 shallow river, shallows, flatboat, river boat
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いわた、 がせ、 しげ、 せい、 せっ
- Korean:
- roe
Spanish
- corriente de agua
- rápidos
- torrente
- tiempo
- ocasión
Portuguese
- corredeiras
- corrente
- torrente
- baixios
- banco de areia
French
- rapides
- courant
- torrent
- hauts fonds
1469 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
947 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2735 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1037 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1509 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2794 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1513 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1614 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1845 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1259 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
995 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
545 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
717 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1682 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
18672P | Morohashi |
806 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3384 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1666 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1795 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1914 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
361 | 2001 Kanji |
3a16.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-16 | SKIP code |
3118.6 | Four corner code |
1-32-05 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
702c | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2082 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 巴人 【ハジン】 uneducated bumpkin, resident of ancient Sichuan
- 巴豆 【ハズ】 purging croton (Croton tiglium)
Kun reading compounds
- 巴 【ともえ】 tomoe, heraldic design composed of two or more interlocked comma-shaped figures
- 巴蛾 【ともえが】 Indian owlet-moth (Spirama retorta)
- 卍巴 【まんじともえ】 (fighting) in a confused mass, (falling) in swirls, (falling) in whirls
Readings
- Japanese names:
- とも
- Korean:
- pa
Spanish
- remolino
Portuguese
French
263 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
97 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2061 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
4246 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2144 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2894 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
8745 | Morohashi |
3438 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1541 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2096 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2237 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
0a4.16 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-4-1 | SKIP code |
3-1-3 | SKIP code |
7771.7 | Four corner code |
1-39-35 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5df4 | Unicode hex code |
水
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
223 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 水 【スイ】 Wednesday, shaved ice (served with flavored syrup), water (fifth of the five elements)
- 水位 【スイイ】 water level
- 用水 【ヨウスイ】 irrigation water, water for fire, city water, cistern water
- 浄水 【ジョウスイ】 clean water, purified water
Kun reading compounds
- 水 【みず】 water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water), fluid (esp. in an animal tissue), liquid, flood, floodwaters, water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout, break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
- 水揚げ 【みずあげ】 landing, unloading (e.g. a ship), catch (of fish), takings, sales (of a shop), defloration (e.g. of a geisha), preservation (of cut flowers, in ikebana)
- 飲み水 【のみみず】 drinking water, potable water
- 呼び水 【よびみず】 pump-priming, rousing, stimulation
Readings
- Japanese names:
- うず、 ずみ、 つ、 ど、 み、 みさ、 みつ、 みな、 みん
- Korean:
- su
Spanish
- agua
Portuguese
- água
French
- eau
14 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
16 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
40 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
144 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2482 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
16 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
68 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
54 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
21 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
21 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
19 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1151 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
10 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
132 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
17083 | Morohashi |
10 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3030 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
130 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
137 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
166 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
31 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1142 | 2001 Kanji |
3a0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-1-3 | SKIP code |
4-4-3 | SKIP code |
1223.0 | Four corner code |
1-31-69 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6c34 | Unicode hex code |