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 N3
897 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 越 【エツ】 Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE), Guangdong Province (China), Canton, Kwangtung, Vietnam
- 越年 【エツネン】 seeing the old year out, greeting the New Year, passing the winter, hibernation, playing more than the usual 12 rounds in one game
- 中越 【チュウエツ】 Chūetsu (region in Niigata), China and Vietnam, Sino-Vietnamese
- 上越 【ジョウエツ】 area on Japan Sea side of Japan, including Niigata
- 越年 【エツネン】 seeing the old year out, greeting the New Year, passing the winter, hibernation, playing more than the usual 12 rounds in one game
- 越年蝶 【オツネンチョウ】 eastern pale clouded yellow (butterfly, Colias erate)
- 檀越 【ダンオツ】 alms-giver, person who donates to a monk or a temple, dana-pati
Kun reading compounds
- 越す 【こす】 to cross over (e.g. mountain), to go across, to get over (e.g. hardship), to pass time (e.g. a winter), to surpass, to be better than, to exceed, to move house, to go, to come
- 越える 【こえる】 to cross over, to cross, to pass through, to pass over (out of), to go beyond, to go past, to exceed, to surpass, to be more (than)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- えち、 えっ、 お、 こえ、 こし、 ごえ、 ごし、 ごや
- Korean:
- weol, hwal
Spanish
- sobrepasar
- cruzar
- exceder
- moverse
Portuguese
- superar
- exceder
- Vietnã
French
- doubler
- traverser
- muter
- surpasser
- Vietnam
1021 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
529 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4542 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1021 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
934 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2052 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1001 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1038 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1073 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1756 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4108 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2085 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2825 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
393 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
37110 | Morohashi |
3314 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5851 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
387 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
413 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1588 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1470 | 2001 Kanji |
4n8.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-7-5 | SKIP code |
4380.5 | Four corner code |
1-17-59 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8d8a | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2418 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 海芋 【カイウ】 calla (Zantedeschia aethiopica)
- 阿蘭陀海芋 【オランダカイウ】 calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica)
Kun reading compounds
- 芋 【いも】 tuber, taro, potato, yam, yokel, bumpkin, dud, worthless thing
- 芋洗い 【いもあらい】 washing potatoes (in a bucket), being very crowded, being packed with people
- 焼き芋 【やきいも】 roasted sweet potato, baked sweet potato
- 唐芋 【とういも】 sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
Readings
- Korean:
- u, hu
Spanish
- patata
- batata
Portuguese
- batata
French
- pomme de terre
1011 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
2001 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3896 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1682 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1694 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
288 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1909 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
2081 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1834 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
639 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2706 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1381 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1868 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1670 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
30670P | Morohashi |
2181 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4964 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1655 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1784 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1088 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1947 | 2001 Kanji |
3k3.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-3 | SKIP code |
4440.1 | Four corner code |
1-16-82 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
828b | Unicode hex code |