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) |
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
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 1
JLPT level N5
240 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 男 【ダン】 masculine noun, son, baron, man, male
- 男子 【ダンシ】 boy, man, male
- 既男 【キダン】 married man
- 公侯伯子男 【コウコウハクシダン】 duke, marquis, count, viscount and baron (five ranks of nobility in Japan; 1869-1947)
- 男 【ナン】 son
- 男女 【ダンジョ】 men and women, man and woman, both sexes, both genders
- 一男 【イチナン】 boy, eldest son
- 次男 【ジナン】 second son
Kun reading compounds
- 男 【おとこ】 man, male, fellow, guy, chap, bloke, male lover, boyfriend, man, manliness, manly honor, manly honour, manly reputation
- 男の子 【おとこのこ】 boy, son, baby boy, young man
- 年男 【としおとこ】 man born in a year with the same Chinese zodiac sign as the current year
- 山男 【やまおとこ】 giant, woodsman, alpinist
- 雄 【お】 male, manly, brave, heroic, larger (of the two), greater, man, husband
- 男 【おとこ】 man, male, fellow, guy, chap, bloke, male lover, boyfriend, man, manliness, manly honor, manly honour, manly reputation
- 愛上男 【あいうえお】 skilled male lover
- 毒男 【どくお】 lonely heart, male virgin, loser, geek
Readings
- Japanese names:
- み
- Korean:
- nam
Spanish
- masculino
- hombre
Portuguese
- masculino
French
- homme
- mâle
109 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
42 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
54 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
228 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2996 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
63 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
72 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
495 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.13 | Japanese for Busy People |
101 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
101 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
67 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1334 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3147 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1613 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2199 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
867 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
21730 | Morohashi |
2542 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3731 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
859 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
923 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
203 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
66 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3645 | 2001 Kanji |
5f2.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-5-2 | SKIP code |
6042.7 | Four corner code |
1-35-43 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7537 | Unicode hex code |
子
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
72 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 子 【シ】 child (esp. a boy), viscount, founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius), master, masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature), you, -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
- 子宮 【シキュウ】 womb, uterus
- 中性子 【チュウセイシ】 neutron
- 精子 【セイシ】 sperm, spermatozoon
- 主 【ス】 honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
- 恵比寿 【エビス】 Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
- 久留子 【クルス】 cross sign
- 対子 【トイツ】 pair, eyes
- 七対子 【チートイツ】 seven pairs, winning hand composed of seven pairs
Kun reading compounds
- 子 【こ】 child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person, (one's) child, offspring, young woman, young (animal), offshoot, interest, new share, player who is not a dealer, young geisha, young prostitute, bird egg, -er (often of young women)
- 子 【こう】 child, interest
- 根っこ 【ねっこ】 root (of a plant), stump (of a tree), root (of a problem, etc.), base, foundation, origin, source
- 江戸っ子 【えどっこ】 (true) Tokyoite, Edoite, Tokyo native, Edokko
- 子 【ね】 the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am), north, eleventh month of the lunar calendar
- 子忌み 【ねいみ】 collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
- 庚子 【かのえね】 Metal Rat (37th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
- 甲子 【きのえね】 Wood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 き、 ぎ、 く、 け、 ねっ
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- chiquillo
- niño
Portuguese
- criança
French
- enfant
- signe de la 1ère branche terrestre
- signe du Rat (zodiaque)
- 23 h à 01 h
- Nord (0°)
31 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
40 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
25 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
56 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1264 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
61 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
43 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
38 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
103 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
103 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
69 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
455 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4196 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2125 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2872 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
96 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
6930 | Morohashi |
3390 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1281 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
95 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
99 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
42 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
18 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3547 | 2001 Kanji |
2c0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-3-1 | SKIP code |
4-2-1 | SKIP code |
1740.7 | Four corner code |
1-27-50 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5b50 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
421 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 欧 【オウ】 Europe
- 欧州 【オウシュウ】 Europe
- 東欧 【トウオウ】 Eastern Europe
- 西欧 【セイオウ】 Western Europe, the West, the Occident, Europe
Readings
- Japanese names:
- おお、 ひろ
- Korean:
- gu
Spanish
- Europa
Portuguese
- Europa
French
- Europe
1034 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
766 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2413 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1416 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
649 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1022 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1061 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
554 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1121 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1098 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
596 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
787 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1715 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
16024P | Morohashi |
887 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2931 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1699 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1834 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1198 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3462 | 2001 Kanji |
4j4.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-4 | SKIP code |
7778.2 | Four corner code |
1-18-04 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6b27 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
386 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 州 【シュウ】 state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.), province (e.g. of Canada), county (e.g. of the UK), region (e.g. of Italy), canton, oblast, continent, province (of Japan), province (of ancient China), prefecture, department, dear
- 州政府 【シュウセイフ】 state government
- 広州 【コウシュウ】 Guangzhou (China), Canton
- 沿海州 【エンカイシュウ】 Primorskaya Oblast (Russia)
- 州 【ス】 sandbank, sandbar
- 洲浜 【スハマ】 sandy beach, sandbar that projects into the ocean, particularly in a wavy form, designs and objects with a wavy pattern, sweet mochi cake
- 白州 【シラス】 white sandbar, white sandbank, area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles, gravel separating a noh stage from the audience, court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand
- 中州 【ナカス】 sandbank (in a river), sandbar
Kun reading compounds
- 州 【す】 sandbank, sandbar
- 洲浜 【すはま】 sandy beach, sandbar that projects into the ocean, particularly in a wavy form, designs and objects with a wavy pattern, sweet mochi cake
- 白州 【しらす】 white sandbar, white sandbank, area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles, gravel separating a noh stage from the audience, court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand
- 中州 【なかす】 sandbank (in a river), sandbar
Readings
- Japanese names:
- くに
- Korean:
- ju
Spanish
- estado
- provincia
- banco de arena
Portuguese
- estado
- província
French
- province
- état
424 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
320 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
304 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
542 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
99 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
445 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
490 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
224 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
195 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
195 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
553 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
549 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
64 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
39 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
40 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
130 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
8678 | Morohashi |
57 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1529 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
128 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
135 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
271 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1254 | 2001 Kanji |
2f4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-2-4 | SKIP code |
1-1-5 | SKIP code |
3200.0 | Four corner code |
1-29-03 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5dde | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
57 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 選 【セン】 selection, choice, choosing, picking, election
- 選挙 【センキョ】 election
- 抽選 【チュウセン】 lottery, raffle, drawing (of lots)
- 公選 【コウセン】 public election, election by popular vote
Kun reading compounds
- 選ぶ 【えらぶ】 to choose, to select
- 選ぶところがない 【えらぶところがない】 being the same thing (as), being indistinguishable (from)
- 選る 【よる】 to choose, to select, to pick out
- 選る 【よる】 to choose, to select, to pick out
Readings
- Korean:
- seon
Spanish
- elegir
- seleccionar
Portuguese
- eleger
- selecionar
- escolher
- preferir
French
- élection
- sélection
- choisir
- préférer
449 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
556 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
527 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
105 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4744 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
522 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
967 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2419 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
800 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
814 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
264 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
721 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3931 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2026 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2734 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1822 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
39127P | Morohashi |
3169 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6114 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1804 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1944 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
341 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
626 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3561 | 2001 Kanji |
2q12.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-3-12 | SKIP code |
3-2-12 | SKIP code |
3730.8 | Four corner code |
1-33-10 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9078 | Unicode hex code |
手
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
60 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 手術 【シュジュツ】 surgery, operation, procedure, skill with one's hands, sleight of hand
- 手記 【シュキ】 note, memorandum, memo, memoirs, personal account
- 二塁手 【ニルイシュ】 second baseman
- 名手 【メイシュ】 master, expert, brilliant move (in go, shogi, etc.), excellent move
- 交際上手 【コウサイジョウズ】 good at socializing, sociability, being a good mixer
- 処世上手 【ショセイジョウズ】 knowing how to get on in the world, knowing the secret of success in life
Kun reading compounds
- 手 【て】 hand, arm, forepaw, foreleg, handle, hand, worker, help, trouble, care, effort, means, way, trick, move, technique, workmanship, hand, handwriting, kind, type, sort, one's hands, one's possession, ability to cope, hand (of cards), direction, move (in go, shogi, etc.)
- 手足 【てあし】 hands and feet, limbs, person at one's beck and call, person at hand, reliable worker
- 逆手 【ぎゃくて】 underhand grip, backhand grip (e.g. in tennis), unexpected twist, turning the tables (on an opponent)
- 担い手 【にないて】 bearer, carrier, person bearing responsibility, person in charge, supporter
Readings
- Korean:
- su
Spanish
- mano
Portuguese
- mão
French
- main
28 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
35 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
32 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
42 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1827 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
37 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
54 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
118 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
57 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
57 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
170 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
847 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4267 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2155 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2907 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
644 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
11768 | Morohashi |
3456 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2060 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
637 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
687 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
57 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
30 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2247 | 2001 Kanji |
3c0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-4-3 | SKIP code |
2-1-3 | SKIP code |
2050.0 | Four corner code |
1-28-74 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
624b | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
156 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 権 【ケン】 right (to do something), authority, power
- 権威 【ケンイ】 authority, power, influence, prestige, (an) authority (on), expert
- 抵当権 【テイトウケン】 mortgage, right of pledge, lien
- 参政権 【サンセイケン】 suffrage, franchise
- 権化 【ゴンゲ】 incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva), avatar, embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"), incarnation, personification
- 権宮司 【ゴングウジ】 associate chief priest, deputy chief priest
Kun reading compounds
- 仮殿 【かりどの】 temporary shrine (houses the object in which the deity resides when main shrine is under repairs)
Readings
- Korean:
- gweon
Spanish
- derechos
- autoridad
- poder
- establecer temporalmente
Portuguese
- autoridade
- força
- direitos
French
- pouvoir
- autorité
- droits
774 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
862 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
851 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
260 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2360 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
420 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
643 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2300 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
335 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
335 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
804 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1112 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1348 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
731 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
977 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
578 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
15484 | Morohashi |
1065 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2853 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
571 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
613 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
162 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
983 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1875 | 2001 Kanji |
4a11.18 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-11 | SKIP code |
4891.4 | Four corner code |
1-24-02 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6a29 | Unicode hex code |