| 566 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 661 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 631 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 882 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1654 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 827 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 531 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 372 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1409 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1498 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 656 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 808 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 289 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 182 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 218 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1657 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 10369 | Morohashi |
| 245 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1802 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1642 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1771 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 664 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
1074 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 快 【カイ】 pleasure, delight, enjoyment
- 快感 【カイカン】 pleasant feeling, pleasant sensation, pleasure
- 豪快 【ゴウカイ】 hearty, tremendous, magnificent, glorious, splendid, heroic, stirring
- 明快 【メイカイ】 clear, clear-cut, lucid, unequivocal, explicit
Kun reading compounds
- 快い 【こころよい】 pleasant, agreeable, comfortable, refreshing
Readings
- Japanese names:
- よし
- Korean:
- kwae
Spanish
- agradable
- bueno
- curarse
- rápido
- placentero
Portuguese
- confortável
- agradável
- alegre
French
- agréable
- gai
- plaisant
- confortable
| 1163 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4k4.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 1-1-6 | SKIP code |
| 9503.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-87 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5feb | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
373 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 楽 【ガク】 music, old Japanese court music, gagaku
- 楽章 【ガクショウ】 movement
- 邦楽 【ホウガク】 Japanese music (esp. traditional Japanese music)
- 室内楽 【シツナイガク】 chamber music
- 楽 【ラク】 comfort, ease, relief, (at) peace, relaxation, easy, simple, without trouble, without hardships, (economically) comfortable, raku pottery, sukha (happiness)
- 楽園 【ラクエン】 paradise, Eden
- 千秋楽 【センシュウラク】 final day of a performance, closing date, final show, final day of a tournament
- 行楽 【コウラク】 outing, excursion, pleasure trip, going on a picnic
- 猿楽 【サルガク】 sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries), noh, fooling around
Kun reading compounds
- 楽しい 【たのしい】 enjoyable, fun, pleasant, happy, delightful
- 楽しい思い出 【たのしいおもいで】 happy memory, sweet memory
- 楽しむ 【たのしむ】 to enjoy, to take pleasure in, to have a good time, to have fun, to look forward to
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さ、 た、 やす、 ら
- Korean:
- ag
Spanish
- música
- divertido
- fácil
- agradable
- disfrutar
- divertirse
Portuguese
- música
- conforto
- facilidade
French
- musique
- agréable
- confort
| 331 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 98 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 218 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 232 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2324 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 322 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 200 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2029 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 358 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 359 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 343 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1064 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3505 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1808 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2460 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1751 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 15213 | Morohashi |
| 2826 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2790 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1735 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1872 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 481 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 225 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 364 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a9.29 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-9-4 | SKIP code |
| 3290.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-19-58 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 697d | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1627 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 亭 【テイ】 arbor, arbour, bower, pavilion, suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers, suffix forming the final part of the name of a restaurant
- 亭主 【テイシュ】 household head, master, host (e.g. of a tea gathering), innkeeper, owner (e.g. of a hotel), husband
- 料亭 【リョウテイ】 ryotei, traditional Japanese restaurant (esp. a luxurious one)
- 亭々 【テイテイ】 lofty (tree)
- 亭 【テイ】 arbor, arbour, bower, pavilion, suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers, suffix forming the final part of the name of a restaurant
Readings
- Korean:
- jeong
Spanish
- restaurante
- parador
Portuguese
- pavilhão
- restaurante
- mansão
- caramanchão
- casa de campo
- vaudeville
- Teatro de Ópera
- palco
French
- pavillon
- restaurant
- résidence
- tonnelle
- variétés
- music hall
- nom de scène
| 1614 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1496 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 303 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1826 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1034 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 909 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1184 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1243 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1652 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 41 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2572 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1314 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1785 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 317 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 303 | Morohashi |
| 2072 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 96 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 311 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 333 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1226 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 453 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2j7.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-7 | SKIP code |
| 0020.2 | Four corner code |
| 0020.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-36-66 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4ead | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
152 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 初夏 【ショカ】 early summer, fourth month of the lunar calendar
- 初演 【ショエン】 first performance
- 年初 【ネンショ】 beginning of the year
- 原初 【ゲンショ】 origin, source, beginning, starting point
Kun reading compounds
- 始め 【はじめ】 beginning, start, outset, opening, first (in line, etc.), origin, such as ..., not to mention ...
- 初めて 【はじめて】 for the first time, only after ... is it ..., only when ... do you ..., not until ... do you ..., first time, (one's) first
- 月初め 【つきはじめ】 beginning of the month
- 初めて 【はじめて】 for the first time, only after ... is it ..., only when ... do you ..., not until ... do you ..., first time, (one's) first
- 初 【はつ】 first, new
- 初夏 【しょか】 early summer, fourth month of the lunar calendar
- 業界初 【ぎょうかいはつ】 the industry's first ...
- 人生初 【じんせいはつ】 (for the) first time in one's life
Readings
- Japanese names:
- し、 はっ
- Korean:
- cho
Spanish
- comienzo
- primero
Portuguese
- primeiros tempos
- começo
French
- première fois
- commencement
| 428 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 535 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 507 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 261 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4215 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 636 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 353 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 427 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.20 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 679 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 692 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 440 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 181 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1433 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 759 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1031 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 411 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1911 | Morohashi |
| 1116 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 469 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 404 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 431 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 279 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 483 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 645 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5e2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-5-2 | SKIP code |
| 3722.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-29-73 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 521d | Unicode hex code |
substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
66 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 代 【ダイ】 charge, cost, price, generation, age, (school) year, cohort, reign, era, a representative of, on behalf of, for (someone), switchboard number, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.), proxy application company, pronoun
- 代官 【ダイカン】 local governor (Edo period), local magistrate, bailiff, deputy official (Middle Ages), acting administrator
- 大時代 【オオジダイ】 old-fashioned, antiquated, anachronistic
- 次代 【ジダイ】 the next era
- 代謝 【タイシャ】 metabolism, renewal, regeneration, replacing the old with the new
- 代赭 【タイシャ】 red ocher (ochre)
- 永代 【エイタイ】 permanence, eternity
- 希代 【キタイ】 uncommon, rare, extraordinary, matchless
Kun reading compounds
- 替わる 【かわる】 to succeed, to relieve, to replace, to take the place of, to substitute for, to take over for, to represent, to hand over (telephone), to be exchanged, to change (places with), to switch
- 代わる代わる 【かわるがわる】 alternately, by turns
- 替わる 【かわる】 to succeed, to relieve, to replace, to take the place of, to substitute for, to take over for, to represent, to hand over (telephone), to be exchanged, to change (places with), to switch
- 代わる代わる 【かわるがわる】 alternately, by turns
- 代わり 【かわり】 substitute, replacement, substituting, replacing, stand-in, proxy, alternate, deputy, relief, successor, compensation, exchange, return, another helping, second helping, seconds, refill, upcoming program, upcoming programme
- 変わり目 【かわりめ】 turning point, change, transition, turn (of the tide, century, etc.), point of difference
- 代わり 【かわり】 substitute, replacement, substituting, replacing, stand-in, proxy, alternate, deputy, relief, successor, compensation, exchange, return, another helping, second helping, seconds, refill, upcoming program, upcoming programme
- 変わり目 【かわりめ】 turning point, change, transition, turn (of the tide, century, etc.), point of difference
- 替える 【かえる】 to replace, to convert, to change, to exchange, to interchange, to renew, to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
- 世 【よ】 world, society, public, life, lifetime, age, era, period, epoch, generation, reign, rule, the times, world (of existence)
- 代々 【よよ】 for generations, from generation to generation, generation after generation, through the ages
- 千代 【ちよ】 thousand years, very long period, forever
- 君が代 【きみがよ】 Imperial reign, Kimigayo (Japanese national anthem)
- 代 【しろ】 substitution, material, price, margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.), area required for something, shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
- 代物 【しろもの】 article, goods, product, fine thing, fellow, affair, stuff, prostitute, price, cost, money
- 地代 【ちだい】 land rent
- 阿代 【あしろ】 Ophidion asiro (species of cusk eel)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- す
- Korean:
- dae
Spanish
- generación
- reinado
- sustituir
- reemplazar
- relevar
Portuguese
- substituto
- mudança
- convertido
- repor
- período
- idade
- geração
- carga
- valor
- taxa
French
- substituer
- changer
- convertir
- remplacer
- période
- âge
- ère
- génération
- montant d'argent
- taux
- prix
- redevance
| 463 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 358 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 338 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 68 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 364 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 85 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 111 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 125 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 256 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 256 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 413 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 61 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 34 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 18 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 18 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1014 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 386 | Morohashi |
| 30 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 125 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1005 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1080 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 87 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 257 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2156 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a3.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-2-3 | SKIP code |
| 2324.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-34-69 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4ee3 | Unicode hex code |