134 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
77 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
68 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
136 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2064 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
71 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
180 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
86 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
111 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
111 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
320 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
949 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2458 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1242 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1708 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1741 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
13450 | Morohashi |
1962 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2364 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1725 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1861 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
89 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
35 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
文
sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
190 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 文 【ブン】 sentence, composition, text, writings, the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts), academia, literature, statement
- 文化 【ブンカ】 culture, civilization, civilisation, Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
- 公文 【コウブン】 official document, archives
- 異文 【イブン】 variant (in a manuscript or book), part of a text that differs from other versions
- 文 【モン】 mon, one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870), mon, traditional unit used for shoe and sock sizes (approx. 2.4 cm), letter, character, sentence, scripture, incantation
- 紋 【モン】 (family) crest, coat of arms, pattern, figure, playing card suit (in karuta)
- 人文 【ジンブン】 humanity, civilization, civilisation, culture
- 縄文 【ジョウモン】 straw-rope pattern pressed into earthenware, Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
Kun reading compounds
- 文 【ふみ】 letter, note, mail, book, writings, literary arts, learning, scholarship
- 文香 【ふみこう】 scented insert (to enclose with a letter), perfumed insert
- 御文 【おふみ】 Gobunsho (The Epistles, a collection of letters written by Rennyo)
- 雁の文 【かりのふみ】 (a) letter
- 綾 【あや】 figure, design, twill weave, pattern of diagonal stripes, style (of writing), figure (of speech), design, plot, plan, minor market fluctuation, technical correction, cat's cradle, lease rod (in a loom)
- 文つける 【あやつける】 to make a false accusation, to invent a pretext for a quarrel
- 言葉は身の文 【ことばはみのあや】 words betray one's character
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かざり、 ふ、 も
- Korean:
- mun
Spanish
- letras
- literatura
Portuguese
- sentença
- literatura
- estilo
- arte
- decoração
- figuras
- plano
French
- phrase
- littérature
- style
- art
- décoration
- figure (de style)
- plan
- radical littéraire (no. 67)
466 | 2001 Kanji |
2j2.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-2 | SKIP code |
0040.0 | Four corner code |
1-42-24 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6587 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
1477 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 脈 【ミャク】 pulse, vein, chain (of mountains, etc.), hope, thread (of an argument)
- 脈拍 【ミャクハク】 pulse, pulse rate, pulsation, stroke of pulse
- 大動脈 【ダイドウミャク】 aorta, important traffic route
- 動脈 【ドウミャク】 artery, arterial road, major route
Readings
- Korean:
- maeg
Spanish
- vena
- pulso
- esperanza
Portuguese
- veia
- pulso
- esperança
French
- veine
- pouls
- chaîne (montagne)
- espoir
517 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
618 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
589 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1454 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3764 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
813 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1676 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
913 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
935 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1353 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1033 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1189 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
648 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
860 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1873 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
29470 | Morohashi |
953 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4805 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1856 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2000 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
557 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3965 | 2001 Kanji |
4b6.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-6 | SKIP code |
7223.2 | Four corner code |
1-44-14 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8108 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
19 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 自 【ジ】 self-, from (a time or place)
- 自営 【ジエイ】 running one's own business, doing business on one's own, self-employment
- 出自 【シュツジ】 origin, birthplace, descent, lineage, ancestry, stock
- 海自 【カイジ】 Maritime Self-Defense Force
- 自然界 【シゼンカイ】 nature, the natural world, realm of nature
- 自然 【シゼン】 nature, natural, spontaneous, automatic, naturally, spontaneously, automatically
- 己がじし 【オノガジシ】 each (and every one), individually
Kun reading compounds
- 自ら 【みずから】 oneself, oneself, for oneself, personally, in person
- 自ら進んで 【みずからすすんで】 by choice, of one's own free will, on one's own initiative, off one's own bat
- 自ずから 【おのずから】 naturally, in due course, by itself, of its own accord
- 自ずから明らか 【おのずからあきらか】 self-evident
- 自ずと 【おのずと】 naturally, in due course, by itself, of its own accord
Readings
- Japanese names:
- より
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- uno mismo
- por sí mismo
- auto-
Portuguese
- a si próprio
French
- soi-même
229 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
150 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
134 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
53 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3841 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
60 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
242 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
340 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
62 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
62 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
63 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1587 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4338 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2195 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2954 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
36 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
30095 | Morohashi |
3525 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4900 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
36 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
36 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
14 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
126 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
879 | 2001 Kanji |
5c1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-6-2 | SKIP code |
2600.0 | Four corner code |
1-28-11 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
81ea | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
325 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 由来 【ユライ】 origin, source, history, derivation, originally, from the start, by nature
- 由緒 【ユイショ】 history, pedigree, lineage
- 来由 【ライユ】 origin, cause
- 因由 【インユ】 cause
- 事由 【ジユウ】 reason, cause
- 服装自由 【フクソウジユウ】 no dress code, lack of dress code (at work)
- 由緒 【ユイショ】 history, pedigree, lineage
- 由緒ある 【ユイショアル】 venerable, prestigious, with a long history
Kun reading compounds
- 由 【よし】 reason, significance, cause, piece of information that one has heard, I hear that ..., it is said that ...
- 由ありげ 【よしありげ】 meaningful, suggestive, seeming to be with a history, seeming to be with circumstances that are hard to explain
- 候由 【そうろうよし】 I hear that ...
- 依る 【よる】 to be due to, to be caused by, to depend on, to turn on, to be based on, to come from, to be based at (a location, an organization), to be headquartered at
Readings
- Korean:
- yu
Spanish
- razón
- significado
- causa
Portuguese
- porquanto
- por conseguinte
- uma razão
French
- c'est pourquoi
- raison
- cause
- origine
- grave
325 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
421 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
399 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
376 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
89 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
297 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
739 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
186 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
363 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
364 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
623 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1333 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4311 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2181 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2935 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1114 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
21724 | Morohashi |
3499 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3724 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1105 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1186 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
134 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
261 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1676 | 2001 Kanji |
0a5.35 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-5-2 | SKIP code |
5060.0 | Four corner code |
1-45-19 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7531 | Unicode hex code |
言
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
83 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 言 【ゲン】 word, remark, statement
- 言及 【ゲンキュウ】 reference, allusion
- 過言 【カゴン】 exaggeration, overstatement, saying too much, misstatement, slip of the tongue, gaffe
- 狂言 【キョウゲン】 kyogen, farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play, kabuki play, kabuki performance, make-believe, ruse, trick
- 言語 【ゲンゴ】 language
- 言下 【ゲンカ】 promptly
- 過言 【カゴン】 exaggeration, overstatement, saying too much, misstatement, slip of the tongue, gaffe
- 二言 【ニゴン】 double-dealing, double tongue, going back on what one has said, repeating oneself
Kun reading compounds
- 言う 【いう】 to say, to utter, to declare, to name, to call, to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"), to make a noise
- 言うまでもない 【いうまでもない】 goes without saying, needless to say, obvious
- 言 【げん】 word, remark, statement
- 言葉 【ことば】 language, dialect, word, phrase, expression, term, speech, (manner of) speaking, (use of) language, words, remark, statement, comment, learning to speak, language acquisition
- 禍言 【まがごと】 ominous word, ill-omened word, misfortune
- 二言 【ふたこと】 two words, repetition
Readings
- Japanese names:
- とき
- Korean:
- eon
Spanish
- palabras
- decir
Portuguese
- Dizer
- palavras
French
- dire
392 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
118 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
274 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
279 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4309 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
43 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
85 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
439 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.8 | Japanese for Busy People |
66 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
66 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
203 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1653 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2440 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1233 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1698 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
341 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
35205 | Morohashi |
1941 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5552 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
335 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
357 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
44 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
142 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3077 | 2001 Kanji |
7a0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-1-6 | SKIP code |
0060.1 | Four corner code |
1-24-32 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8a00 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
301 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 語 【ゴ】 word, language, speech
- 語学 【ゴガク】 study of foreign languages, linguistics
- 標語 【ヒョウゴ】 motto, slogan, catchword
- 造語 【ゾウゴ】 coinage, invention of a new word, coined word
Kun reading compounds
- 語る 【かたる】 to talk about, to speak of, to tell, to narrate, to recite, to chant, to indicate, to show
- 語るに落ちる 【かたるにおちる】 to let slip a secret, to let the cat out of the bag
- 語らう 【かたらう】 to talk, to tell, to recite, to pledge, to conspire with
Readings
- Korean:
- eo
Spanish
- palabra
- discurso
- lenguaje
- hablar
- conversar
- narrar
Portuguese
- palavra
- discurso
- língua
French
- langage
- mot
- raconter
209 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
124 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
112 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
274 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4374 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
231 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
87 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2136 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.1 | Japanese for Busy People |
67 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
67 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
154 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1685 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1944 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1040 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1402 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
353 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
35533 | Morohashi |
1543 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5628 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
347 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
371 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
211 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
231 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3077 | 2001 Kanji |
7a7.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-7-7 | SKIP code |
0166.1 | Four corner code |
1-24-76 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8a9e | Unicode hex code |