12 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
14 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
16 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
26 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2169 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
13 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
59 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
80 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
17 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
17 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
17 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1002 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3674 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1876 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2556 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
13 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
14330 | Morohashi |
2956 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2530 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
13 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
13 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
66 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
28 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
月
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
23 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 月 【ゲツ】 Monday
- 月額 【ゲツガク】 monthly amount (sum)
- 隔月 【カクゲツ】 every second month, every other month
- 望月 【モチヅキ】 full moon, moon on the 15th day of the month (by the lunar calendar), full moon of the eighth lunar month
- 月輪 【ゲツリン】 (full) moon, moon when it's round
- 旧正月 【キュウショウガツ】 lunar New Year (esp. the Chinese New Year)
- お正月 【オショウガツ】 New Year (esp. first three days), first month of the year, January
Kun reading compounds
- 月 【つき】 Moon, month, moonlight, (a) moon, natural satellite
- 月末 【げつまつ】 end of the month
- 卯月 【うづき】 fourth month of the lunar calendar
- 祥月 【しょうつき】 month of a person's death
Readings
- Japanese names:
- おと、 がっ、 す、 ずき、 もり
- Korean:
- weol
Spanish
- mes
- luna
Portuguese
- mês
- lua
French
- lune
- mois
3946 | 2001 Kanji |
4b0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-2-2 | SKIP code |
4-4-1 | SKIP code |
7722.0 | Four corner code |
1-23-78 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6708 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
527 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 光学 【コウガク】 optics
- 光栄 【コウエイ】 honour, honor, glory, privilege
- 脚光 【キャッコウ】 footlight, limelight
- 発光 【ハッコウ】 emission (of light), radiation (of light), luminescence
Kun reading compounds
- 光る 【ひかる】 to shine, to glitter, to be bright
- 光る棒 【ひかるぼう】 glowstick, neon light stick
- 光 【ひかり】 light, illumination, ray, beam, gleam, glow, happiness, hope, influence, power, vision, eyesight, optical fiber, optical fibre
- 光り輝く 【ひかりかがやく】 to shine, to glitter
- 越光 【こしひかり】 Koshihikari (variety of rice)
- 柔らかな光 【やわらかなひかり】 soft light
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あき、 あきら、 こお、 てる、 ひこ、 み、 みつ
- Korean:
- gwang
Spanish
- rayo
- luz
- paisaje
- honor
- brillar
- brillo
Portuguese
- raio
- luz
French
- rayon
- lumière
72 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
129 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
116 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
417 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1358 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
217 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
123 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
281 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
138 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
138 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
464 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
143 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3043 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1550 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2121 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
120 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
1350 | Morohashi |
2391 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
349 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
119 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
125 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
345 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
121 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1057 | 2001 Kanji |
3n3.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-4-2 | SKIP code |
2-3-3 | SKIP code |
9021.1 | Four corner code |
1-24-87 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5149 | Unicode hex code |
navigate, sail, cruise, fly
- On:
- コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
665 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 航空 【コウクウ】 aviation, flying
- 航海 【コウカイ】 (sea) voyage, navigation, sailing, passage, cruise
- 密航 【ミッコウ】 smuggling (people), stowing away
- 就航 【シュウコウ】 entering service (on a route; of a plane or ship), going into commission, being in service
Readings
- Japanese names:
- わたる
- Korean:
- hang
Spanish
- navegar
- volar
Portuguese
- navegar
- vela
- travessia
- voar (de avião)
French
- naviguer
- faire voile
- croiser (voile)
- voler
396 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
505 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
479 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
497 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3867 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
561 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
858 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1136 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
823 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
842 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
649 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1593 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1671 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
885 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1204 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1888 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
30385 | Morohashi |
1318 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4933 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1870 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2014 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
543 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
857 | 2001 Kanji |
6c4.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-6-4 | SKIP code |
2041.7 | Four corner code |
1-25-50 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
822a | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
304 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 空 【クウ】 empty air, sky, shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon), emptiness, air force, fruitlessness, meaninglessness, void (one of the five elements), empty (e.g. set)
- 空域 【クウイキ】 airspace
- 領空 【リョウクウ】 territorial airspace
- 防空 【ボウクウ】 air defense, air defence
Kun reading compounds
- 空 【そら】 sky, the air, the heavens, weather, far-off place, distant place, state of mind, feeling, (from) memory, (by) heart, falsehood, lie, somehow, vaguely, fake
- 空模様 【そらもよう】 look of the sky, weather
- 定めなき空 【さだめなきそら】 changeable weather
- 晴れた空 【はれたそら】 clear sky, cloudless sky
- 開く 【あく】 to open (e.g. doors), to open (e.g. business, etc.), to be empty, to be vacant, to be available, to be free, to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.), to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.), to come to an end, to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.), to have a hole, to form a gap, to have an interval (between events)
- 空き 【あき】 space, room, gap, emptiness, vacancy, opening, empty seat, free time, time to spare, disuse, unused thing
- 空き缶 【あきかん】 empty can
- 開ける 【あける】 to open (a door, etc.), to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package), to unlock, to open (for business, etc.), to empty, to remove, to make space, to make room, to move out, to clear out, to be away from (e.g. one's house), to leave (temporarily), to dawn, to grow light, to end (of a period, season), to begin (of the New Year), to leave (one's schedule) open, to make time (for), to make (a hole), to open up (a hole)
- 空 【から】 emptiness, being empty, not carrying anything, unburdened, empty-handed, dishonoured (bill, promise, etc.), false, no-show (reservation), put-on (cheeriness, courage, etc.), empty (compliments), insincere
- 空手 【からて】 karate, being empty-handed, having nothing in one's hands
- もぬけの殻 【もぬけのから】 completely empty (of a residence, etc.), vacant, deserted, body from which the soul has left, corpse, shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
- 空く 【すく】 to become less crowded, to thin out, to get empty, to be hungry
- 空かす 【すかす】 to feel hungry, to get hungry
- 虚しい 【むなしい】 empty, void, vacant, vain, fruitless, futile, ineffective, lifeless
Readings
- Japanese names:
- うつ、 き、 く
- Korean:
- gong
Spanish
- cielo
- atmósfera
- vacío
- vacante
- quedarse vacío
- vaciar
Portuguese
- esvaziar
- ceú
- desocupado
- vazio
- vácuo
French
- vide
- ciel
- vacant
- creux
65 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
66 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
15 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
233 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3317 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
184 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
77 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
723 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.17 | Japanese for Busy People |
140 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
140 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
461 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1452 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2767 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1418 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1913 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1327 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
25415 | Morohashi |
2227 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4192 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1317 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1414 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
304 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
73 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
772 | 2001 Kanji |
3m5.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-5 | SKIP code |
2-5-3 | SKIP code |
3010.1 | Four corner code |
1-22-85 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7a7a | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
127 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 機 【キ】 chance, opportunity, machine, aircraft, counter for aircraft, counter for (remaining) lives
- 機運 【キウン】 opportunity, chance, good time (to do), trend, tendency, momentum
- 端末機 【タンマツキ】 terminal (unit)
- 有機 【ユウキ】 organic
Kun reading compounds
- 機 【はた】 loom
- 機織り 【はたおり】 weaving, weaver
- 高機 【たかばた】 traditional Japanese treadle-operated tall loom
Readings
- Korean:
- gi
Spanish
- mecanismo
- máquina
- avión
- ocasión
- telar
Portuguese
- mecanismo
- oportunidade
- ocasião
- máquina
- avião
French
- métier à tisser
- mécanique
- opportunité
- machine
- avion
- organique
373 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
476 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
453 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
101 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2379 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
415 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
646 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2869 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
528 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
537 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
334 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1115 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1365 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
736 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
989 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1394 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
15561 | Morohashi |
1076 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2880 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1382 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1482 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
158 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
631 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1859 | 2001 Kanji |
4a12.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-12 | SKIP code |
4295.3 | Four corner code |
1-21-01 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6a5f | Unicode hex code |