1158 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2253 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1929 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1102 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2109 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1163 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
629 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
837 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
202 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
14755 | Morohashi |
928 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2659 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
198 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
210 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1651 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 桂 【ケイ】 knight
- 桂庵 【ケイアン】 agency for employing servants and arranging marriages (Edo period), mediator, go-between, flattery, flatterer, Keian era (1648.2.15-1652.9.18)
- 月桂 【ゲッケイ】 bay laurel (Laurus nobilis), bay tree, sweet bay, laurel tree, moon, moonlight, katsura tree on the moon (in Chinese legends)
- 肉桂 【ニッケイ】 cinnamon, cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum sieboldii)
Kun reading compounds
- 桂 【かつら】 katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum), Japanese Judas tree
- 桂男 【かつらおとこ】 man in the moon
- 広葉桂 【ひろはかつら】 Cercidiphyllum magnificum (species of katsura)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かつ、 よし、 か
- Korean:
- gye
Spanish
- árbol aromático
- árbol de judas
Portuguese
French
- gainier japonais
- arbre de Judée japonais
1872 | 2001 Kanji |
4a6.13 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-6 | SKIP code |
4491.4 | Four corner code |
1-23-43 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6842 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
1401 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 枝 【シ】 counter for long, thin things (i.e. swords)
- 枝葉 【エダハ】 branches and leaves, foliage, unimportant details, nonessentials, side issue, digression
- 整枝 【セイシ】 training (branches in horticulture)
- 茘枝 【レイシ】 litchi (Nephelium litchi), lychee, lichee, litchi nut, bitter melon (Momordica charantia), bitter gourd, Thais bronni (species of muricid gastropod)
Kun reading compounds
- 枝 【えだ】 branch, bough, limb, twig, sprig, spray
- 枝葉 【えだは】 branches and leaves, foliage, unimportant details, nonessentials, side issue, digression
- 若枝 【わかえだ】 young branch, shoot, sprig, scion
- 細枝 【ほそえだ】 twig, wand
Readings
- Japanese names:
- え、 ぐさ
- Korean:
- ji
Spanish
- rama
- bifurcación
Portuguese
- ramagem
- ramo
- galho
- tronco
French
- branche
- rameau
- brindille
- compteur de branches
719 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
1315 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1154 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2211 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
889 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
626 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
631 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
870 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
889 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
972 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1074 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1073 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
579 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
767 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
720 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
14557 | Morohashi |
863 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2591 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
713 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
770 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
684 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1867 | 2001 Kanji |
4a4.18 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-4 | SKIP code |
4494.7 | Four corner code |
1-27-62 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
679d | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
1856 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 雀躍 【ジャクヤク】 leaping for joy, exultation
- 雀羅 【ジャクラ】 sparrow net
- 黄雀 【コウジャク】 tree sparrow (Passer montanus)
- インド孔雀 【インドクジャク】 Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus), common peafowl, blue peafowl
- 雀鬼 【ジャンキ】 skilled mahjong player
- 雀球 【ジャンキュウ】 jankyū, combination of Japanese pinball and mahjong
- 脱衣麻雀 【ダツイマージャン】 strip mahjong
- 賭け麻雀 【カケマージャン】 mahjong gambling, playing mahjong for money
Kun reading compounds
- 雀 【すずめ】 tree sparrow (Passer montanus), talkative person, knowledgeable person
- 雀色 【すずめいろ】 light reddish brown
- 入内雀 【にゅうないすずめ】 russet sparrow (Passer rutilans), cinnamon sparrow
- 京雀 【きょうすずめ】 gossipy Kyotoite
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ざく
- Korean:
- jag
Spanish
- gorrión
Portuguese
French
233 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1530 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3117 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2178 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
41954 | Morohashi |
2469 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6496 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2878 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2890 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1175 | 2001 Kanji |
8c3.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-4-7 | SKIP code |
4-11-2 | SKIP code |
3-4-7 | SKIP code |
9021.4 | Four corner code |
1-31-93 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
96c0 | 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 |
目
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
76 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 目 【モク】 order, item (of a budget revision, etc.), counter for go pieces, counter for surrounded positions
- 目撃 【モクゲキ】 witnessing, observing, sighting
- 着目 【チャクモク】 attention, giving one's attention, focusing
- 細目 【サイモク】 particulars, details, specified items
- 耳目 【ジモク】 eyes and ears, seeing and hearing, one's attention, one's interest
- 不面目 【フメンボク】 shame, disgrace
Kun reading compounds
- 目 【め】 eye, eyeball, eyesight, sight, vision, look, stare, gaze, glance, notice, attention, observation, eyes (of the world, public, etc.), an experience, viewpoint, discrimination, discernment, judgement, eye (e.g. for quality), (an) appearance, chance (of success), possibility (of a good result), spacing (between crossed strands of a net, mesh, etc.), opening, stitch, texture, weave, grain (of wood, paper), eye (of a storm, needle, etc.), intersection (on a go board), square (on a chessboard), dot (on a dice), pip, rolled number, graduation, division (of a scale), tooth (of a saw, comb, etc.), ordinal number suffix, somewhat, -ish, point (e.g. of change)
- 目当て 【めあて】 mark, guide, landmark, purpose, aim, goal, intention, end, sight (on a firearm)
- 蛇の目 【じゃのめ】 bull's-eye (pattern), double ring (pattern), umbrella with bull's-eye pattern
- 負い目 【おいめ】 (feeling of) indebtedness, feeling obliged
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さかん、 さがん、 さっか、 さつか
- Korean:
- mog
Spanish
- ojo
- mirada
- percepción
Portuguese
- olho
- classe
- olhar
- visão
- experiência
- atenção
- favor
French
- oeil
- regard
- aperçu
- numérateur ordinal
- expérience
- classe
- faveur
- pièce (Go)
25 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
30 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
72 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
65 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3127 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
22 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
75 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
191 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
55 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
55 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
168 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1376 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3777 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1927 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2619 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
15 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
23105 | Morohashi |
3043 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3906 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
15 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
15 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
91 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
48 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3979 | 2001 Kanji |
5c0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-3-2 | SKIP code |
4-5-1 | SKIP code |
6010.1 | Four corner code |
1-44-60 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
76ee | Unicode hex code |