1569 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2249 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1974 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1103 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2110 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1173 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
637 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
847 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
208 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
14770 | Morohashi |
937 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2655 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
204 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
216 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1668 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 桐蔭学園横浜大学 【トウインガクエンヨコハマダイガク】 Toin University of Yokohama
- 桐蔭横浜大学 【トウインヨコハマダイガク】 Toin University of Yokohama
- 梧桐 【アオギリ】 Chinese parasol-tree (Firmiana simplex), Chinese-bottletree, Japanese varnishtree, phoenix-tree
Kun reading compounds
- 桐 【きり】 paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa), empress tree, foxglove tree
- 桐材 【きりざい】 paulownia wood
- 五七桐 【ごしちのきり】 paulownia crest (three leaves with seven blossoms on the center lead and five blossoms on each side leaf)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ひさ、 き
- Korean:
- dong
Spanish
- paulonia (planta)
Portuguese
French
- paulownia
4a6.30 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-6 | SKIP code |
4792.0 | Four corner code |
1-22-45 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6850 | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2166 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 大阪桐蔭 【オオサカトウイン】 Osaka Tōin Junior and Senior High School (abbr)
- 緑陰 【リョクイン】 shade of trees
Kun reading compounds
- 陰 【かげ】 shade, shadow, behind (something), other side, back, the background, behind the scenes, behind someone's back, gloom (in someone's expression, nature, etc.), darkness
- 陰口 【かげぐち】 malicious gossip, backbiting, speaking ill behind someone's back
- 物陰 【ものかげ】 place hidden from view, cover, shelter, hiding place
- 小陰 【こかげ】 small hiding place, nook
Readings
- Korean:
- eum
Spanish
Portuguese
French
1848 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4017 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1908 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
2370 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2974 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2073 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
31840X | Morohashi |
2517 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5151 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2374 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2457 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
3k10.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-4-11 | SKIP code |
2-4-10 | SKIP code |
2-3-11 | SKIP code |
2-3-10 | SKIP code |
4423.1 | Four corner code |
1-16-94 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
852d | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
63 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 学 【ガク】 learning, scholarship, study, erudition, knowledge, education, study of ..., -ology, -ics
- 学位 【ガクイ】 (academic) degree
- 短期大学 【タンキダイガク】 junior college, vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution
- 法医学 【ホウイガク】 forensic medicine, forensic pathology, medical jurisprudence, legal medicine
Kun reading compounds
- 学ぶ 【まなぶ】 to learn, to study, to take lessons in
Readings
- Japanese names:
- たか、 のり
- Korean:
- hag
Spanish
- estudio
- aprendizaje
- ciencia
- estudiar
Portuguese
- estudo
- aprendizagem
- ciência
French
- étudier
- apprendre
- science
57 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
45 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
10 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
33 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1271 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
66 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
44 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
719 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.9 | Japanese for Busy People |
109 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
109 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
50 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
460 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3162 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1625 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2211 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
330 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
6974 | Morohashi |
2555 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1294 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
324 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
346 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
15 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
71 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
947 | 2001 Kanji |
3n4.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-5-3 | SKIP code |
2-3-4 | SKIP code |
2-5-2 | SKIP code |
2-3-5 | SKIP code |
3240.7 | Four corner code |
9040.7 | Four corner code |
1-19-56 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5b66 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
628 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 園 【エン】 garden, orchard, park, plantation, kindergarten, nursery school, preschool
- 園芸 【エンゲイ】 horticulture, gardening
- 花園 【ハナゾノ】 flower garden
- 霊園 【レイエン】 (garden) cemetery, park-style cemetery, memorial park
Kun reading compounds
- 園 【その】 garden, orchard, park, place, world, environment
- 園生 【えんせい】 garden (esp. with trees), park
- 竹の園 【たけのその】 bamboo garden, Imperial family
- 女の園 【おんなのその】 woman's world, feminine environment
Readings
- Japanese names:
- おん、 ぞの
- Korean:
- weon
Spanish
- parque
- jardín
- academia
Portuguese
- parque
- jardim
- quintal
- fazenda
French
- parc
- jardin
- ferme
159 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
84 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
234 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
412 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1047 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
327 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
425 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2046 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
447 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
454 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
324 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
346 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3914 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2017 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2722 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
592 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
4818 | Morohashi |
3156 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
962 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
585 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
629 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
223 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1465 | 2001 Kanji |
3s10.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-3-10 | SKIP code |
6073.2 | Four corner code |
6023.2 | Four corner code |
1-17-64 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5712 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
480 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 横線 【オウセン】 horizontal line
- 横行 【オウコウ】 being rampant, being widespread, being prevalent, walking sideways, staggering, striding
- 縦横 【ジュウオウ】 length and width, length and breadth, lengthwise and crosswise, vertical and horizontal, the four cardinal points, every direction, all directions, as one wishes, as one pleases, at will
- 専横 【センオウ】 arbitrariness, despotism, high-handedness, tyranny
Kun reading compounds
- 横 【よこ】 horizontal (as opposed to vertical), lying down, side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back), width, breadth, side (of a box, etc.), beside, aside, next to, unconnected
- 邪 【よこしま】 wicked, evil, wrong, bad
- 真横 【まよこ】 (right at the) side, just beside
- 縦中横 【たてちゅうよこ】 using horizontal characters in vertical writing
Readings
- Korean:
- hoeng
Spanish
- lateral
- lado
- horizontal
- egoísta
- incorrecto
- costado
Portuguese
- De lado
- lado
- horizontal
- largura
- trama (tecidos)
French
- latéral
- côté
- horizontal
- largeur
- trame (tissu)
355 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
255 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
235 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
297 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2361 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
470 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
644 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2301 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
781 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
795 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
34 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1111 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1350 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
733 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
979 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1767 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
15484P | Morohashi |
1066 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2854 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1751 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1888 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
432 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1861 | 2001 Kanji |
4a11.13 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-11 | SKIP code |
4498.6 | Four corner code |
1-18-03 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6a2a | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
645 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 浜堤 【ヒンテイ】 beach ridge
- 海浜 【カイヒン】 seashore, seaside, beach
- 京浜 【ケイヒン】 Tokyo and Yokohama
Kun reading compounds
- 浜 【はま】 beach, seashore, captured pieces, captured stones, Yokohama, riverbank, riverside
- 浜辺 【はまべ】 beach, foreshore
- 白浜 【しらはま】 white sandy beach
- 塩浜 【しおはま】 saltpan, field for drying salt
Readings
- Korean:
- bin
Spanish
- litoral
- playa
- zona costera
- abreviatura de Yokohama
Portuguese
- praia
- costa
French
- plage
- rivage
1743 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
418 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2567 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
907 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1473 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1070 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
785 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
799 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
911 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1196 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
523 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
320 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
394 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1344 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
17462 | Morohashi |
436 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3152 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1332 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1430 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1358 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
361 | 2001 Kanji |
3a7.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-7 | SKIP code |
3218.1 | Four corner code |
1-41-45 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6d5c | Unicode hex code |
大
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
7 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 大 【ダイ】 large, big, great, huge, vast, major, important, serious, severe, great, prominent, eminent, distinguished, -sized, as big as, the size of, university, large (e.g. serving size), large option, long month (i.e. having 31 days)
- 大尉 【タイイ】 captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF), lieutenant (Navy), flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
- 国大 【コクダイ】 national university
- 電通大 【デンツウダイ】 University of Electro-Communications
- 大 【タイ】 nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)
- 大尉 【タイイ】 captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF), lieutenant (Navy), flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
- 御大 【オンタイ】 boss, governor, headman
Kun reading compounds
- 大きい 【おおきい】 big, large, great, loud, extensive, spacious, important, decisive, valuable, older, grown up
Readings
- Japanese names:
- うふ、 お、 おう、 た、 たかし、 とも、 はじめ、 ひろ、 ひろし、 まさ、 まさる、 もと、 わ
- Korean:
- dae, da, tae
Spanish
- grande
- muy
- mucho
Portuguese
- grande
- enorme
French
- grand
22 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
25 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
53 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
7 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1171 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
32 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
40 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
48 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
26 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
26 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
87 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
408 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4224 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2133 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2882 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
108 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
5831 | Morohashi |
3416 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1133 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
107 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
112 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
5 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
14 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1463 | 2001 Kanji |
0a3.18 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-3-4 | SKIP code |
4003.0 | Four corner code |
1-34-71 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5927 | Unicode hex code |