597 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
496 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
471 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
968 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2412 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
713 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
647 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
383 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
384 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
659 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1119 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2481 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1255 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1721 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
477 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
15991 | Morohashi |
1987 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2928 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
466 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
505 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
442 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
860 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 欠 【ケツ】 lack, deficiency, vacancy, absence, non-attendance
- 欠員 【ケツイン】 vacancy, vacant position
- 補欠 【ホケツ】 filling a vacancy, supplementation, substitute, deputy, alternate, spare
- 出欠 【シュッケツ】 attendance or absence
- 欠缺 【ケンケツ】 lacuna, gap where something is lacked
- 欠缺利札 【ケンケツリサツ】 invalid coupon
- 阿毘羅吽欠 【アビラウンケン】 a-bi-ra-un-ken (mantra directed to Vairocana)
Kun reading compounds
- 欠ける 【かける】 to chip, to be chipped, to break (off), to be damaged, to be missing (from a set, team, etc.), to be absent, to become lost, to be lacking (in), to be short (of), to be deficient, to be wanting (in), to wane (of the moon), to go into eclipse
- 欠く 【かく】 to chip, to nick, to break, to crack, to lack
- 欠くことができない 【かくことができない】 indispensable, essential, necessary
Readings
- Korean:
- heum, gam, gyeol
Spanish
- falta
- carestía
- romperse
- agrietarse
- faltar
- carecer
Portuguese
- falta
- intervalo
- falha
French
- manquer
- lacune
- rater
- radical bâillement (no. 76)
2562 | 2001 Kanji |
4j0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-2 | SKIP code |
4-4-4 | SKIP code |
2780.2 | Four corner code |
1-23-71 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6b20 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1154 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 陥落 【カンラク】 subsidence, sinking, cave-in, collapse, falling in, fall (of a city, fortress, etc.), surrender, fall (in position, rank, etc.), demotion, giving in (to someone's persuasion), yielding, being convinced
- 陥没 【カンボツ】 cave-in, collapse, sinking, depression (e.g. of the skull), subsidence
- 擠陥 【セイカン】 tempting into crime
- 注意欠陥 【チュウイケッカン】 attention deficit
Kun reading compounds
- 陥る 【おちいる】 to fall into (e.g. a hole), to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.), to fall into (a trap, etc.), to fall, to surrender, to capitulate
- 陥れる 【おとしいれる】 to trap (into a difficult situation), to put (in a fix), to throw (e.g. into turmoil), to trick (into doing), to lure (into a trap), to frame (for a crime), to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.), to take, to reduce, to drop (something) into
Readings
- Korean:
- ham
Spanish
- hundirse
- derrumbarse
- caer
- resbalarse
- deslizarse
Portuguese
- colapso
- desmoronar
- ruir
- queda (castelo)
- deslizamento
French
- s'écrouler
- piège
- tomber dans
- capituler
- tomber (château)
- glisser dans
1098 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1678 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4990 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1718 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1870 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1218 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1281 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1522 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
730 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
547 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
334 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
413 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1325 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
41676P | Morohashi |
457 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6446 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1315 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1412 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1401 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3678 | 2001 Kanji |
2d7.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-7 | SKIP code |
7726.2 | Four corner code |
1-20-57 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9665 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1349 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 関与 【カンヨ】 participation, taking part in, participating in, being concerned in
- 干渉 【カンショウ】 interference, intervention, meddling
- 水干 【スイカン】 everyday garment worn by nobles in ancient Japan, silk dried after having been washed in plain water and stretched out
- 十干 【ジッカン】 ten celestial stems (two types each of wood, fire, earth, metal, water), ten heavenly stems
Kun reading compounds
- 干す 【ほす】 to air, to dry, to desiccate, to drain (off), to drink up, to deprive of a role, job, etc.
- 干る 【ひる】 to dry (up), to become parched, to ebb, to recede
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ほし
- Korean:
- gan, gang
Spanish
- secarse
- secar
- relacionar
- airear
Portuguese
- sêco
- ressecar
French
- sec
- dessécher
840 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
825 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1179 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1492 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1542 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
502 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
26 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
584 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
593 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
506 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
572 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4187 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2116 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2863 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1663 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
9165 | Morohashi |
3379 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1589 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1648 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1777 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
826 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3155 | 2001 Kanji |
2k1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-3-1 | SKIP code |
1040.0 | Four corner code |
1-20-19 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5e72 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
499 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 渉外 【ショウガイ】 public relations, client liaison, client relations
- 渉外係 【ショウガイガカリ】 liaison officer, public relations man
- 団体交渉 【ダンタイコウショウ】 collective bargaining
- 婚外交渉 【コンガイコウショウ】 extramarital sex
Kun reading compounds
- 渡る 【わたる】 to cross over, to go across, to extend, to cover, to range, to span
Readings
- Japanese names:
- えん
- Korean:
- seob
Spanish
- vadear
- cruzar
- relacionar
- conectar
- indagar
Portuguese
- vau
- balsa
- porto
French
- gué
- bac
- traverser
- port
1399 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
804 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2591 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1305 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1482 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1331 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
432 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
438 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
505 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1211 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
638 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
387 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
482 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
378 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
17749P | Morohashi |
526 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3190 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
372 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
398 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1457 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
360 | 2001 Kanji |
3a8.20 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-8 | SKIP code |
3112.9 | Four corner code |
1-30-36 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6e09 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1635 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 粒 【ツブ】 grain, bead, drop, counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
- 粒子 【リュウシ】 particle, grain
- 細粒 【サイリュウ】 fine grain, fine granule, microsphere
- 粒々 【リュウリュウ】 each grain, every grain
Kun reading compounds
- 粒 【つぶ】 grain, bead, drop, counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
- 粒状 【りゅうじょう】 granular, granulated
- 米粒 【こめつぶ】 grain of rice
- 小粒 【こつぶ】 small grain, small stature or ability
Readings
- Korean:
- rib
Spanish
- grano
- gota
- contador para partículas diminutas
Portuguese
- graões
- gota
- sufixo para contagem de partículas pequeninas
French
- grain
- goutte
- compteur de particules
1900 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1525 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3471 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1654 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
805 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1389 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1700 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1816 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1558 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1498 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1682 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
894 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1213 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
931 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
26884 | Morohashi |
1328 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4392 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
922 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
990 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1471 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1073 | 2001 Kanji |
6b5.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-6-5 | SKIP code |
9091.8 | Four corner code |
1-46-19 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7c92 | Unicode hex code |
子
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
72 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 子 【シ】 child (esp. a boy), viscount, founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius), master, masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature), you, -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
- 子宮 【シキュウ】 womb, uterus
- 中性子 【チュウセイシ】 neutron
- 精子 【セイシ】 sperm, spermatozoon
- 主 【ス】 honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
- 恵比寿 【エビス】 Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
- 久留子 【クルス】 cross sign
- 対子 【トイツ】 pair, eyes
- 七対子 【チートイツ】 seven pairs, winning hand composed of seven pairs
Kun reading compounds
- 子 【こ】 child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person, (one's) child, offspring, young woman, young (animal), offshoot, interest, new share, player who is not a dealer, young geisha, young prostitute, bird egg, -er (often of young women)
- 子 【こう】 child, interest
- 根っこ 【ねっこ】 root (of a plant), stump (of a tree), root (of a problem, etc.), base, foundation, origin, source
- 江戸っ子 【えどっこ】 (true) Tokyoite, Edoite, Tokyo native, Edokko
- 子 【ね】 the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am), north, eleventh month of the lunar calendar
- 子忌み 【ねいみ】 collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
- 庚子 【かのえね】 Metal Rat (37th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
- 甲子 【きのえね】 Wood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 き、 ぎ、 く、 け、 ねっ
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- chiquillo
- niño
Portuguese
- criança
French
- enfant
- signe de la 1ère branche terrestre
- signe du Rat (zodiaque)
- 23 h à 01 h
- Nord (0°)
31 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
40 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
25 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
56 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1264 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
61 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
43 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
38 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
103 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
103 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
69 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
455 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4196 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2125 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2872 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
96 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
6930 | Morohashi |
3390 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1281 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
95 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
99 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
42 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
18 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3547 | 2001 Kanji |
2c0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-3-1 | SKIP code |
4-2-1 | SKIP code |
1740.7 | Four corner code |
1-27-50 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5b50 | Unicode hex code |