1244 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
517 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2491 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
994 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1458 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
252 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
821 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
840 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
905 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1160 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
257 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
162 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
195 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
141 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
17140 | Morohashi |
221 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3045 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
139 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
148 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1085 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
704 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 江 【コウ】 large river (esp. the Yangtze), Lake Biwa
- 江上 【コウジョウ】 (on the) bank of a large river
- 長江 【チョウコウ】 Yangtze River (China), Changjiang River
- 三角江 【サンカクコウ】 estuary
Kun reading compounds
- 江 【え】 inlet, bay
- 縁 【えん】 fate, destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together), relationship (e.g. between two people), bond, link, connection, family ties, affinity, opportunity, chance (to meet someone and start a relationship), pratyaya (indirect conditions, as opposed to direct causes), narrow open-air veranda
- 堀江 【ほりえ】 canal
- 松江 【まつえ】 Matsue (city in Shimane)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- くん、 とうみ、 み、 りえ
- Korean:
- gang
Spanish
- gran río
- ensenada
- bahía
Portuguese
- riacho
- pequena baía em lagos
- baía
French
- baie
- crique
- anse
- rivière
372 | 2001 Kanji |
3a3.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-3 | SKIP code |
3111.0 | Four corner code |
1-25-30 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6c5f | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
575 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 戸 【コ】 counter for houses, households, apartments, etc.
- 戸外 【コガイ】 open air, outdoors, outside
- 一戸 【イッコ】 one house, household
- 下戸 【ゲコ】 non-drinker, someone who cannot drink
Kun reading compounds
- 戸 【と】 door (esp. Japanese-style), shutter, window shutter, entrance (to a home), narrows
- 戸惑い 【とまどい】 being at sea, losing one's bearings, confusion, wonderment, disorientation upon waking at night, forgetting which house or room to enter
- 鳴門 【なると】 strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow, whirlpool, maelstrom, kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern, cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern, Naruto (city in Tokushima), Naruto Strait, Naruto wakame
- 引き戸 【ひきど】 sliding door
Readings
- Japanese names:
- え、 へ
- Korean:
- ho
Spanish
- puerta
- casa
- puerta corrediza
Portuguese
- Porta
French
- porte
- compteur de maisons
- radical porte (no 63)
69 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
120 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
108 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
342 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1817 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
126 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
551 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
59 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
152 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
152 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
534 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
841 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2429 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1227 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1691 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1085 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
11696X | Morohashi |
1930 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2048 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1076 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1157 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
90 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3060 | 2001 Kanji |
4m0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-1-3 | SKIP code |
3020.7 | Four corner code |
3027.7 | Four corner code |
1-24-45 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6238 | Unicode hex code |
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)
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) |
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 1
JLPT level N4
485 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 字 【ジ】 character (esp. kanji), letter, written text, handwriting, penmanship, the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
- 字形 【ジケイ】 character style, character form
- 題字 【ダイジ】 title lettering
- 英字 【エイジ】 English letter, alphabetic character
Kun reading compounds
- 字 【あざ】 section of village
- 字 【あざな】 Chinese courtesy name (name formerly given to adult Chinese men, used in place of their given name in formal situations), nickname, section of a village
- 大字 【おおあざ】 larger section (of village)
- 小字 【こあざ】 small administrative unit (of a village)
- 字 【あざな】 Chinese courtesy name (name formerly given to adult Chinese men, used in place of their given name in formal situations), nickname, section of a village
Readings
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- carácter
- letra
- palabra
Portuguese
- caracter
- letra
- palavra
- seção de aldeia
French
- caractère
- lettre
- mot
- hameau
86 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
78 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
28 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
612 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1281 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
121 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
156 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2.17 | Japanese for Busy People |
110 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
110 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
528 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
457 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2696 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1374 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1860 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
188 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
6942 | Morohashi |
2172 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1285 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
185 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
197 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
57 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
747 | 2001 Kanji |
3m2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-3 | SKIP code |
2-3-2 | SKIP code |
3040.7 | Four corner code |
1-27-90 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5b57 | Unicode hex code |