1565 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1478 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2602 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1065 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1479 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1340 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1337 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1420 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1401 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1214 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
640 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
389 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
484 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
166 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
17660 | Morohashi |
528 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3202 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
164 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
176 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1458 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1436 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 淡々 【タンタン】 uninterested, unconcerned, indifferent, dispassionate, matter-of-fact, detached, plain, light, simple, bland, flowing gently
- 淡水 【タンスイ】 fresh water (i.e. not salt water)
- 濃淡 【ノウタン】 light and shade, shade (of colour, color), depth (of flavor), complexity, strength and weakness (of flavor)
- 平淡 【ヘイタン】 simple, quiet
Kun reading compounds
- 淡い 【あわい】 light, faint, pale, fleeting
Readings
- Korean:
- dam
Spanish
- claro
- pálido
- fugaz
- efímero
Portuguese
- magro
- desmaiar
- passageiro
- pálido
French
- dilué
- vague
- pâle
- éphémère
362 | 2001 Kanji |
3a8.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-8 | SKIP code |
3918.9 | Four corner code |
1-35-24 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6de1 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
529 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 路上 【ロジョウ】 on the road, on the street, in the street, on the way
- 路地 【ロジ】 alley, alleyway, lane, path through a gate or garden, teahouse garden
- 活路 【カツロ】 means of survival, means of escape, way out of a difficulty
- 岐路 【キロ】 forked road, crossroads
- 路加 【ルカ】 St Luke
Kun reading compounds
- 道 【みち】 road, path, street, lane, passage, route, way, distance, journey, road (e.g. to victory), course, way (of living, proper conduct, etc.), moral principles, teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist), dogma, field (e.g. of medicine), subject, speciality, means, way, method
- 道草 【みちくさ】 loitering on the way, wayside grass
- 長路 【ながみち】 long road, far journey
- 脇道 【わきみち】 side road, byroad, digression (e.g. from argument)
Readings
- Korean:
- ro
Spanish
- camino
- ruta
- carretera
Portuguese
- caminho
- rota
- estrada
- distância
French
- chemin
- route
- distance
540 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
439 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
415 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
367 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4561 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
677 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
935 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1925 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
151 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
151 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
533 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1764 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1936 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1031 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1394 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1290 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
37524 | Morohashi |
1533 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5876 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1282 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1376 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
425 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3777 | 2001 Kanji |
7d6.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-7-6 | SKIP code |
6716.4 | Four corner code |
1-47-09 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8def | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
925 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 恵雨 【ケイウ】 welcome rain
- 恵泉女学園大学 【ケイセンジョガクエンダイガク】 Keisen University
- 互恵 【ゴケイ】 reciprocity, mutual benefit
- 慈恵 【ジケイ】 mercy and love
- 恵 【エ】 wisdom, enlightenment, prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path), wisdom
- 恵比寿 【エビス】 Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
- 悪知恵 【ワルヂエ】 craft, cunning, guile, serpentine wisdom
- 付け知恵 【ツケヂエ】 hint, suggestion
Kun reading compounds
- 恵む 【めぐむ】 to bless, to show mercy to, to give (money, etc.)
- 恵み 【めぐみ】 blessing, grace
- 恵みの雨 【めぐみのあめ】 welcome rain, merciful rain, blessed rain, rain after a long dry period
- 天の恵み 【てんのめぐみ】 God's gift, God's blessing, grace of God, godsend
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あや、 け、 さと、 さとし、 しげ、 へい、 み、 やす
- Korean:
- hye
Spanish
- favor
- bendición
- gracia
- bondad
- ser bondadoso
- favorecer
Portuguese
- favor
- benção
- graça
- gentileza
French
- bénéficier de
- faveur divine
- grâce
- gentillesse
1196 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
875 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1681 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1498 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
540 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1226 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1219 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1282 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1077 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
781 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3293 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1704 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2315 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
619 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
10618P | Morohashi |
2659 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1847 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
612 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
659 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1331 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1558 | 2001 Kanji |
4k6.16 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-6-4 | SKIP code |
5033.6 | Four corner code |
1-23-35 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6075 | 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 |