1878 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1663 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2659 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1517 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
705 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1392 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1481 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1501 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1238 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
816 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
478 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
610 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
799 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
17983 | Morohashi |
664 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3277 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
791 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
854 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1643 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1364 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 溶岩 【ヨウガン】 lava
- 溶液 【ヨウエキ】 solution (liquid)
- 溶溶 【ヨウヨウ】 vast, overflowing with water, spacious
- 可溶 【カヨウ】 soluble, solubilizing, solubilising
Kun reading compounds
- 溶ける 【とける】 to melt, to thaw, to fuse, to dissolve
- 溶かす 【とかす】 to dissolve, to melt
- 溶く 【とく】 to dissolve (paint), to scramble (eggs), to melt (metal, etc.), to mix (water with flour, etc.)
Readings
- Korean:
- yong
Spanish
- derretir
- fundir
- disolver
- derretirse
- fundirse
- disolverse
Portuguese
- derreter
- dissolver
- fundir (neve)
French
- fondre
- dissoudre
377 | 2001 Kanji |
3a10.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-10 | SKIP code |
3316.8 | Four corner code |
1-45-47 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6eb6 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
481 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 融資 【ユウシ】 financing, loan
- 融合 【ユウゴウ】 agglutination, adhesion, fusion, combination, blending, uniting
- 溶融 【ヨウユウ】 melting, fusion
- 炉心溶融 【ロシンヨウユウ】 core meltdown, meltdown, nuclear reactor core meltdown
Kun reading compounds
- 溶ける 【とける】 to melt, to thaw, to fuse, to dissolve
- 溶かす 【とかす】 to dissolve, to melt
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あきら
- Korean:
- yung
Spanish
- disolver
- derretir
- deslizar
Portuguese
- dissolver
- derreter
French
- dissoudre
- fondre
1872 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
702 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
5274 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1359 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1719 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2545 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1588 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1695 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1237 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1610 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2303 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1190 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1626 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1053 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
33384 | Morohashi |
1831 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5371 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1044 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1123 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1865 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3071 | 2001 Kanji |
6d10.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-10-6 | SKIP code |
1523.6 | Four corner code |
1-45-27 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
878d | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
1148 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 塩 【エン】 salt (e.g. sodium chloride, calcium sulfate, etc.), chloride
- 塩化 【エンカ】 chloridation, salification, chloride
- 減塩 【ゲンエン】 reduction of salt, sodium restriction
- 岩塩 【ガンエン】 halite, rock salt
Kun reading compounds
- 塩 【しお】 salt, common salt, table salt, sodium chloride, hardship, toil, trouble, saltiness, cold, unwelcoming, indifferent
- 塩田 【えんでん】 saltpan, field for drying salt
- 岩塩 【がんえん】 halite, rock salt
- 手塩 【てしお】 table salt, small plate
Readings
- Korean:
- yeom
Spanish
- sal
Portuguese
- Sal
French
- sel
354 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
451 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
428 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1058 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1125 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
730 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
439 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1846 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1101 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1152 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
924 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
385 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
774 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
456 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
578 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1470 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
5382 | Morohashi |
631 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1075 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1458 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1568 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
603 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1474 | 2001 Kanji |
3b10.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-10 | SKIP code |
4811.7 | Four corner code |
1-17-86 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5869 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
172 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 原 【ゲン】 original, primitive, primary, fundamental, proto-
- 原案 【ゲンアン】 original plan, original bill, original motion, draft
- 中原 【チュウゲン】 middle of a field, middle of a country, field of contest
- 抗原 【コウゲン】 antigen
Kun reading compounds
- 原 【はら】 field, plain, prairie, tundra, moor, wilderness
- 原っぱ 【はらっぱ】 open field, empty lot, plain
- 笹原 【ささはら】 field of bamboo grass
- 関ヶ原 【せきがはら】 Sekigahara (battle site, 1600), decisive battle, critical battle
Readings
- Japanese names:
- た、 ばる、 ら、 わた、 わら
- Korean:
- weon
Spanish
- origen
- pradera
- prado
- campo
Portuguese
- prado
- original
- primitivo
- campo
- planície
- pradaria
- tundra
- sertão
French
- pré
- prairie
- champ
- original
- primitif
- toundra
- désert (étendue sauvage)
205 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
119 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
107 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
132 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
825 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
202 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
388 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1231 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
136 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
136 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
405 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
260 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3733 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1910 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2593 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
136 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
2973 | Morohashi |
3009 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
652 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
134 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
142 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
113 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
192 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3341 | 2001 Kanji |
2p8.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-2-8 | SKIP code |
7129.6 | Four corner code |
1-24-22 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
539f | 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1359 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 炉 【ロ】 hearth, fireplace, furnace, kiln
- 炉心 【ロシン】 nuclear reactor core
- 原子炉 【ゲンシロ】 atomic reactor, nuclear reactor
- 高炉 【コウロ】 blast furnace
Readings
- Korean:
- ro
Spanish
- chimenea
- horno
- fundición
Portuguese
- lareira
- forno
- fornalha
- reator
French
- fournaise
- foyer
- four
- réacteur
1934 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1414 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2750 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1726 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1511 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1790 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1926 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1802 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1266 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1079 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
583 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
772 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1089 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
18902X | Morohashi |
869 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3403 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1080 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1161 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1209 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1160 | 2001 Kanji |
4d4.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-4 | SKIP code |
1-1-7 | SKIP code |
9387.7 | Four corner code |
9382.7 | Four corner code |
1-47-07 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7089 | Unicode hex code |