723 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
620 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
796 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
227 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2773 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
386 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
715 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1789 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
93 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
93 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
400 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1280 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2648 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1351 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1832 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1791 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
19113 | Morohashi |
2135 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3439 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1775 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1913 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
179 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
600 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
274 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 無 【ム】 nothing, naught, nought, nil, zero, un-, non-
- 無意識 【ムイシキ】 unconsciousness, unconscious, involuntary, automatic, mechanical, unintentional, spontaneous, the unconscious
- 皆無 【カイム】 nonexistent, nil, none, nothing (at all), bugger-all
- 虚無 【キョム】 nihility, nothingness
- 無 【ブ】 un-, non-, bad ..., poor ...
- 不気味 【ブキミ】 weird, eerie, ominous, creepy, uncanny, unearthly
Kun reading compounds
- 無い 【ない】 nonexistent, not being (there), unowned, not had, unpossessed, unique, not, impossible, won't happen, not, to not be, to have not
- 【ないといけない】 have to (verb), must (verb), is indispensable, absolutely necessary
- 苦無 【くない】 ninja throwing knives, mediaeval farming tool for digging, prying, etc.
Readings
- Korean:
- mu
Spanish
- nada
- inexistente
- prefijo negativo
- no hay
Portuguese
- Sem valor
- nada
- não sou/ estou
- nihil
- não
French
- néant
- rien
- ne pas
- non
- in-
- négatif
2340 | 2001 Kanji |
4d8.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-10 | SKIP code |
2-8-4 | SKIP code |
8033.1 | Four corner code |
1-44-21 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7121 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
382 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 線 【セン】 line, stripe, stria, line (e.g. telephone line), wire, ray (e.g. X-ray), beam, line (e.g. of a railroad), track, route, lane, outline, contours, form, level, division, line (of action), position, approach, policy, principle, impression one leaves, air one gives off
- 繊維 【センイ】 fibre, fiber, textile
- 横線 【オウセン】 horizontal line
- 赤外線 【セキガイセン】 infrared rays, infrared radiation
Readings
- Korean:
- seon
Spanish
- línea
- cable
- frontera
- raíl
- carril
Portuguese
- linha
- trilha
French
- ligne
- voie
447 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
176 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
329 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
247 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3580 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
389 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
826 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2.20 | Japanese for Busy People |
299 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
299 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
841 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1551 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1760 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
944 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1273 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1351 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
27641 | Morohashi |
1392 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4548 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1339 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1438 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
236 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2742 | 2001 Kanji |
6a9.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-6-9 | SKIP code |
2693.2 | Four corner code |
1-32-94 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7dda | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
498 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 呼吸 【コキュウ】 breathing, respiration, knack, trick, secret (of doing something), harmony, balance, synchronization, accord, short interval, short pause
- 呼応 【コオウ】 hailing each other, acting in concert, responding (to), sympathizing (with), agreement, concord
- 連呼 【レンコ】 calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name), pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
- 点呼 【テンコ】 roll-call, muster
Kun reading compounds
- 呼ぶ 【よぶ】 to call out (to), to call, to invoke, to summon (a doctor, etc.), to invite, to designate, to name, to brand, to garner (support, etc.), to gather, to take as one's wife
- 呼子鳥 【よぶこどり】 calling bird (esp. a cuckoo)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- よぶ
- Korean:
- ho
Spanish
- llamar
- aspirar
Portuguese
- chamada
- chamar para
- convidar
French
- appeler
- inviter
867 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
856 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
640 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
914 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1000 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
410 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
571 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1254 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1325 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
197 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
301 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
324 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
205 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
246 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1497 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
3471 | Morohashi |
273 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
769 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1485 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1597 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
862 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3747 | 2001 Kanji |
3d5.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-5 | SKIP code |
6204.9 | Four corner code |
1-24-38 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
547c | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
13 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 出 【シュツ】 coming out, emerging, being born into (a certain family), being a native of (a particular place)
- 出演 【シュツエン】 appearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.), performance
- 輩出 【ハイシュツ】 producing (people) in great numbers, appearing one after the other
- 歳出 【サイシュツ】 annual expenditure
- 出納 【スイトウ】 receipts and expenditure (disbursements)
- 出納簿 【スイトウボ】 cashbook
Kun reading compounds
- 出る 【でる】 to leave, to exit, to go out, to come out, to get out, to leave (on a journey), to depart, to start out, to set out, to move forward, to come to, to get to, to lead to, to reach, to appear, to come out, to emerge, to surface, to come forth, to turn up, to be found, to be detected, to be discovered, to be exposed, to show, to be exhibited, to be on display, to appear (in print), to be published, to be announced, to be issued, to be listed, to come out, to attend, to participate, to take part, to enter (an event), to play in, to perform, to be stated, to be expressed, to come up, to be brought up, to be raised, to sell, to exceed, to go over, to stick out, to protrude, to break out, to occur, to start, to originate, to be produced, to come from, to be derived from, to be given, to get, to receive, to be offered, to be provided, to be presented, to be submitted, to be handed in, to be turned in, to be paid, to answer (phone, door, etc.), to get, to assume (an attitude), to act, to behave, to pick up (speed, etc.), to gain, to flow (e.g. tears), to run, to bleed, to graduate, to ejaculate, to cum
- 出る杭は打たれる 【でるくいはうたれる】 the nail that sticks out gets hammered down, people that stick out too much get punished, tall trees catch much wind, people that excel at something become disliked
- 出す 【だす】 to take out, to get out, to put out, to reveal, to show, to submit (e.g. thesis), to turn in, to publish, to make public, to send (e.g. letter), to produce (a sound), to start (fire), to serve (food), ... out (e.g. to jump out, to carry out), to begin ..., to start to ..., to burst into ...
- 出すことは舌を出すも嫌い 【だすことはしたをだすもきらい】 being exceptionally stingy
- 出でる 【いでる】 to go, to come
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いず、 いづ、 いで、 じ、 すっ、 すつ、 てん
- Korean:
- chul, chu
Spanish
- salir
- dejar
- sacar
Portuguese
- saída
- deixa
French
- sortir
- quitter
- présence
90 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
29 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
34 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
17 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
97 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
40 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
21 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
523 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.4 | Japanese for Busy People |
53 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
53 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
185 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
174 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4310 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2180 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2934 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
774 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
1811 | Morohashi |
3498 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
445 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
767 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
829 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
8 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
41 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1276 | 2001 Kanji |
0a5.22 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-5-2 | SKIP code |
2277.2 | Four corner code |
1-29-48 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
51fa | Unicode hex code |
token, sign, mark, tally, charm
- On:
- フ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1798 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 符 【フ】 charm, talisman, amulet, tally, sign, mark, note, fu, unit used in calculation of a hand's score
- 符号 【フゴウ】 sign, mark, symbol, code, sign (e.g. positive, negative)
- 意符 【イフ】 part of a kanji for which the role is primarily to represent the meaning (as opposed to the pronunciation)
- 合い符 【アイフ】 baggage claim tag (at hotels, stations, etc.)
Readings
- Korean:
- bu
Spanish
- señal
- signo
- talismán
Portuguese
- símbolo
- signo
- marca
- contagem
- charme
French
- marque
- signe
- compte
- amulette
- ticket
1753 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1653 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3383 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
951 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
792 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
3.3 | Japanese for Busy People |
505 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
514 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
357 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1475 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3299 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1707 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2319 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1010 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
25935 | Morohashi |
2661 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4270 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1001 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1076 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1468 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2348 | 2001 Kanji |
6f5.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-6-5 | SKIP code |
8824.3 | Four corner code |
1-41-68 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7b26 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
585 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 号 【ゴウ】 number, edition, make, model, issue, part of that group, sobriquet, pen-name, size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.), suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
- 号車 【ゴウシャ】 suffix for train car numbers
- 二号 【ニゴウ】 number two, mistress, concubine
- 符号 【フゴウ】 sign, mark, symbol, code, sign (e.g. positive, negative)
Readings
- Korean:
- ho
Spanish
- número
Portuguese
- apelido
- número
- item
- título
- pseudonimo
- nome
- chamada
French
- surnom
- numéro
- article
- titre
- pseudonyme
- nom
- appel
215 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
297 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
281 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
368 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
882 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
227 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
399 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
272 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.12 | Japanese for Busy People |
266 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
266 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
442 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
316 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2675 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1361 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1847 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1250 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
3256 | Morohashi |
2153 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
692 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1242 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1330 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
248 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3752 | 2001 Kanji |
3d2.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-2 | SKIP code |
2-3-3 | SKIP code |
6020.7 | Four corner code |
1-25-70 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
53f7 | Unicode hex code |