34 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
44 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
42 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
29 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2991 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
67 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
71 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
214 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.4 | Japanese for Busy People |
44 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
44 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
49 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1327 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4309 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2179 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2933 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1569 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
21670 | Morohashi |
3497 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3715 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1555 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1675 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
9 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
43 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
生
life, genuine, birth
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
29 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 生 【セイ】 life, living, I, me, myself, student
- 生育 【セイイク】 birth and growth, giving birth and raising, development, breeding
- 回生 【カイセイ】 resurrection, resuscitation, coming back to life, regeneration, nth-year university student
- 公衆衛生 【コウシュウエイセイ】 public health, public hygiene, sanitation
- 生 【セイ】 life, living, I, me, myself, student
- 生家 【セイカ】 house where one was born, one's parents' house
- 殺生 【セッショウ】 killing, destruction of life, cruel, heartless, callous, brutal
- 死生 【シセイ】 life and death
Kun reading compounds
- 生きる 【いきる】 to live, to exist, to make a living, to subsist, to be in effect, to be in use, to function, to come to life, to be enlivened, to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)
- 生きる糧 【いきるかて】 source of vitality, life sustenance
- 生かす 【いかす】 to make (the best) use of, to put to good use, to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.), to capitalise on (experience, etc.), to let live, to keep alive, to revive, to resuscitate, to bring back to life, to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
- 生ける 【いける】 to arrange (flowers), to plant, living, live
- 生ける屍 【いけるしかばね】 living corpse
- 生まれる 【うまれる】 to be born
- 生まれる 【うまれる】 to be born
- 生まれ 【うまれ】 birth, birthplace, born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
- 生まれつき 【うまれつき】 by nature, by birth, naturally, natural, innate
- 生まれ 【うまれ】 birth, birthplace, born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
- 生まれつき 【うまれつき】 by nature, by birth, naturally, natural, innate
- 生む 【うむ】 to give birth, to bear (child), to lay (eggs), to produce, to yield, to give rise to, to deliver
- 生う 【おう】 to grow (of plants), to spring up
- 生える 【はえる】 to grow, to spring up, to sprout, to cut (teeth)
- 生やす 【はやす】 to grow, to cultivate, to let grow (e.g. weeds)
- 生 【き】 pure, undiluted, raw, crude
- 生地 【きじ】 cloth, fabric, material, texture, dough, batter, inherent quality, one's true character, one's true colours, unglazed pottery, skin with no make-up, uncoated metal
- 死に生き 【しにいき】 death and life, death or life, death
- 生 【なま】 raw, uncooked, fresh, natural, as it is, unedited, unprocessed, unprotected (sex), raw, bareback, live (i.e. not recorded), inexperienced, unpolished, green, crude, impudence, sauciness, unpasteurized beer, draft beer, draught beer, blank (e.g. disk), unused, just a little, somehow, vaguely, partially, somewhat, half-, semi-, insufficient, incomplete, half-baked, half-hearted, perfunctory, cash, tipsiness
- 生り 【なまり】 boiled and half-dried bonito
- お生 【おなま】 impudence, sauciness
- 現ナマ 【げんナマ】 cold cash, hard cash
- 生る 【なる】 to bear fruit
- 生す 【なす】 to have a child
- 生す 【むす】 to grow (of moss, etc.)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あさ、 いき、 いく、 いけ、 うぶ、 うまい、 え、 おい、 ぎゅう、 くるみ、 ごせ、 さ、 じょう、 すぎ、 そ、 そう、 ちる、 なば、 にう、 にゅう、 ふ、 み、 もう、 よい、 りゅう
- Korean:
- saeng
Spanish
- vida
- nacimiento
- vivir
- existir
- nacer
- dar a luz
- puro
- crudo
Portuguese
- vida
- genuína
- nascimento
French
- vie
- naissance
- authentique
- cru
2472 | 2001 Kanji |
0a5.29 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-5-2 | SKIP code |
2510.0 | Four corner code |
1-32-24 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
751f | Unicode hex code |
on foot, junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
817 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 徒 【ト】 party, set, gang, company, person
- 徒歩 【トホ】 walking, going on foot
- 信徒 【シント】 layman, believer, adherent, follower, laity
- 学徒 【ガクト】 student, follower, students and pupils
Kun reading compounds
- 徒 【いたずら】 useless, vain, aimless, idle
- いたずら書き 【いたずらがき】 scribbling, doodling, graffiti
- 徒 【あだ】 vain, futile, transient, frivolous
- 徒疎か 【あだおろそか】 making light of, disregarding
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かち
- Korean:
- do
Spanish
- caminar
- inútil
- compañero
Portuguese
- júnior
- vazio
- vaidade
- futilidade
- inutilidade
- coisa efêmera
- gangue
- conjunto
- festa
- pessoas
French
- élève
- inexpérimenté
- vide
- vanité
- futilité
- inutilité
- chose éphémère
- bande
- parti
480 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
581 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
554 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
768 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1614 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
834 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
522 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1048 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
430 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
436 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
641 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
630 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
499 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
310 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
377 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
887 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
10121 | Morohashi |
416 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1746 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
878 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
943 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
553 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2070 | 2001 Kanji |
3i7.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-7 | SKIP code |
7726.3 | Four corner code |
2428.1 | Four corner code |
1-37-44 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5f92 | Unicode hex code |
手
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N4
60 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 手術 【シュジュツ】 surgery, operation, procedure, skill with one's hands, sleight of hand
- 手記 【シュキ】 note, memorandum, memo, memoirs, personal account
- 二塁手 【ニルイシュ】 second baseman
- 名手 【メイシュ】 master, expert, brilliant move (in go, shogi, etc.), excellent move
- 交際上手 【コウサイジョウズ】 good at socializing, sociability, being a good mixer
- 処世上手 【ショセイジョウズ】 knowing how to get on in the world, knowing the secret of success in life
Kun reading compounds
- 手 【て】 hand, arm, forepaw, foreleg, handle, hand, worker, help, trouble, care, effort, means, way, trick, move, technique, workmanship, hand, handwriting, kind, type, sort, one's hands, one's possession, ability to cope, hand (of cards), direction, move (in go, shogi, etc.)
- 手足 【てあし】 hands and feet, limbs, person at one's beck and call, person at hand, reliable worker
- 逆手 【ぎゃくて】 underhand grip, backhand grip (e.g. in tennis), unexpected twist, turning the tables (on an opponent)
- 担い手 【にないて】 bearer, carrier, person bearing responsibility, person in charge, supporter
Readings
- Korean:
- su
Spanish
- mano
Portuguese
- mão
French
- main
28 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
35 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
32 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
42 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1827 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
37 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
54 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
118 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
57 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
57 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
170 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
847 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4267 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2155 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2907 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
644 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
11768 | Morohashi |
3456 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2060 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
637 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
687 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
57 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
30 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2247 | 2001 Kanji |
3c0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-4-3 | SKIP code |
2-1-3 | SKIP code |
2050.0 | Four corner code |
1-28-74 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
624b | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N1
1459 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 帳 【チョウ】 book, register
- 帳消し 【チョウケシ】 writing off (a debt), cancellation, balancing the books, cancelling out (gains or losses), making even, making up (for), offsetting, undoing, wiping out
- 記帳 【キチョウ】 registry, entry, book-keeping, signature
- 台帳 【ダイチョウ】 account book, ledger, register
Kun reading compounds
- 帳 【とばり】 curtain, hanging, bunting
- 夜の帳 【よるのとばり】 veil of darkness, curtain of night
Readings
- Korean:
- jang
Spanish
- registro
- libro de cuentas
Portuguese
- caderno
- livro contábil
- álbum
French
- cahier
- livre de comptes
- album
470 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
368 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
347 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1181 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1478 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
851 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1251 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1107 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1159 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1184 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
567 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
572 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
347 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
430 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1941 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
8939 | Morohashi |
473 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1568 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1922 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2072 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
381 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1665 | 2001 Kanji |
3f8.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-8 | SKIP code |
4123.2 | Four corner code |
1-36-02 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5e33 | Unicode hex code |