783 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
871 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
861 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
964 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3100 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
460 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1551 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
964 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
297 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
297 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
579 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1366 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3175 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1635 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2223 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
267 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
22701 | Morohashi |
2566 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3870 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
261 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
279 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
880 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
721 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 皇后 【コウゴウ】 (Japanese) empress, queen
- 皇居 【コウキョ】 Imperial Palace (of Japan), imperial residence
- 倉皇 【ソウコウ】 hurriedly, in a hurry, in great haste
- 教皇 【キョウコウ】 Pope
- 皇帝 【コウテイ】 emperor
- 皇子 【オウジ】 imperial prince
- 法皇 【ホウオウ】 cloistered emperor, ex-emperor who has become a monk
- 太上法皇 【ダイジョウホウオウ】 cloistered emperor, ex-emperor who has become a monk
Readings
- Japanese names:
- おうじ、 おお、 み
- Korean:
- hwang, wang
Spanish
- emperador
Portuguese
- imperador
French
- empereur
872 | 2001 Kanji |
4f5.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-5-4 | SKIP code |
2610.4 | Four corner code |
1-25-36 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7687 | Unicode hex code |
ancestor, pioneer, founder
- On:
- ソ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
1226 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 祖 【ソ】 ancestor, forefather, progenitor, originator, pioneer, inventor, founder, grandfather
- 祖国 【ソコク】 homeland, motherland, fatherland, native country
- 元祖 【ガンソ】 originator, pioneer, inventor, founder, progenitor, primogenitor, founder of a family line
- 教祖 【キョウソ】 founder of a religious sect
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い
- Korean:
- jo
Spanish
- antepasado
- pionero
- fundador
Portuguese
- antecessor
- pioneiro
- fundador
French
- ancêtre
- pionnier
- fondateur
657 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
758 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
736 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1325 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3243 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
540 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
772 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
850 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
622 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
632 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
824 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1423 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1145 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
617 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
823 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1795 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
24664P | Morohashi |
914 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4083 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1779 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1918 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
701 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
673 | 2001 Kanji |
4e5.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-5 | SKIP code |
3721.0 | Four corner code |
1-33-36 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7956 | Unicode hex code |