854 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
843 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
713 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3395 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1137 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1603 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1090 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1141 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1059 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1476 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3319 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1719 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2337 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
950 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
25994 | Morohashi |
2678 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4286 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
941 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1012 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
942 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
744 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 筋 【キン】 muscle
- 筋肉 【キンニク】 muscle
- 心筋 【シンキン】 heart muscle, cardiac muscle, myocardium
- 鉄筋 【テッキン】 rebar, (iron) reinforcing bar, reinforcing steel, reinforced concrete
Kun reading compounds
- 筋 【すじ】 muscle, tendon, sinew, vein, artery, fiber, fibre, string, line, stripe, streak, reason, logic, plot, storyline, lineage, descent, school (e.g. of scholarship or arts), aptitude, talent, source (of information, etc.), circle, channel, well-informed person (in a transaction), logical move (in go, shogi, etc.), ninth vertical line, seam on a helmet, gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.), social position, status, on (a river, road, etc.), along, counter for long thin things, counter for roads or blocks when giving directions, street (in Osaka), (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency)
- 筋書き 【すじがき】 synopsis, outline, plot
- 粗筋 【あらすじ】 outline, summary, argument
- 売れ筋 【うれすじ】 popular line (of products), best-selling line, hot sellers
Readings
- Korean:
- geun
Spanish
- músculo
- tendón
- fibra
- trama
- argumento
- linaje
Portuguese
- músculo
- tendão
- nervo
- fibra
- desenho
- plano
- descendência
French
- muscle
- tendon
- fibre
- veine
- intrigue
- lignée
- raison
2345 | 2001 Kanji |
6f6.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-6-6 | SKIP code |
8822.7 | Four corner code |
1-22-58 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7b4b | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
1887 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 蒲公英 【タンポポ】 dandelion (esp. species Taraxacum platycarpum)
- 蒲黄 【ホオウ】 cattail pollen (used in traditional Chinese medicine)
- 布団 【フトン】 futon, Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet, round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
- 蒲桃 【フトモモ】 rose apple (Syzygium jambos), Malabar plum, jambos
- 座蒲 【ザフ】 round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
- 匂い菖蒲 【ニオイショウブ】 aromatic cane, orris
- 黄菖蒲 【キショウブ】 yellow iris
Kun reading compounds
- 蒲 【がま】 common cattail (Typha latifolia), broadleaf cattail, common bulrush, great reedmace
- 小蒲 【こがま】 Typha orientalis
- 蒲 【かば】 common cattail (Typha latifolia), broadleaf cattail, common bulrush, great reedmace, reddish yellow
- 樺色 【かばいろ】 reddish yellow
- 蒲 【がま】 common cattail (Typha latifolia), broadleaf cattail, common bulrush, great reedmace
- 蒲魚 【かまとと】 feigning ignorance, feigning naivety, pretense of innocence, person (esp. a woman) pretending to be innocent, ignorant or naive, faux-naïf
- カニ蒲 【カニかま】 imitation crab meat, crab sticks
Readings
- Korean:
- po
Spanish
- espadaña
- anea
Portuguese
French
- massette (typha latifolia)
1598 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4021 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1993 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2932 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2039 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1855 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
31611X | Morohashi |
2504 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5156 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1838 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1981 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
3k10.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-10 | SKIP code |
2-4-10 | SKIP code |
4412.7 | Four corner code |
1-19-87 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
84b2 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 木棒 【キボウ】 wooden stick, wooden pole
Kun reading compounds
- 矛 【ほこ】 long-handled Chinese spear, lance, pike, weapon, arms, grip of a bow, parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
- 矛先 【ほこさき】 point of a spear, spearhead, focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.), aim, target, brunt, force (of an argument), edge
- 銅矛 【どうほこ】 bronze hoko, bronze halberd, bronze spearhead
- 鯱 【しゃちほこ】 shachihoko, shachi, mythical animal with the head of a tiger and the body of a fish, roof ornament in the shape of a shachihoko (believed to provide protection against fire by causing rain to fall)
Readings
- Korean:
- mo
Spanish
Portuguese
French
4845 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
2342 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2154 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
40353 | Morohashi |
1720 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6255 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
8a6.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-8-6 | SKIP code |
8315.0 | Four corner code |
1-43-40 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
927e | Unicode hex code |