| 573 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 466 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 443 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 519 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3416 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 664 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 798 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2212 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 328 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 328 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 539 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1484 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3349 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1736 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2357 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1281 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 26162 | Morohashi |
| 2701 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4317 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1273 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1365 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 613 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
517 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 管 【カン】 pipe, tube
- 管轄 【カンカツ】 jurisdiction, control
- 配管 【ハイカン】 plumbing, piping
- 移管 【イカン】 transfer of control
Kun reading compounds
- 管 【かん】 pipe, tube
- 管狐 【くだぎつね】 kuda-gitsune, pipe fox, fox-like spirit kept inside a bamboo tube and used by its master to perform divinations and curses, stoat
- 手練手管 【てれんてくだ】 wiles, art of coaxing
- 手管 【てくだ】 wiles, trick, artifice, coquetry
Readings
- Japanese names:
- すが
- Korean:
- gwan
Spanish
- tubería
- tubo
- caño
- control
- controlar
- administrar
Portuguese
- flauta
- tubo
- instrumento de sopro
- conversa de bêbados
French
- tuyau
- tube
- instrument à vent
- discours d'ivrogne
- gestion
| 2377 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6f8.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-8 | SKIP code |
| 2-9-5 | SKIP code |
| 8877.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-41 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7ba1 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1773 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 弦 【ゲン】 bowstring, string (of a shamisen, etc.), stringed instrument, chord, hypotenuse
- 弦楽 【ゲンガク】 music for strings, string music
- 三弦 【サンゲン】 shamisen, samisen, sanxian (Chinese lute), the three string instruments used in gagaku (biwa, wagon and sou), three strings, three-stringed instrument
- 移弦 【イゲン】 string-crossing (violin, cello, etc.)
Kun reading compounds
- 弦 【つる】 bowstring, string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.), bail (arched pot handle), diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
- 弦音 【つるおと】 sound of vibrating bowstring
Readings
- Korean:
- hyeon
Spanish
- cuerda (arco
- instrumento musical)
- media luna
- hipotenusa
Portuguese
- Corda (arco
- violão)
- corda
- hipotenusa
French
- corde d'arc
- corde
- hypoténuse
| 1228 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1617 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1568 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1624 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1270 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1345 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1226 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1290 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1446 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 608 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 343 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 213 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 257 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1398 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 9754 | Morohashi |
| 287 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1688 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1386 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1487 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1169 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3571 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3h5.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 1023.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-25 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5f26 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
373 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 楽 【ガク】 music, old Japanese court music, gagaku
- 楽章 【ガクショウ】 movement
- 邦楽 【ホウガク】 Japanese music (esp. traditional Japanese music)
- 室内楽 【シツナイガク】 chamber music
- 楽 【ラク】 comfort, ease, relief, (at) peace, relaxation, easy, simple, without trouble, without hardships, (economically) comfortable, raku pottery, sukha (happiness)
- 楽園 【ラクエン】 paradise, Eden
- 千秋楽 【センシュウラク】 final day of a performance, closing date, final show, final day of a tournament
- 行楽 【コウラク】 outing, excursion, pleasure trip, going on a picnic
- 猿楽 【サルガク】 sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries), noh, fooling around
Kun reading compounds
- 楽しい 【たのしい】 enjoyable, fun, pleasant, happy, delightful
- 楽しい思い出 【たのしいおもいで】 happy memory, sweet memory
- 楽しむ 【たのしむ】 to enjoy, to take pleasure in, to have a good time, to have fun, to look forward to
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さ、 た、 やす、 ら
- Korean:
- ag
Spanish
- música
- divertido
- fácil
- agradable
- disfrutar
- divertirse
Portuguese
- música
- conforto
- facilidade
French
- musique
- agréable
- confort
| 331 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 98 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 218 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 232 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2324 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 322 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 200 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2029 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 358 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 359 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 343 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1064 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3505 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1808 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2460 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1751 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 15213 | Morohashi |
| 2826 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2790 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1735 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1872 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 481 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 225 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 364 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4a9.29 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-9-4 | SKIP code |
| 3290.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-19-58 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 697d | Unicode hex code |
do, change, make, benefit, welfare, be of use, reach to, try, practice, cost, serve as, good, advantage, as a result of
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
831 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 為政者 【イセイシャ】 statesman, administrator, politician, policymaker
- 為公会 【イコウカイ】 Iko-kai (faction of the LDP)
- 人為 【ジンイ】 human work, human agency, art, artificiality
- 営為 【エイイ】 business, occupation
Kun reading compounds
- 為 【ため】 good, advantage, benefit, welfare, sake, purpose, objective, aim, consequence, result, effect, affecting, regarding, concerning
- 為に 【ために】 for, for the sake of, to one's advantage, in favor of, in favour of, on behalf of, because of, as a result of
- 外為 【がいため】 foreign exchange
- 念のため 【ねんのため】 (just) making sure, just to be sure, just in case, for caution's sake
- 成る 【なる】 to become, to get, to grow, to turn, to reach, to attain, to result in, to turn out, to end up, to prove (to be), to consist of, to be composed of, to be made up of, to be completed, to be realized, to succeed, to be attained, to be accomplished, to change (into), to turn (into), to transform, to come (to do), to begin (to do), to grow (to do), to come to, to amount to, to add up to, to make, to play (the part of), to act as, to be used for, to be useful for, to serve as, to be promoted, to do ...
- 為す 【なす】 to build up, to establish, to form, to become (a state), to accomplish, to achieve, to succeed in, to change into, to do, to perform, to intend to, to attempt, to try
- なす術 【なすすべ】 means, method, way
- 為る 【する】 to do, to carry out, to perform, to cause to become, to make (into), to turn (into), to serve as, to act as, to work as, to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.), to judge as being, to view as being, to think of as, to treat as, to use as, to decide on, to choose, to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.), to be (in a state, condition, etc.), to be worth, to cost, to pass (of time), to elapse, to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B, to transform A to B, to make A into B, to exchange A for B, to make use of A for B, to view A as B, to handle A as if it were B, to feel A about B, verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"), creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"), to be just about to, to be just starting to, to try to, to attempt to
- 成り 【なり】 promoted (of a piece)
- 成り代わる 【なりかわる】 to take over for (someone), to stand in for, to substitute for, to replace, to take the place of (something)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- びい
- Korean:
- wi
Spanish
- hacer
- ocurrir
- razón
- causa
Portuguese
- mudança
- benefício
- bem-estar
- é de uso
- tentativa
- prática
- custo
- servir para
- bom
- vantagem
- como um resultado de
French
- faire
- changer
- bénéfice
- bien-être
- être utile
- atteindre
- essayer
- s'entraîner
- coûter
- servir pour
- bon
- avantage
- par suite de
| 1003 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1137 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 138 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 977 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1514 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1005 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1484 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1581 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 736 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1274 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4395 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2225 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2994 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1937 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 18981P | Morohashi |
| 3577 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3411 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1918 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2067 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 446 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 1277 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 950 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4d5.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-9-4 | SKIP code |
| 3-5-4 | SKIP code |
| 3402.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-16-57 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 70ba | Unicode hex code |