| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
204 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 組閣 【ソカク】 formation of a cabinet
- 組織 【ソシキ】 organization, organisation, formation, structure, construction, setup, constitution, system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.), tissue, texture (of a rock), weave (of a fabric)
- 労組 【ロウソ】 labor union, labour union, trade union
- 改組 【カイソ】 reorganization, reorganisation, reshuffle
Kun reading compounds
- 組む 【くむ】 to cross (legs or arms), to link (arms), to put together, to construct, to assemble, to produce (e.g. TV program), to braid, to plait, to grapple, to wrestle, to unite, to join, to link up, to form an alliance, to set (e.g. type), to issue (e.g. money order)
- 組 【くみ】 class (of students), group (of people), party, team, crew, lot, bunch, set, crime family, organized-crime syndicate, set (of items), assortment, deck (of cards), pack, typesetting, composition
- 組合 【くみあい】 association, union, guild
- 労組 【ろうそ】 labor union, labour union, trade union
- 死の組 【しのくみ】 group of death, tournament group containing many strong teams
Readings
- Korean:
- jo
Spanish
- grupo
- equipo
- juntar
- unir
- agrupar
Portuguese
- associação
- trança
- trançart
- construir
- montar
- unir-se
- cooperar
- agarrar
French
- association
- tresse
- natte
- assembler
- construire
- unir
- coopérer
- se débattre avec
| 103 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 178 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 160 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 189 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3520 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 458 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 814 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1952 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 418 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 424 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 635 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1529 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1693 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 904 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1224 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1792 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 27374 | Morohashi |
| 1337 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4470 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1776 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1914 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 122 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 209 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2773 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6a5.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-5 | SKIP code |
| 2791.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-33-40 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7d44 | Unicode hex code |
bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
810 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 曲 【キョク】 composition, piece of music, song, track (on a record), tune, melody, air, enjoyment, fun, interest, pleasure
- 曲折 【キョクセツ】 bending, winding, meandering, zigzagging, ups and downs, twists and turns, complications, difficulties, vicissitudes
- 歌謡曲 【カヨウキョク】 kayōkyoku, form of Japanese popular music that developed during the Showa era, (Western) pop song
- 名曲 【メイキョク】 famous piece of music, excellent song, (musical) masterpiece
Kun reading compounds
- 曲がる 【まがる】 to bend, to curve, to warp, to wind, to twist, to turn, to be awry, to be askew, to be crooked
- 曲げる 【まげる】 to bend, to crook, to bow, to curve, to curl, to lean, to tilt, to incline, to slant, to bend (the truth), to distort, to twist, to pervert, to yield (a point), to depart (from a principle), to ignore (what one really thinks), to pawn
- 隈 【くま】 corner, nook, recess, shade, shadow, dark area, dark circles (under the eyes), dark rings, bend (in a road, river, etc.), shading, gradation, kumadori, style of kabuki makeup used for violent roles
Readings
- Japanese names:
- まがた
- Korean:
- gog
Spanish
- melodía
- curva
- encorvado
- torcer
- doblar
- torcerse
- girarse
Portuguese
- tender
- música
- melodia
- composição
- prazer
- injustiça
- falta
- curva
- tortuoso
- perverso
- inclinar
French
- courber
- musique
- mélodie
- composition
- plaisir
- injustice
- faute
- malhonnête
- pervers
- pencher
| 381 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 279 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 261 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 604 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 103 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 715 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 609 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 327 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 366 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 367 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 625 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 996 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4340 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2197 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2956 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1180 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14280 | Morohashi |
| 3527 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2418 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1172 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1256 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 264 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1976 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a6.27 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-6-2 | SKIP code |
| 5560.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-22-42 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 66f2 | Unicode hex code |