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) |
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)
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 |
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
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) |
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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
848 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 秀 【シュウ】 preeminence, supremacy, distinction, excellence
- 秀作 【シュウサク】 excellent (piece of) work
- 閨秀 【ケイシュウ】 accomplished lady, talented woman, eminent woman
- 清秀 【セイシュウ】 having refined and distinguished features, having a bright face
Kun reading compounds
- 秀でる 【ひいでる】 to excel, to surpass, to be superior, to be better (than others at something), to be conspicuous (esp. forehead and eyebrows), to be prominent, to stand out
Readings
- Japanese names:
- しゅ、 しょう、 ひで、 ひでし、 ほ
- Korean:
- su
Spanish
- sobresaliente
- excelente
- sobresalir
- sobrepasar
Portuguese
- superar
- excelência
- beleza
- superação
French
- excellence
- exceller
- beauté
- dépasser
1355 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
859 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3263 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
973 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1582 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
726 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1683 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1798 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1171 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1429 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3152 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1616 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2202 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
923 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
24911 | Morohashi |
2545 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4123 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
914 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
980 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1142 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2245 | 2001 Kanji |
5d2.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-5-2 | SKIP code |
2-1-7 | SKIP code |
2-1-6 | SKIP code |
2-5-3 | SKIP code |
2022.7 | Four corner code |
1-29-08 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
79c0 | Unicode hex code |
going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
20 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 行 【コウ】 going, travelling, traveling, journey, trip, act, action, bank, counter for banks, counter for groups or parties of people, type of classical Chinese verse (usu. an epic from the Tang period onwards), shopping district (of similar merchants; in the Sui and Tang periods), merchants' guild (in the Tang period)
- 行為 【コウイ】 act, deed, conduct
- 並行 【ヘイコウ】 going side-by-side, going abreast, running concurrently, occurring at the same time, keeping pace with
- 性行 【セイコウ】 character and conduct
- 行 【ギョウ】 line (of text), row, verse, carya (austerities), samskara (formations), semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters), running style
- 行革 【ギョウカク】 administrative reform
- 奉行 【ブギョウ】 magistrate, shogunate administrator
- 施行 【シコウ】 putting in force (a law), putting into operation, putting into effect, enforcement, carrying out (a plan, policy, etc.), execution
- 行脚 【アンギャ】 pilgrimage, walking tour, travelling (on foot)
- 行火 【アンカ】 bed warmer, foot warmer
Kun reading compounds
- 行く 【いく】 to go, to move (towards), to head (towards), to leave (for), to move through, to travel across, to walk along (e.g. a road), to go (well, badly, etc.), to proceed, to turn out, to get along, to do (in a particular way), to go (with; a choice), to try, to pass (of time, seasons, etc.), to go by, to stream, to flow, to die, to pass away, to reach (a stage, extent, age, etc.), to get to, to go (so far as ...), to reach (of information, instructions, wind, etc.), to arrive, to continue ..., to go on ..., to (progress) steadily, to gradually ..., to progressively ..., to have an orgasm, to come, to cum, to trip, to get high, to have a drug-induced hallucination
- 行く先 【ゆくさき】 destination, whereabouts, future, prospects
- 行く 【いく】 to go, to move (towards), to head (towards), to leave (for), to move through, to travel across, to walk along (e.g. a road), to go (well, badly, etc.), to proceed, to turn out, to get along, to do (in a particular way), to go (with; a choice), to try, to pass (of time, seasons, etc.), to go by, to stream, to flow, to die, to pass away, to reach (a stage, extent, age, etc.), to get to, to go (so far as ...), to reach (of information, instructions, wind, etc.), to arrive, to continue ..., to go on ..., to (progress) steadily, to gradually ..., to progressively ..., to have an orgasm, to come, to cum, to trip, to get high, to have a drug-induced hallucination
- 行方 【ゆくえ】 (one's) whereabouts, destination, where one is headed, outcome, course (of events), development, direction, tide, future, journey ahead
- 行う 【おこなう】 to perform, to do, to conduct oneself, to carry out
- 行う 【おこなう】 to perform, to do, to conduct oneself, to carry out
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いく、 なみ、 なめ、 みち、 ゆき、 ゆく
- Korean:
- haeng, hang
Spanish
- ir
- fila
- línea (texto)
- ocurrencia
- conducta
- realizar
- llevar a cabo
- ocurrir
Portuguese
- ir
- viagem
- viajar
French
- aller
- voyage
73 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
131 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
118 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
31 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4213 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
24 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
82 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
245 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.4 | Japanese for Busy People |
68 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
68 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
58 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1613 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
246 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
157 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
187 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
882 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
34029 | Morohashi |
212 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5419 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
873 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
938 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
18 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
123 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2053 | 2001 Kanji |
3i3.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-3 | SKIP code |
2122.1 | Four corner code |
1-25-52 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
884c | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1939 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 侍従 【ジジュウ】 chamberlain
- 侍医 【ジイ】 court physician
- 内侍 【ナイシ】 maid of honor, maid of honour, lady-in-waiting
- 陪侍 【バイジ】 retainer, attending on the nobility
- 内侍 【ナイシ】 maid of honor, maid of honour, lady-in-waiting
Kun reading compounds
- 侍 【さむらい】 warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period), samurai, man in attendance (on a person of high standing), retainer
- 侍蟻 【さむらいあり】 Polyergus samurai (species of amazon ant)
- 二四六九士 【にしむくさむらい】 nishimuku samurai (mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days)
- 七人の侍 【しちにんのさむらい】 Seven Samurai (film by Akira Kurosawa)
- 侍る 【はべる】 to wait upon, to serve
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かみ
- Korean:
- si
Spanish
- sirviente
- criado
- samurai
Portuguese
- garçom
- samurai
- esperar sobre
- servir
French
- serviteur
- samouraï
- servir
1326 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1823 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
427 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1446 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1046 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
559 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
571 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
580 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1878 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
90 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
94 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
62 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
66 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
985 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
589 | Morohashi |
85 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
192 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
976 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1050 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1150 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2148 | 2001 Kanji |
2a6.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-2-6 | SKIP code |
2424.1 | Four corner code |
1-27-88 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4f8d | Unicode hex code |
accompany, obey, submit to, comply, follow, secondary, incidental, subordinate
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
601 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 従 【ジュウ】 subordinate, secondary, junior, incidental
- 従業員 【ジュウギョウイン】 employee, worker
- 専従 【センジュウ】 working exclusively for, working full-time (for)
- 侍従 【ジジュウ】 chamberlain
- 従容 【ショウヨウ】 calm, composed, tranquil
- 従容自若 【ショウヨウジジャク】 having presence of mind, imperturbable, calm and self-possessed, with serenity
- 追従 【ツイショウ】 flattery, sycophancy, adulation
- 阿諛追従 【アユツイショウ】 excessive flattery, adulation
- 従 【ジュ】 lesser (of equal court ranks), lower, junior
- 従 【ジュウ】 subordinate, secondary, junior, incidental
- 類聚 【ルイジュウ】 collection of similar objects, classification by similarity
Kun reading compounds
- 従う 【したがう】 to obey (an order, law, etc.), to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.), to follow, to observe, to conform to, to yield to, to follow (a person), to accompany, to go with, to go alongside (e.g. a river), to follow (e.g. a sign), to serve (as), to engage in (work)
- 従える 【したがえる】 to be accompanied by, to be attended by, to take along (someone), to conquer, to subjugate, to subdue
Readings
- Korean:
- jong
Spanish
- seguir
- obedecer
- doblegar
Portuguese
- acompanhar
- obedecer
- submeter a
- concordar
- seguir
- subordinado
- acidental
- secundário
French
- accompagner
- obéir
- se soumettre à
- se conformer à
- suivre
- s'ensuivre
- secondaire
- accessoire
- subordonné
808 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
902 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
891 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
727 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1613 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
673 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1281 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1050 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1482 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1579 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
642 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
628 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
498 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
309 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
376 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
886 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
10133 | Morohashi |
415 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1745 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
877 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
942 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
329 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
903 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2070 | 2001 Kanji |
3i7.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-7 | SKIP code |
2828.1 | Four corner code |
1-29-30 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5f93 | Unicode hex code |