868 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
981 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
970 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
516 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4242 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
744 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
884 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1644 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
889 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
910 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1001 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1632 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1529 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
809 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1103 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1857 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
34320 | Morohashi |
1194 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5464 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1840 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1983 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
955 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
332 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 補 【ホ】 assistant ..., probationary ...
- 補完 【ホカン】 complementation, supplementation, completion
- 増補 【ゾウホ】 extending (e.g. a book), augmenting, enlarging, supplementing
- 追補 【ツイホ】 supplement, appendix, addendum
Kun reading compounds
- 補う 【おぎなう】 to supplement, to make up for, to compensate for, to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.), to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
Readings
- Korean:
- bo
Spanish
- suplir
- resarcir
- compensar
Portuguese
- suplemento
- oferta
- cumprir
- indenizar
- compensar
- assistente
- aprendiz
French
- complément
- supplément
- améliorer
- compenser
- assistant
- stagiaire
653 | 2001 Kanji |
5e7.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-5-7 | SKIP code |
3322.7 | Four corner code |
1-42-68 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
88dc | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
112 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 強 【キョウ】 a little over, a little more than, strength, the strong, powerhouse, one of the biggest, one of the most powerful, -upper (seismic intensity)
- 強化 【キョウカ】 strengthening, intensifying, reinforcement, enhancement, solidification, reinforcement
- 列強 【レッキョウ】 major powers of the world, great powers
- 屈強 【クッキョウ】 robust, brawny, muscular, strong, sturdy
- 強盗 【ゴウトウ】 robber, mugger, robbery, burglary
- 強引 【ゴウイン】 overbearing, coercive, pushy, forcible, high-handed
Kun reading compounds
- 強い 【つよい】 strong, potent, competent, domineering, tough, strong, brawny, powerful, healthy, rugged, good (at), skilled, knowledgeable, being able to handle, know how to deal (with), durable (against), resistant (to), resilient, firm, rigid, solid, intense, strong, fierce, high, dependable, trustworthy
- 強い雨 【つよいあめ】 heavy rain (specifically 20-29 mm per hour in JMA use)
- 強まる 【つよまる】 to get strong, to gain strength
- 強める 【つよめる】 to strengthen, to emphasize, to emphasise
- 強いる 【しいる】 to force, to compel, to coerce, to press, to impose
- 強い 【こわい】 tough, stiff, hard, inflexible, obstinate, stubborn, tired, worn out
- 強飯 【こわめし】 glutinous rice with red beans (eaten on celebratory occasions), mochi rice with red beans
Readings
- Japanese names:
- すね
- Korean:
- gang
Spanish
- fuerte
- coacción
- poderoso
- obligar
- forzar
- coaccionar
Portuguese
- Forte
- poderoso
- forçar
French
- fort
192 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
111 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
100 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
112 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1571 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
332 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
170 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1878 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
217 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
217 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
111 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
611 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
574 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
349 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
432 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1243 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
9815 | Morohashi |
475 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1695 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1235 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1321 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
133 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
201 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3571 | 2001 Kanji |
3h8.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-8 | SKIP code |
1323.6 | Four corner code |
1-22-15 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5f37 | Unicode hex code |
土
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
307 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 土 【ド】 Saturday, earth, dirt, soil, land, lands, ground, earth (third of the five elements)
- 土地 【トチ】 plot of land, lot, soil, locality, region, place
- 浄土 【ジョウド】 pure land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha), (Buddhist) paradise, Pure Land Buddhism
- 郷土 【キョウド】 native place, birth-place, one's old home, province, region, locality
- 土 【ト】 Turkey
- 時計 【トケイ】 clock, watch, timepiece
- 下土 【カド】 lower world, this world, the earth
- 率土 【ソット】 ends of the earth, outer reaches, borderland
Kun reading compounds
- 土 【つち】 earth, soil, dirt, clay, mud, the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens), the ground, the land, low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud), (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
- 土方 【どかた】 construction worker, laborer (labourer), navvy
- 盛り土 【もりど】 embankment (for road, railway, etc.), raising the ground level, fill
- 赤土 【あかつち】 red clay, red earth, laterite, dark-red paint
Readings
- Japanese names:
- つく、 は、 ひじ
- Korean:
- to, du
Spanish
- suelo
- tierra
- Turquía
Portuguese
- solo
- terra
- chão
- Turquia
French
- sol
- terre
- terrain
- Turquie
17 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
19 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
60 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
316 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1050 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
19 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
37 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
42 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
24 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
24 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
22 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
347 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4211 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2127 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2875 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
152 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
4867 | Morohashi |
3403 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
966 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
150 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
161 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
360 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
22 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1472 | 2001 Kanji |
3b0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-3-2 | SKIP code |
4010.0 | Four corner code |
1-37-58 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
571f | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1037 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 壁 【カベ】 wall, partition, barrier, obstacle, hindrance, difficulty, Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
- 壁画 【ヘキガ】 fresco, mural, wall painting
- 隔壁 【カクヘキ】 barrier wall, bulkhead, partition, septum, diaphragm
- 内壁 【ナイヘキ】 inner wall
Kun reading compounds
- 壁 【かべ】 wall, partition, barrier, obstacle, hindrance, difficulty, Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
- 壁掛け 【かべかけ】 wall-mounted ornament, wall decoration, wall hanging, wall-mounted
- 白壁 【しらかべ】 white plaster wall, tofu, bean curd
- 厚い壁 【あついかべ】 hard-to-overcome obstacle, high hurdle, thick wall
Readings
- Korean:
- byeog
Spanish
- muro
- pared
Portuguese
- parede
- forro
- cerca
French
- mur
- paroi (estomac)
- barrière
1780 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1064 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1148 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1369 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
442 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2585 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1489 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1587 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1029 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
366 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3601 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1849 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2515 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1514 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
5516 | Morohashi |
2895 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1103 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1500 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1616 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1826 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3772 | 2001 Kanji |
3b13.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-13-3 | SKIP code |
7010.4 | Four corner code |
1-42-41 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
58c1 | Unicode hex code |
工
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
299 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 工 【コウ】 (factory) worker
- 工員 【コウイン】 factory worker
- 起工 【キコウ】 setting to work
- 商工 【ショウコウ】 commerce and industry
- 工夫 【クフウ】 devising (a way), contriving, inventing, thinking up, figuring out, coming up with, working out, device, design, idea, plan, invention, dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
- 工面 【クメン】 contrivance, managing (to raise money), one's financial condition
- 竹細工 【タケザイク】 bamboo work, bamboo ware
- 寄せ木細工 【ヨセギザイク】 wooden mosaic work, parquetry, wooden mosaic (e.g. on a piece of furniture), marquetry, marqueterie
- 具合 【グアイ】 condition, state, health, state (of health), way, manner, circumstance, luck, face, dignity, decency, propriety
- 工面 【クメン】 contrivance, managing (to raise money), one's financial condition
Readings
- Japanese names:
- もく
- Korean:
- gong
Spanish
- construcción
- fabricación
- obrero
Portuguese
- ofício
- construção
French
- ingénierie
- industrie
- construction
- radical katakana E (no. 48)
71 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
125 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
113 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
169 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1451 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
77 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
161 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
39 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.16 | Japanese for Busy People |
139 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
139 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
379 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
550 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4190 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2118 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2866 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
76 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
8714 | Morohashi |
3381 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1532 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
76 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
80 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
173 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
84 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3172 | 2001 Kanji |
0a3.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-3-1 | SKIP code |
1010.0 | Four corner code |
1-25-09 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5de5 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
100 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 法 【ホウ】 law, act, principle, method, mood, dharma, law
- 法案 【ホウアン】 bill (law), measure
- 航法 【コウホウ】 sailing, navigation
- 会社更生法 【カイシャコウセイホウ】 Corporate Rehabilitation Law
- 法被 【ハッピ】 happi coat, happy coat, workman's livery coat, traditional Japanese straight-sleeved coat
- 法度 【ハット】 ban, prohibition, taboo, something forbidden, law, ordinance (esp. in the middle ages)
- 法師 【ホウシ】 Buddhist priest, bonze, layman dressed like a priest, person
- 法華経 【ホケキョウ】 Lotus Sutra
Kun reading compounds
- 法 【のり】 rule, law, regulation, model, pattern, teachings of Buddha, Buddhist doctrine, transverse measurement, measurement across, side-slope, slope
- 法の筵 【のりのむしろ】 preaching place
- 内法 【うちのり】 inside measure
- 外法 【そとのり】 outside measurements
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ほ
- Korean:
- beob
Spanish
- método
- ley
- doctrina
Portuguese
- método
- lei
- regra
- princípio
- modelo
- sistema
French
- méthode
- loi
- règle
- principe
- modèle
- système
513 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
612 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
584 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
145 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2535 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
213 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
676 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
824 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
123 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
123 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
518 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1181 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
391 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
248 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
295 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
758 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
17290 | Morohashi |
333 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3107 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
751 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
813 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
100 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
516 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
371 | 2001 Kanji |
3a5.20 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-5 | SKIP code |
3413.1 | Four corner code |
1-43-01 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6cd5 | Unicode hex code |