96 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
169 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
152 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
167 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4273 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
28 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
83 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
336 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.20 | Japanese for Busy People |
72 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
72 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
40 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1638 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4333 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2193 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2951 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1616 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
34763 | Morohashi |
3520 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5514 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1602 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1728 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
198 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
128 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
西
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
259 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 西 【セイ】 Spain
- 西欧 【セイオウ】 Western Europe, the West, the Occident, Europe
- 南西 【ナンセイ】 southwest
- 北北西 【ホクホクセイ】 north-northwest
- 西方 【セイホウ】 western direction, Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise), western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
- 西遊 【セイユウ】 westward trip, trip to the West
- 西瓜 【スイカ】 watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
- 西班牙 【スペイン】 Spain
Kun reading compounds
- 西 【にし】 west
- 西方 【せいほう】 western direction, Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise), western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
- 南西 【なんせい】 southwest
- 京都外大西 【きょうとがいだいにし】 Kyoto Gaidainishi
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いり、 ひし、 むら
- Korean:
- seo
Spanish
- Oeste
- España
Portuguese
- oeste
- Espanha
French
- Ouest
- Espagne
3275 | 2001 Kanji |
0a6.20 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-6-1 | SKIP code |
1060.0 | Four corner code |
1-32-30 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
897f | Unicode hex code |
山
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
131 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 山 【サン】 Mt., Mount, temple
- 山陰 【ヤマカゲ】 place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess
- 治山 【チサン】 forest conservation, afforestation
- 開山 【カイサン】 founding a temple (on a hill-top)
- 山道 【ヤマミチ】 mountain road, mountain trail
- 山海経 【センガイキョウ】 Classic of Mountains and Seas (classic Chinese text)
- 雪山 【セツザン】 snowy mountain, permanently snow-covered mountain, Himalayas
- 須弥山 【シュミセン】 Mount Sumeru (believed to be the centre of the Buddhist world)
Kun reading compounds
- 山 【やま】 mountain, hill, mine (e.g. coal mine), heap, pile, crown (of a hat), thread (of a screw), tread (of a tire), protruding part of an object, high part, climax, peak, critical point, guess, speculation, gamble, criminal case, crime, mountain climbing, mountaineering, festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd), deck (of playing cards on table, face down, from which cards are drawn), stack, wall, wall tile, temple, temple grounds, wild
- 山陰 【やまかげ】 place in the shade of a mountain, shelter of the mountains, mountain recess
- 奥山 【おくやま】 remote mountain, mountain recesses
- 青山 【せいざん】 lush mountain, green mountain, grave, burial place
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さ、 やの、 やん
- Korean:
- san
Spanish
- montaña
Portuguese
- montanha
French
- montagne
38 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
58 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
24 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
60 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1407 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
21 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
48 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
89 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
34 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
34 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
100 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
535 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3658 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1867 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2544 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
775 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
7869 | Morohashi |
2940 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1439 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
768 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
830 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
148 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
17 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1276 | 2001 Kanji |
3o0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-2-1 | SKIP code |
4-3-2 | SKIP code |
2277.0 | Four corner code |
1-27-19 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5c71 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
248 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 朝 【チョウ】 dynasty, reign, period, epoch, age, court, North Korea
- 朝刊 【チョウカン】 morning newspaper
- 本朝 【ホンチョウ】 this land, our country, Imperial Court of Japan
- 王朝 【オウチョウ】 dynasty
Kun reading compounds
- 朝 【あさ】 morning, breakfast
- 朝方 【あさがた】 early morning, early hours, early in the morning
- 後の朝 【のちのあした】 the morning after (having slept together)
- 霜朝 【しもあさ】 frosty morning
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あ、 あそ、 ささ、 ちか、 とも
- Korean:
- jo
Spanish
- mañana
- amanecer
- corte imperial
Portuguese
- manhã
- disnastia
- regime
- época
- período
- Coréia do Norte
French
- matin
- dynastie
- régime
- période
- époque
- Corée (Nord)
118 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
191 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
175 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
257 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3788 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
395 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
195 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1672 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.15 | Japanese for Busy People |
469 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
477 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
91 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1009 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2130 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1114 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1513 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
52 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
14374P | Morohashi |
1695 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4838 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
52 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
53 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
217 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
218 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1546 | 2001 Kanji |
4b8.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-8-4 | SKIP code |
4742.0 | Four corner code |
1-36-11 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
671d | Unicode hex code |