705 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
798 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
777 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1282 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
600 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
836 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
920 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1498 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
753 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
766 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
859 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1727 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2631 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1344 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1822 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
789 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
36677 | Morohashi |
2123 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5782 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
782 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
845 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
745 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
1211 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 貧 【ヒン】 poverty, penury, want, need, insufficiency, shortage, deficiency
- 貧血 【ヒンケツ】 anemia, anaemia
- 清貧 【セイヒン】 honourable poverty, honorable poverty
- 極貧 【ゴクヒン】 destitution
- 貧乏 【ビンボウ】 poverty-stricken, destitute, poor, penurious
- 貧乏人 【ビンボウニン】 poor person, the poor
Kun reading compounds
- 貧しい 【まずしい】 poor, needy, lacking (quantity and quality-wise), poor, scanty, skimpy, slight, inadequate
Readings
- Korean:
- bin
Spanish
- pobreza
- pobre
- escaso
Portuguese
- pobreza
- pobre
French
- pauvre
- pauvreté
2061 | 2001 Kanji |
2o9.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-9 | SKIP code |
2-4-7 | SKIP code |
8080.6 | Four corner code |
1-41-47 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8ca7 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1646 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 乏精子症 【ボウセイシショウ】 oligozoospermia, oligospermia
- 乏尿 【ボウニョウ】 oliguria
- 耐乏 【タイボウ】 austerity, voluntary privation
- 困苦窮乏 【コンクキュウボウ】 hardships and privations
Kun reading compounds
- 乏しい 【とぼしい】 meagre, meager, scarce, limited, destitute, hard up, lacking, scanty, poor
- 乏しい 【とぼしい】 meagre, meager, scarce, limited, destitute, hard up, lacking, scanty, poor
Readings
- Korean:
- pib
Spanish
- escaso
- limitado
- pobre
- insuficiente
Portuguese
- privação
- escasso
- limitado
French
- insuffisant
- limité
- indigent
1805 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1587 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
150 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
932 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1029 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
754 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
767 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
860 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
23 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2432 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1228 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1693 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1223 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
133 | Morohashi |
1933 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
46 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1215 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1300 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1017 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2070 | 2001 Kanji |
0a3.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-4-4 | SKIP code |
2-1-3 | SKIP code |
2-2-2 | SKIP code |
4-5-4 | SKIP code |
4-3-4 | SKIP code |
2-2-1 | SKIP code |
2-1-2 | SKIP code |
2030.7 | Four corner code |
1-43-19 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4e4f | Unicode hex code |
子
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
72 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 子 【シ】 child (esp. a boy), viscount, founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius), master, masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature), you, -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
- 子宮 【シキュウ】 womb, uterus
- 中性子 【チュウセイシ】 neutron
- 精子 【セイシ】 sperm, spermatozoon
- 主 【ス】 honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
- 恵比寿 【エビス】 Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
- 久留子 【クルス】 cross sign
- 対子 【トイツ】 pair, eyes
- 七対子 【チートイツ】 seven pairs, winning hand composed of seven pairs
Kun reading compounds
- 子 【こ】 child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person, (one's) child, offspring, young woman, young (animal), offshoot, interest, new share, player who is not a dealer, young geisha, young prostitute, bird egg, -er (often of young women)
- 子 【こう】 child, interest
- 根っこ 【ねっこ】 root (of a plant), stump (of a tree), root (of a problem, etc.), base, foundation, origin, source
- 江戸っ子 【えどっこ】 (true) Tokyoite, Edoite, Tokyo native, Edokko
- 子 【ね】 the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am), north, eleventh month of the lunar calendar
- 子忌み 【ねいみ】 collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
- 庚子 【かのえね】 Metal Rat (37th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
- 甲子 【きのえね】 Wood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 き、 ぎ、 く、 け、 ねっ
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- chiquillo
- niño
Portuguese
- criança
French
- enfant
- signe de la 1ère branche terrestre
- signe du Rat (zodiaque)
- 23 h à 01 h
- Nord (0°)
31 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
40 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
25 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
56 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1264 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
61 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
43 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
38 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
103 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
103 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
69 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
455 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4196 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2125 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2872 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
96 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
6930 | Morohashi |
3390 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1281 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
95 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
99 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
42 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
18 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3547 | 2001 Kanji |
2c0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-3-1 | SKIP code |
4-2-1 | SKIP code |
1740.7 | Four corner code |
1-27-50 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5b50 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
296 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 沢 【タク】 blessing, grace, favour, favor, benefit
- 沢山 【タクサン】 a lot, lots, plenty, many, a large number, much, a great deal, a good deal, enough, sufficient, enough, too many, too much
- 沼沢 【ショウタク】 marsh, swamp, bog
- 恵沢 【ケイタク】 blessing, pity, favor, favour, benefit
Kun reading compounds
- 沢 【さわ】 mountain stream, valley, dale, wetlands, swamp, marsh
- 沢地 【さわち】 marshy land
Readings
- Japanese names:
- おも、 さ、 さわん、 わさ
- Korean:
- taeg, seog
Spanish
- pantano
- brillo
- beneficio
- muchos
Portuguese
- brejo
French
- marais
- ruisseau de montagne
- abondance
1552 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
403 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2503 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
908 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1462 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
404 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
994 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1031 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1395 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1164 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
313 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
201 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
238 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1081 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
17234 | Morohashi |
267 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3062 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1072 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1153 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
442 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
1137 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
362 | 2001 Kanji |
3a4.18 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-4 | SKIP code |
3718.7 | Four corner code |
1-34-84 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6ca2 | 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 |