| 1457 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1335 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4781 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1648 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1832 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1709 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1826 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 728 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1791 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1875 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 996 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1348 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1447 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 39807 | Morohashi |
| 1483 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6166 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1435 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1543 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1493 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1640 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 酔客 【スイキャク】 drunken person
- 酔漢 【スイカン】 drunkard, drunken fellow
- 陶酔 【トウスイ】 intoxication, being fascinated (by), being carried away (by), being enraptured (by), being intoxicated (with)
- 大酔 【タイスイ】 dead drunk
Kun reading compounds
- 酔う 【よう】 to get drunk, to become intoxicated, to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle), to become nauseated, to be elated, to be exalted, to be spellbound, to be in raptures
- 酔い 【よい】 drunkenness, intoxication, motion sickness, travel sickness
- 酔いが覚める 【よいがさめる】 to sober up
- 酔い 【よい】 drunkenness, intoxication, motion sickness, travel sickness
- 酔う 【よう】 to get drunk, to become intoxicated, to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle), to become nauseated, to be elated, to be exalted, to be spellbound, to be in raptures
Readings
- Japanese names:
- よい
- Korean:
- chwi
Spanish
- marearse
- emborracharse
Portuguese
- bêbado
- sentir-se mal
- envenenado
- exaltado
- fascinado
French
- ivre
- se sentir malade
- empoisonné
- transporté de joie
- subjugué
| 3255 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7e4.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-4 | SKIP code |
| 1464.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-31-76 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9154 | 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 grade 5
JLPT level N3
943 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 夢中 【ムチュウ】 absorbed in, immersed in, crazy about, obsessed with, devoted to, forgetting oneself, daze, trance, ecstasy, delirium, within a dream, while dreaming
- 夢想 【ムソウ】 dream, vision, reverie
- 同床異夢 【ドウショウイム】 cohabiting but living in different worlds
- 怪夢 【カイム】 strange dream
Kun reading compounds
- 夢 【ゆめ】 dream
- 夢にも 【ゆめにも】 (not) in the slightest, (not) at all
- 初夢 【はつゆめ】 first dream of the New year (believed to foretell one's luck), dream on the night of setsubun
- 逆夢 【さかゆめ】 a dream which is contradicted by reality
- 夢見る 【ゆめみる】 to dream (of)
Readings
- Korean:
- mong
Spanish
- sueño
- visión
- ilusión
Portuguese
- sonho
- visão
- ilusão
French
- rêve
- vision
- illusion
| 816 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 1844 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 969 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4028 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1425 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 444 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1990 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 811 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 830 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 800 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 407 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2939 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1510 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2046 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 311 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5801P | Morohashi |
| 2336 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1131 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 305 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 327 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 783 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1960 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3k10.14 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-10 | SKIP code |
| 2-8-5 | SKIP code |
| 4420.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-20 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5922 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
229 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 死 【シ】 death, (an) out, death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
- 死因 【シイン】 cause of death
- 安楽死 【アンラクシ】 euthanasia
- 病死 【ビョウシ】 death from disease, death from illness
Kun reading compounds
- 死ぬ 【しぬ】 to die, to pass away, to lose spirit, to lose vigor, to look dead, to cease, to stop
- 死ぬ気で 【しぬきで】 all out, like hell, like crazy, desperately, expecting to die
Readings
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- muerte
- morir
Portuguese
- morte
- dados
French
- mort
- mourir
| 223 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 302 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 286 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 254 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2439 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 207 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 205 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 3.5 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 85 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 85 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 258 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1133 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4334 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2194 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2952 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 823 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 16365 | Morohashi |
| 3521 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2968 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 815 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 878 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 238 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 267 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3256 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a6.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-6-1 | SKIP code |
| 1021.1 | Four corner code |
| 1021.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-64 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6b7b | Unicode hex code |