16 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
18 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
14 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
59 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4815 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
18 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
94 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
664 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
23 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
23 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
21 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1808 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2552 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1302 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1771 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
275 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
40152 | Morohashi |
2057 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6211 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
269 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
287 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
79 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
72 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
53 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 金 【キン】 gold (metal), gold (color), gold (medal), first place (prize), something of great value, something golden (e.g. silence), money, gold coin, sum (of money), Friday, karat (measure of purity of gold), carat, metal (fourth phase of Wu Xing), Jin dynasty (of China; 1115-1234), Chin dynasty, Jurchen dynasty, gold general, testicles
- 金色 【キンイロ】 gold (colour, color)
- 集金 【シュウキン】 money collection
- 納金 【ノウキン】 payment
- 金色 【キンイロ】 gold (colour, color)
- 金剛 【コンゴウ】 vajra (indestructible substance), diamond, adamantine, thunderbolt, Indra's weapon, Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth
- 鬱金 【ウコン】 turmeric (Curcuma domestica)
- 葛鬱金 【クズウコン】 arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea)
- 漉油 【コシアブラ】 Acanthopanax sciadophylloides (species of flowering plant related to the aralias)
Kun reading compounds
- 金 【かね】 money, metal
- 金持ち 【かねもち】 rich person
- 細かい金 【こまかいかね】 small change
- 汚れた金 【よごれたかね】 dirty money
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かん、 きむ、 こ、 この、 ん
- Korean:
- gim, geum
Spanish
- oro
- dinero
- metal
Portuguese
- ouro
French
- or
2872 | 2001 Kanji |
8a0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-6 | SKIP code |
8010.9 | Four corner code |
1-22-66 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
91d1 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
481 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 融資 【ユウシ】 financing, loan
- 融合 【ユウゴウ】 agglutination, adhesion, fusion, combination, blending, uniting
- 溶融 【ヨウユウ】 melting, fusion
- 炉心溶融 【ロシンヨウユウ】 core meltdown, meltdown, nuclear reactor core meltdown
Kun reading compounds
- 溶ける 【とける】 to melt, to thaw, to fuse, to dissolve
- 溶かす 【とかす】 to dissolve, to melt
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あきら
- Korean:
- yung
Spanish
- disolver
- derretir
- deslizar
Portuguese
- dissolver
- derreter
French
- dissoudre
- fondre
1872 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
702 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
5274 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1359 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1719 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2545 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1588 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1695 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1237 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1610 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2303 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1190 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1626 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1053 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
33384 | Morohashi |
1831 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5371 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1044 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1123 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1865 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3071 | 2001 Kanji |
6d10.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-10-6 | SKIP code |
1523.6 | Four corner code |
1-45-27 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
878d | Unicode hex code |
faction, group, party, clique, sect, school
- On:
- ハ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
164 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 派 【ハ】 clique, group, coterie, (political) faction, wing, party, camp, school, sect, denomination
- 派遣 【ハケン】 dispatch, despatch, deployment, temporary employee (esp. from an agency), temporary worker, agency temp
- 硬派 【コウハ】 hard-liners, diehards, hawks, (young) man with traditionally masculine interests, tough boy, man's man, hard news, reporter who covers political and economic affairs, strait-laced type (with respect to relationships), bullish traders
- 右派 【ウハ】 right wing
Readings
- Korean:
- pa
Spanish
- grupo
- división
- rama
- enviar
- mandar
Portuguese
- facção
- grupo
- partido
- claque
- seita
- escola
French
- faction
- groupe
- parti
- clan
- secte
- école
857 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
965 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
955 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
293 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2547 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
516 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1471 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
812 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
912 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
934 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1191 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1192 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
456 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
281 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
341 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1872 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
17428 | Morohashi |
381 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3126 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1855 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1999 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
286 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
892 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
365 | 2001 Kanji |
3a6.21 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-6 | SKIP code |
3213.2 | Four corner code |
1-39-41 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6d3e | 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 3
JLPT level N3
413 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 商 【ショウ】 quotient, business, merchant, dealer, second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale), Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE), Yin dynasty
- 商会 【ショウカイ】 firm, company
- 年商 【ネンショウ】 yearly (annual) turnover
- 画商 【ガショウ】 picture dealer, commercial art gallery
Kun reading compounds
- 商う 【あきなう】 to trade in (commercial goods), to deal in, to sell
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あき
- Korean:
- sang
Spanish
- trato
- negociación
- vender
- tratar con
Portuguese
- Fazer um acordo
- vender
- comerciante
French
- commerce
- affaire
- vente
- distributeur
- marchand
431 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
333 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
317 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
353 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
321 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
293 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
414 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1526 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
412 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
418 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
684 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
330 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2623 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1341 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1818 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
446 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
3803 | Morohashi |
2116 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
832 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
439 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
471 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
375 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
375 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
449 | 2001 Kanji |
2j9.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-9 | SKIP code |
3-8-3 | SKIP code |
2-4-7 | SKIP code |
3-6-5 | SKIP code |
0022.7 | Four corner code |
1-30-06 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5546 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
225 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 品 【ヒン】 elegance, grace, refinement, class, dignity, article, item, counter for items (of food, etc.), counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
- 品位 【ヒンイ】 dignity, grace, nobility, grade, quality, fineness, carat, karat
- 小品 【ショウヒン】 short piece (of music, writing), small work (painting, sculpture, etc.), literary sketch, essay, small article, small item
- 遺品 【イヒン】 things left (to one) by the deceased, inherited item, estate, memento, keepsake, lost item, lost property
- 品 【ホン】 court rank, level, grade, chapter, section, volume
- 品題 【ホンダイ】 chapter title, section title, volume title
- 九品 【クホン】 nine levels of Amitabha's Pure Land, Amitabha's Pure Land, nine-tiered lotus leaf platform in Amitabha's Pure Land
Kun reading compounds
- 品 【しな】 article, item, thing, goods, stock, quality, flirtatiousness, coquetry
- 品目 【ひんもく】 item, commodity, list of articles
- 一品 【いっぴん】 item, article, dish, course, finest item
- 極め付きの品 【きわめつきのしな】 article of certified genuineness
Readings
- Korean:
- pum
Spanish
- producto
- artículo
- bienes
Portuguese
- bens
- refinamento
- dignidade
- artigo
- sufixo para contagem de para pratos de refeição
French
- marchandise
- dignité
- raffinement
- article
- compteur de plats
311 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
405 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
382 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
138 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
923 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
146 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
138 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
916 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
230 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
230 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
683 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
328 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2795 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1437 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1937 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
23 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
3581 | Morohashi |
2248 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
792 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
23 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
23 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
372 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
345 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3777 | 2001 Kanji |
3d6.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-6 | SKIP code |
6066.0 | Four corner code |
1-41-42 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
54c1 | Unicode hex code |