283 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
374 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
353 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
327 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4844 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
242 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
976 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1948 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.1 | Japanese for Busy People |
312 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
312 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
147 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1814 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2147 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1126 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1527 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
854 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
40285 | Morohashi |
1711 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6253 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
846 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
909 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
449 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
422 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
672 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 鉄 【テツ】 iron (Fe), steel, iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.), railway, railway enthusiast
- 鉄製 【テッセイ】 made of iron
- 国鉄 【コクテツ】 national railway, Japan National Railways (1949-1987)
- 新日本製鐵 【シンニッポンセイテツ】 Nippon Steel Corporation
Kun reading compounds
- 黒金 【くろがね】 iron
Readings
- Japanese names:
- けん、 てっ
- Korean:
- cheol
Spanish
- hierro
- acero
Portuguese
- ferro
French
- fer
2863 | 2001 Kanji |
8a5.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-8-5 | SKIP code |
8513.0 | Four corner code |
1-37-20 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9244 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 炮製 【ホウセイ】 processing (in Chinese herbal medicine)
- 焙烙 【ホウロク】 earthenware baking pan, parching pan, form of punishment in which a person is forced to walk on an oiled pipe over a charcoal fire (ancient China)
Readings
- Korean:
- po
Spanish
Portuguese
French
2753 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1132 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
18954 | Morohashi |
906 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3406 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
4d5.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-5 | SKIP code |
9781.2 | Four corner code |
1-63-60 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
70ae | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
869 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 陪塚 【バイチョウ】 subsidiary burial mound (Kofun period), satellite burial mound
Kun reading compounds
- 塚 【つか】 mound, heap, hillock, burial mound, tomb, tumulus, barrow, gravesite, standing stone, stone signpost, roadside stone statue
- 塚穴 【つかあな】 grave
- 高塚 【たかつか】 tumulus, burial mound
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ずか、 つ
- Korean:
- chong
Spanish
- altozano
- montículo
Portuguese
- morro
- monte
French
- butte
- tertre
- borne
- tombe
1607 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
782 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1104 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1163 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1844 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1751 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1875 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1889 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
381 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
675 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
406 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
509 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1048 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
5345 | Morohashi |
556 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1048 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1039 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1117 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1515 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1451 | 2001 Kanji |
3b9.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-9 | SKIP code |
4713.2 | Four corner code |
1-36-45 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
585a | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
414 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 葉 【ヨウ】 counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc., counter for boats
- 葉胃 【ヨウイ】 omasum, psalterium, third compartment of the stomach in ruminants
- 紅葉 【コウヨウ】 leaves turning red (in autumn), red leaves, autumn colours, fall colors
- 前頭葉 【ゼントウヨウ】 frontal lobe
Kun reading compounds
- 葉 【は】 leaf, blade (of grass), (pine) needle
- 葉書 【はがき】 postcard, memo, note, card
- 一葉 【いちよう】 one leaf, one page, one sheet, one card, one photo, one boat
- 枝葉 【えだは】 branches and leaves, foliage, unimportant details, nonessentials, side issue, digression
Readings
- Japanese names:
- よ、 わ
- Korean:
- yeob, seob
Spanish
- hoja
- contador de cosas planas
- follaje
Portuguese
- folha
- avião
- ponta
- agulha
- lâmina
- lança
- sufixo p/ contagem de coisas chatas
French
- feuille
- lobe
- aiguille
- brin (herbe)
- fragment
- compteur d'objets plats
327 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
428 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
405 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
405 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4001 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
179 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
870 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1991 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
253 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
253 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
569 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
663 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2912 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1497 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2024 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
233 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
31387P | Morohashi |
2321 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5129 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
228 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
243 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
275 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
412 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1964 | 2001 Kanji |
3k9.21 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-9 | SKIP code |
2-3-8 | SKIP code |
4490.4 | Four corner code |
1-45-53 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8449 | 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 |