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 |
cannon, gun
- On:
- ホウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1268 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 砲 【ホウ】 gun, cannon, artillery, ordnance
- 砲火 【ホウカ】 gunfire, fire
- 迫撃砲 【ハクゲキホウ】 mortar
- 大砲 【タイホウ】 (large) gun, cannon, artillery, long-ball hitter, home-run hitter
Readings
- Japanese names:
- づつ
- Korean:
- po
Spanish
- cañón
- pistola
Portuguese
- canhão
- arma
French
- canon
- fusil
1800 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1217 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3185 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
993 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1569 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1764 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1894 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1631 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1402 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1479 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
785 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1065 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
538 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
24120P | Morohashi |
1151 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3998 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
532 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
571 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1372 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3356 | 2001 Kanji |
5a5.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-5-5 | SKIP code |
1761.2 | Four corner code |
1-43-04 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7832 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N2
1351 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 虫垂炎 【チュウスイエン】 appendicitis
- 虫えい 【チュウエイ】 gall (abnormal plant growth formed by insects)
- 幼虫 【ヨウチュウ】 larva, grub, maggot
- 寄生虫 【キセイチュウ】 parasite
- 虫部 【キブ】 insect radical, worm radical
- 蟻巻 【アリマキ】 aphid, plant louse, plant lice
Kun reading compounds
- 虫 【むし】 insect, bug, cricket, moth, worm, roundworm, thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings, (one's) unconscious, nervousness, fretfulness, person devoted to one thing, single-minded person, valve core, mushi (type of game played with a stripped deck)
- 虫歯 【むしば】 tooth decay, cavity, decayed tooth, dental caries
- 苦虫 【にがむし】 bitter-tasting bug
- 馬追虫 【うまおいむし】 Hexacentrus japonicus (species of katydid), Hexacentrus unicolor (species of katydid)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- む
- Korean:
- hwe, chung
Spanish
- insecto
- bicho
Portuguese
- inseto
- bichinho
- temperamento
French
- insecte
- vermine
- ver
- reptile
- colère
114 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
74 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
56 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1073 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4115 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
133 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
875 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
324 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
873 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
893 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
466 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1604 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4343 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2199 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2959 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
523 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
32804 | Morohashi |
3530 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5275 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
517 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
556 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
60 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1671 | 2001 Kanji |
6d0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-6-3 | SKIP code |
2-4-2 | SKIP code |
5013.6 | Four corner code |
1-35-78 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
866b | Unicode hex code |