196 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
281 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
263 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
264 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4855 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
379 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
268 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2345 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.4 | Japanese for Busy People |
313 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
313 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
57 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1817 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2156 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1133 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1534 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1471 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
40355 | Morohashi |
1722 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6268 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1459 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1569 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
427 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
395 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 銀 【ギン】 silver (Ag), silver coin, money, silver medal, silver colour, silver color, bank, silver general
- 銀色 【ギンイロ】 silver (color, colour)
- 世銀 【セギン】 World Bank
- 水銀 【スイギン】 mercury (Hg)
Kun reading compounds
- 銀 【ぎん】 silver (Ag), silver coin, money, silver medal, silver colour, silver color, bank, silver general
- 銀鯵 【しろがねあじ】 lookdown (Selene vomer)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- うん、 かな、 かね
- Korean:
- eun
Spanish
- plata
Portuguese
- prata
French
- argent
2865 | 2001 Kanji |
8a6.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-8-6 | SKIP code |
8713.2 | Four corner code |
1-22-68 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9280 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
663 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 河 【ホー】 discarded tiles, discards
- 川 【カワ】 river, stream, River, the ... river
- 星河 【セイガ】 Milky Way
- 暴虎馮河 【ボウコヒョウガ】 foolhardy courage
Kun reading compounds
- 川 【かわ】 river, stream, River, the ... river
- 河 【ホー】 discarded tiles, discards
- 追河 【おいかわ】 pale chub (Zacco platypus), freshwater minnow
- 恋河 【こいかわ】 oceans of love
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かっ、 こ、 こう
- Korean:
- ha
Spanish
- río
- corriente
Portuguese
- rio
French
- rivière
- fleuve
561 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
658 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
628 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
698 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2530 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
633 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
669 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
597 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
389 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
391 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1127 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1170 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
394 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
251 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
298 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
148 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
17245 | Morohashi |
336 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3102 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
146 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
157 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
679 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
349 | 2001 Kanji |
3a5.30 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-5 | SKIP code |
3112.0 | Four corner code |
1-18-47 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6cb3 | Unicode hex code |
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
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) |
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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
207 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 道 【ドウ】 road, path, street, route, way, set of practices, rules for conducting oneself, moral education, Buddhist teachings, Taoism, administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido), administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.), province (administrative region of Korea), circuit (administrative region of China), province (Tang-era administrative region of China)
- 道義 【ドウギ】 morality, moral principles
- 正道 【セイドウ】 path of righteousness, path of duty, right track, correct path
- 海道 【カイドウ】 sea route
- 有道 【ユウドウ】 being good, being virtuous, virtuous person
- 不道 【フドウ】 inhuman, immoral, unreasonable, outrageous, wicked, barbarity (one of the eight unpardonable crimes, incl. killing three people in one family, or dismembering a corpse)
Kun reading compounds
- 道 【みち】 road, path, street, lane, passage, route, way, distance, journey, road (e.g. to victory), course, way (of living, proper conduct, etc.), moral principles, teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist), dogma, field (e.g. of medicine), subject, speciality, means, way, method
- 道筋 【みちすじ】 path, route, itinerary
- 花道 【はなみち】 elevated walkway through the audience to the stage, honourable end to a career
- 横道 【よこみち】 byway, side street, cross street, wrong way, digression
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さ、 じ、 ど、 みつ、 おさむ
- Korean:
- do
Spanish
- camino
- razón
- modo
- decir
- senda
- método
Portuguese
- Caminho
- estrada
- rua
- distrito
- viagem
- curso
- moral
- ensinamentos
- filosofia
French
- voie
- route
- rue
- région
- voyage
- morale
- enseignements
122 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
205 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
188 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
129 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4724 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
141 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
93 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1811 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.7 | Japanese for Busy People |
149 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
149 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
66 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
710 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3888 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2000 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2701 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
283 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
39010P | Morohashi |
3134 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6091 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
277 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
295 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
123 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
220 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
979 | 2001 Kanji |
2q9.14 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-3-9 | SKIP code |
3-2-9 | SKIP code |
3830.6 | Four corner code |
1-38-27 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9053 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
487 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 夜 【ヤ】 counter for nights
- 夜間 【ヤカン】 night, nighttime
- 同夜 【ドウヤ】 the same night, that night
- 通夜 【ツヤ】 all-night vigil over a body, wake
Kun reading compounds
- 夜 【よる】 evening, night, dinner
- 夜明け 【よあけ】 dawn, daybreak
- 毎夜 【まいよ】 every evening, every night
- 短夜 【みじかよ】 short summer night
- 夜 【よる】 evening, night, dinner
- 夜ご飯 【よるごはん】 dinner, evening meal
- 御寝 【およる】 sleep, rest
- 銀河鉄道の夜 【ぎんがてつどうのよる】 Night on the Galactic Railroad (novel by Kenji Miyazawa), Milky Way Railroad
Readings
- Korean:
- ya
Spanish
- noche
- tarde
Portuguese
- noite
- à noite
French
- nuit
- soirée
144 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
232 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
212 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
258 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
298 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
336 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
150 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
766 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.17 | Japanese for Busy People |
471 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
479 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
93 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
406 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2550 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1301 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1770 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1046 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
5763 | Morohashi |
2056 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1129 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1037 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1115 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
318 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
169 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
467 | 2001 Kanji |
2j6.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-6 | SKIP code |
3-4-4 | SKIP code |
3-3-5 | SKIP code |
0024.7 | Four corner code |
1-44-75 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
591c | Unicode hex code |