116 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
189 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
173 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
25 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4938 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
155 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
95 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
939 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.20 | Japanese for Busy People |
95 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
95 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
89 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1837 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3163 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1626 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2212 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1939 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
41100 | Morohashi |
2556 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6379 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1920 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2070 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
90 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
161 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
12 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 長 【チョウ】 head, chief, leader, elder, merit, strong point, superiority, major
- 長官 【チョウカン】 secretary (government), director, chief
- 体長 【タイチョウ】 length (of an animal), body length
- 医長 【イチョウ】 medical director, chief physician
Kun reading compounds
- 長い 【ながい】 long (distance, length), long (time), protracted, prolonged
- 長居 【ながい】 long visit, overstaying
- 長 【おさ】 head, chief, leader, the greatest (of all the ...)
- 【オサガメ】 leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
- 田長 【たおさ】 master of the rice field, chief farmer, lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
- 死出田長 【しでたおさ】 lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- お、 おしゃ、 たかし、 たけ、 な、 は、 ひさ
- Korean:
- jang
Spanish
- largo
- jefe
- sobresaliente
Portuguese
- Longo
- ambicionar
- líder
- chefe
French
- long
- chef
3465 | 2001 Kanji |
0a8.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-5-3 | SKIP code |
4-8-1 | SKIP code |
7173.2 | Four corner code |
1-36-25 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9577 | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1318 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 之繞 【シンニョウ】 kanji "road" or "advance" radical (radical 162)
- 之繞を掛ける 【シンニュウヲカケル】 to exaggerate
Kun reading compounds
- 乃 【の】 's, of, belonging to
- 之字運動 【のじうんどう】 zig-zag motion (esp. warship)
- 此れ 【これ】 this, this one, this person, now, this point (in time), here, used to stress the subject of a sentence, I, me
- これ等 【これら】 these
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ゆき、 いたる、 あき、 つな、 ゆみ、 くに、 のぶ、 ひさ、 ひで
- Korean:
- ji
Spanish
- esto
- de (partícula posesiva)
Portuguese
French
- de
- ceci
- avancer (radical shinnyuu)
697 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
280 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1942 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
24 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2004 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
4228 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2137 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2886 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1222 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
125 | Morohashi |
3420 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
48 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1214 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1299 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
670 | 2001 Kanji |
0a2.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-3-4 | SKIP code |
4-4-4 | SKIP code |
4-2-4 | SKIP code |
3030.7 | Four corner code |
1-39-23 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4e4b | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
397 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 助 【ジョ】 help, rescue, assistant
- 助演 【ジョエン】 supporting performance, playing a supporting role
- 互助 【ゴジョ】 mutual aid, cooperation, benefit
- 介助 【カイジョ】 help, assistance, aid
Kun reading compounds
- 助ける 【たすける】 to save, to rescue, to spare, to help, to assist, to support (financially), to contribute (to), to provide aid, to facilitate, to stimulate, to promote, to contribute to
- 助かる 【たすかる】 to be saved, to be rescued, to survive, to escape harm, to be spared damage, to be helped, to be saved trouble
- 助 【すけ】 assistance, help, helper, babe, chick, broad
- 助っ人 【すけっと】 helper, supporter, second, backer, foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)
- 福助 【ふくすけ】 large-headed dwarf statue, bringer of good luck
- デコ助 【デコすけ】 big forehead, fivehead, asshole
Readings
- Korean:
- jo
Spanish
- ayudar
- rescatar
- salvar
- ser salvado
- ser ayudado
Portuguese
- ajuda
- resgate
- auxiliar
French
- aider
- secourir
- assister
248 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
330 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
314 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
407 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
719 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
346 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
367 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
431 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
623 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
633 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
826 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
211 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1440 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
764 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1037 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1800 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
2313 | Morohashi |
1121 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
530 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1782 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1921 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
248 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
284 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3945 | 2001 Kanji |
2g5.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-5-2 | SKIP code |
7412.7 | Four corner code |
1-29-85 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
52a9 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N3
967 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 草 【ソウ】 draft, rough copy, highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters), grass style
- 草案 【ソウアン】 draft (for a speech, bill, etc.)
- 除草 【ジョソウ】 weeding
- 起草 【キソウ】 drafting (e.g. a bill), drawing up
Kun reading compounds
- 草 【くさ】 grass, weed, herb, thatch, ninja, marijuana, cannabis, not genuine, substandard, LOL, haha
- 草刈り 【くさかり】 mowing, mower
- 水草 【みずくさ】 water plant, aquatic plant, waterweed, hydrophyte
- 若草 【わかくさ】 green grass, young (fresh) grass
Readings
- Japanese names:
- そ、 や
- Korean:
- cho
Spanish
- hierba
- planta
Portuguese
- grama
- erva daninha
- ervas
- pasto
- escrever
- esboçar
French
- herbe
- mauvaise herbe
- plantes
- pâturage
- écrire
- ébauche
106 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
57 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
162 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
705 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3939 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
118 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
865 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
934 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
249 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
249 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
567 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
652 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2813 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1450 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1953 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
229 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
30945P | Morohashi |
2263 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5032 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
224 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
238 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
77 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1955 | 2001 Kanji |
3k6.13 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-6 | SKIP code |
4440.6 | Four corner code |
1-33-80 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8349 | Unicode hex code |