365 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
467 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
444 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
104 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4958 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
289 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
982 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2245 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.7 | Japanese for Busy People |
398 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
402 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
446 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1844 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4129 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2099 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2842 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
2036 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
41297 | Morohashi |
3328 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6402 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2017 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2173 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
84 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
614 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
70 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 関 【カン】 barrier, gate
- 関係 【カンケイ】 relation, relationship, connection, participation, involvement, concern, influence, effect, sexual relations, sexual relationship, related to, connected to
- 連関 【レンカン】 connection, relation, linkage
- 通関 【ツウカン】 customs clearance
Kun reading compounds
- 関 【せき】 barrier, gate, seki, mutual life
- 関取 【せきとり】 ranking wrestler in the makuuchi (senior-grade) or juryo (junior-grade) divisions
- 霞ヶ関 【かすみがせき】 Kasumigaseki, district of Tokyo where most of Japan's government ministry offices are located, government ministries (of Japan), Japanese government bureaucracy
- 関わる 【かかわる】 to be affected, to be influenced, to be concerned with, to have to do with, to stick to (opinions)
- 覗き機関 【のぞきからくり】 peep show, device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures
- 水機関 【みずからくり】 puppet powered by (falling) water, water-powered contrivance, show using such a device (in Edo-period Osaka)
Readings
- Korean:
- gwan, wan
Spanish
- barrera
- puerta
- relación
- mecanismo
- valla
Portuguese
- conexão
- obstáculo
- passagem
- emvolver
- concernente
French
- relation
- barrière
- lien
- rapport
- concerner
3863 | 2001 Kanji |
8e6.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-8-6 | SKIP code |
7743.0 | Four corner code |
1-20-56 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
95a2 | Unicode hex code |
西
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
259 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 西 【セイ】 Spain
- 西欧 【セイオウ】 Western Europe, the West, the Occident, Europe
- 南西 【ナンセイ】 southwest
- 北北西 【ホクホクセイ】 north-northwest
- 西方 【セイホウ】 western direction, Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise), western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
- 西遊 【セイユウ】 westward trip, trip to the West
- 西瓜 【スイカ】 watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
- 西班牙 【スペイン】 Spain
Kun reading compounds
- 西 【にし】 west
- 西方 【せいほう】 western direction, Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise), western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
- 南西 【なんせい】 southwest
- 京都外大西 【きょうとがいだいにし】 Kyoto Gaidainishi
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いり、 ひし、 むら
- Korean:
- seo
Spanish
- Oeste
- España
Portuguese
- oeste
- Espanha
French
- Ouest
- Espagne
96 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
169 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
152 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
167 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4273 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
28 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
83 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
336 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.20 | Japanese for Busy People |
72 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
72 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
40 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1638 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4333 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2193 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2951 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1616 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
34763 | Morohashi |
3520 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5514 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1602 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1728 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
198 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
128 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3275 | 2001 Kanji |
0a6.20 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-6-1 | SKIP code |
1060.0 | Four corner code |
1-32-30 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
897f | Unicode hex code |
valve, petal, braid, speech, dialect, discrimination, dispose of, distinguish, conical cap
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
619 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 弁 【ベン】 speech, tongue, talk, eloquence, dialect, brogue, accent, bento, Japanese box lunch, petal, valve, Oversight Department, division of the daijokan under the ritsuryō system responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices
- 弁解 【ベンカイ】 explanation (e.g. for one's actions), excuse, justification, defense, defence
- 熱弁 【ネツベン】 impassioned speech, fervent speech
- 強弁 【キョウベン】 insisting (unreasonably), obstinate insistence
Kun reading compounds
- 弁える 【わきまえる】 to discern (e.g. right from wrong), to discriminate, to distinguish, to know (manners, one's place, etc.), to understand, to bear in mind
Readings
- Japanese names:
- べ
- Korean:
- byeon, ban
Spanish
- discurso
- dialecto
- distinguir
- identificar
- reembolsar
- pétalo
Portuguese
- válvula
- petala
- trança
- discurso
- dialeto
- discriminação
- livrar-se de
- distinguir
French
- éloquence
- valve
- pétale
- tresse
- dialecte
- discernement
- résoudre
- distinguer
715 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
807 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
786 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
793 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
846 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
513 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1265 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
275 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
711 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
724 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1116 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
262 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2497 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1264 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1730 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
750 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
9588 | Morohashi |
2004 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1663 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
742 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
803 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
654 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2755 | 2001 Kanji |
0a5.30 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-3 | SKIP code |
2344.0 | Four corner code |
1-42-59 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5f01 | Unicode hex code |