76 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
132 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
119 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
49 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
5248 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
160 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
102 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1163 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
190 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
190 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
83 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1924 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2601 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1330 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1803 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
313 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
45313 | Morohashi |
2097 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6796 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
307 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
329 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
135 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
193 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
65 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 高 【コウ】 high, high school
- 高圧 【コウアツ】 high voltage, high pressure
- 中高 【チュウコウ】 middle and high school, medium and high (level)
- 激昂 【ゲッコウ】 excitement, exasperation, indignation, rage, fury
Kun reading compounds
- 高い 【たかい】 high, tall, expensive, high-priced, high (level), above average (in degree, quality, etc.), loud, high-pitched, shrill
- 高い高い 【たかいたかい】 lifting (a child) high up in the air
- 高 【たか】 quantity, amount, volume, number, amount of money
- 高い 【たかい】 high, tall, expensive, high-priced, high (level), above average (in degree, quality, etc.), loud, high-pitched, shrill
- 威高 【いたか】 arrogant
- 背高 【せいたか】 tallness, tall person
- 高まる 【たかまる】 to rise, to swell, to be promoted
- 高める 【たかめる】 to raise, to lift, to boost, to enhance
Readings
- Japanese names:
- か、 こ、 じょい、 た、 はか
- Korean:
- go
Spanish
- alto
- caro
- sobresaliente
- elevar
- levantar
Portuguese
- Caro
- alto
French
- haut
- élevé
- grand
- cher
449 | 2001 Kanji |
2j8.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-8 | SKIP code |
0022.7 | Four corner code |
1-25-66 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9ad8 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
829 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 我 【ガ】 obstinacy, atman, the self, the ego
- 我慢 【ガマン】 endurance, patience, perseverance, bearing (with something), self-control, self-restraint
- 無我 【ムガ】 selflessness, self-effacement, self-renunciation, anatta, anatman, doctrine that states that humans do not possess souls
- 小我 【ショウガ】 the self, the ego
Kun reading compounds
- 我 【われ】 I, me, oneself, you, prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
- 我々 【われわれ】 we
- 人は人、我は我 【ひとはひと、われはわれ】 live and let live, you do you and I'll do me, people are people; I am myself
- 我 【われ】 I, me, oneself, you, prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
- 我が 【わが】 my, our, one's own
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あ、 あが、 か
- Korean:
- a
Spanish
- yo
- uno mismo
- ego
Portuguese
- ego
- Eu
- egoísta
- nosso
- a si próprio
French
- ego
- je
- moi
- égoïste
- notre
- soi-même
745 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
833 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
817 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1392 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
200 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
719 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1329 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
545 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1302 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1381 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1164 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
837 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4362 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2208 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2971 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
647 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
11545 | Morohashi |
3548 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2028 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
640 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
690 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
380 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
848 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2259 | 2001 Kanji |
0a7.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-7-3 | SKIP code |
4-7-4 | SKIP code |
2355.0 | Four corner code |
1-18-70 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6211 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 爾汝 【ジジョ】 you, thou
Kun reading compounds
- 汝 【なんじ】 thou, you
- 汝自身を知れ 【なんじじしんをしれ】 Know thyself
- 汝 【なむち】 you
- 汝 【い】 you
- 汝 【いまし】 you
- 汝 【うぬ】 blockhead!, you
- 汝等 【うぬら】 ye, you, me, I, us, we
- 汝 【いまし】 you
- 其 【し】 that, you, oneself, themself
- 汝 【い】 you
- 汝 【い】 you
- 己 【な】 I, you
- 汝 【なむち】 you
- 汝 【なむち】 you
- 汝 【なむち】 you
- 汝 【みまし】 you
Readings
- Korean:
- yeo
Spanish
Portuguese
French
2487 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
255 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
193 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
17138 | Morohashi |
3040 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2303 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2397 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
369 | 2001 Kanji |
3a3.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-3 | SKIP code |
3414.0 | Four corner code |
1-38-82 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6c5d | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
19 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 自 【ジ】 self-, from (a time or place)
- 自営 【ジエイ】 running one's own business, doing business on one's own, self-employment
- 出自 【シュツジ】 origin, birthplace, descent, lineage, ancestry, stock
- 海自 【カイジ】 Maritime Self-Defense Force
- 自然界 【シゼンカイ】 nature, the natural world, realm of nature
- 自然 【シゼン】 nature, natural, spontaneous, automatic, naturally, spontaneously, automatically
- 己がじし 【オノガジシ】 each (and every one), individually
Kun reading compounds
- 自ら 【みずから】 oneself, oneself, for oneself, personally, in person
- 自ら進んで 【みずからすすんで】 by choice, of one's own free will, on one's own initiative, off one's own bat
- 自ずから 【おのずから】 naturally, in due course, by itself, of its own accord
- 自ずから明らか 【おのずからあきらか】 self-evident
- 自ずと 【おのずと】 naturally, in due course, by itself, of its own accord
Readings
- Japanese names:
- より
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- uno mismo
- por sí mismo
- auto-
Portuguese
- a si próprio
French
- soi-même
229 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
150 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
134 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
53 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3841 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
60 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
242 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
340 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.19 | Japanese for Busy People |
62 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
62 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
63 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1587 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4338 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2195 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2954 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
36 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
30095 | Morohashi |
3525 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4900 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
36 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
36 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
14 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
126 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
879 | 2001 Kanji |
5c1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-6-2 | SKIP code |
2600.0 | Four corner code |
1-28-11 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
81ea | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
325 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 由来 【ユライ】 origin, source, history, derivation, originally, from the start, by nature
- 由緒 【ユイショ】 history, pedigree, lineage
- 来由 【ライユ】 origin, cause
- 因由 【インユ】 cause
- 事由 【ジユウ】 reason, cause
- 服装自由 【フクソウジユウ】 no dress code, lack of dress code (at work)
- 由緒 【ユイショ】 history, pedigree, lineage
- 由緒ある 【ユイショアル】 venerable, prestigious, with a long history
Kun reading compounds
- 由 【よし】 reason, significance, cause, piece of information that one has heard, I hear that ..., it is said that ...
- 由ありげ 【よしありげ】 meaningful, suggestive, seeming to be with a history, seeming to be with circumstances that are hard to explain
- 候由 【そうろうよし】 I hear that ...
- 依る 【よる】 to be due to, to be caused by, to depend on, to turn on, to be based on, to come from, to be based at (a location, an organization), to be headquartered at
Readings
- Korean:
- yu
Spanish
- razón
- significado
- causa
Portuguese
- porquanto
- por conseguinte
- uma razão
French
- c'est pourquoi
- raison
- cause
- origine
- grave
325 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
421 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
399 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
376 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
89 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
297 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
739 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
186 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
363 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
364 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
623 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1333 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4311 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2181 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2935 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1114 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
21724 | Morohashi |
3499 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3724 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1105 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1186 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
134 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
261 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1676 | 2001 Kanji |
0a5.35 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-5-2 | SKIP code |
5060.0 | Four corner code |
1-45-19 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7531 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
3 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 国益 【コクエキ】 national interest
- 国営 【コクエイ】 government management, state management
- 最恵国 【サイケイコク】 most favored nation, most favoured nation, MFN
- 異国 【イコク】 foreign country
Kun reading compounds
- 国 【くに】 country, state, region, national government, central government, home (i.e. hometown, home country), province (of Japan), land, earth
- 国人 【こくじん】 indigenous person, inhabitant of a country, local, native, local lords and samurai, daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
- お国 【おくに】 your native country, your hometown, my home country (i.e. Japan), countryside, country, daimyo's territory (Edo period)
- 現国 【うつしくに】 world of mankind, this world
Readings
- Japanese names:
- くな、 こ
- Korean:
- gug
Spanish
- país
Portuguese
- País
- terra
- nação
French
- pays
79 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
136 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
123 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
8 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1037 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
111 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
36 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
745 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
40 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
40 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
151 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
344 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3831 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1964 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2659 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
588 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
4752 | Morohashi |
3087 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
950 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
581 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
624 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
4 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
158 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3172 | 2001 Kanji |
3s5.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-3-5 | SKIP code |
6010.3 | Four corner code |
1-25-81 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
56fd | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
426 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 賞 【ショウ】 prize, award
- 賞金 【ショウキン】 prize money, monetary award, reward
- 副賞 【フクショウ】 extra prize
- 表彰 【ヒョウショウ】 (official) commendation, public recognition (of someone's achievements, good deeds, etc.), awarding, honouring
Kun reading compounds
- 褒める 【ほめる】 to praise, to commend, to compliment, to speak well of, to speak highly of
Readings
- Korean:
- sang
Spanish
- premio
- recompensa
Portuguese
- prêmio
- recompensa
- elogio
French
- prix
- récompense
- louanges
641 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
542 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
511 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
507 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1372 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
621 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
930 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2377 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
500 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
509 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
711 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1738 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3237 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1677 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2274 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
804 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
36813 | Morohashi |
2618 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5815 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
796 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
859 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
625 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1061 | 2001 Kanji |
3n12.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-5-10 | SKIP code |
2-3-12 | SKIP code |
9080.6 | Four corner code |
1-30-62 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8cde | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
868 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 賛 【サン】 praise, tribute, inscription (on a painting)
- 賛意 【サンイ】 approval, assent
- 協賛 【キョウサン】 support, mutual aid, cooperation, approval, authorization, authorisation
- 絶賛 【ゼッサン】 high praise, great admiration, acclaim, with critical acclaim, to rave reviews, with high commendations, currently, presently, right now
Kun reading compounds
- 称える 【たたえる】 to praise, to extol, to hail, to laud, to celebrate
Readings
- Korean:
- chan
Spanish
- admirar
- alabar
- elogiar
- ayudar
- consentir
- aprobar
Portuguese
- aprovar
- elogiar
- título ou inscrição em gravura
- auxiliar
- concordar com
French
- approuver
- accord
- louanges
- assister
- inscription sur une peinture
619 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
716 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
690 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
881 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4516 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
841 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
929 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2394 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
745 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
758 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
376 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1736 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3484 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1797 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2446 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
851 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
36841 | Morohashi |
2809 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5814 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
843 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
906 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
807 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1461 | 2001 Kanji |
7b8.6 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-8-7 | SKIP code |
2-13-2 | SKIP code |
5580.6 | Four corner code |
1-27-31 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8cdb | Unicode hex code |