214 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
133 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
120 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1063 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
5399 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
469 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1021 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1499 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
780 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
794 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
993 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1939 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3116 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1596 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2177 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1766 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
47926P | Morohashi |
2468 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
7045 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1750 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1887 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
203 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
1240 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 黄色 【キイロ】 yellow, amber
- 黄昏 【タソガレ】 dusk, twilight, twilight years, melancholia, melancholic nostalgia
- 玄黄 【ゲンコウ】 black and yellow silk (offered to gods), heaven and earth
- 天地玄黄 【テンチゲンコウ】 heaven is black and earth is yellow, heaven and earth
- 黄金時代 【オウゴンジダイ】 golden age
- 黄金 【オウゴン】 gold (Au), golden, prosperous, excellent, superb, money (esp. ōban coin), cash
- 卵黄 【ランオウ】 egg yolk
- 六フッ化硫黄 【ロクフッカイオウ】 sulfur hexafluoride, SF6
Kun reading compounds
- 黄 【き】 yellow
- 黄色 【きいろ】 yellow, amber
- 海気 【かいき】 sea air, sea breeze, ocean and atmosphere, type of yarn-dyed silk goods
Readings
- Japanese names:
- うい、 れい
- Korean:
- hwang
Spanish
- amarillo
Portuguese
- amarelo
French
- jaune
1961 | 2001 Kanji |
3k8.16 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-4-7 | SKIP code |
2-9-2 | SKIP code |
2-3-8 | SKIP code |
4480.6 | Four corner code |
1-18-11 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9ec4 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
621 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 色 【ショク】 counter for colours
- 紫色 【ムラサキイロ】 purple, violet
- 彩色 【サイシキ】 colouring, coloring, colouration, coloration, painting
- 色 【シキ】 rupa (form), visible objects (i.e. color and form)
- 色彩 【シキサイ】 colour, color, hue, tints
- 彩色 【サイシキ】 colouring, coloring, colouration, coloration, painting
- 極彩色 【ゴクサイシキ】 richly colored, richly coloured
Kun reading compounds
- 色 【いろ】 colour, color, hue, tint, tinge, shade, complexion, skin colour, skin color, look (on one's face), expression, appearance, air, feeling, personality, character, tone (of one's voice, etc.), tune, sound, ring, love, lust, sensuality, love affair, lover, paramour, beauty, sexiness, physical appeal, kind, type, variety
- 色合い 【いろあい】 colouring, coloring, shade (of colour), hue, tone, tinge, tint, flavour, nuance, feel, sense, look
- 紫色 【むらさきいろ】 purple, violet
- 橙色 【だいだいいろ】 orange (color, colour)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- しか、 しこ
- Korean:
- saeg
Spanish
- color
- aspecto
Portuguese
- cor
French
- couleur
94 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
162 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
145 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
326 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3889 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
241 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
243 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
345 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.20 | Japanese for Busy People |
204 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
204 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
316 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1599 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2522 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1280 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1748 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1769 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
30602 | Morohashi |
2029 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4956 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1753 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1890 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
405 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
127 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2556 | 2001 Kanji |
2n4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-4 | SKIP code |
2771.7 | Four corner code |
1-31-07 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8272 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
844 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 星 【セイ】 Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), Singapore
- 星座 【セイザ】 constellation, astrological sign, star sign, zodiac sign
- 新星 【シンセイ】 nova, new face, new star
- 小惑星 【ショウワクセイ】 asteroid
- 客星 【カクセイ】 celestial body seen only for a short time (e.g. comet)
- 七星 【シチセイ】 the Big Dipper (asterism), the Plough, the Plow
Kun reading compounds
- 星 【ほし】 star (usu. excluding the Sun), planet (usu. excluding Earth), heavenly body, star (glyph, symbol, shape), asterisk, star (actor, player, etc.), dot, spot, fleck, bullseye, perp, perpetrator, culprit, offender, suspect, one's star (that determines one's fate), one's fortune, point, score, star point (intersection marked with a dot), hoshi, (pyrotechnic) star
- 星空 【ほしぞら】 starry sky
- 四三の星 【しそうのほし】 the Big Dipper (asterism), the Plough, the Plow
- 希望の星 【きぼうのほし】 ray of light, ray of hope, promising talent
Readings
- Korean:
- seong
Spanish
- estrella
- punto pequeño
- resultado de un juego
Portuguese
- estrela
- ponto
- marca
French
- étoile
- point
- marque
264 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
171 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
154 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
877 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2121 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
838 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
599 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
946 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
730 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
743 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
463 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
973 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3089 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1577 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2156 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1570 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
13837 | Morohashi |
2435 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2452 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1556 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1676 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
181 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3872 | 2001 Kanji |
4c5.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-4-5 | SKIP code |
6010.4 | Four corner code |
1-32-17 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
661f | Unicode hex code |
子
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
72 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 子 【シ】 child (esp. a boy), viscount, founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius), master, masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature), you, -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
- 子宮 【シキュウ】 womb, uterus
- 中性子 【チュウセイシ】 neutron
- 精子 【セイシ】 sperm, spermatozoon
- 主 【ス】 honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
- 恵比寿 【エビス】 Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
- 久留子 【クルス】 cross sign
- 対子 【トイツ】 pair, eyes
- 七対子 【チートイツ】 seven pairs, winning hand composed of seven pairs
Kun reading compounds
- 子 【こ】 child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person, (one's) child, offspring, young woman, young (animal), offshoot, interest, new share, player who is not a dealer, young geisha, young prostitute, bird egg, -er (often of young women)
- 子 【こう】 child, interest
- 根っこ 【ねっこ】 root (of a plant), stump (of a tree), root (of a problem, etc.), base, foundation, origin, source
- 江戸っ子 【えどっこ】 (true) Tokyoite, Edoite, Tokyo native, Edokko
- 子 【ね】 the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am), north, eleventh month of the lunar calendar
- 子忌み 【ねいみ】 collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
- 庚子 【かのえね】 Metal Rat (37th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
- 甲子 【きのえね】 Wood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 き、 ぎ、 く、 け、 ねっ
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- chiquillo
- niño
Portuguese
- criança
French
- enfant
- signe de la 1ère branche terrestre
- signe du Rat (zodiaque)
- 23 h à 01 h
- Nord (0°)
31 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
40 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
25 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
56 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1264 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
61 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
43 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
38 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
103 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
103 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
69 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
455 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4196 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2125 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2872 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
96 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
6930 | Morohashi |
3390 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1281 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
95 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
99 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
42 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
18 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3547 | 2001 Kanji |
2c0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-3-1 | SKIP code |
4-2-1 | SKIP code |
1740.7 | Four corner code |
1-27-50 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5b50 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N3
313 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 供述 【キョウジュツ】 affidavit, deposition, testimony
- 供給 【キョウキュウ】 supply, provision
- 情報提供 【ジョウホウテイキョウ】 provision of information
- 臓器提供 【ゾウキテイキョウ】 organ donation
- 供養 【クヨウ】 memorial service for the dead, holding a service
- 供物 【クモツ】 offering (e.g. to the gods), votive offering
- 節句 【セック】 seasonal festival
- 初節供 【ハツゼック】 baby's first annual festival
- 供花 【キョウカ】 offering of flowers (at shrine, grave, etc.), floral tribute
- 人身御供 【ヒトミゴクウ】 human sacrifice, victim
- 供御 【クゴ】 emperor's meal
- 供祭 【グサイ】 offerings, offerings and worship
- 内供 【ナイグ】 inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall)
- 応供 【オウグ】 arhat (meritorious person, esp. an epithet of Buddha)
Kun reading compounds
- 供える 【そなえる】 to offer, to sacrifice, to dedicate
- 供 【とも】 companion, follower, attendant, retinue
- 共に 【ともに】 together, jointly, at the same time, with, as ..., including, along with, both
- 酒のお供 【さけのおとも】 appetizer or snack served with drinks, accompaniment to an (alcoholic) drink
Readings
- Korean:
- gong
Spanish
- ofrecer
- entregar
- expresar
- mencionar
- acompañante
Portuguese
- submeter
- oferecer
- presentear
- servir (refeição)
- acompanhar
French
- présenter
- offrir
- soumettre
- proposer
- accompagner
- servir (plat)
- pluriel cérémonieux
760 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
850 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
839 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
456 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
431 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
694 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
315 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
555 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
197 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
197 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
418 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
88 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
98 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
66 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
70 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1813 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
605 | Morohashi |
88 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
195 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1796 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1935 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
340 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
861 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2161 | 2001 Kanji |
2a6.13 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-2-6 | SKIP code |
2428.1 | Four corner code |
1-22-01 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4f9b | Unicode hex code |