263 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
344 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
327 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
152 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
95 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
177 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
105 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
335 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.13 | Japanese for Busy People |
252 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
252 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
156 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
13 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4308 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2178 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2932 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
28 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
31 | Morohashi |
3496 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
20 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
28 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
28 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
81 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
254 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
135 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 世 【セイ】 counter for generations, epoch
- 世紀 【セイキ】 century, era, of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
- 近世 【キンセイ】 recent past, recent times, early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)
- 創世 【ソウセイ】 creation of the world
- 世 【セイ】 counter for generations, epoch
- 世紀 【セイキ】 century, era, of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
- 夜店 【ヨミセ】 night stall, night shop, night fair
- 救世 【キュウセイ】 salvation
Kun reading compounds
- 世 【よ】 world, society, public, life, lifetime, age, era, period, epoch, generation, reign, rule, the times, world (of existence)
- 世の中 【よのなか】 society, the world, the times
- 千代 【ちよ】 thousand years, very long period, forever
- 君が代 【きみがよ】 Imperial reign, Kimigayo (Japanese national anthem)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- とし、 ゆ、 ゆき
- Korean:
- se
Spanish
- generación
- mundo
- edad
Portuguese
- geração
- mundo
- sociedade
- pública
French
- génération
- monde
- société
- public
1975 | 2001 Kanji |
0a5.37 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-5-2 | SKIP code |
4-4-4 | SKIP code |
4-5-4 | SKIP code |
4-4-2 | SKIP code |
4471.7 | Four corner code |
1-32-04 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4e16 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
721 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 皇后 【コウゴウ】 (Japanese) empress, queen
- 皇居 【コウキョ】 Imperial Palace (of Japan), imperial residence
- 倉皇 【ソウコウ】 hurriedly, in a hurry, in great haste
- 教皇 【キョウコウ】 Pope
- 皇帝 【コウテイ】 emperor
- 皇子 【オウジ】 imperial prince
- 法皇 【ホウオウ】 cloistered emperor, ex-emperor who has become a monk
- 太上法皇 【ダイジョウホウオウ】 cloistered emperor, ex-emperor who has become a monk
Readings
- Japanese names:
- おうじ、 おお、 み
- Korean:
- hwang, wang
Spanish
- emperador
Portuguese
- imperador
French
- empereur
783 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
871 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
861 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
964 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3100 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
460 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1551 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
964 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
297 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
297 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
579 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1366 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3175 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1635 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2223 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
267 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
22701 | Morohashi |
2566 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3870 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
261 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
279 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
880 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
872 | 2001 Kanji |
4f5.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-5-4 | SKIP code |
2610.4 | Four corner code |
1-25-36 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7687 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1276 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 帝国 【テイコク】 empire, imperial
- 帝京 【テイキョウ】 the capital
- 女帝 【ジョテイ】 empress
- 大帝 【タイテイ】 great emperor, ... the Great
Kun reading compounds
- 帝 【みかど】 emperor (of Japan), mikado, (the gates of an) imperial residence
- 帝揚羽 【みかどあげは】 common jay (species of swallowtail butterfly, Graphium doson)
- 時の帝 【ときのみかど】 emperor of the time
Readings
- Korean:
- je
Spanish
- soberano
- emperador
Portuguese
- soberano
- o imperador
- Deus
- criador
French
- souverain
- empereur
- dieu
- créateur
1616 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1024 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
305 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
906 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1250 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
971 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1179 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1237 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1066 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
561 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2573 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1315 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1786 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
442 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
8865 | Morohashi |
2073 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1560 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
435 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
466 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1250 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
444 | 2001 Kanji |
2j7.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-7 | SKIP code |
2-6-3 | SKIP code |
0022.7 | Four corner code |
1-36-75 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5e1d | Unicode hex code |