| 230 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 309 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 293 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 32 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 272 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 73 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 108 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 768 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.7 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 80 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 80 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 237 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 30 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4384 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2220 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2986 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1164 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 241 | Morohashi |
| 3567 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 71 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1156 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1240 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 10 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 300 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
18 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 事 【ジ】 individual concrete phenomenon (as opposed to a general principle)
- 事業 【ジギョウ】 business, enterprise, venture, (commercial) activity, (business) operation, industry, (social) project, undertaking, enterprise, work, activity, program, service
- 商事 【ショウジ】 commercial affairs
- 有事 【ユウジ】 emergency
Kun reading compounds
- 事 【こと】 thing, matter, incident, occurrence, event, something serious, trouble, crisis, circumstances, situation, state of affairs, work, business, affair, after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to, nominalizing suffix, pretending to ..., playing make-believe ..., alias, also known as, otherwise known as, or, necessity, need, you should ..., I advise that you ..., it's important to ...
- 事柄 【ことがら】 matter, thing, affair, circumstance
- 神事 【しんじ】 Shinto ritual
- いい事 【いいこと】 good thing, nice thing, good excuse, good grounds, good opportunity, interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
- 仕える 【つかえる】 to serve, to work for, to attend
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ろ
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- cosa
- hecho
- asunto
- acción
Portuguese
- matéria
- coisa
- fato
- negócios
- razão
- possivelmente
French
- fait
- chose
- matière
- affaire
- raison
- peut-être
| 1547 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a8.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-8-3 | SKIP code |
| 5000.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-86 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4e8b | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
27 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 前 【ゼン】 last (i.e. immediately preceding), previous, ex-, former, pre- (e.g. premodern), before, before, earlier
- 前衛 【ゼンエイ】 advance guard, vanguard, avant-garde, forward (player)
- 中前 【チュウゼン】 front of center field, front of centre field
- 風前 【フウゼン】 where the wind blows
Kun reading compounds
- 前 【まえ】 in front (of), before (e.g. a building), before, earlier, previously, prior, ago, (minutes) to (the hour), (the) front, frontal part, fore, head (e.g. of a line), forward, ahead, (in the) presence (of), in front (of someone), previous (e.g. page), prior (e.g. engagement), first (e.g. half), former (e.g. example), portion, helping, front (of one's body or clothing), breast (of a coat, kimono, etc.), privates, private parts, criminal record, previous conviction, (a) prior
- 前売り 【まえうり】 advance sale, booking
- 左前 【ひだりまえ】 wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead), going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy), being in a bad financial situation, front left, front and left, before and left
- 出前 【でまえ】 home delivery (of food), outside catering
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さき、 さと、 まい
- Korean:
- jeon
Spanish
- antes
- delante de
Portuguese
- em frente
- antes
French
- devant
- avant
| 102 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 177 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 159 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 38 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 595 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 139 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 23 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 921 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.3 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 47 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 47 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 29 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 196 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2819 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1453 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1957 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 296 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2011X | Morohashi |
| 2266 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 490 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 290 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 309 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 53 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 182 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 943 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2o7.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-6 | SKIP code |
| 2-2-7 | SKIP code |
| 8022.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-33-16 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 524d | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
252 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 確 【カク】 certain, definite
- 確執 【カクシツ】 discord, antagonism
- 当確 【トウカク】 projected to win, sure to be elected, home free
- 精確 【セイカク】 detailed and accurate, exhaustive and precise, meticulous, finely detailed
Kun reading compounds
- 確か 【たしか】 sure, certain, positive, definite, reliable, trustworthy, safe, sound, firm, accurate, correct, exact, If I'm not mistaken, If I remember correctly, If I remember rightly
- 確かめる 【たしかめる】 to make sure, to check, to ascertain, to confirm, to verify
- 確かめる 【たしかめる】 to make sure, to check, to ascertain, to confirm, to verify
Readings
- Korean:
- hwag
Spanish
- seguro
- cierto
- genuino
- capaz
- asegurarse
- afirmar
Portuguese
- garantia
- firme
- sólido
- duradouro
- apertado
- confirmar
- limpar
- evidente
French
- certitude
- confirmation
- sûr
- solide
- clair
- évident
| 570 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 664 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 634 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 395 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3217 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 661 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 767 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2305 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 603 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 613 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 803 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1409 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1571 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 830 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1135 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 574 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 24366 | Morohashi |
| 1228 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4039 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 567 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 609 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 343 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 805 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3375 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5a10.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-5-10 | SKIP code |
| 1461.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-19-46 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 78ba | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
383 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 卒爾 【ソツジ】 abrupt, sudden
- 卒然 【ソツゼン】 sudden, unexpected, unannounced, abrupt
- 短慮軽率 【タンリョケイソツ】 impulsive and imprudent, rash and unthinking
- 兜率 【トソツ】 Tusita (heaven, pure land)
- 率 【リツ】 rate, ratio, proportion, percentage
- 率を定める 【リツヲサダメル】 to fix the rate
- 倍率 【バイリツ】 magnification, leverage, amplification, scaling factor, scale factor, competitiveness rating (e.g. for university entrance), applicant-to-acceptance ratio
- 定率 【テイリツ】 fixed rate
Kun reading compounds
- 率いる 【ひきいる】 to lead, to spearhead (a group), to command (troops)
Readings
- Korean:
- sol, ryul
Spanish
- proporción
- tasa
- dirigir
- mandar
- verdad
- franqueza
- indiscreción
- liderar
- encabezar
Portuguese
- razão
- valor
- proporção
- %
- coeficiente
- fator
French
- taux
- rapport
- proportion
- %
- coefficient
- facteur
| 878 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 767 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 803 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 553 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 319 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 808 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 731 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2040 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 788 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 802 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 615 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1312 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2625 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1343 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1820 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1753 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 20817P | Morohashi |
| 2118 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3618 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1737 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1874 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 742 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 455 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2j9.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-9 | SKIP code |
| 2-9-2 | SKIP code |
| 0040.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-46-08 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7387 | Unicode hex code |
part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
24 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 分 【ブン】 part, portion, share, amount, worth (as in "two days' worth"), enough (for), one's means, one's place, one's lot, one's social position, one's duty, one's part, condition, state (of affairs), extent, rate (as in "at this rate"), in proportion to, just as much as, to the same degree, content (e.g. alcohol), percentage, equivalent to (e.g. an old brother)
- 分化 【ブンカ】 specialization, specialisation, differentiation
- 応分 【オウブン】 according to one's abilities, appropriate, reasonable
- 細分 【サイブン】 subdivision (into small parts)
- 分 【フン】 minute (unit of time), fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
- 分別 【フンベツ】 discretion, prudence, good sense, judgement, judgment, wisdom, discernment
- 毎分 【マイフン】 every minute, per minute
- 壊変毎分 【カイヘンマイフン】 disintegration per minute, dpm
- 分 【ブ】 one-tenth, one percent (one-tenth of a wari), 3 mm (one-tenth of a sun), 2.4 mm (one-tenth of a mon, a traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes), 0.1 degree (one-tenth of a do, used to measure body temperature on any temperature scale), one-quarter of a ryō (obsolete unit of currency), thickness, advantageous circumstances, one-tenth of a monme of silver
- 分 【ブン】 part, portion, share, amount, worth (as in "two days' worth"), enough (for), one's means, one's place, one's lot, one's social position, one's duty, one's part, condition, state (of affairs), extent, rate (as in "at this rate"), in proportion to, just as much as, to the same degree, content (e.g. alcohol), percentage, equivalent to (e.g. an old brother)
- 一分 【イチブ】 one tenth, one hundredth, one percent, one tenth of a sun, one quarter ryō (an old coin)
- 節分 【セツブン】 setsubun, last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4), day of the bean scattering ceremony, last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)
Kun reading compounds
- 分ける 【わける】 to divide (into), to split (into), to part, to separate, to divide up, to classify, to sort out, to divide out, to share, to distribute, to deal out, to dish out, to distinguish, to discriminate, to differentiate (between), to break up (a fight), to mediate, to call a draw, to tie, to push one's way through (a crowd), to sell
- 分け 【わけ】 division, splitting, classification, sharing, distribution, draw, tie
- 分ける 【わける】 to divide (into), to split (into), to part, to separate, to divide up, to classify, to sort out, to divide out, to share, to distribute, to deal out, to dish out, to distinguish, to discriminate, to differentiate (between), to break up (a fight), to mediate, to call a draw, to tie, to push one's way through (a crowd), to sell
- 申し訳 【もうしわけ】 apology, excuse
- 追分 【おいわけ】 forked road
- 分かれる 【わかれる】 to branch, to fork, to diverge, to separate, to split, to divide, to disperse, to scatter
- 分かる 【わかる】 to understand, to comprehend, to grasp, to see, to get, to follow, to become clear, to be known, to be discovered, to be realized, to be realised, to be found out, I know!, I think so too!
- 分かつ 【わかつ】 to divide, to separate, to share, to distribute, to distinguish
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いた、 わけ
- Korean:
- bun
Spanish
- parte
- segmento
- minuto
- dividir
- separar
Portuguese
- parte
- minuto
- segmento
- grau
- dever
- compreender
- saber
- valor
- 1%
- oportunidades
- shaku/100
French
- portion
- minute
- section
- part
- degré
- son lot dans la vie
- comprendre
- savoir
- devoir
- taux
- 1%
- chances
- bu = 1/100 de shaku = 3.03 mm
| 133 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 218 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 199 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 35 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 578 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 35 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 22 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 64 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 38 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 38 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 26 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 180 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2466 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1247 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1713 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 788 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1853 | Morohashi |
| 1972 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 454 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 781 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 844 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 28 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 101 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2045 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2o2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-2 | SKIP code |
| 8022.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-12 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5206 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
877 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 布 【ヌノ】 cloth, fabric, material, textile, bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
- 布教 【フキョウ】 propagation (e.g. a religion), proselytizing, missionary work
- 麻布 【アサヌノ】 hemp cloth, linen
- 公布 【コウフ】 official proclamation, announcement, promulgation (e.g. of regulations)
- 布衣 【ホイ】 linen kariginu, plain kariginu (Edo period), commoner
- 布衣始 【ホウイハジメ】 ceremony in which an abdicated emperor puts on informal court clothes (i.e. a kariginu and eboshi) for the first time
Kun reading compounds
- 布 【ぬの】 cloth, fabric, material, textile, bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
- 布地 【ぬのじ】 fabric, cloth, material
- 麻布 【あさぬの】 hemp cloth, linen
- 磨き布 【みがきぬの】 polishing cloth
- 敷く 【しく】 to spread out, to lay out, to cover, to lay (e.g. railway tracks), to sit on, to take a position, to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
- 切れ地 【きれじ】 fabric, cloth, material, traditionally patterned textiles, fabric scraps
- ボロ布 【ぼろきれ】 old cloth, rag
Readings
- Japanese names:
- う、 の、 ほ
- Korean:
- po
Spanish
- paño
- tela
- difusión
Portuguese
- Linho
- pano
French
- linge
| 706 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 799 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 778 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 749 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1468 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 737 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 494 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 170 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 675 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 688 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 887 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 557 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3691 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1886 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2566 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 412 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 8778 | Morohashi |
| 2973 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1548 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 405 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 433 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 653 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1444 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3f2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-3 | SKIP code |
| 4022.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-41-59 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5e03 | Unicode hex code |