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 5
JLPT level N3
235 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 情 【ジョウ】 feelings, emotion, sentiment, compassion, sympathy, passion, affection, love, the way things really are, the actual situation
- 情感 【ジョウカン】 feeling, sensitivity, emotion
- 風情 【フゼイ】 taste, elegance, charm, appearance, air, the likes of ..., lowly people such as ...
- 内情 【ナイジョウ】 internal conditions, true state of affairs
- 傾城 【ケイセイ】 beauty, siren, courtesan, prostitute
Kun reading compounds
- 情け 【なさけ】 pity, sympathy, compassion, mercy, affection, love
- 情けない 【なさけない】 miserable, pitiable, shameful, deplorable, pathetic
- 恋情 【れんじょう】 love, attachment, lovesickness
- 裏情 【うらなさけ】 inner affection
Readings
- Korean:
- jeong
Spanish
- sentimientos
- emoción
- simpatía
Portuguese
- sentimentos
- emoção
- paixão
- simpatia
- circunstâncias
- fatos
French
- sentiments
- émotion
- passion
- compassion
- circonstances
- faits
643 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
741 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
719 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
286 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1714 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
334 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
543 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
209 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
209 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
654 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
819 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
583 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
353 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
439 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1551 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
10756P | Morohashi |
482 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1898 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1537 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1657 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
183 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
738 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1146 | 2001 Kanji |
4k8.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-8 | SKIP code |
1-1-10 | SKIP code |
9502.7 | Four corner code |
1-30-80 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
60c5 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
238 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 変 【ヘン】 strange, odd, peculiar, weird, curious, eccentric, funny, suspicious, fishy, unexpected, change, incident, disturbance, disaster, accident, emergency, flat
- 変化 【ヘンカ】 change, variation, alteration, mutation, transition, transformation, transfiguration, metamorphosis, variety, diversity, inflection, declension, conjugation, sidestepping
- 政変 【セイヘン】 political disturbance, political change, change of government, political upheaval, overthrowing of a government, coup d'état, coup, revolution
- 異変 【イヘン】 unusual event, strange occurrence, strange phenomenon, something abnormal, change (for the worse), accident, disaster
Kun reading compounds
- 変わる 【かわる】 to change, to be transformed, to be altered, to vary, to move to, to be different, to be uncommon, to be unusual
- 変わり 【かわり】 change, alteration, difference, distinction, something wrong, abnormality, unusual event, accident, incident
- 変わり種 【かわりだね】 something out of the ordinary, variant, variety, exception, novelty, person with an unusual character or background, unique figure, exceptional type, eccentric, oddball
- 変える 【かえる】 to change, to alter, to transform, to convert, to turn, to vary, to reform, to revise, to amend
Readings
- Korean:
- byeon
Spanish
- inusual
- extraño
- cambio
- cambiar
- alterar
- modificar
Portuguese
- raro
- mudança
- estranhar
French
- insolite
- étrange
- changer
509 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
609 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
581 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
324 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
306 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
191 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
443 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
970 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
257 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
257 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
222 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
401 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2569 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1311 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1782 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1761 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
5703 | Morohashi |
2069 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1119 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1745 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1882 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
254 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
532 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
467 | 2001 Kanji |
2j7.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-7 | SKIP code |
2-6-3 | SKIP code |
0024.7 | Four corner code |
0040.7 | Four corner code |
1-42-49 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5909 | Unicode hex code |
grow late, night watch, sit up late, of course, renew, renovate, again, more and more, further
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
861 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 更 【コウ】 one-fifth of the night (approx. 2 hours)
- 更改 【コウカイ】 renewal, extension, revision
- 中更 【チュウコウ】 middle watch, 12 midnight-2am
- 五更 【ゴコウ】 the five night watches, fifth watch of the night (approx. 3am to 5am)
Kun reading compounds
- 新 【さら】 new, unused, new, obvious, natural
- 更に 【さらに】 furthermore, again, after all, more and more, moreover, even more
- 真っさら 【まっさら】 brand new, fresh
- 殊更 【ことさら】 intentionally, deliberately, designedly, on purpose, especially, particularly
- 更に 【さらに】 furthermore, again, after all, more and more, moreover, even more
- さらに困ったことに 【さらにこまったことに】 to make matters worse
- 更ける 【ふける】 to get late, to advance, to wear on
- 更かす 【ふかす】 to sit up late
Readings
- Korean:
- gyeong, gaeng
Spanish
- renovar
- cambiar
- caer la noche
- de nuevo
- aún
Portuguese
- ficar atrasado
- horário noturno
- certamente
French
- se faire tard
- veiller
- de plus
- bien sûr
1248 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
978 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
42 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1311 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
610 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
528 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1008 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1045 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1076 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
997 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4355 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2205 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2967 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
701 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
14283 | Morohashi |
3541 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2422 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
694 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
749 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1133 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3166 | 2001 Kanji |
0a7.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-7-1 | SKIP code |
1054.6 | Four corner code |
1050.6 | Four corner code |
1-25-25 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
66f4 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
172 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 原 【ゲン】 original, primitive, primary, fundamental, proto-
- 原案 【ゲンアン】 original plan, original bill, original motion, draft
- 中原 【チュウゲン】 middle of a field, middle of a country, field of contest
- 抗原 【コウゲン】 antigen
Kun reading compounds
- 原 【はら】 field, plain, prairie, tundra, moor, wilderness
- 原っぱ 【はらっぱ】 open field, empty lot, plain
- 笹原 【ささはら】 field of bamboo grass
- 関ヶ原 【せきがはら】 Sekigahara (battle site, 1600), decisive battle, critical battle
Readings
- Japanese names:
- た、 ばる、 ら、 わた、 わら
- Korean:
- weon
Spanish
- origen
- pradera
- prado
- campo
Portuguese
- prado
- original
- primitivo
- campo
- planície
- pradaria
- tundra
- sertão
French
- pré
- prairie
- champ
- original
- primitif
- toundra
- désert (étendue sauvage)
205 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
119 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
107 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
132 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
825 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
202 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
388 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1231 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
136 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
136 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
405 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
260 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3733 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1910 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2593 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
136 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
2973 | Morohashi |
3009 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
652 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
134 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
142 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
113 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
192 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3341 | 2001 Kanji |
2p8.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-2-8 | SKIP code |
7129.6 | Four corner code |
1-24-22 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
539f | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
753 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 則 【ソク】 counter for rules, rule, regulation
- 即する 【ソクスル】 to conform to, to agree with, to be adapted to, to be based on
- 反則 【ハンソク】 foul, breaking the rules, violation (of the law, regulations, etc.), infringement, breach, infraction
- 正則 【セイソク】 correct, proper, formal, regular, systematic, normal, invertible (matrix), holomorphic
Kun reading compounds
- 則る 【のっとる】 to conform to, to be in accordance with, to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
- 法 【のり】 rule, law, regulation, model, pattern, teachings of Buddha, Buddhist doctrine, transverse measurement, measurement across, side-slope, slope
- 即ち 【すなわち】 that is (to say), namely, i.e., precisely, exactly, just, nothing but, neither more nor less, (and) then
Readings
- Korean:
- jeug, chig, cheug
Spanish
- regla
- norma
- ley
- decisión
Portuguese
- regra
- seguir
- basear em
- ter como modelo
French
- règlement
- règle
- suivre
- norme
- loi (science, nature)
666 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
764 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
742 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
855 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4487 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
499 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
362 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
902 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
608 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
618 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
808 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
197 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1831 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
967 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1311 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
89 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
1994 | Morohashi |
1444 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
487 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
88 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
92 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
702 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3943 | 2001 Kanji |
7b2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-7-2 | SKIP code |
6280.0 | Four corner code |
1-34-07 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5247 | Unicode hex code |