30 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
39 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
39 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
9 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
339 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
4 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
11 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
14 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.5 | Japanese for Busy People |
1 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
15 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
42 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4175 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2111 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2857 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
960 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
344 | Morohashi |
3368 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
99 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
951 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1023 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
2 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
7 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
人
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
5 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 人 【ジン】 -ian (e.g. Italian), -ite (e.g. Tokyoite), -er (e.g. performer, etc.), person working with ..., man, person, people
- 人為 【ジンイ】 human work, human agency, art, artificiality
- 米人 【ベイジン】 American person
- 俳人 【ハイジン】 haiku poet
- 人 【ニン】 counter for people
- 人気 【ニンキ】 popularity, public favor, condition (e.g. market), tone, character, nature
- 同人 【ドウジン】 same person, said person, the person in question, coterie, clique, fraternity, kindred spirits, comrade, colleague, dōjin, doujin, Japanese fans or hobbyists who produce their own magazines, manga, software, etc.
- 代人 【ダイニン】 substitute, deputy, proxy, representative, agent
Kun reading compounds
- 人 【ひと】 person, someone, somebody, human beings, mankind, man, people, humans, human (Homo sapiens), (other) people, others, character, personality, nature, capable person, competent person, suitable person, right person, adult, grown-up, I, me, one
- 人一倍 【ひといちばい】 (much) more than others, exceedingly, extremely, unusually
- 貴人 【きじん】 aristocrat, nobleman, dignitary, person of high rank
- いい人 【いいひと】 good-natured person, good person, (one's) lover, boyfriend, girlfriend
Readings
- Japanese names:
- じ、 と、 ね、 ひこ、 ふみ
- Korean:
- in
Spanish
- persona
Portuguese
- pessoa
French
- être humain
- personne
1262 | 2001 Kanji |
2a0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-2-4 | SKIP code |
8000.0 | Four corner code |
1-31-45 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4eba | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
418 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 形 【ケイ】 form, tense, adjective, i-adjective (in Japanese)
- 形式 【ケイシキ】 form (as opposed to substance), format, form, style, manner, formality, form, mode, form, form (bilinear, quadratic, etc.)
- 造形 【ゾウケイ】 molding, moulding, shaping, forming, modelling (i.e. plastic arts), modeling
- 体型 【タイケイ】 figure, body shape, build, physique, form, somatotype, biotype, habitus, (type of) physique
- 形相 【ギョウソウ】 look (esp. an angry or upset look), expression
- 奇形 【キケイ】 deformity, malformation, strange shape, unusual shape
- 大仰 【オオギョウ】 exaggerated, overblown, overdone
Kun reading compounds
- 形 【かた】 shape, form, style, security, collateral, obverse of an old zeni coin
- 形 【かたち】 form, shape, figure, visage
- 借金のカタ 【しゃっきんのカタ】 security for a loan, collateral
- 館 【やかた】 mansion, palace, manor house, castle, nobleman, noblewoman, dignitary, cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
- 形 【かたち】 form, shape, figure, visage
- 形作る 【かたちづくる】 to form, to shape, to make, to mold, to mould, to build up
- 顔かたち 【かおかたち】 features, looks
- 姿形 【すがたかたち】 appearance, figure, shape, form
- 形 【なり】 style, way, shape, form, appearance, state
- 形体 【なりかたち】 one's appearance
- 生成り 【きなり】 unbleached cloth, unbleached colour (color), unbleached, undyed
- 鉤状 【かぎなり】 hooklike, hook-shaped, unciform
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ち
- Korean:
- hyeong
Spanish
- forma
- figura
- tipo
Portuguese
- forma
- formulário
- estilo
French
- forme
- style
200 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
115 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
104 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
408 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1589 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
223 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
518 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
414 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.6 | Japanese for Busy People |
395 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
399 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
509 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
615 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1050 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
565 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
749 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1727 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
9969 | Morohashi |
846 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1713 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1711 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1847 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
306 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
141 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3260 | 2001 Kanji |
3j4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-3 | SKIP code |
1242.2 | Four corner code |
1-23-33 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5f62 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N3
967 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 草 【ソウ】 draft, rough copy, highly cursive style (of writing Chinese characters), grass style
- 草案 【ソウアン】 draft (for a speech, bill, etc.)
- 除草 【ジョソウ】 weeding
- 起草 【キソウ】 drafting (e.g. a bill), drawing up
Kun reading compounds
- 草 【くさ】 grass, weed, herb, thatch, ninja, marijuana, cannabis, not genuine, substandard, LOL, haha
- 草刈り 【くさかり】 mowing, mower
- 水草 【みずくさ】 water plant, aquatic plant, waterweed, hydrophyte
- 若草 【わかくさ】 green grass, young (fresh) grass
Readings
- Japanese names:
- そ、 や
- Korean:
- cho
Spanish
- hierba
- planta
Portuguese
- grama
- erva daninha
- ervas
- pasto
- escrever
- esboçar
French
- herbe
- mauvaise herbe
- plantes
- pâturage
- écrire
- ébauche
106 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
57 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
162 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
705 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3939 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
118 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
865 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
934 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
249 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
249 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
567 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
652 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2813 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1450 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1953 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
229 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
30945P | Morohashi |
2263 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5032 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
224 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
238 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
77 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1955 | 2001 Kanji |
3k6.13 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-6 | SKIP code |
4440.6 | Four corner code |
1-33-80 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8349 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
559 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 紙 【シ】 newspaper
- 紙上 【シジョウ】 on paper, in the newspapers, in a letter
- 原稿用紙 【ゲンコウヨウシ】 Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character), manuscript paper
- 製紙 【セイシ】 papermaking, paper manufacture
Kun reading compounds
- 紙 【かみ】 paper
- 紙芝居 【かみしばい】 kamishibai, storytelling with pictures, form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
- インディア紙 【インディアかみ】 India paper
- 頸上 【くびかみ】 neckband, round upright collar (on some traditional Japanese clothing)
Readings
- Korean:
- ji
Spanish
- papel
- periódico
Portuguese
- Papel
French
- papier
85 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
148 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
132 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
501 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3510 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
362 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
236 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1953 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.2 | Japanese for Busy People |
180 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
180 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
243 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1517 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1654 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
879 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1197 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1846 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
27293 | Morohashi |
1302 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4455 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1829 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1971 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
456 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
194 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2756 | 2001 Kanji |
6a4.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-6-4 | SKIP code |
2294.0 | Four corner code |
1-27-70 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7d19 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
630 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 左 【サ】 left (esp. in vertical Japanese writing), the following
- 左右 【サユウ】 left and right, right and left, (asserting) control, influence, domination, one's attendants, people accompanying one, (serving at someone's) side, equivocation
- 極左 【キョクサ】 extreme left, ultraleft
- 最左 【サイサ】 left-most
- 左官 【サカン】 plasterer
Kun reading compounds
- 左 【ひだり】 left, left-hand side, left hand, the left (wing), leftist, fondness for alcohol, drinker
- 左腕 【さわん】 left arm, left-handed (baseball pitcher)
- 向かって左 【むかってひだり】 on the left as one faces (it)
- 同左 【どうひだり】 same as on the left, (in vertical writing) same as below
Readings
- Japanese names:
- そ
- Korean:
- jwa
Spanish
- izquierda
Portuguese
- Esquerda
French
- gauche
18 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
21 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
22 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
477 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1455 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
87 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
50 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
169 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.12 | Japanese for Busy People |
75 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
75 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
36 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
552 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3692 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1887 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2567 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
77 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
8720 | Morohashi |
2974 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1535 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
77 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
81 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
374 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
39 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1472 | 2001 Kanji |
0a5.20 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-2-3 | SKIP code |
4001.1 | Four corner code |
1-26-24 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5de6 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
194 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 近畿 【キンキ】 Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)
- 近海 【キンカイ】 coastal waters, adjacent seas
- ごく最近 【ゴクサイキン】 very recently, in the very recent past
- 至近 【シキン】 very near
- 近流 【コンル】 banishment (to a nearby province), the least severe of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryō system
Kun reading compounds
- 近い 【ちかい】 near, close, short (distance), close (in time), soon, close (relationship), friendly, intimate, closely related, similar, almost the same, close to, nearly
- 近いうちに 【ちかいうちに】 soon, shortly, before long
Readings
- Japanese names:
- おう、 おお、 この
- Korean:
- geun
Spanish
- cerca
- cercano
Portuguese
- perto
- cedo
- consangüíneo
- equivalente
French
- près
- tôt
- proche
- équivalent à
195 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
113 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
103 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
127 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4671 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
127 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
259 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
506 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.12 | Japanese for Busy People |
445 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
452 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
109 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
679 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3798 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1941 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2634 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1136 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
38752P | Morohashi |
3061 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
6021 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1129 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1210 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
149 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
140 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2654 | 2001 Kanji |
2q4.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-3-4 | SKIP code |
3-2-4 | SKIP code |
3230.2 | Four corner code |
1-22-65 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8fd1 | Unicode hex code |