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 |
生
life, genuine, birth
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
29 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 生 【セイ】 life, living, I, me, myself, student
- 生育 【セイイク】 birth and growth, giving birth and raising, development, breeding
- 回生 【カイセイ】 resurrection, resuscitation, coming back to life, regeneration, nth-year university student
- 公衆衛生 【コウシュウエイセイ】 public health, public hygiene, sanitation
- 生 【セイ】 life, living, I, me, myself, student
- 生家 【セイカ】 house where one was born, one's parents' house
- 殺生 【セッショウ】 killing, destruction of life, cruel, heartless, callous, brutal
- 死生 【シセイ】 life and death
Kun reading compounds
- 生きる 【いきる】 to live, to exist, to make a living, to subsist, to be in effect, to be in use, to function, to come to life, to be enlivened, to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)
- 生きる糧 【いきるかて】 source of vitality, life sustenance
- 生かす 【いかす】 to make (the best) use of, to put to good use, to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.), to capitalise on (experience, etc.), to let live, to keep alive, to revive, to resuscitate, to bring back to life, to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
- 生ける 【いける】 to arrange (flowers), to plant, living, live
- 生ける屍 【いけるしかばね】 living corpse
- 生まれる 【うまれる】 to be born
- 生まれる 【うまれる】 to be born
- 生まれ 【うまれ】 birth, birthplace, born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
- 生まれつき 【うまれつき】 by nature, by birth, naturally, natural, innate
- 生まれ 【うまれ】 birth, birthplace, born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
- 生まれつき 【うまれつき】 by nature, by birth, naturally, natural, innate
- 生む 【うむ】 to give birth, to bear (child), to lay (eggs), to produce, to yield, to give rise to, to deliver
- 生う 【おう】 to grow (of plants), to spring up
- 生える 【はえる】 to grow, to spring up, to sprout, to cut (teeth)
- 生やす 【はやす】 to grow, to cultivate, to let grow (e.g. weeds)
- 生 【き】 pure, undiluted, raw, crude
- 生地 【きじ】 cloth, fabric, material, texture, dough, batter, inherent quality, one's true character, one's true colours, unglazed pottery, skin with no make-up, uncoated metal
- 死に生き 【しにいき】 death and life, death or life, death
- 生 【なま】 raw, uncooked, fresh, natural, as it is, unedited, unprocessed, unprotected (sex), raw, bareback, live (i.e. not recorded), inexperienced, unpolished, green, crude, impudence, sauciness, unpasteurized beer, draft beer, draught beer, blank (e.g. disk), unused, just a little, somehow, vaguely, partially, somewhat, half-, semi-, insufficient, incomplete, half-baked, half-hearted, perfunctory, cash, tipsiness
- 生り 【なまり】 boiled and half-dried bonito
- お生 【おなま】 impudence, sauciness
- 現ナマ 【げんナマ】 cold cash, hard cash
- 生る 【なる】 to bear fruit
- 生す 【なす】 to have a child
- 生す 【むす】 to grow (of moss, etc.)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あさ、 いき、 いく、 いけ、 うぶ、 うまい、 え、 おい、 ぎゅう、 くるみ、 ごせ、 さ、 じょう、 すぎ、 そ、 そう、 ちる、 なば、 にう、 にゅう、 ふ、 み、 もう、 よい、 りゅう
- Korean:
- saeng
Spanish
- vida
- nacimiento
- vivir
- existir
- nacer
- dar a luz
- puro
- crudo
Portuguese
- vida
- genuína
- nascimento
French
- vie
- naissance
- authentique
- cru
34 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
44 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
42 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
29 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2991 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
67 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
71 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
214 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.4 | Japanese for Busy People |
44 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
44 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
49 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1327 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4309 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2179 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2933 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1569 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
21670 | Morohashi |
3497 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3715 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1555 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1675 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
9 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
43 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2472 | 2001 Kanji |
0a5.29 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-5-2 | SKIP code |
2510.0 | Four corner code |
1-32-24 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
751f | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
375 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 万 【マン】 10,000, ten thousand, myriad, everything, all, various
- 万一 【マンイチ】 (unlikely event of) emergency, the worst(-case scenario), 10000 to 1, (if) by some chance, by some possibility, in the unlikely event that
- 億万 【オクマン】 millions and millions
- 永万 【エイマン】 Eiman era (1165.6.5-1166.8.27)
- 万 【バン】 completely, absolutely, totally
- 万一 【マンイチ】 (unlikely event of) emergency, the worst(-case scenario), 10000 to 1, (if) by some chance, by some possibility, in the unlikely event that
- 千万 【センバン】 exceedingly, extremely, very many, indeed
- 奇怪千万 【キカイセンバン】 very strange (mysterious, weird), bizarre, monstrous, outrageous
Kun reading compounds
- 万 【まん】 10,000, ten thousand, myriad, everything, all, various
- 万年 【まんねん】 ten thousand years, eternity, perennial, perpetual
- 八百万 【やおよろず】 myriad, countless things
- 500万 【ごひゃくまん】 5,000,000, five million, many
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かず、 ま、 ゆる
- Korean:
- man, mug
Spanish
- diez mil
- muchos
Portuguese
- dez mil
French
- myriade
- 10000
320 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
227 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
392 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
96 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
7 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
84 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
3 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
43 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
16 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
16 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
13 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
8 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3653 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1865 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2542 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
64 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
10 | Morohashi |
2936 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
7 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
64 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
68 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
215 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
86 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3145 | 2001 Kanji |
0a3.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-2-1 | SKIP code |
4-3-1 | SKIP code |
1022.7 | Four corner code |
1-43-92 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4e07 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N3
269 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 歳 【サイ】 ... years old, age (of) ...
- 歳月 【サイゲツ】 time, years
- 歳歳 【サイサイ】 annual
- 年年歳歳 【ネンネンサイサイ】 annually, every year, year in year out, from year to year
- 歳暮 【セイボ】 year-end gift, end of the year, year end
Kun reading compounds
- 年 【とし】 year, age, years, past one's prime, old age
- 年取った 【としとった】 old (person), aged
- いい年 【いいとし】 mature age, advanced age, maturity, age when one is old enough to know better
- 大年 【おおとし】 New Year's Eve, Jupiter (planet)
- 年 【とせ】 counter for years (following a number in the hito-futa-mi counting system)
- 万年 【まんねん】 ten thousand years, eternity, perennial, perpetual
- 二十歳 【はたとせ】 twenty years
Readings
- Korean:
- se
Spanish
- año
- edad
Portuguese
- Fim de ano
- idade
- ocasião
- oportunidade
French
- fin d'année
- âge
- compteur d'années
- occasion
- opportunité
1294 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
550 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2434 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1418 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
653 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1995 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
479 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
487 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
703 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1131 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3131 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1605 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2190 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
394 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
16326P | Morohashi |
2490 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2962 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
512 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
551 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1636 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1259 | 2001 Kanji |
4n9.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-4-9 | SKIP code |
2125.3 | Four corner code |
1-26-48 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6b73 | Unicode hex code |