| 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 1
JLPT level N5
173 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 先 【セン】 former, previous, old, first move (in go, shogi, etc.), opening move
- 先駆 【センク】 forerunner, precursor, pioneer, leader, outrider, outriding
- 機先 【キセン】 forestall
- 互先 【タガイセン】 even game (esp. in go)
Kun reading compounds
- 先 【さき】 point, tip, end, nozzle, head (of a line), front, first, before, ahead (of), (the way) ahead, beyond, future, previous, prior, former, recent, last, destination, address, place where you do something, rest (e.g. of a story), continuation, remaining part, the other party
- 先行き 【さきゆき】 the future, future prospects
- 小手先 【こてさき】 tip of the hand, (use of) one's hands, cheap trick, superficial wit, superficial cleverness, cheap, makeshift (e.g. measures), shortsighted, perfunctory, halfhearted
- 矛先 【ほこさき】 point of a spear, spearhead, focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.), aim, target, brunt, force (of an argument), edge
- 先ず 【まず】 first (of all), firstly, to begin with, before anything else, probably, most likely, almost certainly, virtually, more or less (satisfactory), on the whole, reasonably, anyway, at any rate, for now (at least), for the time being
- まず第一に 【まずだいいちに】 first of all, in the first place, to begin with, for starters
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ぽん
- Korean:
- seon
Spanish
- antes
- adelante
- previo
- precedencia
- extremo
- punta
- final
- anterior
Portuguese
- antes
- prévio
- na frente
- futuro
- precedência
French
- avant
- devant
- précédent
- futur
- antériorité
| 33 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 43 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 49 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 201 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 571 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 65 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 16 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 280 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 50 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 50 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 48 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 145 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3046 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1552 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2123 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 254 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1349 | Morohashi |
| 2394 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 350 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 248 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 263 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 115 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 54 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2457 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3b3.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-4-2 | SKIP code |
| 2421.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-72 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5148 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1365 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 輩 【ハイ】 group, gang, bunch
- 輩出 【ハイシュツ】 producing (people) in great numbers, appearing one after the other
- 軽輩 【ケイハイ】 underling
- 儕輩 【サイハイ】 colleagues, fellows, comrades
Kun reading compounds
- 輩 【やから】 party (of people), set (of people), clan, family, fellow
- 不逞の輩 【ふていのやから】 lawless people, gang, malcontents, recalcitrants
- 輩 【ともがら】 comrade, fellow
Readings
- Korean:
- bae
Spanish
- camarada
- compañero
- colega
- sucesivamente
Portuguese
- camarada
- companheiro
- colega
- pessoas
French
- camarade
- gens
- compagnons
| 1688 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1544 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 5086 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1451 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1801 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1037 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1078 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1166 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1780 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3482 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1795 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2444 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1652 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 38398 | Morohashi |
| 2807 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5971 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1637 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1765 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1808 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1255 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7c8.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-8-7 | SKIP code |
| 1150.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-39-58 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8f29 | Unicode hex code |