463 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
358 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
338 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
68 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
364 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
85 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
111 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
125 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
256 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
256 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
413 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
61 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
34 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
18 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
18 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1014 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
386 | Morohashi |
30 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
125 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1005 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1080 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
87 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
257 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
66 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 代 【ダイ】 charge, cost, price, generation, age, (school) year, cohort, reign, era, a representative of, on behalf of, for (someone), switchboard number, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.), proxy application company, pronoun
- 代官 【ダイカン】 local governor (Edo period), local magistrate, bailiff, deputy official (Middle Ages), acting administrator
- 大時代 【オオジダイ】 old-fashioned, antiquated, anachronistic
- 次代 【ジダイ】 the next era
- 代謝 【タイシャ】 metabolism, renewal, regeneration, replacing the old with the new
- 代赭 【タイシャ】 red ocher (ochre)
- 永代 【エイタイ】 permanence, eternity
- 希代 【キタイ】 uncommon, rare, extraordinary, matchless
Kun reading compounds
- 替わる 【かわる】 to succeed, to relieve, to replace, to take the place of, to substitute for, to take over for, to represent, to hand over (telephone), to be exchanged, to change (places with), to switch
- 代わる代わる 【かわるがわる】 alternately, by turns
- 替わる 【かわる】 to succeed, to relieve, to replace, to take the place of, to substitute for, to take over for, to represent, to hand over (telephone), to be exchanged, to change (places with), to switch
- 代わる代わる 【かわるがわる】 alternately, by turns
- 代わり 【かわり】 substitute, replacement, substituting, replacing, stand-in, proxy, alternate, deputy, relief, successor, compensation, exchange, return, another helping, second helping, seconds, refill, upcoming program, upcoming programme
- 変わり目 【かわりめ】 turning point, change, transition, turn (of the tide, century, etc.), point of difference
- 代わり 【かわり】 substitute, replacement, substituting, replacing, stand-in, proxy, alternate, deputy, relief, successor, compensation, exchange, return, another helping, second helping, seconds, refill, upcoming program, upcoming programme
- 変わり目 【かわりめ】 turning point, change, transition, turn (of the tide, century, etc.), point of difference
- 換える 【かえる】 to replace, to exchange, to interchange, to substitute
- 世 【よ】 world, society, public, life, lifetime, age, era, period, epoch, generation, reign, rule, the times, world (of existence)
- 代々 【よよ】 for generations, from generation to generation, generation after generation, through the ages
- 千代 【ちよ】 thousand years, very long period, forever
- 君が代 【きみがよ】 Imperial reign, Kimigayo (Japanese national anthem)
- 代 【しろ】 substitution, material, price, margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.), area required for something, shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
- 代物 【しろもの】 article, goods, product, fine thing, fellow, affair, stuff, prostitute, price, cost, money
- 地代 【ちだい】 land rent
- 阿代 【あしろ】 Ophidion asiro (species of cusk eel)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- す
- Korean:
- dae
Spanish
- generación
- reinado
- sustituir
- reemplazar
- relevar
Portuguese
- substituto
- mudança
- convertido
- repor
- período
- idade
- geração
- carga
- valor
- taxa
French
- substituer
- changer
- convertir
- remplacer
- période
- âge
- ère
- génération
- montant d'argent
- taux
- prix
- redevance
2156 | 2001 Kanji |
2a3.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-2-3 | SKIP code |
2324.0 | Four corner code |
1-34-69 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4ee3 | Unicode hex code |
五
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
31 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 五 【ゴ】 five, 5
- 5月 【ゴガツ】 May, fifth month of the lunar calendar
- 端午 【タンゴ】 Boys' Day celebration (May 5), Dragon Boat Festival (China)
- 第五 【ダイゴ】 fifth
Kun reading compounds
- 五 【ご】 five, 5
- 五つ 【いつつ】 five, five years of age, eight o'clock (old time system)
- 五つ 【いつつ】 five, five years of age, eight o'clock (old time system)
- 五つ子 【いつつご】 quintuplets
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 さ、 さつ、 ち、 ふ、 み、 め
- Korean:
- o
Spanish
- cinco
- 5
Portuguese
- cinco
French
- cinq
5 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
5 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
19 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
14 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
15 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
7 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
10 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
91 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
7 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
7 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
5 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
32 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4244 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2142 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2892 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
5 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
257 | Morohashi |
3436 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
77 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
5 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
5 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
40 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
23 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3173 | 2001 Kanji |
0a4.27 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-4-1 | SKIP code |
1010.7 | Four corner code |
1-24-62 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4e94 | Unicode hex code |
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1995 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 胡散 【ウサン】 suspicious
- 胡散臭い 【ウサンクサイ】 suspicious-looking, shady, questionable, dubious, fishy
- 胡 【コ】 barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China
- 胡椒 【コショウ】 pepper
- 柴胡 【サイコ】 Bupleurum root, Radix Bupleuri
- 京胡 【キョウコ】 jinghu (2-stringed Chinese instrument played with a bow)
- 誤魔化す 【ゴマカス】 to deceive, to cheat, to swindle, to falsify, to misrepresent, to lie about, to tamper with, to doctor, to cook, to evade (a question, taxes, etc.), to dodge, to gloss over (a mistake, fault, etc.), to smooth over, to get one's way out of (a difficult situation), to explain away, to embezzle, to pocket
- 胡麻 【ゴマ】 sesame seeds, sesame (Sesamum indicum)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- えびす、 くる
- Korean:
- ho
Spanish
- bárbaro
- extranjero
Portuguese
French
3753 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
879 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2206 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1467 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
623 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1057 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
29400 | Morohashi |
4792 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2470 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2537 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
4b5.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-5-4 | SKIP code |
4762.0 | Four corner code |
1-24-53 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
80e1 | Unicode hex code |
十
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
8 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 十 【ジュウ】 ten, 10, ten years of age, book containing a collection of poems
- 十一 【ジュウイチ】 eleven, 11, jack
- 90 【キュウジュウ】 ninety, 90
- 第十 【ダイジュウ】 tenth
- 十種競技 【ジッシュキョウギ】 decathlon
- 十指 【ジッシ】 the ten fingers
- 十指 【ジッシ】 the ten fingers
- 十回 【ジッカイ】 ten times
Kun reading compounds
- 十 【じゅう】 ten, 10, ten years of age, book containing a collection of poems
- 10日 【とおか】 10th day of the month, ten days
- 釈迦十 【しゃかじゅう】 10 of batons (in mekuri karuta)
- 十 【じゅう】 ten, 10, ten years of age, book containing a collection of poems
- 10日 【とおか】 10th day of the month, ten days
- 算盤 【そろばん】 abacus, soroban, calculation (esp. of profit and loss), reckoning
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 か、 ぎ、 さ、 し、 そ、 そう、 ち、 とう、 ね、 ま、 る、 わ
- Korean:
- sib
Spanish
- diez
- 10
Portuguese
- dez
French
- dix
10 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
10 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
33 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
5 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
768 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
12 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
25 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
18 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
12 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
12 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
10 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
239 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4172 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2110 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2855 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
10 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
2695 | Morohashi |
3365 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
598 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
10 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
10 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
22 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
6 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1455 | 2001 Kanji |
2k0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-2-3 | SKIP code |
4000.0 | Four corner code |
1-29-29 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5341 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
93 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 六 【ロク】 six, 6
- 6月 【ロクガツ】 June, sixth month of the lunar calendar
- 十六 【ジュウロク】 sixteen, 16
- 才六 【サイロク】 kid, brat, person from Kansai
- 六官 【リクカン】 six ministries (of Zhou dynasty China)
- 六気 【ロッキ】 yin, yang, wind, rain, darkness, light, cold, heat, dryness, dampness, wind, fire, six emotions (joy, anger, sorrow, pleasure, love, hate)
Kun reading compounds
- 六 【ろく】 six, 6
- 難しい 【むずかしい】 difficult, hard, troublesome, complicated, serious (disease, problem, etc.), impossible, unfeasible, fussy, particular, fastidious, hard to please, displeased, gloomy, glum, sullen, serious (look), dirty, unclean, filthy, detestable, unpleasant, uncomfortable, creepy, spooky
- 六つ 【むっつ】 six, six years of age, six o'clock (old time system)
- 難しい 【むずかしい】 difficult, hard, troublesome, complicated, serious (disease, problem, etc.), impossible, unfeasible, fussy, particular, fastidious, hard to please, displeased, gloomy, glum, sullen, serious (look), dirty, unclean, filthy, detestable, unpleasant, uncomfortable, creepy, spooky
- 六つ 【むっつ】 six, six years of age, six o'clock (old time system)
- 6日 【むいか】 6th day of the month, six days
- 六日間戦争 【むいかかんせんそう】 Six-Day War (June 5-10, 1967), Third Arab-Israeli War
Readings
- Japanese names:
- く、 むつ、 ろっ、 ろつ
- Korean:
- ryug
Spanish
- seis
- 6
Portuguese
- seis
French
- six
6 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
6 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
76 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
20 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
283 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
8 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
19 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
61 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
1.A | Japanese for Busy People |
8 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
8 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
6 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
153 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
2461 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1244 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1710 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
6 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
1453 | Morohashi |
1965 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
371 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
6 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
6 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
124 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
24 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
461 | 2001 Kanji |
2j2.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-2-2 | SKIP code |
0080.0 | Four corner code |
1-47-27 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
516d | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
3 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 国益 【コクエキ】 national interest
- 国営 【コクエイ】 government management, state management
- 最恵国 【サイケイコク】 most favored nation, most favoured nation, MFN
- 異国 【イコク】 foreign country
Kun reading compounds
- 国 【くに】 country, state, region, national government, central government, home (i.e. hometown, home country), province (of Japan), land, earth
- 国人 【こくじん】 indigenous person, inhabitant of a country, local, native, local lords and samurai, daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
- お国 【おくに】 your native country, your hometown, my home country (i.e. Japan), countryside, country, daimyo's territory (Edo period)
- 現国 【うつしくに】 world of mankind, this world
Readings
- Japanese names:
- くな、 こ
- Korean:
- gug
Spanish
- país
Portuguese
- País
- terra
- nação
French
- pays
79 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
136 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
123 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
8 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1037 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
111 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
36 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
745 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.11 | Japanese for Busy People |
40 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
40 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
151 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
344 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3831 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1964 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2659 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
588 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
4752 | Morohashi |
3087 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
950 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
581 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
624 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
4 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
158 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3172 | 2001 Kanji |
3s5.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-3-5 | SKIP code |
6010.3 | Four corner code |
1-25-81 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
56fd | Unicode hex code |