1797 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1914 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
480 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1842 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1054 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1542 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1644 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1427 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
114 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
128 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
84 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
96 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1588 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
734 | Morohashi |
114 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
249 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1574 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1696 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1305 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
stipend, salary
- On:
- ホウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1834 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 俸 【ホウ】 salary
- 俸給 【ホウキュウ】 salary (esp. public employees), wages, pay
- 号俸 【ゴウホウ】 gradational salary
- 増俸 【ゾウホウ】 salary increase, raise
Readings
- Korean:
- bong
Spanish
- remuneración
- salario
- paga
Portuguese
- estipêndio
- salário
French
- traitement
- salaire
2155 | 2001 Kanji |
2a8.18 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-2-8 | SKIP code |
2525.3 | Four corner code |
1-42-80 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4ff8 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
615 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 給 【キュウ】 wage, recompense
- 給食 【キュウショク】 provision of lunch (e.g. at office, school, etc.), providing a meal, lunch service
- 自給 【ジキュウ】 self-support
- 有給 【ユウキュウ】 salaried, paid, with pay, paid vacation, paid holiday, paid leave
Kun reading compounds
- 給う 【たまう】 to give, to do ...
- 給ふ 【たまう】 to give, to receive
- 給う 【たもう】 to give, to do ...
- 給ふ 【たまう】 to give, to receive
Readings
- Japanese names:
- きい
- Korean:
- geub
Spanish
- sueldo
- salario
- distribuir
- suministrar
Portuguese
- salário
- pagamento
- presente
- permitir
- bolsa
- prover
French
- salaire
- paye
- cadeau
- allocation
- subventions
- accorder
- conférer à
585 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
481 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
457 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
581 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3538 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
348 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
818 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
2149 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.1 | Japanese for Busy People |
346 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
346 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
618 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1531 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1708 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
914 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1237 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1361 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
27432 | Morohashi |
1350 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4489 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1349 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1449 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
404 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
583 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2777 | 2001 Kanji |
6a6.7 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-6-6 | SKIP code |
2896.1 | Four corner code |
1-21-75 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7d66 | 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 N3
171 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 活 【カツ】 living, life, judo art of resuscitation, action, activity
- 活字 【カツジ】 printing type, movable type, printed text, print
- 死活 【シカツ】 life and death, life or death
- 就活 【シュウカツ】 job hunting, job searching
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
Readings
- Korean:
- hwal, gwal
Spanish
- vida
- energía
- actividad
Portuguese
- vivo
- resuscitação
- existência
- ser ajudado
- vida
French
- vivant
- animé
- résurrection
- être aidé
174 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
99 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
244 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
203 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
2552 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
198 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
681 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
819 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
237 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
237 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
517 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1185 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
460 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
285 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
345 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
145 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
17423 | Morohashi |
385 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
3132 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
143 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
154 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
132 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
172 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
377 | 2001 Kanji |
3a6.16 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-6 | SKIP code |
3216.4 | Four corner code |
1-19-72 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
6d3b | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
38 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 者 【シャ】 person, -er, expert, geisha, prostitute
- 芸者 【ゲイシャ】 geisha, professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
- 加害者 【カガイシャ】 perpetrator, wrong-doer, aggressor, assailant, offender
Kun reading compounds
- 者 【もの】 person
- 者ども 【ものども】 you, people
- 弱き者 【よわきもの】 weak person, the weak
- 若い者 【わかいもの】 young person, young people, youth, youngsters, young employee, young manservant, young follower
Readings
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- persona
Portuguese
- alguém
- pessoa
French
- personne
- quelqu'un
235 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
314 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
298 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
22 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3685 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
56 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
240 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
769 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
3.6 | Japanese for Busy People |
164 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
164 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
148 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1578 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3980 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2047 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2765 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1264 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
28852 | Morohashi |
3211 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4698 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1256 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1345 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
19 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
302 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1478 | 2001 Kanji |
4c4.13 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-4-4 | SKIP code |
4-8-2 | SKIP code |
2-4-4 | SKIP code |
4460.0 | Four corner code |
1-28-52 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8005 | Unicode hex code |