48 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
50 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
4 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
2 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
617 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
159 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
20 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
78 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.12 | Japanese for Busy People |
13 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
13 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
14 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
159 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3673 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1875 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2555 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
185 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
1513 | Morohashi |
2955 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
385 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1811 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1952 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
260 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
25 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
69 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 円 【エン】 yen (Japanese monetary unit), circle
- 円滑 【エンカツ】 smooth, undisturbed, uninterrupted, harmonious
- 楕円 【ダエン】 ellipse
- 同心円 【ドウシンエン】 concentric circles
Kun reading compounds
- 丸い 【まるい】 round, circular, spherical, curved, smooth, harmonious, calm, peaceful, amiable, amicable
- 丸 【まる】 circle, entirety, whole, full, complete, money, dough, moola, enclosure inside a castle's walls, soft-shelled turtle, suffix for ship names, suffix for names of people (esp. infants), suffix for names of swords, armour, musical instruments, etc., suffix for names of dogs, horses, etc.
- 丸い 【まるい】 round, circular, spherical, curved, smooth, harmonious, calm, peaceful, amiable, amicable
- 黒円 【くろまる】 black spot, black dot, bull's-eye, middle dot, interpunct
- 円居 【まどい】 sitting in a circle, pleasant gathering
- 円か 【まどか】 round, tranquil, contentedly at ease
- 円か 【まどか】 round, tranquil, contentedly at ease
- 円やか 【まろやか】 round, circular, spherical, mellow (flavour, voice, etc.), mild, smooth
Readings
- Japanese names:
- つぶら、 のぶ、 まどか、 みつ
- Korean:
- weon
Spanish
- circular
- redondo
- yen
Portuguese
- círculo
- iene
- redondo
French
- cercle
- yen
- rond
3645 | 2001 Kanji |
2r2.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-2-2 | SKIP code |
7722.0 | Four corner code |
1-17-63 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5186 | Unicode hex code |
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 錐 【スイ】 cone, pyramid
- 錐状体 【スイジョウタイ】 cone (cell)
- 方錐 【ホウスイ】 square drill, regular pyramid
- 角錐 【カクスイ】 pyramid
Kun reading compounds
- 錐 【きり】 drill, gimlet, awl, auger
- 錐揉み 【きりもみ】 tailspin, spin, drilling, boring
- 嚢中の錐 【のうちゅうのきり】 cream rises to the top, a drill in a bag (will always poke through)
Readings
- Korean:
- chu
Spanish
Portuguese
French
4875 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
2190 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1558 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
40536 | Morohashi |
6294 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2760 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2783 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
8a8.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-8-8 | SKIP code |
8011.4 | Four corner code |
1-31-77 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
9310 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
614 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 振り子 【フリコ】 pendulum
- 振興 【シンコウ】 promotion, encouragement
- 奪三振 【ダツサンシン】 striking a batter out
- 不振 【フシン】 dullness, slump, stagnation, inactivity, depression
Kun reading compounds
- 振る 【ふる】 to wave, to shake, to swing, to sprinkle, to throw (dice), to cast (actor), to allocate (work), to turn down (someone), to reject, to jilt, to dump, to abandon, to give up, to ruin, to add kana indicating a reading of a word, to slightly change headings, to change directions, to extract by broiling, to prepare an infusion of, to decoct, to carry with great vigor (e.g. a portable shrine), to bring up a topic, to lead to a topic, to replace, to substitute, to set up a joke for someone else
- 振る舞い 【ふるまい】 behavior, behaviour, conduct, entertainment, treat, feast, banquet
- 振れる 【ふれる】 to swing, to shake, to wave, to veer, to deflect, to lean towards
- 振るう 【ふるう】 to swing, to wield (physically), to exert, to exercise (e.g. power, ability), to exhibit, to display, to wield (metaphorically), to flourish, to prosper, to thrive
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ふり
- Korean:
- jin
Spanish
- sacudir
- ondear
- agitar
- vibrar
- balancear
Portuguese
- agitar
- onda
- sacudir
- balançar
French
- secouer
- saupoudrer
- remuer
- balancer
- feindre
1437 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
600 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1920 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1612 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1357 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1320 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
954 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
984 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
770 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
892 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
515 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
316 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
388 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
2030 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
12093 | Morohashi |
430 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2171 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
2011 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
2167 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1338 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1365 | 2001 Kanji |
3c7.14 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-3-7 | SKIP code |
5103.2 | Four corner code |
1-31-22 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
632f | Unicode hex code |
子
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
72 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 子 【シ】 child (esp. a boy), viscount, founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius), master, masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature), you, -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
- 子宮 【シキュウ】 womb, uterus
- 中性子 【チュウセイシ】 neutron
- 精子 【セイシ】 sperm, spermatozoon
- 主 【ス】 honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name
- 恵比寿 【エビス】 Ebisu, god of fishing and commerce
- 久留子 【クルス】 cross sign
- 対子 【トイツ】 pair, eyes
- 七対子 【チートイツ】 seven pairs, winning hand composed of seven pairs
Kun reading compounds
- 子 【こ】 child, kid, teenager, youngster, young (non-adult) person, (one's) child, offspring, young woman, young (animal), offshoot, interest, new share, player who is not a dealer, young geisha, young prostitute, bird egg, -er (often of young women)
- 子 【こう】 child, interest
- 根っこ 【ねっこ】 root (of a plant), stump (of a tree), root (of a problem, etc.), base, foundation, origin, source
- 江戸っ子 【えどっこ】 (true) Tokyoite, Edoite, Tokyo native, Edokko
- 子 【ね】 the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am), north, eleventh month of the lunar calendar
- 子忌み 【ねいみ】 collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat of the New Year)
- 庚子 【かのえね】 Metal Rat (37th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1960, 2020, 2080)
- 甲子 【きのえね】 Wood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い、 き、 ぎ、 く、 け、 ねっ
- Korean:
- ja
Spanish
- chiquillo
- niño
Portuguese
- criança
French
- enfant
- signe de la 1ère branche terrestre
- signe du Rat (zodiaque)
- 23 h à 01 h
- Nord (0°)
31 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
40 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
25 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
56 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
1264 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
61 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
43 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
38 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2.18 | Japanese for Busy People |
103 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
103 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
69 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
455 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
4196 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2125 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2872 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
96 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
6930 | Morohashi |
3390 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1281 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
95 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
99 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
42 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
18 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
3547 | 2001 Kanji |
2c0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
4-3-1 | SKIP code |
4-2-1 | SKIP code |
1740.7 | Four corner code |
1-27-50 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5b50 | Unicode hex code |