289 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
198 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
181 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1494 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
665 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
34 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1088 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
12 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
37 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
37 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
441 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
177 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
3642 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1857 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
2534 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
84 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
1845 | Morohashi |
2926 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
448 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
83 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
87 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
81 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N1
1794 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 刀 【カタナ】 sword (esp. Japanese single-edged), katana, scalpel, chisel, burin, graver, knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
- 刀剣 【トウケン】 sword, dagger, knife, bayonet
- 小刀 【コガタナ】 (small) knife, short sword, small sword
- 太刀 【タチ】 long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai), large sword, straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier), guandao, Chinese glaive
Kun reading compounds
- 刀 【かたな】 sword (esp. Japanese single-edged), katana, scalpel, chisel, burin, graver, knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
- 刀折れ矢尽きて 【かたなおれやつきて】 having exhausted every available means, having broken one's sword and exhausted one's arrows
- 一刀 【いっとう】 sword, blade, single stroke
- 返す刀 【かえすかたな】 attacking one opponent then immediately attacking another
- 剃刀 【かみそり】 razor
- オッカムの剃刀 【オッカムのかみそり】 Occam's razor, Ockham's razor
Readings
- Japanese names:
- き、 ち、 と、 わき
- Korean:
- do
Spanish
- espada
Portuguese
- espada
- sabre
- faca
French
- épée
- sabre
- couteau
3545 | 2001 Kanji |
2f0.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
3-1-1 | SKIP code |
4-2-1 | SKIP code |
1722.0 | Four corner code |
1-37-65 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
5200 | Unicode hex code |
圭
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1837 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 圭角 【ケイカク】 rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.), abrasiveness, harshness, sharpness, edges (of a gem)
- 圭璧 【ケイヘキ】 ritual jades worn by feudal lords in ancient China
- 刀圭 【トウケイ】 doctor
- 尖形 【センケイ】 pointed, pointy, acuminate
- 圭角 【ケイカク】 rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.), abrasiveness, harshness, sharpness, edges (of a gem)
- 圭璧 【ケイヘキ】 ritual jades worn by feudal lords in ancient China
Readings
- Japanese names:
- か、 きよ、 たま、 よし、 かど、 きよし
- Korean:
- gyu
Spanish
- joya cuadrada de la Antigua China
Portuguese
French
- joyau carré
- angle
- coin
1052 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1928 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
267 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
2042 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
2688 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1368 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1854 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
157 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
4887 | Morohashi |
2165 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
973 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
155 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
167 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
3b3.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
2-3-3 | SKIP code |
4-5-2 | SKIP code |
4010.4 | Four corner code |
1-23-29 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
572d | Unicode hex code |